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Best Developmental and Educational Psychology journals

379 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Developmental and Educational Psychology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 95 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 Educational Psychologist 29.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
2 Nature Reviews Psychology 29.4 99th Q1 SSCI – No
3 The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 27.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Educational Psychology Review 20.1 99th Q1 SSCI – No
5 Adolescent Research Review 15.7 98th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 15.3 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
7 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 14.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Journal of Educational Psychology 13.6 98th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Decision Support Systems 13.5 97th Q1 SCIE A* No
10 European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 12.3 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
11 Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 11.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
12 Applied Psychology 11.4 96th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 11.3 96th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Autism in Adulthood 11.2 96th Q1 SSCI – No
15 Human Development 10.8 96th Q1 SSCI – No
16 School Psychology Review 10.5 95th Q1 SSCI – No
17 Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 10.3 95th Q1 SSCI – No
18 Child Development Perspectives 10.2 95th Q1 SSCI – No
19 Autism 9.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
20 Behaviour and Information Technology 9.7 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
21 British Journal of Educational Psychology 9.2 94th Q1 SSCI – No
22 Learning and Instruction 9.2 94th Q1 SSCI – No
23 Learning Environments Research 8.7 94th Q1 ESCI – No
24 Behavior Research Methods 8.7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
25 Creativity Research Journal 8.7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
26 Development and Psychopathology 8.7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
27 Developmental Review 8.6 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
28 Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 8.3 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
29 Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 8.3 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
30 Death Studies 8.1 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
31 Child Development 8 91st Q1 SSCI – No
32 Human Communication Research 8 91st Q1 SSCI – No
33 Contemporary Educational Psychology 7.9 91st Q1 SSCI – No
34 ELT Journal 7.7 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
35 Mathematical Thinking and Learning 7.7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
36 Journal of Adolescent Research 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
37 Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
38 Revista de Psicodidactica 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
39 Journal of the Learning Sciences 7.5 89th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Child Psychiatry and Human Development 7.4 89th Q1 SSCI – No
41 Public Understanding of Science 7.2 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
42 Educational and Psychological Measurement 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
43 Developmental Science 7 88th Q1 SSCI – No
44 Psychosocial Intervention 6.9 88th Q1 SSCI – Yes
45 International Journal of Behavioral Development 6.8 88th Q1 SSCI – No
46 Journal of Attention Disorders 6.8 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
47 Behavior Modification 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
48 Canadian Journal of School Psychology 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
49 Exceptional Children 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
50 Intelligence 6.8 86th Q1 SSCI – No
51 Applied Developmental Science 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
52 Learning and Individual Differences 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
53 Journal of Intelligence 6.6 86th Q1 SSCI – Yes
54 Educational and Developmental Psychologist 6.5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
55 Journal of Experimental Education 6.5 85th Q1 SSCI – No
56 Journal of School Psychology 6.5 85th Q1 SSCI – No
57 Social Indicators Research 6.4 85th Q1 SSCI A No
58 Child Maltreatment 6.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
59 JCPP Advances 6.3 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Mindfulness 6.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
61 Reading Research Quarterly 6.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
62 International Journal of Bullying Prevention 6.3 83rd Q1 – – No
63 Clinical Neuropsychologist 6.2 83rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
64 Educational Psychology 6.2 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
65 European Journal of Psychology of Education 6.2 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
66 Education Sciences 6.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
67 Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 6.2 82nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
68 Developmental Psychology 6.1 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
69 Attachment and Human Development 6.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
70 School Mental Health 6.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
71 Psychology of Women Quarterly 6 81st Q1 SSCI A No
72 Early Childhood Research Quarterly 5.9 81st Q1 SSCI – No
73 European Journal of Special Needs Education 5.9 80th Q1 SSCI – No
74 Gifted Child Quarterly 5.9 80th Q1 SSCI – No
75 Child Abuse and Neglect 5.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
76 Journal of Early Adolescence 5.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
77 Cognition 5.8 79th Q1 SSCI – No
78 Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 5.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
79 Learning and Motivation 5.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
80 Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 5.7 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
81 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 78th Q1 SSCI – No
82 Sex Roles 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI A No
83 International Journal of Developmental Disabilities 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI – No
84 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI – No
85 Early Education and Development 5.5 77th Q1 SSCI – No
86 Anxiety, Stress and Coping 5.4 77th Q1 SSCI – No
87 Cognitive Psychology 5.4 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
88 Early Childhood Education Journal 5.3 76th Q1 SSCI – No
89 Motivation Science 5.3 76th Q1 SSCI – No
90 AERA Open 5.2 76th Q1 SSCI – Yes
91 Coaching 5.1 76th Q1 ESCI – No
92 Aggressive Behavior 5.1 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
93 European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 5.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
94 Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI – No
95 Social Psychology of Education 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI – No
96 Autism and Developmental Language Impairments 5.1 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
97 New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 5.1 74th Q2 SSCI – No
98 Journal of Child Language 5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
99 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
100 Aphasiology 4.9 73rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
101 Applied Neuropsychology: Adult 4.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Adolescence 4.9 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
103 Journal of Creative Behavior 4.9 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
104 Instructional Science 4.9 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
105 Psychological Research 4.7 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
106 Journal of Pediatric Psychology 4.7 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
107 Applied Neuropsychology: Child 4.7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
108 Cognition and Emotion 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI – No
109 Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 4.7 71st Q2 ESCI – No
110 Infant Mental Health Journal 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI – No
111 Computational Brain and Behavior 4.6 70th Q2 – – No
112 European Journal of Developmental Psychology 4.6 70th Q2 SSCI – No
113 Emerging Adulthood 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI – No
114 Research in Developmental Disabilities 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI – No
115 Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI – No
116 Parenting 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI – No
117 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 4.4 69th Q2 SSCI – No
118 Behavioral Disorders 4.4 69th Q2 SSCI – No
119 Advances in Child Development and Behavior 4.4 68th Q2 – – No
120 International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI – No
121 Journal of Cognition and Development 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI – No
122 Journal of Adult Development 4.3 68th Q2 SSCI – No
123 Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 4.3 67th Q2 SSCI – No
124 School Psychology 4.3 67th Q2 SSCI – No
125 School Psychology International 4.3 67th Q2 SSCI – No
126 Consciousness and Cognition 4.3 66th Q2 SSCI – No
127 Journal of Genetic Psychology 4.3 66th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
128 Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 4.2 66th Q2 SSCI – No
129 Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools 4.2 66th Q2 SSCI – No
130 Adversity and Resilience Science 4.2 65th Q2 ESCI – No
131 International Journal of Aging and Human Development 4.2 65th Q2 SSCI – No
132 Infancy 4.1 65th Q2 SSCI – No
133 Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
134 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 4 64th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
135 Child Neuropsychology 4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Behavioral Education 4 64th Q2 SSCI – No
137 Journal of Research in Reading 4 64th Q2 SSCI – No
138 Child: Care, Health and Development 3.9 63rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
139 Gifted Education International 3.9 63rd Q2 – – No
140 Infant and Child Development 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
141 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
142 Child Care in Practice 3.9 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
143 International Journal of Early Years Education 3.9 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
144 British Journal of Developmental Psychology 3.8 62nd Q2 SSCI – No
145 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 3.8 61st Q2 SSCI – No
146 Journal of Early Intervention 3.8 61st Q2 SSCI – No
147 Journal of Research in Childhood Education 3.8 61st Q2 ESCI – No
148 Mind, Culture, and Activity 3.8 61st Q2 SSCI – No
149 Infant Behavior and Development 3.8 60th Q2 SSCI – No
150 International Journal of School and Educational Psychology 3.8 60th Q2 ESCI – No
151 Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 3.7 60th Q2 SSCI – No
152 Social Development 3.7 60th Q2 SSCI – No
153 Dyslexia 3.7 59th Q2 SSCI – No
154 Family Relations 3.7 59th Q2 SSCI – No
155 Journal of Child and Family Studies 3.7 59th Q2 SSCI – No
156 Psychology in the Schools 3.7 59th Q2 SSCI – No
157 Current Developmental Disorders Reports 3.6 58th Q2 ESCI – No
158 Journal of Early Childhood Research 3.6 58th Q2 ESCI – No
159 Psicologia Educativa 3.6 58th Q2 SSCI – Yes
160 Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie 3.6 58th Q2 SSCI – No
161 Cognitive Development 3.6 57th Q2 SSCI – No
162 Developmental Psychobiology 3.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
163 Mind, Brain, and Education 3.6 57th Q2 SSCI – No
164 Developmental Neuropsychology 3.6 56th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
165 Social Anthropology 3.5 56th Q2 SSCI – Yes
166 European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 3.4 56th Q2 SSCI – No
167 Learning Disabilities Research and Practice 3.4 56th Q2 SSCI – No
168 Acta Psychologica 3.4 55th Q2 SSCI A Yes
169 Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 3.4 55th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
170 Personal Relationships 3.4 55th Q2 SSCI – No
171 Research in Autism 3.4 55th Q2 SSCI – No
172 Youth Justice 3.4 54th Q2 SSCI – No
173 Applied Cognitive Psychology 3.3 54th Q2 SSCI B No
174 Educational Psychology in Practice 3.3 54th Q2 ESCI – No
175 Exceptionality 3.3 54th Q2 SSCI – No
176 Journal of Constructivist Psychology 3.2 53rd Q2 SSCI B No
177 Early Child Development and Care 3.2 53rd Q2 SSCI – No
178 Educating the Young Child 3.2 53rd Q2 – – No
179 Pastoral Care in Education 3.2 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
180 Peabody Journal of Education 3.2 52nd Q2 – – No
181 Childhood 3.1 52nd Q2 SSCI – No
182 Children and Youth Services Review 3.1 52nd Q2 SSCI – No
183 Brain and Cognition 3 51st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
184 Designs for Learning 3 51st Q2 – – Yes
185 International Journal of Early Childhood 3 51st Q2 ESCI – No
186 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 3 51st Q2 SSCI – No
187 Journal of Educational Measurement 3 50th Q2 SSCI – No
188 Counselor Education and Supervision 2.9 50th Q2 ESCI – No
189 Journal of Language Evolution 2.9 50th Q2 ESCI – No
190 Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy 2.9 50th Q2 – – Yes
191 American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2.9 49th Q3 SSCI – No
192 Early Years 2.9 49th Q3 SSCI – No
193 Young 2.9 49th Q3 SSCI – Yes
194 Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie 2.9 49th Q3 SSCI – No
195 Bordon 2.8 48th Q3 ESCI – No
196 Brain Injury 2.8 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
197 Continuity in Education 2.8 48th Q3 – – Yes
198 Open Mind 2.8 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
199 International Journal of Educational Psychology 2.7 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
200 Intervention in School and Clinic 2.7 47th Q3 SSCI – No
201 Teaching Exceptional Children 2.7 47th Q3 ESCI – No
202 African Journal of Psychological Assessment 2.7 46th Q3 – – Yes
203 Applied Measurement in Education 2.7 46th Q3 SSCI – No
204 Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties 2.7 46th Q3 ESCI – No
205 Participatory Educational Research 2.7 46th Q3 – – No
206 Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties 2.6 45th Q3 ESCI – No
207 Infancia y Aprendizaje 2.6 45th Q3 SSCI – No
208 Journal of Education and e-Learning Research 2.6 45th Q3 – – No
209 Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 2.6 45th Q3 SSCI – No
210 Child Language Teaching and Therapy 2.6 44th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
211 Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 2.6 44th Q3 ESCI – No
212 Global Studies of Childhood 2.6 44th Q3 ESCI – No
213 International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice 2.6 44th Q3 – – No
214 Cognitive Linguistics 2.5 43rd Q3 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
215 International Journal of Developmental Sciences 2.5 43rd Q3 – – No
216 Journal of Applied School Psychology 2.5 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
217 Psychology of Language and Communication 2.5 43rd Q3 – – Yes
218 Journal for Specialists in Group Work 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
219 Journal of Public Child Welfare 2.5 42nd Q3 SSCI – No
220 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2.4 42nd Q3 SSCI – No
221 Journal of Children's Services 2.4 41st Q3 ESCI – No
222 Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory 2.4 41st Q3 – – No
223 Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 2.3 41st Q3 SSCI – No
224 International Journal of Game-Based Learning 2.3 41st Q3 ESCI – No
225 International Journal of Children's Spirituality 2.3 40th Q3 AHCI – No
226 International Journal of Emotional Education 2.3 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
227 Reading Psychology 2.3 40th Q3 ESCI – No
228 Roeper Review 2.3 40th Q3 ESCI – No
229 Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research 2.3 39th Q3 ESCI – No
230 Preventing School Failure 2.3 39th Q3 ESCI – No
231 Psychoanalytic Quarterly 2.3 39th Q3 SSCI – No
232 British Journal of Special Education 2.2 39th Q3 ESCI – No
233 Theory and Decision 2.2 38th Q3 SSCI A No
234 Education and Treatment of Children 2.2 38th Q3 SSCI – No
235 International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities 2.2 38th Q3 – – No
236 Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – No
237 Assessment for Effective Intervention 2.1 37th Q3 ESCI – No
238 Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 2.1 37th Q3 – – No
239 Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody and Child Development 2.1 37th Q3 ESCI – No
240 Behavioral Interventions 2.1 36th Q3 SSCI – No
241 Gifted Child Today 2.1 36th Q3 – – No
242 Revista Fuentes 2.1 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
243 Transactional Analysis Journal 2.1 36th Q3 – – No
244 Journal of College Reading and Learning 2.1 35th Q3 – – No
245 Open Education Studies 2.1 35th Q3 – – Yes
246 Advances in Autism 2 35th Q3 ESCI – No
247 Developmental Child Welfare 2 35th Q3 – – No
248 Language Learning and Language Teaching 2 34th Q3 – – No
249 Psicologica 2 34th Q3 SSCI – Yes
250 Qualitative Research in Education 2 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
251 South African Journal of Childhood Education 2 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
252 Cognitive Neuropsychology 1.9 33rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
253 Gifted and Talented International 1.9 33rd Q3 – – No
254 Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 1.9 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
255 Journal of Postsecondary Student Success 1.9 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
256 Children's Health Care 1.9 32nd Q3 SSCI – No
257 Infants and Young Children 1.9 32nd Q3 SSCI – No
258 Journal of Education and Learning 1.9 32nd Q3 – – No
259 Journal of the European Second Language Association 1.9 31st Q3 – – Yes
260 Psychoanalytic Study of the Child 1.9 31st Q3 SSCI – No
261 Beyond Behavior 1.8 31st Q3 ESCI – No
262 Revista Digital de Investigacion en Docencia Universitaria 1.8 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
263 Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1.8 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
264 Russian Linguistics 1.8 30th Q3 AHCI – No
265 American Annals of the Deaf 1.7 30th Q3 SSCI – No
266 Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 1.7 30th Q3 ESCI – No
267 Learning and Teaching 1.7 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
268 Middle School Journal 1.7 29th Q3 – – No
269 Revista de Psicologia Clinica con Ninos y Adolescentes 1.7 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
270 Studies in Writing 1.7 29th Q3 – – No
271 Integration of Education 1.6 28th Q3 – – Yes
272 International Journal of Technology in Education and Science 1.6 28th Q3 – – No
273 Studies in Bilingualism 1.6 28th Q3 – – No
274 Journal of Humanistic Counseling 1.5 28th Q3 ESCI – No
275 International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research 1.5 27th Q3 – – Yes
276 International Journal of Play 1.5 27th Q3 ESCI – No
277 Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment 1.5 27th Q3 – – No
278 Journal of Sport and Health Research 1.5 26th Q3 ESCI – No
279 Psychological Science and Education 1.5 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
280 Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ninez y Juventud 1.5 26th Q3 – – Yes
281 Social Cognition 1.5 26th Q3 SSCI – No
282 Research in Human Development 1.5 25th Q3 SSCI – No
283 Cultural-Historical Psychology 1.4 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
284 Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology 1.4 25th Q3 – – No
285 Learning Disabilities 1.4 25th Q3 – – No
286 Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology 1.4 24th Q4 ESCI – No
287 Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Organisationspsychologie 1.4 24th Q4 ESCI – No
288 Tizard Learning Disability Review 1.4 24th Q4 ESCI – No
289 Young Exceptional Children 1.4 24th Q4 – – No
290 Interpersona 1.4 23rd Q4 – – Yes
291 Journal of Childhood, Education and Society 1.4 23rd Q4 – – Yes
292 Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities 1.3 23rd Q4 SSCI – No
293 Review of Cognitive Linguistics 1.3 22nd Q4 AHCI, SSCI – No
294 Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition 1.3 22nd Q4 – – Yes
295 Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy 1.2 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
296 Journal of Psychological and Educational Research 1.2 22nd Q4 – – No
297 Frontiers in Developmental Psychology 1.2 21st Q4 – – Yes
298 Health and Addictions / Salud y Drogas 1.2 21st Q4 – – No
299 International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 1.2 21st Q4 – – No
300 Publicaciones de la Facultad de Educacion y Humanidades del Campus de Melilla 1.1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes

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