| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Psychological Bulletin | 7 | 5,357 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Child Development | 13 | 3,146 | 61 | 51 |
| 3 | Development and Psychopathology | 16 | 3,033 | 22 | 15 |
| 4 | Attachment and Human Development | 26 | 2,587 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Child Maltreatment | 11 | 1,923 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | 2 | 1,292 | 83 | 15 |
| 7 | Developmental Psychology | 7 | 1,205 | 132 | 99 |
| 8 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 3 | 1,190 | 429 | 124 |
| 9 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | 9 | 1,182 | 118 | 105 |
| 10 | Developmental Psychobiology | 11 | 1,086 | 21 | 4 |
| 11 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 11 | 892 | 88 | 102 |
| 12 | Child Abuse Review | 2 | 882 | 47 | 1 |
| 13 | Biological Psychiatry | 4 | 861 | 1.6K | 703 |
| 14 | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | 6 | 763 | 71 | 28 |
| 15 | Journal of Family Psychology | 6 | 627 | 95 | 45 |
| 16 | Translational Psychiatry | 3 | 590 | 712 | 63 |
| 17 | Child Development Perspectives | 4 | 580 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 2 | 501 | 736 | 86 |
| 19 | Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | 4 | 474 | 22 | 27 |
| 20 | Children and Youth Services Review | 6 | 456 | 153 | 39 |
| 21 | Developmental Review | 1 | 446 | 79 | 27 |
| 22 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 6 | 438 | 293 | 461 |
| 23 | Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | 4 | 409 | 63 | 26 |
| 24 | International Journal of Psychology | 4 | 365 | 27 | 11 |
| 25 | Current Opinion in Psychology | 5 | 319 | 5 | 19 |
| 25 | Infant Mental Health Journal | 4 | 319 | 44 | 16 |
| 27 | PLoS ONE | 4 | 291 | 30.3K | 16.6K |
| 28 | Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | 4 | 280 | 202 | 292 |
| 29 | Journal of Traumatic Stress | 1 | 240 | 754 | 213 |
| 30 | Annual Review of Psychology | 1 | 224 | 50 | 532 |
| 31 | Child Abuse and Neglect | 4 | 220 | 228 | 270 |
| 31 | Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma | 1 | 220 | 189 | 1 |
| 33 | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 3 | 204 | 747 | 663 |
| 34 | Neuropsychopharmacology | 2 | 203 | 1.9K | 1.8K |
| 35 | Parenting | 3 | 197 | 16 | 21 |
| 36 | Clinical Psychology Review | 2 | 192 | 243 | 834 |
| 37 | Psychiatric Genetics | 1 | 190 | 406 | 32 |
| 38 | Physiology and Behavior | 3 | 181 | 808 | 719 |
| 39 | Hormones and Behavior | 6 | 175 | 153 | 446 |
| 40 | American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics | 2 | 155 | 639 | 413 |
| 41 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 2 | 151 | 1.1K | 668 |
| 42 | British Journal of Developmental Psychology | 2 | 147 | 135 | 108 |
| 43 | Sex Roles | 1 | 144 | 556 | 254 |
| 44 | Social Development | 5 | 143 | 34 | 137 |
| 45 | Child Psychiatry and Human Development | 3 | 137 | 120 | 84 |
| 46 | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 1 | 134 | 1.3K | 1.5K |
| 47 | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology | 4 | 127 | 208 | 455 |
| 48 | BMC Public Health | 2 | 126 | 4.8K | 3.0K |
| 49 | Sleep Medicine Reviews | 1 | 122 | 553 | 613 |
| 50 | Journal of Child and Family Studies | 3 | 121 | 249 | 211 |
| 51 | Emotion | 3 | 119 | 233 | 688 |
| 52 | European Neuropsychopharmacology | 2 | 113 | 1.1K | 813 |
| 53 | Frontiers in Psychology | 2 | 111 | 5.8K | 2.7K |
| 54 | Frontiers in Neuroscience | 1 | 109 | 4.5K | 1.5K |
| 55 | Review of Educational Research | 1 | 107 | 96 | 367 |
| 56 | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1 | 105 | 3.8K | 3.3K |
| 56 | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | 5 | 105 | 71 | 378 |
| 58 | Nature Reviews Genetics | 1 | 100 | 432 | 2.1K |
| 58 | Autism | 1 | 100 | 701 | 426 |
| 60 | Epigenetics | 2 | 96 | 379 | 722 |
| 61 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | 3 | 91 | 426 | 3.1K |
| 62 | Biological Psychology | 3 | 88 | 306 | 945 |
| 62 | Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | 88 | 78 | 354 |
| 64 | Social Neuroscience | 7 | 82 | 5 | 266 |
| 65 | Autism Research | 1 | 75 | 911 | 617 |
| 66 | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience | 5 | 73 | 63 | 894 |
| 67 | Journal of Psychiatric Research | 1 | 69 | 3.0K | 2.5K |
| 67 | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 4 | 69 | 655 | 1.9K |
| 69 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | 1 | 66 | 1.0K | 1.0K |
| 70 | Human Molecular Genetics | 1 | 65 | 8.1K | 12.0K |
| 71 | Gerontology | 1 | 64 | 434 | 546 |
| 72 | New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development | 3 | 62 | 31 | 108 |
| 72 | Infancy | 2 | 62 | 145 | 237 |
| 72 | The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health | 1 | 62 | 401 | 936 |
| 75 | Depression and Anxiety | 1 | 58 | 1.2K | 1.6K |
| 76 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | 1 | 56 | 2.0K | 631 |
| 77 | Family Relations | 1 | 53 | 259 | 273 |
| 77 | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities | 1 | 53 | 465 | 247 |
| 77 | Journal of Children's Services | 1 | 53 | 34 | 17 |
| 80 | Child Neuropsychology | 2 | 51 | 117 | 293 |
| 80 | Family Science: Global Perspectives on Research, Policy and Practice | 3 | 51 | 6 | 15 |
| 82 | Developmental Science | 2 | 50 | 435 | 1.3K |
| 82 | BMC Psychology | 4 | 50 | 18 | 162 |
| 84 | European Psychologist | 1 | 48 | 138 | 246 |
| 85 | European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 1 | 46 | 1.2K | 1.3K |
| 86 | Molecular Psychiatry | 2 | 45 | 1.8K | 5.9K |
| 87 | Aids | 1 | 44 | 3.5K | 4.0K |
| 88 | Infant and Child Development | 3 | 39 | 29 | 227 |
| 89 | Human Brain Mapping | 1 | 38 | 4.5K | 6.6K |
| 89 | Journal of Family Violence | 2 | 38 | 158 | 392 |
| 91 | Brain and Behavior | 4 | 36 | 23 | 954 |
| 91 | Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community | 1 | 36 | 89 | 64 |
| 93 | Sleep | 1 | 34 | 2.6K | 3.5K |
| 93 | Cortex | 1 | 34 | 2.2K | 3.2K |
| 93 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | 3 | 34 | 97 | 640 |
| 93 | Child and Youth Care Forum | 1 | 34 | 171 | 196 |
| 97 | Neuroendocrinology Letters | 1 | 31 | 418 | 134 |
| 98 | Child: Care, Health and Development | 1 | 29 | 389 | 536 |
| 99 | Journal of Affective Disorders | 1 | 28 | 6.9K | 9.9K |
| 100 | NeuroImage | 1 | 27 | 10.3K | 16.1K |
| 100 | JAMA Pediatrics | 1 | 27 | 1.4K | 3.9K |
| 102 | Psychiatry Research | 3 | 24 | 1.7K | 7.4K |
| 103 | Brain Research | 1 | 22 | 7.4K | 13.9K |
| 104 | Journal of Clinical Psychology | 1 | 19 | 717 | 1.3K |
| 104 | Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology | 2 | 19 | 87 | 372 |
| 106 | Trials | 2 | 14 | 2.2K | 9.9K |
| 107 | Psychophysiology | 1 | 13 | 1.4K | 2.9K |
| 107 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | 1 | 13 | 408 | 1.1K |
| 109 | Psychopharmacology | 1 | 12 | 3.1K | 6.7K |
| 110 | Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review | 1 | 11 | 144 | 551 |
| 111 | Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science | 1 | 9 | 126 | 334 |
| 111 | Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences | 1 | 9 | 181 | 887 |
| 113 | Genes, Brain and Behavior | 1 | 8 | 451 | 1.8K |
| 113 | Journal of Loss and Trauma | 1 | 8 | 143 | 373 |
| 113 | JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting | 1 | 8 | 83 | 475 |
| 116 | European Journal of Pediatrics | 1 | 7 | 1.9K | 5.5K |
| 117 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 1 | 6 | 2.6K | 12.4K |
| 118 | Brain Sciences | 1 | 5 | 2.4K | 7.8K |
| 118 | Merrill-Palmer Quarterly | 1 | 5 | 59 | 255 |
| 120 | Neuropsychologia | 1 | 4 | 3.3K | 8.3K |
| 120 | Psychological Medicine | 1 | 4 | 3.0K | 7.7K |
| 120 | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 1 | 4 | 3.8K | 11.7K |
| 120 | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 1 | 4 | 493 | 1.4K |
| 120 | Journal of Family Issues | 1 | 4 | 329 | 1.4K |
| 125 | Psychosomatic Medicine | 1 | 3 | 1.0K | 3.4K |
| 125 | Health Technology Assessment | 1 | 3 | 1.4K | 4.5K |
| 127 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 1 | 2 | 28.6K | 63.3K |
| 127 | American Psychologist | 1 | 2 | 533 | 2.1K |
| 127 | BMC Neuroscience | 1 | 2 | 936 | 3.5K |
| 127 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly | 1 | 2 | 461 | 1.4K |
| 127 | Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology | 1 | 2 | 25 | 235 |
| 132 | Journal of Early Adolescence | 1 | 1 | 172 | 919 |
| 132 | Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences | 1 | 1 | 65 | 248 |
| 134 | Journal of Molecular Neuroscience | 1 | 0 | 1.2K | 5.2K |
| 134 | Anuario De Psicologia Juridica | 1 | 0 | 12 | 70 |
| 134 | Journal of Applied History | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
