Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Wayne State University Press
ISSN: 0272930X, 15350266

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
0.2
SJR
0.331
CiteScore
1.5
Categories
Education
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Areas
Psychology
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1973, 1996-2022, 2025
journal names
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
MERRILL PALMER QUART
Publications
612
Citations
17 918
h-index
70
Publications
97
Citations
6 810
Top-3 citing journals
Social Development
Social Development (477 citations)
Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers in Psychology (411 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (14 publications)
Wayne State University
Wayne State University (8 publications)
University of Michigan
University of Michigan (7 publications)
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (1 publication)
Top-3 countries
USA (205 publications)
Canada (29 publications)
Netherlands (9 publications)
USA (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Social Development
477 citations, 2.66%
Frontiers in Psychology
411 citations, 2.29%
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
345 citations, 1.93%
Child Development
314 citations, 1.75%
Journal of Child and Family Studies
255 citations, 1.42%
Developmental Psychology
247 citations, 1.38%
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
246 citations, 1.37%
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
227 citations, 1.27%
International Journal of Behavioral Development
221 citations, 1.23%
Early Education and Development
218 citations, 1.22%
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
194 citations, 1.08%
Development and Psychopathology
180 citations, 1%
Journal of Adolescence
174 citations, 0.97%
Infant and Child Development
172 citations, 0.96%
Journal of Early Adolescence
163 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
156 citations, 0.87%
Early Child Development and Care
148 citations, 0.83%
Journal of School Psychology
148 citations, 0.83%
Journal of Research on Adolescence
145 citations, 0.81%
Aggressive Behavior
140 citations, 0.78%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
117 citations, 0.65%
Children and Youth Services Review
114 citations, 0.64%
Current Psychology
106 citations, 0.59%
PLoS ONE
105 citations, 0.59%
Learning and Individual Differences
103 citations, 0.57%
British Journal of Developmental Psychology
103 citations, 0.57%
Infant Behavior and Development
95 citations, 0.53%
Child Psychiatry and Human Development
93 citations, 0.52%
Developmental Review
87 citations, 0.49%
Cognitive Development
86 citations, 0.48%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
84 citations, 0.47%
Personality and Individual Differences
82 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
74 citations, 0.41%
Psychology in the Schools
67 citations, 0.37%
Sex Roles
65 citations, 0.36%
Aggression and Violent Behavior
60 citations, 0.33%
Early Childhood Education Journal
57 citations, 0.32%
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
56 citations, 0.31%
Attachment and Human Development
55 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Cognition and Development
55 citations, 0.31%
Child Abuse and Neglect
54 citations, 0.3%
Social Psychology of Education
52 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
50 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Family Psychology
50 citations, 0.28%
Children
50 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Genetic Psychology
49 citations, 0.27%
Contemporary Educational Psychology
48 citations, 0.27%
Infant Mental Health Journal
44 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Educational Psychology
43 citations, 0.24%
Developmental Science
43 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
40 citations, 0.22%
British Journal of Educational Psychology
40 citations, 0.22%
Reading and Writing
38 citations, 0.21%
Infancy
37 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Education
36 citations, 0.2%
Child Development Perspectives
36 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Bullying Prevention
36 citations, 0.2%
Child and Youth Care Forum
35 citations, 0.2%
Applied Developmental Science
35 citations, 0.2%
Educational Psychology Review
34 citations, 0.19%
Family Relations
33 citations, 0.18%
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
33 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Psychology of Education
33 citations, 0.18%
School Psychology International
32 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Research in Childhood Education
32 citations, 0.18%
Advances in Child Development and Behavior
32 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
31 citations, 0.17%
Parenting
31 citations, 0.17%
Journal of School Violence
31 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
31 citations, 0.17%
SSRN Electronic Journal
31 citations, 0.17%
Developmental Psychobiology
30 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Affective Disorders
30 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Marriage and Family
29 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Moral Education
29 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Personality
29 citations, 0.16%
Educational Psychology
28 citations, 0.16%
Youth and Society
28 citations, 0.16%
School Psychology Review
28 citations, 0.16%
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
28 citations, 0.16%
Computers in Human Behavior
27 citations, 0.15%
Behavioral Sciences
26 citations, 0.15%
Psychological Reports
25 citations, 0.14%
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
25 citations, 0.14%
Pediatrics
25 citations, 0.14%
Child Indicators Research
24 citations, 0.13%
Scientific Reports
24 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Family Issues
24 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Child Language
23 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Early Childhood Research
23 citations, 0.13%
Cognition
23 citations, 0.13%
BMC Public Health
23 citations, 0.13%
School Mental Health
23 citations, 0.13%
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
22 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Research in Personality
22 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
22 citations, 0.12%
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
22 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
21 citations, 0.12%
Memory
21 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Family Violence
20 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
3310 citations, 18.47%
Elsevier
3005 citations, 16.77%
Springer Nature
2719 citations, 15.17%
Taylor & Francis
2351 citations, 13.12%
SAGE
1564 citations, 8.73%
American Psychological Association (APA)
741 citations, 4.14%
Cambridge University Press
640 citations, 3.57%
Frontiers Media S.A.
585 citations, 3.26%
MDPI
374 citations, 2.09%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
124 citations, 0.69%
Oxford University Press
107 citations, 0.6%
Emerald
85 citations, 0.47%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
68 citations, 0.38%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
62 citations, 0.35%
IGI Global
60 citations, 0.33%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
57 citations, 0.32%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
42 citations, 0.23%
Annual Reviews
35 citations, 0.2%
National Association of School Psychologists
31 citations, 0.17%
Hindawi Limited
31 citations, 0.17%
Consortium Erudit
31 citations, 0.17%
University of Chicago Press
29 citations, 0.16%
Springer Publishing Company
28 citations, 0.16%
American Academy of Pediatrics
27 citations, 0.15%
CAIRN
26 citations, 0.15%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
22 citations, 0.12%
Walter de Gruyter
21 citations, 0.12%
Scientific Research Publishing
21 citations, 0.12%
Mary Ann Liebert
20 citations, 0.11%
Guilford Publications
20 citations, 0.11%
JMIR Publications
19 citations, 0.11%
Hans Publishers
19 citations, 0.11%
BMJ
18 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
18 citations, 0.1%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
17 citations, 0.09%
American Medical Association (AMA)
17 citations, 0.09%
AOSIS
17 citations, 0.09%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
16 citations, 0.09%
Early Childhood Australia
15 citations, 0.08%
China Science Publishing & Media
14 citations, 0.08%
S. Karger AG
14 citations, 0.08%
American Educational Research Association
14 citations, 0.08%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
13 citations, 0.07%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
12 citations, 0.07%
Johann Ambrosius Barth
11 citations, 0.06%
The Royal Society
10 citations, 0.06%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
10 citations, 0.06%
IOS Press
9 citations, 0.05%
Akademiai Kiado
9 citations, 0.05%
National Documentation Centre (EKT)
9 citations, 0.05%
British Psychological Society
9 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
8 citations, 0.04%
Human Kinetics
8 citations, 0.04%
Research Square Platform LLC
8 citations, 0.04%
Korean Association of Child Studies
8 citations, 0.04%
Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid
8 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
7 citations, 0.04%
American Public Health Association
7 citations, 0.04%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
7 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
7 citations, 0.04%
Associacao Brasileira de Psicologia Escolar e Educacional (ABRAPEE)
6 citations, 0.03%
University of Warsaw
6 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
6 citations, 0.03%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.03%
Verlag Hans Huber AG
6 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
6 citations, 0.03%
Environmental Health Perspectives
6 citations, 0.03%
Brill
5 citations, 0.03%
Europe's Journal of Psychology
5 citations, 0.03%
Departamento de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasilia
5 citations, 0.03%
Brieflands
5 citations, 0.03%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
5 citations, 0.03%
Franco Angeli
5 citations, 0.03%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
4 citations, 0.02%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
4 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.02%
4 citations, 0.02%
National Recreation and Park Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Mark Allen Group
4 citations, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
4 citations, 0.02%
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
4 citations, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.02%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.02%
Men's Studies Press, LLC
4 citations, 0.02%
Korean Association of Human Ecology
4 citations, 0.02%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
3 citations, 0.02%
Index Copernicus
3 citations, 0.02%
National Assn. of Social Workers
3 citations, 0.02%
Wayne State University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Asociacion Espanola De Logopedia Foniatria Y Audiologia
3 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
3 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Nutrition
3 citations, 0.02%
T.C. Milli Egitim Bakanligi
3 citations, 0.02%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.02%
The European Association of Counselling Psychology
3 citations, 0.02%
The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
3 citations, 0.02%
The Journal of Turkish Educational Sciences, Gazi University
3 citations, 0.02%
e-Kafkas Egitim Arastirmalari Dergisi
3 citations, 0.02%
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Arizona State University
14 publications, 2.29%
Wayne State University
8 publications, 1.31%
University of Michigan
7 publications, 1.14%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
7 publications, 1.14%
University of Jyväskylä
6 publications, 0.98%
University of California, Los Angeles
6 publications, 0.98%
Purdue University
6 publications, 0.98%
Florida Atlantic University
6 publications, 0.98%
University of British Columbia
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5 publications, 0.82%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5 publications, 0.82%
Université du Québec à Montréal
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Turku
4 publications, 0.65%
Florida State University
4 publications, 0.65%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 0.65%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
4 publications, 0.65%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.65%
New York University
4 publications, 0.65%
Northern Illinois University
4 publications, 0.65%
University of Texas at Dallas
4 publications, 0.65%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 0.65%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.65%
Temple University
4 publications, 0.65%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 0.49%
Michigan State University
3 publications, 0.49%
Yale University
3 publications, 0.49%
Georgetown University
3 publications, 0.49%
Northwestern University
3 publications, 0.49%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Washington
3 publications, 0.49%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Texas at Austin
3 publications, 0.49%
Leiden University
3 publications, 0.49%
Carleton University
3 publications, 0.49%
Miami University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Rochester
3 publications, 0.49%
Texas Tech University
3 publications, 0.49%
Brigham Young University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Georgia
3 publications, 0.49%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2 publications, 0.33%
Uppsala University
2 publications, 0.33%
Radboud University Nijmegen
2 publications, 0.33%
Örebro University
2 publications, 0.33%
East China Normal University
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Padua
2 publications, 0.33%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.33%
North Dakota State University
2 publications, 0.33%
Columbia University
2 publications, 0.33%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.33%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.33%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.33%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 0.33%
Southern Methodist University
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Notre Dame
2 publications, 0.33%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2 publications, 0.33%
Illinois Wesleyan University
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Waterloo
2 publications, 0.33%
Emory University
2 publications, 0.33%
Lehigh University
2 publications, 0.33%
Université Laval
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Louisville
2 publications, 0.33%
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Delaware
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 0.33%
Kent State University
2 publications, 0.33%
Université de Montréal
2 publications, 0.33%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2 publications, 0.33%
King Abdulaziz University
1 publication, 0.16%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.16%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.16%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.16%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.16%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.16%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.16%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.16%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.16%
South China Normal University
1 publication, 0.16%
University College London
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.16%
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.16%
Kingston University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Chieti-Pescara
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.16%
Macquarie University
1 publication, 0.16%
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
1 publication, 0.16%
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
1 publication, 0.16%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.16%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.16%
Auburn University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.16%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.16%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.16%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.16%
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Arizona State University
1 publication, 1.03%
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Publishing countries

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USA, 205, 33.5%
USA
205 publications, 33.5%
Canada, 29, 4.74%
Canada
29 publications, 4.74%
Netherlands, 9, 1.47%
Netherlands
9 publications, 1.47%
Finland, 9, 1.47%
Finland
9 publications, 1.47%
China, 7, 1.14%
China
7 publications, 1.14%
Italy, 7, 1.14%
Italy
7 publications, 1.14%
United Kingdom, 6, 0.98%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 0.98%
Sweden, 5, 0.82%
Sweden
5 publications, 0.82%
Australia, 3, 0.49%
Australia
3 publications, 0.49%
Germany, 2, 0.33%
Germany
2 publications, 0.33%
Belgium, 2, 0.33%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.33%
Israel, 2, 0.33%
Israel
2 publications, 0.33%
Switzerland, 2, 0.33%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.33%
Greece, 1, 0.16%
Greece
1 publication, 0.16%
Costa Rica, 1, 0.16%
Costa Rica
1 publication, 0.16%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.16%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.16%
South Africa, 1, 0.16%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.16%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 1, 1.03%
USA
1 publication, 1.03%
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