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Research in Human Development is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Early Childhood Education and Development, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Youth Development and Social Support.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Research in Human Development 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inEarly Childhood Education and Development Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Youth Development and Social Support Aging and Gerontology Research Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
ISSN1542-7609
Citation impact (2-yr)1.37
h-index63
i10-index268
Total citations16,292
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Research in Human Development per year

25
2014
40
2015
27
2016
29
2017
22
2018
16
2019
18
2020
19
2021
10
2022
14
2023
17
2024
25
2025

Citation impact of Research in Human Development by publication year

677
2014
1K
2015
1.1K
2016
1.1K
2017
634
2018
435
2019
388
2020
179
2021
52
2022
49
2023
52
2024
10
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Research in Human Development

Mediation Models for Longitudinal Data in Developmental Research

James P. Selig, Kristopher J. Preacher · 1 Jun 2009

Mediation models are used to describe the mechanism(s) by which one variable influences another. These models can be useful in developmental research to explicate the relationship between variables, developmental processes, or combinations of variables and processes. In this article we describe aspects of mediation effects specific to developmental research. We focus on three central issues…

Persons as Contexts: Evaluating Between-Person and Within-Person Effects in Longitudinal Analysis

Lesa Hoffman, Robert S. Stawski · 1 Jun 2009

Relationships among multiple variables over time are of interest in many developmental areas and are frequently examined using time-varying predictors in multilevel models. Yet an incomplete specification of time-varying predictors will usually result in biased model effects. Specifically, the impact of constant, between-person sources of variation must be differentiated from the impact of time-specific, within-person…

Whose Lives? How History, Societies, and Institutions Define and Shape Life Courses

Karl Ulrich Mayer · 28 May 2004

This article outlines how current sociology constructs life courses. First, a set of general heuristics is provided. Second, the development of life course sociology over the last 50 years is traced as an intellectual process whereby the life course has emerged as an analytical construct in addition to such concepts as human develop-ment, biography, and…

Ecological Systems Theory: The Person in the Center of the Circles

Nancy Darling · 14 Nov 2007

Simplistic presentations of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory focus on its attention to context. Although this accurately represents the first phase of Bronfenbrenner's work, it is argued that the core feature of Bronfenbrenner's later work is its attention to the patterning and interrelationship of multiple determinants of development and on the active role of the developing…

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What reference style does Research in Human Development use?
Research in Human Development uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Research in Human Development 12 (3): 45–58.
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