Child Development

1.0M citations
14.4k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Topics
Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education and Development

In The Last Decade

Child Development

12.3k papers receiving 857.7k citations

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Child Development
Comparison fields: 5 of 243
  • Clinical Psychology 414.1k
  • Education 313.6k
  • Social Psychology 298.7k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 290.2k
  • Sociology and Political Science 155.7k
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About Child Development

The 14.4k papers published in Child Development in the last decades have received a total of 1.0M indexed citations . Papers published in Child Development usually cover Developmental and Educational Psychology (4.6k papers), Clinical Psychology (3.4k papers) and Social Psychology (2.8k papers) specifically the topics of Child and Animal Learning Development (2.7k papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2.7k papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (2.4k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Child Development are Jay Belsky, Kenneth A. Dodge, Nicki R. Crick, Laurence Steinberg, Susan Harter, Gary W. Ladd, Dante Cicchetti, Grazyna Kochanska, L. Alan Sroufe and Henry M. Wellman.

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