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International Journal of Developmental Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 2191-7485Verify ISSN ↗2192-001XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,150 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 215 / 380 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Social Psychology | 187 / 315 | 40th | Q3 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 37 / 61 | 40th | Q3 |
| Developmental Neuroscience | 32 / 38 | 17th | Q4 |
| Aging | 37 / 42 | 13th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
International Journal of Developmental Sciences is Q3 in Developmental and Educational Psychology (rank 215 of 380), Q3 in Social Psychology (rank 187 of 315) and Q3 in Life-span and Life-course Studies (rank 37 of 61), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Developmental Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3, 43rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.342, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Developmental Sciences is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2191-7485 and its online ISSN is 2192-001X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Developmental Sciences has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #263 of 373 Scopus journals in Developmental and Educational Psychology.
International Journal of Developmental Sciences published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 18. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 58 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Germany (34.9%), United States (12.1%) and United Kingdom (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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