International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Individual human development is influenced by a multitude of systems, ranging from cultural processes, genetic and physiological incidents up to social interactions. How do these systems cooperate and interact during the course of human development? One of the main goals of Developmental Science is finding an answer to this question. Since it exceeds the means of researchers from individual scientific disciplines to investigate the simultaneous biopsychosocial changes of systems and how they jointly contribute to the social and adaptive functions of human individuals, a new scientific approach is necessary that links the various traditional scientific disciplines under a biopsychosocial approach to describe individual human development: Developmental Science. Developmental Science combines concepts and insights from scientific disciplines which hitherto used to independently tackle the research of human and non-human development. As an interdisciplinary approach it examines individuals across the lifespan with the objective of comprehending the development of individuals with different cultural and ethnic as well as biological background, different economic and cognitive potentials and under diverse living conditions. To facilitate the understanding of developmental processes it is also necessary to overcome the disadvantageous separation of “normal” from “abnormal” human development. Thus, the interdisciplinary field of Developmental Science comprises a holistic approach to understanding how different systems interact and influence development throughout life from genetic and physiological processes to social interactions and cultural processes.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Aging	2008	Q4
Aging	2009	Q3
Aging	2010	Q3
Aging	2011	Q3
Aging	2012	Q4
Aging	2013	Q4
Aging	2014	Q4
Aging	2015	Q4
Aging	2016	Q4
Aging	2017	Q4
Aging	2018	Q4
Aging	2019	Q4
Aging	2020	Q3
Aging	2021	Q4
Aging	2022	Q4
Aging	2023	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2008	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2009	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2010	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2011	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2012	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2013	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2014	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2015	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2016	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2017	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2018	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2019	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2020	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2021	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2022	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2023	Q3
Developmental Neuroscience	2008	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2009	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2010	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2011	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2012	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2013	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2014	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2015	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2016	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2017	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2018	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2019	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2020	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2021	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2022	Q4
Developmental Neuroscience	2023	Q4
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2008	Q4
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2009	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2010	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2011	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2012	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2013	Q2
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2014	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2015	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2016	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2017	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2018	Q4
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2019	Q4
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2020	Q2
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2021	Q3
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2022	Q4
Life-span and Life-course Studies	2023	Q4
Social Psychology	2008	Q4
Social Psychology	2009	Q3
Social Psychology	2010	Q3
Social Psychology	2011	Q3
Social Psychology	2012	Q3
Social Psychology	2013	Q3
Social Psychology	2014	Q3
Social Psychology	2015	Q3
Social Psychology	2016	Q3
Social Psychology	2017	Q3
Social Psychology	2018	Q4
Social Psychology	2019	Q3
Social Psychology	2020	Q2
Social Psychology	2021	Q3
Social Psychology	2022	Q4
Social Psychology	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2008	0.120
2009	0.301
2010	0.287
2011	0.417
2012	0.266
2013	0.416
2014	0.307
2015	0.308
2016	0.369
2017	0.414
2018	0.182
2019	0.293
2020	0.529
2021	0.349
2022	0.174
2023	0.335

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2007	29
2008	25
2009	34
2010	5
2011	13
2012	28
2013	20
2014	20
2015	18
2016	17
2017	13
2018	16
2019	7
2020	15
2021	11
2022	5
2023	12

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.103
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.519
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.455
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.763
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.117
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.638
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.955
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.025
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.721
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.721
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.609
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.547
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.902
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.714
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.974
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.103
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.519
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.455
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.938
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.885
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.630
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.902
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.956
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.707
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.564
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.563
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.696
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.833
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.816
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.455
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.032
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.519
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.508
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.718
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.722
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.488
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.854
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.725
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.526
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.457
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.767
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.690
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.174
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.545
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.346
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.000

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	1
Self Cites	2011	1
Self Cites	2012	4
Self Cites	2013	0
Self Cites	2014	3
Self Cites	2015	11
Self Cites	2016	1
Self Cites	2017	4
Self Cites	2018	6
Self Cites	2019	1
Self Cites	2020	6
Self Cites	2021	1
Self Cites	2022	0
Self Cites	2023	2
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	3
Total Cites	2009	28
Total Cites	2010	40
Total Cites	2011	60
Total Cites	2012	46
Total Cites	2013	29
Total Cites	2014	55
Total Cites	2015	65
Total Cites	2016	41
Total Cites	2017	31
Total Cites	2018	27
Total Cites	2019	32
Total Cites	2020	66
Total Cites	2021	69
Total Cites	2022	15
Total Cites	2023	32

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2007	0
External Cites per document	2008	0.103
External Cites per document	2009	0.519
External Cites per document	2010	0.443
External Cites per document	2011	0.922
External Cites per document	2012	0.808
External Cites per document	2013	0.630
External Cites per document	2014	0.852
External Cites per document	2015	0.794
External Cites per document	2016	0.690
External Cites per document	2017	0.491
External Cites per document	2018	0.438
External Cites per document	2019	0.674
External Cites per document	2020	1.667
External Cites per document	2021	1.789
External Cites per document	2022	0.455
External Cites per document	2023	0.968
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	0.103
Cites per document	2009	0.519
Cites per document	2010	0.455
Cites per document	2011	0.938
Cites per document	2012	0.885
Cites per document	2013	0.630
Cites per document	2014	0.902
Cites per document	2015	0.956
Cites per document	2016	0.707
Cites per document	2017	0.564
Cites per document	2018	0.563
Cites per document	2019	0.696
Cites per document	2020	1.833
Cites per document	2021	1.816
Cites per document	2022	0.455
Cites per document	2023	1.032

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2007	6.90
2008	36.00
2009	20.59
2010	20.00
2011	23.08
2012	25.00
2013	25.00
2014	10.00
2015	16.67
2016	29.41
2017	61.54
2018	43.75
2019	0.00
2020	40.00
2021	0.00
2022	0.00
2023	16.67

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	8
Non-citable documents	2015	16
Non-citable documents	2016	20
Non-citable documents	2017	22
Non-citable documents	2018	13
Non-citable documents	2019	9
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	4
Citable documents	2007	0
Citable documents	2008	28
Citable documents	2009	52
Citable documents	2010	85
Citable documents	2011	62
Citable documents	2012	49
Citable documents	2013	43
Citable documents	2014	53
Citable documents	2015	52
Citable documents	2016	38
Citable documents	2017	33
Citable documents	2018	35
Citable documents	2019	37
Citable documents	2020	34
Citable documents	2021	36
Citable documents	2022	30
Citable documents	2023	27

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2007	0
Uncited documents	2008	26
Uncited documents	2009	36
Uncited documents	2010	67
Uncited documents	2011	35
Uncited documents	2012	29
Uncited documents	2013	30
Uncited documents	2014	36
Uncited documents	2015	37
Uncited documents	2016	39
Uncited documents	2017	40
Uncited documents	2018	32
Uncited documents	2019	28
Uncited documents	2020	19
Uncited documents	2021	17
Uncited documents	2022	22
Uncited documents	2023	17
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	3
Cited documents	2009	18
Cited documents	2010	21
Cited documents	2011	29
Cited documents	2012	23
Cited documents	2013	16
Cited documents	2014	25
Cited documents	2015	31
Cited documents	2016	19
Cited documents	2017	15
Cited documents	2018	16
Cited documents	2019	18
Cited documents	2020	17
Cited documents	2021	21
Cited documents	2022	11
Cited documents	2023	14

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
2007	45.95
2008	62.30
2009	62.92
2010	80.00
2011	51.52
2012	47.17
2013	55.77
2014	57.58
2015	52.94
2016	72.22
2017	61.29
2018	40.74
2019	60.00
2020	68.57
2021	64.00
2022	53.85
2023	58.82

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	2007	0
Overton	2008	0
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	0
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	0
Overton	2017	0
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	0
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0