Child Development
Last updated ISSN 0009-3920
Child Development is published by Wiley in psychology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,320.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Child Development concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Language Development and Disorders
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Infant Health and Development
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0009-3920, 1467-8624 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,320 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 17,356 |
| Publishing since | 1930 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8 |
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