| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Child Development | 38 | 13,268 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Psychological Bulletin | 3 | 3,879 | 71 | 49 |
| 3 | Developmental Psychology | 28 | 3,721 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Development and Psychopathology | 33 | 3,695 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | 19 | 2,142 | 39 | 42 |
| 6 | American Psychologist | 4 | 1,681 | 52 | 63 |
| 7 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | 3 | 1,571 | 23 | 12 |
| 8 | Molecular Psychiatry | 1 | 913 | 3.6K | 376 |
| 9 | Journal of Marriage and Family | 5 | 832 | 89 | 42 |
| 10 | Pediatrics | 2 | 688 | 2.4K | 685 |
| 11 | Attachment and Human Development | 9 | 608 | 14 | 16 |
| 12 | Psychological Science | 6 | 482 | 84 | 554 |
| 13 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2 | 473 | 909 | 900 |
| 14 | Psychological Inquiry | 2 | 414 | 92 | 33 |
| 15 | Perspectives on Psychological Science | 3 | 364 | 51 | 254 |
| 16 | American Educational Research Journal | 1 | 352 | 190 | 81 |
| 17 | Human Nature | 1 | 294 | 171 | 42 |
| 18 | Journal of Personality | 2 | 292 | 278 | 198 |
| 19 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | 5 | 287 | 39 | 64 |
| 20 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly | 1 | 271 | 461 | 103 |
| 21 | British Journal of Developmental Psychology | 4 | 269 | 38 | 50 |
| 22 | Science | 1 | 235 | 25.9K | 50.0K |
| 23 | Child Development Perspectives | 6 | 228 | 1 | 67 |
| 24 | Personal Relationships | 1 | 227 | 221 | 30 |
| 25 | Translational Psychiatry | 1 | 210 | 2.8K | 598 |
| 26 | Lancet, The | 2 | 206 | 7.1K | 18.7K |
| 27 | Psychological Methods | 1 | 172 | 272 | 258 |
| 28 | Biological Psychiatry | 2 | 161 | 3.1K | 4.1K |
| 29 | British Journal of Psychiatry | 1 | 158 | 2.3K | 1.7K |
| 30 | JAMA Pediatrics | 1 | 154 | 481 | 472 |
| 31 | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1 | 152 | 3.0K | 3.7K |
| 32 | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 1 | 133 | 1.8K | 739 |
| 33 | International Journal of Obesity | 1 | 125 | 1.9K | 1.0K |
| 34 | European Journal of Public Health | 1 | 119 | 1.9K | 439 |
| 34 | Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | 2 | 119 | 484 | 650 |
| 36 | Journal of Abnormal Psychology | 1 | 110 | 1.0K | 1.1K |
| 36 | New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development | 1 | 110 | 152 | 51 |
| 38 | World Psychiatry | 2 | 109 | 282 | 750 |
| 39 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 1 | 101 | 2.3K | 1.2K |
| 40 | Nature Reviews Genetics | 1 | 100 | 432 | 2.1K |
| 41 | BMJ, The | 1 | 94 | 2.5K | 3.9K |
| 41 | Journal of Family Psychology | 5 | 94 | 114 | 501 |
| 43 | Journal of Family Issues | 3 | 91 | 70 | 172 |
| 44 | Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment | 1 | 90 | 195 | 81 |
| 45 | Child Psychiatry and Human Development | 1 | 82 | 563 | 192 |
| 46 | Psychiatric Quarterly | 1 | 79 | 264 | 106 |
| 47 | Journal of Pediatrics | 1 | 78 | 4.8K | 4.0K |
| 47 | Child Abuse and Neglect | 2 | 78 | 614 | 910 |
| 47 | Archives of Sexual Behavior | 2 | 78 | 570 | 618 |
| 47 | Current Opinion in Psychology | 1 | 78 | 261 | 334 |
| 51 | BMC Medicine | 1 | 73 | 2.3K | 3.4K |
| 52 | JAMA Pediatrics | 1 | 63 | 1.4K | 2.5K |
| 52 | Topics in Early Childhood Special Education | 1 | 63 | 88 | 67 |
| 54 | Evolution and Human Behavior | 1 | 59 | 448 | 551 |
| 55 | Family Science: Global Perspectives on Research, Policy and Practice | 1 | 57 | 40 | 13 |
| 56 | Developmental Psychobiology | 3 | 56 | 222 | 597 |
| 57 | International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy | 2 | 54 | 1 | 2 |
| 58 | Acta Psychologica | 1 | 53 | 918 | 763 |
| 59 | Medical Hypotheses | 1 | 52 | 1.4K | 656 |
| 60 | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | 1 | 50 | 3.7K | 3.4K |
| 60 | Psychiatry (New York) | 1 | 50 | 161 | 198 |
| 62 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2 | 48 | 1.4K | 3.4K |
| 63 | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry | 1 | 44 | 384 | 525 |
| 64 | Journal of Pediatric Psychology | 2 | 40 | 397 | 943 |
| 64 | Child: Care, Health and Development | 2 | 40 | 158 | 406 |
| 64 | Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties | 1 | 40 | 90 | 62 |
| 67 | Journal of Adolescent Health | 2 | 34 | 974 | 3.0K |
| 68 | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1 | 33 | 1.6K | 2.1K |
| 69 | European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 2 | 32 | 614 | 1.7K |
| 69 | Developmental Science | 1 | 32 | 932 | 1.6K |
| 71 | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 1 | 31 | 1.1K | 1.9K |
| 72 | Family Relations | 1 | 29 | 259 | 448 |
| 73 | European Journal of Special Needs Education | 2 | 28 | 82 | 198 |
| 74 | Family Process | 1 | 27 | 292 | 456 |
| 75 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | 2 | 24 | 496 | 2.0K |
| 76 | School Psychology Review | 1 | 23 | 229 | 367 |
| 77 | Social Development | 2 | 21 | 160 | 644 |
| 78 | Infant Mental Health Journal | 1 | 19 | 250 | 469 |
| 79 | Child Care Quarterly | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 80 | Criminal Justice and Behavior | 1 | 16 | 373 | 720 |
| 81 | Journal of Neural Transmission | 1 | 15 | 1.3K | 2.6K |
| 81 | Journal of Evolutionary Psychology | 1 | 15 | 21 | 51 |
| 83 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 1 | 14 | 1.5K | 3.4K |
| 84 | American Journal of Psychiatry | 1 | 12 | 2.6K | 5.9K |
| 85 | European Journal of Endocrinology | 1 | 11 | 2.2K | 5.5K |
| 85 | Journal of Research in Childhood Education | 1 | 11 | 63 | 198 |
| 87 | Psychiatry (Abingdon, England) | 2 | 8 | 20 | 75 |
| 88 | Physiology and Behavior | 1 | 7 | 2.8K | 7.9K |
| 89 | Psychiatric Genetics | 1 | 6 | 407 | 1.1K |
| 89 | Early Education and Development | 1 | 6 | 327 | 867 |
| 91 | Psychiatry Research | 1 | 5 | 5.1K | 12.6K |
| 91 | Computers in Human Behavior | 1 | 5 | 2.0K | 7.2K |
| 91 | Society | 2 | 5 | 24 | 122 |
| 91 | Journal of Adolescence | 1 | 5 | 733 | 3.0K |
| 91 | Applied Clinical Psychology | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 96 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1 | 4 | 1.3K | 3.4K |
| 96 | Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy | 1 | 4 | 32 | 84 |
| 98 | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 1 | 3 | 4.5K | 14.1K |
| 98 | Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | 1 | 3 | 444 | 1.6K |
| 98 | Current Paediatrics | 1 | 3 | 11 | 42 |
| 101 | Frontiers in Psychology | 1 | 2 | 12.2K | 31.8K |
| 101 | National Symposium on Family Issues | 1 | 2 | 4 | 38 |
| 103 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | 1 | 1 | 2.0K | 3.7K |
| 104 | European Journal of Psychology of Education | 1 | 0 | 267 | 1.2K |
| 104 | Anuario De Psicologia Juridica | 1 | 0 | 12 | 70 |
