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Open Access Developmental psychology Journals
A list of Open Access Developmental psychology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Developmental psychology is scientific study of changes that occur in human beings over the course of their lives
Open Access journals publish research articles that are free to to view and download. The main difference between articles in open access journals and those in closed journals is the business model. Both types of articles have to undergo the same peer review process.
We hope this list of Developmental psychology OA journals will be helpful for you in deciding where to publish your Developmental psychology manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Developmental psychology journals as well as new journals. This should give you a better idea on where you should publish. Rather than just the top hits Developmental psychology journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Developmental psychology journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Developmental psychology venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
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| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autism Research and Treatment | 2090-1933 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 139 | 3249 | 97.8 | Website |
| Journal of autism | 2054-992X | Herbert Publications | 24 | 97 | 87.5 | ||
| Molecular Autism | 2040-2392 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 678 | 23653 | 85.5 | Website |
| Autism-open access | 2165-7890 | OMICS Publishing Group | 326 | 627 | 81.9 | ||
| Autism & developmental language impairments | 2396-9415 | ☑ | SAGE | 121 | 700 | 81.8 | Website |
| Journal of child development studies | 2460-2310 | Institut Pertanian Bogor | 24 | 17 | 79.2 | ||
| International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy | 1976-5681 | ☑ | SpringerOpen | 174 | 1344 | 78.7 | Website |
| Adong haghoeji | 1226-1688 | ☑ | Korean Association of Child Studies | 695 | 970 | 78.1 | Website |
| Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | 1866-1947 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 561 | 14635 | 71.7 | Website |
| Focus on Exceptional Children | 0015-511X | The University of Kansas | 801 | 9760 | 70.2 | ||
| Child studies in diverse contexts | 2233-890X | Korean Association of Child Studies | 25 | 57 | 68 | ||
| Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | 1878-9293 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1144 | 31354 | 67.9 | Website |
| World transactions on engineering and technology education | 1446-2257 | Universitas Negeri Makassar | 3 | 55 | 66.7 | ||
| Paediatrics and health | 2052-935X | Herbert Publications | 9 | 17 | 66.7 | ||
| Child studies in Asia-Pacific context | 2288-601X | Korean Association of Child Studies | 26 | 51 | 65.4 | ||
| The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology | 1229-0726 | The Korean Society for Woman Psychology | 495 | 819 | 65.1 | ||
| Journal of Youth Development | 2325-4009 | ☑ | 742 | 1852 | 64.7 | ||
| Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology | 2245-8875 | ☑ | Exeley, Inc. | 165 | 433 | 58.8 | Website |
| Current Issues in Personality Psychology | 2353-561X | ☑ | 284 | 459 | 58.5 | Website | |
| Korean Journal of Childcare and Education | 1738-9496 | The Korean Association of Child Care & Education | 797 | 474 | 58.3 | ||
| تحول روانشناختی کودک | 2423-3552 | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 212 | 42 | 58 | ||
| Indonesian Journal of Early Childhood Education Studies | 2476-9584 | ☑ | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 149 | 35 | 57 | |
| Journal of psychological abnormalities in children | 2329-9525 | OMICS Publishing Group | 108 | 145 | 56.5 | ||
| Personality neuroscience | 2513-9886 | ☑ | Cambridge University Press | 18 | 38 | 55.6 | Website |
| The Journal of Special Children Education | 1229-8301 | The Korean Association for Children with Special Needs | 983 | 288 | 55 | ||
| Journal of childhood & developmental disorders | 2472-1786 | OMICS Publishing Group | 82 | 134 | 54.9 | ||
| Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation | 2051-6673 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 186 | 2420 | 54.8 | Website |
| Korean Journal of Early Childhood Education | 1226-9565 | Korean Society for Early Childhood Education | 1734 | 1176 | 54.2 | ||
| Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | 1749-5016 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 2017 | 82259 | 54.2 | Website |
| Interpersona: an international journal on personal relationships | 1981-6472 | ☑ | PsychOpen GOLD Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) | 290 | 1232 | 52.8 | Website |
| Korean Journal of Family Social Work | 1598-6403 | The Korean Academy of Family Social Work | 502 | 348 | 52.2 | ||
| Journal for ReAttach therapy and developmental diversities | 2589-7799 | ☑ | Stg ReAttach Therapy International Foundation | 50 | 28 | 52 | Website |
| soa.cheongsonyeonjeongsinuihak | 1225-729X | Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 353 | 704 | 51.6 | ||
| Policy and pedagogy with under-three year olds | 2509-6699 | 35 | 78 | 51.4 | |||
| Humanitas | 1693-7236 | ☑ | Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Kampus 3 | 43 | 18 | 51.2 | Website |
| International journal of educational psychology | 2014-3591 | ☑ | Hipatia Press | 114 | 458 | 50 | Website |
| Sleep spindles & cortical up states | 2559-9070 | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. | 8 | 84 | 50 | ||
| The Open Psychology Journal | 1874-3501 | Bentham Science | 309 | 1332 | 49.5 | ||
| International journal of adolescence and youth | 0267-3843 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 882 | 6232 | 49.2 | Website |
| Interdisciplinary journal of virtual learning in medical sciences | 2476-7263 | ☑ | Kowsar Medical Institute | 108 | 73 | 49.1 | Website |
| JCPP advances | 2692-9384 | ☑ | Wiley | 94 | 162 | 48.9 | Website |
| Autizm i Narušenie Razvitiâ | 1994-1617 | ☑ | Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow State University of Psychology and Education | 266 | 163 | 48.5 | Website |
| Journal of childhood, education & society | 2717-638X | ☑ | Journal of Childhood, Education and Society | 61 | 41 | 47.5 | Website |
| Journal of family sciences | 2460-2329 | Institut Pertanian Bogor | 70 | 26 | 47.1 | ||
| Saeng-ae hakoeji | 2234-0904 | Association of Life-span Studies | 83 | 26 | 47 | ||
| African journal of psychological assessment | 2617-2798 | ☑ | AOSIS | 47 | 25 | 46.8 | Website |
| Cheong'so'nyeon sangdam yeon'gu | 1226-1432 | Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute | 339 | 286 | 46.6 | ||
| The Journal of special education research | 2187-5014 | The Japanese Association of Special Education | 73 | 74 | 46.6 | ||
| Health Psychology Report | 2353-5571 | ☑ | 296 | 837 | 46.6 | Website | |
| Korean journal of health psychology | 1229-070X | Korean Health Psychological Association | 966 | 2009 | 46.5 | ||
| Journal of psychology & behavior research | 2640-9895 | Scholink Co, Ltd. | 39 | 14 | 46.2 | ||
| Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija | 1452-7367 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 324 | 177 | 46 | Website |
| Journal of ICSAR | 2548-8600 | ☑ | State University of Malang (UM) | 84 | 85 | 45.2 | Website |
| BMC Psychology | 2050-7283 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 914 | 7738 | 45.2 | Website |
| Plenum series on human exceptionality | 1572-5642 | 248 | 2832 | 44.8 | |||
| International journal of psychological studies | 1918-7211 | Canadian Center of Science and Education | 612 | 2488 | 44.8 | ||
| Psihološka istraživanja | 0352-7379 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 152 | 122 | 44.7 | Website |
| Psychological Thought | 2193-7281 | ☑ | Southwest University Neofit Rilski | 252 | 608 | 44.4 | Website |
| Journal of Montessori research | 2378-3923 | ☑ | The University of Kansas | 59 | 157 | 44.1 | Website |
| Evolutionary Psychology | 1474-7049 | ☑ | SAGE | 956 | 15455 | 43.8 | Website |
| 육아정책연구 | 1976-6793 | Korea Institute of Child Care and Education | 55 | 30 | 43.6 | ||
| Korea Journal of Counseling | 1598-2068 | Korean Counseling Association | 2106 | 2398 | 43 | ||
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | 1753-2000 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 744 | 16261 | 42.7 | Website |
| Al-Athfal: Jurnal pendidikan anak | 2477-4715 | ☑ | Al-Jami'ah Research Centre | 68 | 18 | 42.6 | Website |
| Cogent psychology | 2331-1908 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 613 | 2627 | 42.6 | Website |
| Children and teenagers | 2576-3709 | Scholink Co, Ltd. | 40 | 14 | 42.5 | ||
| Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation | 1409-6099 | ☑ | Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation | 827 | 346 | 42.4 | Website |
| Sexes | 2411-5118 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 76 | 54 | 42.1 | Website |
| South African Journal of Childhood Education | 2223-7674 | ☑ | AOSIS | 446 | 1191 | 41.5 | Website |
| Psihologija | 0048-5705 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 787 | 2413 | 41.4 | Website |
| Adolescents | 2673-7051 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 63 | 39 | 41.3 | Website |
| Measurement instruments for the social sciences | 2523-8930 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 34 | 73 | 41.2 | Website |
| Specialusis ugdymas | 1392-5369 | Vilnius University | 56 | 18 | 41.1 | ||
| Çocuk ve gençlik ruh sağlığı dergisi | 1301-3904 | ☑ | ScopeMed | 64 | 12 | 40.6 | Website |
| Practice in Clinical Psychology | 2423-5822 | Negah Scientific Publisher | 361 | 562 | 40.2 | ||
| Evolution, mind and behaviour | 2560-0982 | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. | 20 | 45 | 40 | ||
| Rwanda journal of health sciences | 2226-728X | African Journals Online | 5 | 31 | 40 | ||
| International Journal of School Health | 2345-5152 | ☑ | Kowsar Medical Institute | 230 | 204 | 40 | Website |
| International journal of psychology and behavioral sciences | 2163-1948 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 420 | 1132 | 40 | ||
| Psychobiology | 0889-6313 | 1744 | 38224 | 39.9 | |||
| Symbols and sandplay therapy | 2234-0556 | Korean Society of Sandplay Therapy | 93 | 61 | 39.8 | ||
| Kliničeskaâ i specialʹnaâ psihologiâ | 2304-0394 | ☑ | Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow State University of Psychology and Education | 113 | 42 | 39.8 | Website |
| Journal of Experimental Psychopathology | 2043-8087 | ☑ | SAGE | 394 | 3833 | 39.8 | Website |
| The Professional Counselor | 2164-3989 | The Professional Counselor at the National Board for Certified Counselors | 77 | 107 | 39 | ||
| International journal of psychological research | 2011-2084 | ☑ | Universidad de San Buenaventura | 353 | 4054 | 38.8 | Website |
| Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology | 1735-4315 | Negah Scientific Publisher | 968 | 2149 | 38.6 | ||
| Continuity in education | 2631-9179 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 26 | 43 | 38.5 | Website |
| Journal of Counseling and Educational Technology | 2654-8194 | RedWhite Press | 39 | 18 | 38.5 | ||
| Philippine journal of psychology | 0115-3153 | Psychological Association of the Philippines | 187 | 442 | 38.5 | ||
| International journal of research in counseling and education | 2620-5750 | ☑ | Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP) | 99 | 55 | 38.4 | Website |
| Peshawar journal of psychology and behavioral sciences | 2415-6779 | ☑ | Islamia College Peshawar - Department of Psychology | 73 | 19 | 38.4 | Website |
| International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches | 2395-2296 | ☑ | Medknow Publications | 175 | 196 | 38.3 | Website |
| Current research in psychology | 1949-0178 | Science Publications | 42 | 129 | 38.1 | ||
| Iranian evolutionary educational psychology journal | 2588-4395 | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 118 | 33 | 38.1 | ||
| Psychology | 2152-7180 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 2891 | 12088 | 37.6 | ||
| Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | 1477-7525 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 3307 | 113524 | 37.3 | Website |
| Studia Psychologica | 0039-3320 | ☑ | Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | 758 | 2519 | 37.3 | Website |
| Психология и право | 2222-5196 | ☑ | Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow State University of Psychology and Education | 145 | 56 | 37.2 | Website |
| Journal of behavioral addictions | 2062-5871 | ☑ | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. | 850 | 21085 | 37.2 | |
| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences | 2328-7845 | 391 | 610 | 37.1 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Developmental psychology paper?
You can publish your Developmental psychology paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access refers to free access to information and unrestricted use of electronic resources for everyone. Any kind of digital content can be open access, from texts and data to software, audio, and video.
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
In the table above, relevance is used to determine the level of association between a journal and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations show how often articles from this journal have been referenced in other works. OpenAlex is where we get this data from. Although the accuracy is debatable, it can nevertheless help you get a sense of how prestigious a journal is in general.
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The most common types are “Green Open Access”, “Gold Open Access” and “Hybrid Open Access”.