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About the Emerging Adulthood format

Emerging Adulthood is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Identity, Memory, and Therapy, Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Emerging Adulthood, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inIdentity, Memory, and Therapy Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Family Support in Illness
ISSN2167-6968
Citation impact (2-yr)1.65
h-index64
i10-index386
Total citations19,215
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Minnesota
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Emerging Adulthood per year

50
2014
49
2015
37
2016
55
2017
77
2018
56
2019
52
2020
72
2021
92
2022
99
2023
105
2024
91
2025

Citation impact of Emerging Adulthood by publication year

2K
2014
2.8K
2015
1.6K
2016
1.2K
2017
1.8K
2018
1.1K
2019
912
2020
1.4K
2021
1.1K
2022
549
2023
289
2024
93
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Emerging Adulthood

Guidelines for Establishing Reliability When Coding Narrative Data

Moin Syed, Sarah C. Nelson · 26 May 2015

The use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches has been foundational to research on emerging adulthood, yet there remain many unresolved methodological issues pertaining to how to handle qualitative data. The purpose of this article is to review best practices for coding and establishing reliability when working with narrative data. In doing so, we…

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The Challenge of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood

Shmuel Shulman, Jennifer Connolly · 1 Mar 2013

Although theories of romantic stage development suggest that youth in the period of emerging adulthood are fully capable of commitment to an intimate romantic relationship, recent research suggests that the relationships of many young people are quite different. Marriage and other forms of deep commitment are delayed while many youth engage in short-term casual encounters…

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Identity in Emerging Adulthood

Seth J. Schwartz, Byron L. Zamboanga, Koen Luyckx et al. · 26 Mar 2013

The present article presents a review of identity status-based theory and research with adolescents and emerging adults, with some coverage of related approaches such as narrative identity and identity style. In the first section, we review Erikson’s theory of identity and early identity status research examining differences in personality and cognitive variables across statuses. We…

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College Students as Emerging Adults

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · 24 May 2015

In this commentary to the special issue of Emerging Adulthood edited by Reifman and Grahe, I seek to provide a broader developmental context for the studies. I begin by describing the rise in college participation over the past century, noting that even now only about 20% attend 4-year residential colleges and universities. Then, I describe…

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Negotiating the Transition to College

Colleen S. Conley, Alexandra C. Kirsch, Daniel Dickson et al. · 14 Feb 2014

The transition to college, which for the majority of youth coincides with the transition to emerging adulthood, is stressful and disruptive. Using latent growth curve modeling (LGM), this study examines the longitudinal course of psychosocial adjustment in a sample of 2,095 emerging adults, at three time-points across this transition: In the week prior to college…

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Emerging Adulthood template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Emerging Adulthood format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Emerging Adulthood template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Emerging Adulthood use?
Emerging Adulthood uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Emerging Adulthood, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Emerging Adulthood?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Emerging Adulthood document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Emerging Adulthood template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Emerging Adulthood format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Emerging Adulthood?
Emerging Adulthood is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Emerging Adulthood template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Emerging Adulthood PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Emerging Adulthood template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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