Research in Human Development
Last updated ISSN 1542-7609
Research in Human Development is published by Taylor & Francis in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Research in Human Development concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1542-7609, 1542-7617 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 475 |
| Publishing since | 2004 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrhd20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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