Developmental Science
Overview
Developmental Science is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the interdisciplinary study of human development from infancy to adolescence. It publishes cutting-edge research articles, reviews, and theoretical papers, covering various aspects of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. The journal aims to advance our understanding of developmental processes and their implications for education, policy, and intervention.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Dev Sci
Start
1998
End
Continuing
Frequency
Bimonthly, 2005-
p-ISSN
1363-755X
e-ISSN
1467-7687
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Psychology
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 1411
150
SJR / Ranks: 1597
1686
CiteScore / Ranks: 1874
8.80
Recent Articles
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Theriault-Couture F, Matte-Gagne C, Bernier A
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e70010.
PMID: 40089936
Executive functions (EFs) emerge in the first years of life and are essential for many areas of child development. However, intraindividual developmental trajectories of EF during toddlerhood and their associations...
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Lund E, Werfel K
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e70007.
PMID: 40066854
Recent studies indicate children who are deaf and hard of hearing who use cochlear implants or hearing aids know fewer spoken words than their peers with typical hearing, and often...
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Bleijlevens N, Ciesla A, Behne T
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e13618.
PMID: 40066844
Do mono- and bilingual children differ in the way they learn novel words in ambiguous settings? Listeners may resolve referential ambiguity by assuming that novel words refer to unknown, rather...
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Zsoldos R, Kiraly I
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e70004.
PMID: 40065504
Pedagogy is seen as a "double-edged sword": it efficiently conveys information but may constrain the exploration of the causal structure of objects, suggesting that pedagogy and exploration are mutually exclusive...
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West E, Baer C, Yu L, Odic D
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e13617.
PMID: 40045535
Metacognitive reasoning is central to decision-making. For every decision, we can also judge our trust in that decision, or our level of confidence. The mechanisms and representations underlying reasoning about...
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Crollen V, Buyle M, Schiltz C, Lochy A
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e70001.
PMID: 40033802
Numbers and letters are culturally created symbols that acquire meaning through extensive training, significantly influencing brain function. The distinct hemispheric specialization of cortical regions for these categories has been hypothesized...
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Gao M, Sloutsky V
Dev Sci
. 2025 Mar;
28(3):e70002.
PMID: 40033792
Children are more likely than adults to explore new options, but is this due to a top-down epistemic-uncertainty-driven process or a bottom-up novelty-driven process? Given immature cognitive control, children may...
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