Social Development (journal)


Social Development is a quarterly peer-reviewed online-only scientific journal covering developmental psychology, with a specific focus on children's behavioral development. It was established in 1992 by Rudolf Schaffer and is published by John Wiley & Sons.
The current editors-in-chief are Elizabeth A. Lemerise, Amy Halberstadt, and Luna Centifanti. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.042, ranking it 31st out of 73 journals in the category "Psychology, Developmental".