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Best Life-span and Life-course Studies journals

61 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Life-span and Life-course Studies. The top 61 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 15 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 National Vital Statistics Reports 32.3 99th Q1 – – No
2 Journal of Vocational Behavior 10.2 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Child Development Perspectives 10.2 95th Q1 SSCI – No
4 Young Consumers 9.7 94th Q1 ESCI B No
5 Health and Place 7.4 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 Journal of Youth Studies 7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
7 International Journal of Behavioral Development 6.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
8 Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 6.8 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
9 Applied Developmental Science 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
10 Work, Aging and Retirement 6.5 84th Q1 SSCI B No
11 Applied Research in Quality of Life 6.2 82th Q1 SSCI B No
12 Developmental Psychology 6.1 81th Q1 SSCI – No
13 Journal of Early Adolescence 5.8 79th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Journal of Aging and Health 5.4 77th Q1 SSCI – No
15 Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 5.2 76th Q1 SSCI – No
16 Psychology of Men and Masculinity 5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
17 Innovation in Aging 4.7 72th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
18 Emerging Adulthood 4.5 71th Q2 SSCI – No
19 Advances in Life Course Research 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI – No
20 Journal of Adult Development 4.3 68th Q2 SSCI – No
21 Journal of Genetic Psychology 4.3 66th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
22 Education 3-13 4.2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
23 Journal of the Economics of Ageing 4.2 63th Q2 SSCI B No
24 Journal of Aging and Social Policy 4.2 61th Q2 SSCI – No
25 Child and Youth Care Forum 4.1 59th Q2 SSCI – No
26 Journal of Aging Studies 3.8 58th Q2 SSCI – No
27 Children and Society 3.7 56th Q2 SSCI – No
28 Journal of Child and Family Studies 3.7 54th Q2 SSCI – No
29 International Journal of Lifelong Education 3.6 53th Q2 ESCI – No
30 Personal Relationships 3.4 51th Q2 SSCI – No
31 Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 3.3 50th Q2 ESCI – No
32 Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 3.2 48th Q3 SSCI – No
33 International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 3.1 46th Q3 – – Yes
34 Childhood 3.1 45th Q3 SSCI – No
35 Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 2.9 43th Q3 SSCI – No
36 Life Course Research and Social Policies 2.6 41th Q3 – – No
37 International Journal of Developmental Sciences 2.5 40th Q3 – – No
38 Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – No
39 Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging 2.2 36th Q3 ESCI – No
40 Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning 2.2 35th Q3 – – No
41 Journal of Human Growth and Development 2.1 33th Q3 – – Yes
42 Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 1.8 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
43 Thinking Gender in Transnational Times 1.7 30th Q3 – – No
44 Anthropology and Aging 1.6 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
45 Professions and Professionalism 1.5 27th Q3 – – Yes
46 Childhood in the Past 1.4 25th Q3 ESCI – No
47 Palgrave Studies in Life Writing 1.3 23th Q4 – – No
48 Nordic Welfare Research 1.3 22th Q4 ESCI – Yes
49 Journal of Youth Development 1.1 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
50 Girlhood Studies 0.8 18th Q4 ESCI – No
51 Life Span and Disability 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI – No
52 Generations 0.7 15th Q4 SSCI – No
53 Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
54 Journal of Retirement 0.7 12th Q4 – B No
55 Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
56 Calitatea Vietii 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
57 Studies in Childhood and Youth 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
58 Boyhood Studies 0.4 4th Q4 ESCI – No
59 Devenir 0.4 4th Q4 – – No
60 Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences 0.3 2th Q4 – – No
61 Theorie und Empirie Lebenslangen Lernens 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Life-span and Life-course Studies Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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