| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Psychological Bulletin | 12 | 8,129 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Child Development | 21 | 4,577 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Development and Psychopathology | 21 | 4,433 | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Attachment and Human Development | 32 | 2,806 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | 15 | 2,063 | 60 | 45 |
| 6 | Review of Educational Research | 3 | 1,791 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Child Maltreatment | 9 | 1,776 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Developmental Psychology | 8 | 1,447 | 102 | 77 |
| 9 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | 3 | 1,358 | 23 | 14 |
| 10 | Developmental Psychobiology | 13 | 1,242 | 17 | 3 |
| 11 | Developmental Review | 3 | 1,081 | 10 | 7 |
| 12 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 11 | 925 | 88 | 95 |
| 13 | Child Abuse Review | 2 | 882 | 48 | 1 |
| 14 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 3 | 877 | 429 | 191 |
| 15 | Biological Psychiatry | 5 | 866 | 1.2K | 698 |
| 16 | Journal of Family Psychology | 10 | 794 | 38 | 30 |
| 17 | Clinical Psychology Review | 3 | 721 | 115 | 164 |
| 18 | Child Development Perspectives | 6 | 668 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | 4 | 652 | 164 | 45 |
| 20 | European Journal of Epidemiology | 1 | 608 | 1.4K | 119 |
| 21 | Journal of Educational Psychology | 2 | 602 | 290 | 161 |
| 22 | Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | 6 | 597 | 9 | 15 |
| 23 | Translational Psychiatry | 3 | 590 | 712 | 63 |
| 24 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 3 | 542 | 437 | 74 |
| 25 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1 | 526 | 6.3K | 4.9K |
| 26 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | 10 | 520 | 7 | 27 |
| 27 | Infant Mental Health Journal | 9 | 499 | 11 | 8 |
| 28 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly | 7 | 470 | 33 | 32 |
| 29 | Children and Youth Services Review | 7 | 457 | 113 | 38 |
| 30 | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry | 4 | 378 | 31 | 42 |
| 31 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 4 | 375 | 480 | 529 |
| 32 | International Journal of Psychology | 3 | 324 | 48 | 16 |
| 33 | Harvard Review of Psychiatry | 2 | 321 | 58 | 21 |
| 34 | Social Development | 7 | 316 | 16 | 50 |
| 35 | Child Abuse and Neglect | 5 | 289 | 165 | 180 |
| 36 | Current Opinion in Psychology | 5 | 283 | 5 | 26 |
| 37 | Journal of Traumatic Stress | 3 | 280 | 250 | 179 |
| 38 | Learning and Individual Differences | 1 | 272 | 600 | 70 |
| 39 | Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | 3 | 263 | 108 | 68 |
| 40 | Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | 3 | 259 | 311 | 312 |
| 41 | Journal of Genetic Psychology | 5 | 227 | 13 | 7 |
| 41 | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 3 | 227 | 333 | 984 |
| 43 | Annual Review of Psychology | 1 | 224 | 50 | 532 |
| 44 | Nature Genetics | 1 | 218 | 10.6K | 19.5K |
| 45 | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 3 | 204 | 748 | 666 |
| 46 | Neuropsychopharmacology | 2 | 203 | 1.9K | 1.8K |
| 47 | Physiology and Behavior | 4 | 202 | 536 | 610 |
| 48 | British Journal of Developmental Psychology | 3 | 198 | 72 | 69 |
| 49 | Child: Care, Health and Development | 5 | 190 | 32 | 46 |
| 49 | Psychiatric Genetics | 1 | 190 | 407 | 32 |
| 51 | PLoS ONE | 5 | 187 | 19.6K | 34.3K |
| 52 | BMC Public Health | 3 | 184 | 2.7K | 1.8K |
| 53 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2 | 174 | 13.9K | 2.2K |
| 54 | Genes, Brain and Behavior | 3 | 169 | 97 | 129 |
| 55 | American Journal of Psychiatry | 1 | 155 | 2.6K | 3.2K |
| 56 | Child Psychiatry and Human Development | 4 | 152 | 73 | 66 |
| 57 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 2 | 151 | 1.1K | 668 |
| 58 | Hormones and Behavior | 4 | 150 | 265 | 546 |
| 59 | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1 | 149 | 4.7K | 3.6K |
| 60 | Personal Relationships | 1 | 145 | 221 | 96 |
| 61 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | 3 | 144 | 426 | 2.2K |
| 62 | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | 7 | 141 | 31 | 277 |
| 63 | Journal of Child and Family Studies | 5 | 134 | 87 | 171 |
| 64 | Frontiers in Psychology | 3 | 127 | 3.2K | 2.2K |
| 64 | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology | 4 | 127 | 208 | 455 |
| 66 | Autism | 2 | 122 | 342 | 347 |
| 67 | Reading Research Quarterly | 1 | 119 | 141 | 119 |
| 68 | Journal of Pediatric Psychology | 1 | 114 | 718 | 422 |
| 69 | European Neuropsychopharmacology | 2 | 113 | 1.1K | 813 |
| 70 | The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health | 3 | 111 | 34 | 512 |
| 71 | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1 | 105 | 3.8K | 3.3K |
| 72 | Journal of School Psychology | 1 | 102 | 259 | 237 |
| 73 | Neuropsychologia | 3 | 100 | 1.1K | 2.4K |
| 73 | Nature Reviews Genetics | 1 | 100 | 432 | 2.1K |
| 75 | Epigenetics | 2 | 96 | 379 | 722 |
| 76 | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1 | 95 | 440 | 183 |
| 77 | Aging and Mental Health | 2 | 92 | 513 | 447 |
| 77 | Developmental Science | 3 | 92 | 267 | 766 |
| 79 | Psychological Reports | 5 | 91 | 111 | 182 |
| 80 | American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics | 2 | 90 | 640 | 760 |
| 80 | New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development | 5 | 90 | 9 | 71 |
| 82 | Biological Psychology | 3 | 88 | 306 | 945 |
| 82 | Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | 88 | 78 | 354 |
| 84 | Parenting | 2 | 87 | 34 | 66 |
| 85 | Social Neuroscience | 6 | 77 | 8 | 291 |
| 86 | Journal of Psychiatric Research | 2 | 76 | 1.4K | 2.3K |
| 87 | Autism Research | 1 | 75 | 911 | 617 |
| 88 | Prevention Science | 1 | 69 | 634 | 468 |
| 89 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | 1 | 66 | 1.0K | 1.0K |
| 89 | Mind, Brain, and Education | 1 | 66 | 99 | 64 |
| 91 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | 4 | 65 | 385 | 581 |
| 91 | Human Molecular Genetics | 1 | 65 | 8.1K | 12.0K |
| 93 | Gerontology | 1 | 64 | 434 | 546 |
| 94 | Journal of Child Language | 1 | 62 | 369 | 294 |
| 95 | Depression and Anxiety | 1 | 58 | 1.2K | 1.6K |
| 96 | Journal of Social Psychology | 1 | 57 | 323 | 268 |
| 97 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | 1 | 55 | 813 | 989 |
| 97 | Infancy | 1 | 55 | 321 | 274 |
| 99 | Family Relations | 1 | 53 | 259 | 273 |
| 99 | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities | 1 | 53 | 465 | 247 |
| 99 | Child and Youth Care Forum | 3 | 53 | 22 | 93 |
| 102 | Clinical Epigenetics | 1 | 51 | 994 | 1.4K |
| 102 | Child Neuropsychology | 2 | 51 | 117 | 293 |
| 104 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2 | 50 | 1.4K | 2.7K |
| 105 | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | 49 | 214 | 1.5K |
| 106 | Journal of Affective Disorders | 2 | 48 | 3.8K | 7.1K |
| 106 | European Psychologist | 1 | 48 | 138 | 246 |
| 108 | International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research | 1 | 47 | 381 | 587 |
| 109 | European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 1 | 46 | 1.2K | 1.3K |
| 110 | Molecular Psychiatry | 2 | 45 | 1.8K | 5.9K |
| 111 | Aids | 1 | 44 | 3.5K | 4.0K |
| 112 | BMC Psychology | 3 | 41 | 29 | 208 |
| 113 | Journal of Marriage and Family | 2 | 40 | 262 | 840 |
| 114 | Sleep Medicine | 1 | 39 | 1.9K | 2.3K |
| 115 | Brain and Behavior | 4 | 36 | 23 | 954 |
| 116 | Sleep | 1 | 34 | 2.6K | 3.5K |
| 116 | Cortex | 1 | 34 | 2.2K | 3.2K |
| 116 | Journal of Moral Education | 1 | 34 | 83 | 79 |
| 119 | Journal of Community Psychology | 1 | 33 | 505 | 485 |
| 120 | Journal of Adolescence | 1 | 28 | 733 | 1.6K |
| 121 | NeuroImage | 1 | 27 | 10.3K | 16.1K |
| 121 | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | 1 | 27 | 184 | 256 |
| 123 | Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma | 1 | 25 | 189 | 241 |
| 124 | Journal of Neuroendocrinology | 1 | 23 | 744 | 1.2K |
| 125 | Brain Research | 1 | 22 | 7.4K | 13.9K |
| 125 | Bioinformatics | 1 | 22 | 6.8K | 12.6K |
| 125 | Emotion | 2 | 22 | 421 | 2.0K |
| 125 | Infant and Child Development | 1 | 22 | 204 | 374 |
| 129 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1 | 21 | 56.7K | 64.8K |
| 129 | Infancia Y Aprendizaje | 1 | 21 | 174 | 120 |
| 131 | Journal of Asthma | 1 | 20 | 1.0K | 1.3K |
| 132 | Journal of Clinical Psychology | 1 | 19 | 725 | 1.3K |
| 133 | Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology | 1 | 17 | 306 | 785 |
| 133 | Cognitive Development | 1 | 17 | 300 | 608 |
| 135 | Family Process | 1 | 15 | 292 | 664 |
| 135 | Learning and Instruction | 1 | 15 | 425 | 1.1K |
| 137 | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 2 | 14 | 2.0K | 8.4K |
| 137 | Aggressive Behavior | 1 | 14 | 379 | 1.0K |
| 139 | Psychophysiology | 1 | 13 | 1.4K | 2.9K |
| 139 | American Psychologist | 2 | 13 | 204 | 1.7K |
| 139 | Journal of Environmental Psychology | 1 | 13 | 446 | 1.5K |
| 139 | Human Development | 1 | 13 | 70 | 216 |
| 139 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | 1 | 13 | 408 | 1.1K |
| 144 | Psychopharmacology | 1 | 12 | 3.1K | 6.7K |
| 145 | Perceptual and Motor Skills | 1 | 11 | 998 | 1.6K |
| 145 | European Journal of Social Psychology | 1 | 11 | 697 | 1.5K |
| 147 | Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology | 1 | 10 | 201 | 548 |
| 148 | European Respiratory Journal | 1 | 9 | 4.3K | 10.6K |
| 148 | Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science | 1 | 9 | 126 | 334 |
| 148 | Journal of Family Violence | 1 | 9 | 346 | 1.0K |
| 148 | European Journal of Developmental Psychology | 1 | 9 | 273 | 664 |
| 148 | Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging | 1 | 9 | 1.7K | 3.9K |
| 153 | Psychiatry Research | 1 | 8 | 5.1K | 11.6K |
| 153 | Early Education and Development | 1 | 8 | 327 | 784 |
| 153 | Journal of Loss and Trauma | 1 | 8 | 143 | 373 |
| 153 | JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting | 1 | 8 | 83 | 475 |
| 157 | European Journal of Pediatrics | 1 | 7 | 1.9K | 5.5K |
| 157 | Cadernos De Saude Publica | 1 | 7 | 847 | 1.8K |
| 157 | Högre Utbildning | 1 | 7 | 511 | 1.5K |
| 160 | Merrill-Palmer Quarterly | 1 | 5 | 59 | 255 |
| 161 | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 1 | 4 | 3.8K | 11.7K |
| 161 | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 1 | 4 | 493 | 1.4K |
| 161 | Developmental Child Welfare | 1 | 4 | 20 | 64 |
| 164 | Trials | 1 | 3 | 5.4K | 18.7K |
| 164 | Psychosomatic Medicine | 1 | 3 | 1.0K | 3.4K |
| 164 | Health Technology Assessment | 1 | 3 | 1.4K | 4.5K |
| 167 | BMC Neuroscience | 1 | 2 | 936 | 3.5K |
| 167 | Youth and Society | 1 | 2 | 150 | 848 |
| 167 | Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology | 1 | 2 | 25 | 235 |
| 170 | International Journal of Psychophysiology | 1 | 0 | 1.3K | 4.1K |
| 170 | Psychology and Health | 1 | 0 | 661 | 2.9K |
| 170 | Politics and the Life Sciences | 1 | 0 | 53 | 196 |
| 170 | Devenir | 1 | 0 | 6 | 32 |
| 170 | Journal of Applied History | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
