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Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
H-index 22

Annual Review of Developmental Psychology

2640-7922

Published by: Annual Reviews Inc.

https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/devpsych

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 310 86 78 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 105
Documents by Best Scientists*: 88
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 5.2

Top Publications

  • Development of ADHD: Etiology, Heterogeneity, and Early Life Course.

    Joel T. Nigg;Margaret H. Sibley;Anita Thapar;Sarah L. Karalunas

    (2020)
    140 Citations
  • Language Development in Context

    Meredith L. Rowe;Adriana Weisleder

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Media and the Development of Gender Role Stereotypes

    L. Monique Ward;Petal Grower

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Effects of Racism on Child Development: Advancing Antiracist Developmental Science

    (2022)
    77 Citations
  • Screen Time, Social Media Use, and Adolescent Development

    Candice L. Odgers;Stephen M. Schueller;Mimi Ito

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Play, Curiosity, and Cognition

    Junyi Chu;Laura E. Schulz

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • The Effects of Cannabis Use on the Development of Adolescents and Young Adults

    Wayne Hall;Wayne Hall;Janni Leung;Michael Lynskey

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • The Development of Emotion Reasoning in Infancy and Early Childhood

    Ashley L. Ruba;Seth D. Pollak

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Learning in Infancy Is Active, Endogenously Motivated, and Depends on the Prefrontal Cortices

    Gal Raz;Rebecca Saxe;Rebecca Saxe

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • The Social Function of Imitation in Development

    Harriet Over

    (2020)
    53 Citations

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