Journal profile · Clinical Neurology
Child Neuropsychology
ISSN 0929-7049 · eISSN 1744-4136 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 1995
Child Neuropsychology: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.87; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 177 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Child Neuropsychology is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Infant Development and Preterm Care and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, together about 32% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The purposes of Child Neuropsychology are to: publish research on the neuropsychological effects of disorders which affect brain functioning in children and adolescents, publish research on the neuropsychological dimensions of development in childhood and adolescence and promote the integration of theory, method and research findings in child/developmental neuropsychology. The primary emphasis of Child Neuropsychology is to publish original empirical research. Theoretical and methodological papers and theoretically relevant case studies are welcome. Critical reviews of topics pertinent to child/developmental neuropsychology are encouraged. Emphases of interest include the following: information processing mechanisms; the impact of injury or disease on neuropsychological functioning; behavioral cognitive and pharmacological approaches to treatment/intervention; psychosocial correlates of neuropsychological dysfunction; definitive normative, reliability, and validity studies of psychometric and other procedures used in the neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents. Articles on both normal and dysfunctional development that are relevant to the aforementioned dimensions are welcome. Multiple approaches (e.g., basic, applied, clinical) and multiple methodologies (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, experimental, multivariate, correlational) are appropriate. Books, media, and software reviews will be published. Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Clinical Neurology
Editor-in-chief William MacAllisterPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine15.9%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine8.7%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience7.5%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology6.1%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.7%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience5.1%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine4.8%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOPublisher website
Other: Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography (CDAB), European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), Neurosciences Citation Index, Psychological Abstracts, PsycLIT, Research Alert, SciSearch
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.05Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 935OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.37%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 205,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,507 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 59 | 28 | 68 |
| 2024 | 61 | 25 | 232 |
| 2023 | 55 | 32 | 433 |
| 2022 | 78 | 35 | 668 |
| 2021 | 78 | 35 | 924 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
177 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 126 days – 254 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 190 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (139 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid journal (Open Select). Model summary
Child Neuropsychology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review; online submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 0929-7049
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-4136
- Society / sponsor
- American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology's
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Child Neuropsychology
What CAS zone is Child Neuropsychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Child Neuropsychology is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Clinical Neurology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Child Neuropsychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.87; CiteScore 4, h-index 110.
How long does peer review take at Child Neuropsychology?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 177 days (interquartile range 126–254 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Child Neuropsychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Child Neuropsychology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Child Neuropsychology open access, and what is the APC?
Child Neuropsychology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .