Presenting research that bears on important conceptual issues in developmental psychology, Developmental Review: Perspectives in Behavior and Cognition provides child and developmental, child clinical, and educational psychologists with authoritative articles that reflect current thinking and cover significant scientific developments. The journal emphasizes human developmental processes and gives particular attention to issues relevant to child developmental psychology. The research concerns issues with important implications for the fields of pediatrics, psychiatry, and education, and increases the understanding of socialization processes.Features:• Analyses of method and design• Analyses of social policy as it affects human development• Essays on major books• Historical analyses• Integrated collections of papers on a single theme• Provocative empirical findings of particular importance for developmental theory• Reviews of the literature• Summaries of programmatic research• Theoretical statementsBenefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com
Aims and Scope Journal scope Developmental Scienceaims to represent the very best of contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience. both in the presentation of theory and in reporting new data.Developmental Scienceincludes: comparative and biological perspectives. connectionist and computational perspectives. and developmental disorders.Developmental Sciencepublishes work that bridges levels of explanation. such as from brain development to cognitive or social change. or work that specifically attempts to elucidate mechanisms of developmental change at one level. Manuscripts judged to fall outside this remit may be rejected without full refereeing. Developmental science in other languages This section. edited by Juan-Carlos Gomez (University of St Andrews) contains summaries and reviews of the very best material in the area of developmental science not published in English.
In addition, Deviant Behavior frequently includes articles that address contemporary theoretical and conceptual controversies, allowing the specialist in deviance to stay informed of ongoing debates. The journal also publishes overview articles on particular aspects of deviance, updating the reader on research and theoretical developments. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by 3 anonymous referees. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.