Impact Factor
3.12
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.01
419 total citations
h5-index
29
h5 depth signal
Cited share
62.0%
132 of 213
Total citations
419
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.16
External metric anchor
Self-citation
3.6%
15 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
765
Canada
125
Netherlands
45
United Kingdom
44
Australia
36
Citing Fields of Research
Neurosciences
673
Psychiatry & Psychology
253
Autonomic Function
193
Obstetrics/Gynecology
142
Psychiatry
140
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
4,529
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
213
132 cited publications
Last 12 months
119
9.9 publications/month
Open access share
49.6%
59 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
765 citing publications
Leading citing field
Neurosciences
673 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v2n1, 1969-
v2n1, 1969-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Neurosciences
Autonomic Function
Psychiatry & Psychology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Broad Categories
Pediatrics
Psychophysiology
Neurosciences
MeSH Descriptors
Behavior
Growth
Psychophysiology
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1002/dev.70211
Open DOI
Early Postnatal Androgenic Activity Inhibition Produces Differential Long‐Term Alterations in Anxiety‐Like Behavior in Young Adult Male and Female Wistar Rats
Sex differences in anxiety‐like behavior are influenced by gonadal steroids, yet the contribution of early postnatal androgen signaling and testosterone metabolic pathways to the long‐term organization of these behaviors remains unclear....
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DOI 10.1002/dev.70205
Open DOI
Maternal Exposure to Witnessed Social Defeat Stress Induces Sex‐Specific Disruptions in Juvenile Social Play Behavior in Rats
Stressing rodent dams during lactation can impair offspring neurodevelopment, altering behavioral and physiological outcomes. Witnessed social defeat stress (WSDS) is a paradigm in which a juvenile or adult rodent observes aggressive enc...
04
DOI 10.1002/dev.70209
Open DOI
Maternal Depression, Childhood Resting‐State Brain Connectivity, and Adolescent Depression During the COVID‐19 Outbreak
Adolescents of mothers with a history of depression are at increased risk for developing depression themselves. These adolescents may have been especially vulnerable to depression under conditions of stress, such as the beginning of the ...
05
DOI 10.1002/dev.70207
Open DOI
Epigenetic Programming of Stress‐Response Systems: A Systematic Review of How Early Life Stress Shapes Developmental Trajectories of Mental Health
Early life stress (ELS) is a critical environmental factor influencing developmental trajectories of behavioral and emotional regulation. Increasing evidence suggests that such experiences can alter biological systems during sensitive de...
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DOI 10.1002/dev.70208
Open DOI
Issue Information
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DOI 10.1002/dev.70206
Open DOI
CUD‐PRS: Predicting Cannabis Use and Neurostructural Impacts in Adolescents
With recreational cannabis use rising globally, understanding and preventing cannabis use disorders (CUD) has become increasingly important. Cupertino et al.’s recent study (2025) sheds light on the development mechanism of CUD. Our comm...
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DOI 10.1002/dev.70198
Open DOI
Trajectories of Caregiver Psychosocial Stress and Child Psychiatric Risk: The Role of Preterm Birth and Racial Socioenvironmental Inequity
The current study examines trajectories of caregiver psychosocial stress in a large ( N = 288) and representative longitudinal sample of families impacted by very preterm (VPT) birth, including a group of VPT infants with white matter in...
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DOI 10.1002/dev.70203
Open DOI
It Takes Two to Regulate: Neural and Behavioral Synchrony Relate to Child Externalizing and Internalizing Profiles
Parent–child interactions contribute to children's behavioral development and may buffer against psychopathology. Less is known about behavioral and neural alignment's association to development. Therefore, we examined behavioral and neu...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Print issues ceased with v. 56, no. 8 (Dec. 2014).
Also issued online.
Vol. 28, no. 3 (1995)19950516 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper