Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Developmental and Educational Psychology journal rankings 2025
121 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology has 121 ranked journals in 2025. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.16 against 1.00, unchanged on 2024. A journal needs OJR 1.69 to reach Q1. No journal’s likely rank range stays within the top 3, so the intro names none.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Psychology (7)
121 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #5 of 121ReCALLCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 5.31Q1 | 9.76 1.81 up from 2024 | 63 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #6 of 121Child Development PerspectivesWiley · United Kingdom | 4.40Q1 | 5.91 0.43 down from 2024 | 90 | 63% | $3,700 | ||
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #6 of 121Educational Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 4.15Q1 | 13.70 2.63 up from 2024 | 313 | 69% | $4,790 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #1 and #11 of 121International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.90Q1 | 7.98 1.89 up from 2024 | 67 | 77% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 5; likely between #1 and #10 of 121Journal of the Learning SciencesRoutledge · United States | 3.73Q1 | 6.07 1.96 up from 2024 | 57 | 44% | — | ||
Rank 6; likely between #2 and #11 of 121Reading Research QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.54Q1 | 4.73 0.70 down from 2024 | 130 | 67% | $3,530 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #1 and #46 of 121Human DevelopmentKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 3.38Q1 | 2.27 3.40 down from 2024 | 90 | 36% | — | ||
Rank 8; likely between #5 and #10 of 121Journal of Computer Assisted LearningWiley · United Kingdom | 3.22Q1 | 7.90 0.92 up from 2024 | 444 | 54% | $4,150 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 9; likely between #5 and #15 of 121Metacognition and LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.94Q1 | 3.96 1.98 down from 2024 | 113 | 50% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #5 and #18 of 121Annals of DyslexiaSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.80Q1 | 5.81 2.92 up from 2024 | 62 | 56% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #30 of 121Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and HealthTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.47Q1 | 3.66 0.34 down from 2024 | 116 | 55% | — | ||
Rank 12; likely between #7 and #28 of 121Developmental ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 2.42Q1 | 6.85 0.16 up from 2024 | 77 | 39% | $4,330 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #29 of 121Language LearningWiley · United States | 2.34Q1 | 3.17 0.70 down from 2024 | 198 | 78% | $3,760 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #9 and #24 of 121Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 3.92 0.41 down from 2024 | 461 | 63% | $4,320 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 15; likely between #9 and #34 of 121Learning and MotivationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 5.40 2.30 up from 2024 | 202 | 16% | $3,360 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 16; likely between #11 and #31 of 121Journal of Applied Sport PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.13Q1 | 3.80 0.35 up from 2024 | 120 | 70% | — | ||
Rank 17; likely between #12 and #25 of 121Developmental ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 3.47 0.94 down from 2024 | 355 | 73% | $4,140 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #9 and #49 of 121Perspectives on Behavior ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 2.01Q1 | 2.10 2.16 down from 2024 | 97 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #11 and #39 of 121International Review of Sport and Exercise PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.98Q1 | 6.71 1.13 down from 2024 | 86 | 52% | — | ||
Rank 20; likely between #13 and #37 of 121Instructional ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.96Q1 | 3.32 0.04 down from 2024 | 124 | 63% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 21; likely between #14 and #31 of 121JMIR Serious GamesOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 1.96Q1 | 5.65 0.08 up from 2024 | 304 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #13 and #40 of 121Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisWiley · United States | 1.93Q1 | 3.95 0.21 up from 2024 | 211 | 46% | $3,470 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 23; likely between #12 and #46 of 121Journal of Learning DisabilitiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.86Q1 | 2.84 0.39 down from 2024 | 80 | 45% | $3,650 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #12 and #51 of 121Journal of Research in ReadingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 2.54 0.21 down from 2024 | 83 | 66% | $3,620 | ||
Rank 25; likely between #11 and #50 of 121Language Assessment QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.84Q1 | 2.84 0.28 up from 2024 | 62 | 31% | — | ||
Rank 26; likely between #14 and #52 of 121The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf EducationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 3.01 1.11 up from 2024 | 160 | 44% | $4,363 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 27; likely between #22 and #38 of 121Psychology of sport and exerciseElsevier BV · United States | 1.75Q1 | 4.13 0.29 up from 2024 | 511 | 59% | $3,570 | ||
Rank 28; likely between #16 and #45 of 121Language Speech and Hearing Services in SchoolsAmerican Speech–Language–Hearing Association · United States | 1.75Q1 | 3.27 0.03 up from 2024 | 242 | 32% | — | ||
Rank 29; likely between #20 and #44 of 121Reading and WritingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.72Q1 | 2.59 0.22 down from 2024 | 372 | 52% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 30; likely between #19 and #45 of 121The Reading TeacherWiley · United States | 1.72Q1 | 1.64 0.04 up from 2024 | 272 | 52% | $2,760 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #13 and #63 of 121Reading & Writing QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 2.21 0.68 up from 2024 | 86 | 19% | — | ||
Rank 32; likely between #18 and #56 of 121Applied PsycholinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 2.72 0.34 down from 2024 | 147 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #19 and #56 of 121Learning Disabilities Research and PracticeWiley · United States | 1.59Q2 | 2.59 0.65 up from 2024 | 66 | 20% | $3,650 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #18 and #56 of 121British Journal of Developmental PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 2.16 0.58 down from 2024 | 124 | 67% | $3,400 | ||
Rank 35; likely between #20 and #56 of 121Sports Coaching ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.58Q2 | 2.23 0.30 down from 2024 | 98 | 54% | — | ||
Rank 36; likely between #19 and #58 of 121DyslexiaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.58Q2 | 1.95 1.17 down from 2024 | 79 | 59% | $3,460 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #10 and #85 of 121First LanguageSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.55Q2 | 2.36 0.33 up from 2024 | 109 | 70% | $3,650 | ||
Rank 38; likely between #20 and #64 of 121AmpersandOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.53Q2 | 2.44 0.31 up from 2024 | 126 | 100% | $1,570 | ||
Rank 39; likely between #22 and #59 of 121Scientific Studies of ReadingTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.53Q2 | 3.03 0.11 up from 2024 | 90 | 61% | — | ||
Rank 40; likely between #21 and #60 of 121Infant and Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 1.53Q2 | 2.47 0.37 down from 2024 | 247 | 71% | $2,620 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #19 and #67 of 121Journal of Cognition and DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.50Q2 | 2.87 0.40 up from 2024 | 119 | 50% | — | ||
Rank 42; likely between #19 and #67 of 121Discourse ProcessesTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.50Q2 | 1.76 0.39 down from 2024 | 118 | 39% | — | ||
Rank 43; likely between #23 and #61 of 121Open MindOAThe MIT Press · United States | 1.50Q2 | 3.08 0.51 up from 2024 | 123 | 100% | $950 | ||
Rank 44; likely between #24 and #60 of 121Simulation & GamingSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.49Q2 | 2.80 0.05 down from 2024 | 120 | 63% | $3,650 | ||
Rank 45; likely between #21 and #66 of 121Child Language Teaching and TherapySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.48Q2 | 2.32 0.77 up from 2024 | 45 | 58% | $3,650 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #24 and #65 of 121Journal of Psycholinguistic ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.43Q2 | 2.82 0.51 up from 2024 | 270 | 55% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 47; likely between #27 and #67 of 121Sport Exercise and Performance PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.40Q2 | 3.19 0.33 up from 2024 | 88 | 30% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #34 and #60 of 121International Journal of Sport and Exercise PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.39Q2 | 2.95 0.31 up from 2024 | 288 | 38% | — | ||
Rank 49; likely between #19 and #80 of 121International Journal of Game-Based LearningIGI Global · United States | 1.39Q2 | 2.77 0.82 up from 2024 | 30 | 89% | — | ||
Rank 50; likely between #21 and #71 of 121Journal of Child LanguageCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 2.23 0.42 up from 2024 | 212 | 100% | $3,550 |
5 Developmental and Educational Psychology journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
- 1Learning and MotivationElsevier BV · Netherlands+125% vs groupOJR 0.97 → 2.19range +48% to +243%
- 2The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf EducationOxford University Press · United Kingdom+70% vs groupOJR 1.05 → 1.78range +13% to +156%
- 3Educational Psychology in PracticeRoutledge · United Kingdom+74% vs groupOJR 0.53 → 0.93range +6.1% to +184%
- 4Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest GroupsAmerican Speech–Language–Hearing Association · United States+43% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.68range +5.1% to +93%
- 5Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisWiley · United States+32% vs groupOJR 1.46 → 1.93range +1.2% to +71%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -73% to +265% (ratio scale)
6 Developmental and Educational Psychology journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Journal of the Experimental Analysis of BehaviorWiley · United States-34% vs groupOJR 1.14 → 0.75range -51% to -12%
- 2Journal of Experimental Child PsychologyElsevier BV · United States-23% vs groupOJR 1.60 → 1.23range -35% to -10%
- 3Journal of Behavioral EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands-34% vs groupOJR 1.06 → 0.71range -54% to -5.0%
- 4Journal of Computer Assisted LearningWiley · United Kingdom-22% vs groupOJR 4.12 → 3.22range -37% to -4.3%
- 5Behavior Analysis in PracticeSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland-25% vs groupOJR 1.43 → 1.08range -41% to -3.6%
- 6Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom-25% vs groupOJR 3.08 → 2.31range -43% to -2.8%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -56% to +125% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Psychology, with Developmental and Educational Psychology highlighted.
- Clinical Psychology604
- Social Psychology190
- Developmental and Educational Psychology121
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology103
- Applied Psychology8
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology5
- General Psychology1
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
17 additional Developmental and Educational Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 121
- Window papers (baseline)
- 71,867 +12.2% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 1.161 -1.5% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 5
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 77 | 83 | 84 | 88 | 88 | 93 | 98 | 100 | 107 | 104 | 105 | 110 | 113 | 114 | 113 | 117 | 116 | 121 | 117 | 117 | 119 | 118 | 120 | 123 | 120 | 121 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 13,899 | 14,719 | 15,332 | 16,515 | 17,177 | 18,269 | 19,213 | 20,954 | 22,922 | 25,425 | 27,871 | 30,508 | 32,986 | 35,572 | 37,857 | 40,434 | 43,116 | 45,600 | 47,485 | 49,832 | 53,264 | 58,631 | 64,046 | 66,566 | 68,573 | 71,867 | |
| Median OJR | 0.70 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 1.09 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.203 | 1.226 | 1.2898 | 1.26 | 1.42 | 1.374 | 1.2900 | 1.372 | 1.230 | 1.27 | 1.197 | 1.18 | 1.06 | 1.162 | 1.161 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.