Human Development (journal)

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Human Development is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Karger Publishers.[1] Established in 1958 as Vita Humana by Hans Thomae, the journal was published under the name Human Development from 1965.

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Human Development
DisciplineDevelopmental psychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDavid C. Witherington
Publication details
Former name(s)
Vita Humana
History1958–present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
Hybrid
4.4 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Hum Dev
Indexing
CODENHUDEA8
ISSN0018-716X (print)
1423-0054 (web)
LCCN60045764
OCLC no.637575117
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Scope

Human Development covers all aspects of human development, particularly developmental psychology. Its scope includes disparate disciplines such as anthropology, biology, education, psychology, and sociology, among others. Human Development publishes theoretical and metatheoretical contributions and integrative reviews of lines of research in psychological development within conceptual, historical, and methodological frameworks. Contributions serve to raise theoretical issues, flesh out interesting and potentially powerful ideas, and differentiate key constructs. Contributions come primarily from developmental psychology but are welcome from other relevant disciplines.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in, but not limited to,:

Editors-in-Chief

Founder: Hans Thomae (1958–1981)

Successors:

  • CM.L. Langeveld (1963–1974)
  • Bernice L. Neugarten (1963–1969)
  • Klaus F. Riegel (1970–1977)
  • John A. Meacham (1977–1987)
  • Wolfgang Edelstein (1982–1987)
  • Hermine Sinclair (1982–1987)
  • Deanna Kuhn (1988–1996)
  • Barbara Rogoff (1997–2002)
  • Geoffrey B. Saxe (2003–2006)
  • Larry Nucci (2007–2019)
  • Susan Rivera (2019–2023)
  • David C. Witherington (2023-present)

Affiliated Society

The journal is the official journal of the Jean Piaget Society.[2]

References

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