Attachment & Human Development

Attachment & Human Development is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Family Dynamics and Relationships, together about 57.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Attachment & Human Development is the leading forum for the presentation of empirical research, reviews and clinical case studies that reflect contemporary advances in attachment theory and research. AHD is the official journal of the Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies (SEAS) and the official journal of the International Attachment Network (IAN). AHD publishes original research, meta-analytic reviews (and occasionally) narrative reviews based on attachment theory. Submissions that include multi-method approaches (including interviews or observations), and a longitudinal design, are especially welcome. While reliance on widely used and previously validated methods is the norm, AHD also publishes papers that introduce new attachment methods. Intergenerational patterns of attachment, emotion-regulation, children’s social and emotional development, the effects of loss and trauma, are common topics addressed by the journal. Submissions that include physiological or genetic data, together with attachment variables, addressing core questions in developmental science are welcome. Submissions typically include attachment as a predictor or an outcome, or attachment as a moderator or mediator of developmental outcomes. AHD aims to be the source for reliable and valid research, and reviews, based on the theories advanced by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. The journal is of interest to developmental, social and clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals including social workers, couple and family therapists. Peer Review Integrity All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two independent referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions may be made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Disclaimer

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Editor-in-chief Howard SteelePublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3, United Kingdom 1, Belgium 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

MEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Index Medicus, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology, Combined Health Information Database (CHID), Community Care, Family and Society Studies Worldwide, Family Index Database, CareData, Pascal, ISI Alerting Services, Social Scisearch, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts

As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Impact

Impact factor

1.84LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.2Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

6.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

6.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

1.13LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

1.13Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.43LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.43Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

111OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

732OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.93OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

27.52%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

28LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

397,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

8%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

64 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

78 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

10 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1461-6734

Electronic ISSN

1469-2988

Society / sponsor

Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies

Latest issue on the website

Volume 28, Issue 4 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website