Qualitative Ratings of Human Development Journals

摘要

In an attempt to evaluate human development journals in terms of both visibility and credibility, responses from 318 members of the Society for Research in Child Development were obtained to two questionnaire items: (1) list the 10 journals in which the best developmental articles are published, and (2) rank order the above list from 1 to 10. Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Human Development, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Journal of Genetic Psychology were the most frequently nominated developmental journals. Quality ratings seemed to vary with subspecialities. Comparisons with previous studies and implications of the findings are discussed.