Impact Factor
3.08
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.34
282 total citations
h5-index
22
h5 depth signal
Cited share
64.2%
79 of 123
Total citations
282
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.31
External metric anchor
Self-citation
8.9%
25 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
311
United Kingdom
85
Canada
56
Germany
52
Netherlands
43
Citing Fields of Research
Neurosciences
342
Psychiatry & Psychology
218
Linguistics & Language Studies
206
Obstetrics/Gynecology
57
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
43
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,304
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
123
79 cited publications
Last 12 months
84
8.4 publications/month
Open access share
56.0%
47 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
311 citing publications
Leading citing field
Neurosciences
342 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
23 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v25n1, Jan.-Feb. 2020-
v25n1, Jan.-Feb. 2020- ; selected citations only before this date
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Neurosciences
Linguistics & Language Studies
Psychiatry & Psychology
Communication Studies
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
International Society on Infant Studies
Broad Categories
Pediatrics
Perinatology
Neurosciences
Linguistics & Language Studies
Psychiatry & Psychology
MeSH Descriptors
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Infant
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1111/infa.70128
Open DOI
The Stress of Being Left Out: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Ostracism in Preverbal Infants
Being ostracized is a stressful experience that affects behavioral and physiological reactivity in adults. However, evidence regarding its impact early in life remains limited. This study investigated whether inclusion or exclusion durin...
02
DOI 10.1111/infa.70127
Open DOI
Unpacking Multimodal Verb Input in English: Insights From Typically Developing Infants and Those Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
This study offers a descriptive account of multimodal verb input to Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) and Typically Developing (TD) infants across crucial points in verb acquisition. Using the North American English Ambrose (2016) corpus, w...
03
DOI 10.1111/infa.70126
Open DOI
Observational Learning and Generalization in Infant Grasps of Novel Tools
Tool use is a critical skill acquired in infancy. Here, we tested whether infants could learn how to grasp a tool from observing an adult model and whether this learning generalized to a new task and to increasingly dissimilar tools. Inf...
04
DOI 10.1111/infa.70121
Open DOI
Care Arrangements and Infant Development: The First Thousand Days Study in Santiago, Chile
This study draws on data from the Chilean Longitudinal First Thousand Days Study to examine early caregiving arrangements and their associations with developmental outcomes among 14‐month‐old children ( n = 1161) in Santiago, Chile. We d...
05
DOI 10.1111/infa.70124
Open DOI
Early Steps, Early Struggles: Independent Locomotion and Aggression in 4‐ to 15‐Month‐Olds
Although physical aggression emerges in infancy, concurrent with motor development, its possible connection remains poorly understood. Previous research has documented age‐related changes in aggression but has not examined how fundamenta...
06
DOI 10.1111/infa.70131
Open DOI
Exploring Cues of Reciprocity in Third‐Party Word Learning
This study examined how toddlers learn novel words by observing two adults interact in third‐party contexts. Specifically, we examined whether toddlers show stronger evidence of selective referent identification for labeled objects in th...
07
DOI 10.1111/infa.70129
Open DOI
Sensory Hyper‐Sensitivity Associates With Poor Infant Sleep and Different Parental Sleep Practices, in a UK Cohort
Sleep difficulties (e.g., increased sleep onset latency and more frequent night awakenings) are common in early development and are associated with increased parental stress. Sleep difficulties have been linked to sensory hypersensitivit...
08
DOI 10.1111/infa.70130
Open DOI
Growth Is Rarely a Straight Line: Developmental Path of Early Metacognition, Role of Parental Metacognitive Talk and Influence on Children's Memory
Rudimentary metacognitive skills emerge early in infancy. To date, however, little is known about the developmental course of these early skills or the factors involved in their development. To address this gap, the present study aimed t...
09
DOI 10.1111/infa.70122
Open DOI
Infant Rhythmic Movement Across Postural Conditions
Musical engagement is a universal trait of human behavior and a foundational form of embodied communication. While this engagement is deeply rooted in bodily experiences, much of the existing research has focused on perceptual and neural...
10
DOI 10.1111/infa.70119
Open DOI
Issue Information
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Print issues ceased with v. 20, no. 6 (2015).
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