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About the Child Development format

Child Development is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Early Childhood Education and Development, Child and Animal Learning Development. Over its lifetime it has published 17,381 papers, which have received 1,461,973 citations.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Child Development 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Early Childhood Education and Development Child and Animal Learning Development Child Development and Digital Technology Language Development and Disorders
ISSN0009-3920
Citation impact (2-yr)2.42
h-index485
i10-index11,862
Article processing charge$4,070
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Child Development per year

135
2014
132
2015
238
2016
343
2017
195
2018
154
2019
139
2020
252
2021
168
2022
185
2023
149
2024
133
2025

Citation impact of Child Development by publication year

13.2K
2014
9.3K
2015
14.9K
2016
23.4K
2017
9.8K
2018
7.1K
2019
3.7K
2020
6.9K
2021
3.1K
2022
2.2K
2023
781
2024
232
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Child Development

The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

Suniya S. Luthar, Dante Cicchetti, Bronwyn E. Becker · 1 May 2000

This paper presents a critical appraisal of resilience, a construct connoting the maintenance of positive adaptation by individuals despite experiences of significant adversity. As empirical research on resilience has burgeoned in recent years, criticisms have been levied at work in this area. These critiques have generally focused on ambiguities in definitions and central terminology; heterogeneity…

9,213 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Determinants of Parenting: A Process Model

Jay Belsky · 1 Feb 1984

This essay is based on the assumption that a long-neglected topic of socialization, the determinants of individual differences in parental functioning, is illuminated by research on the etiology of child maltreatment. Three domains of determinants are identified (personal psychological resources of parents, characteristics of the child, and contextual sources of stress and support), and a…

3,779 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention

Lisa Blackwell, Kali H. Trzesniewski, Carol S. Dweck · 1 Jan 2007

Two studies explored the role of implicit theories of intelligence in adolescents' mathematics achievement. In Study 1 with 373 7th graders, the belief that intelligence is malleable (incremental theory) predicted an upward trajectory in grades over the two years of junior high school, while a belief that intelligence is fixed (entity theory) predicted a flat…

3,755 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Perceived Competence Scale for Children

Susan Harter · 1 Feb 1982

HARTER, SUSAN. The Perceived Competence Scale for Children. CmILD DEVELOPMENT, 1982, 53, 87-97. A new self-report instrument, the Perceived Competence Scale for Children, is described. Emphasis is placed on the assessment of a child's sense of competence across different domains, instead of viewing perceived competence as a unitary construct. 3 domains of competence, each constituting…

3,600 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Child Development template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Child Development format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Child Development template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Child Development use?
Child Development uses Author–year (Chicago) 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." Child Development 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Child Development?
No. DocuGuru generates the USG LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Wiley-ready Child Development document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is Child Development?
Wiley journal (USG class). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Wiley.
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