Journal profile · Developmental Biology
Developmental Psychobiology
ISSN 0012-1630 · eISSN 1098-2302 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1968
Developmental Psychobiology: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.87; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,760; median 228 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 106 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Developmental Psychobiology is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Stress Responses and Cortisol and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 38.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Developmental Psychobiology is the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. Membership in the society is not required for publication in the journal. Developmental Psychobiology is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal that publishes original high-quality research papers from the disciplines of psychology, biology, neuroscience, and medicine that contribute to an understanding of behavioral development. Research that focuses on development in the embryo/fetus, neonate, juvenile, or adult organism, including multidisciplinary research that relates behavioral development to anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, or evolution, is appropriate. The journal represents a broad phylogenetic perspective on behavioral development by publishing experimental and descriptive studies of invertebrates, fish, birds, rodents, other nonhuman animals, and humans. The journal publishes experimental and descriptive studies whether carried out in the laboratory or field. The journal also publishes review articles, theoretical papers, and Letters to the Editor that make important conceptual contributions to the field. Letters to the Editor discuss issues of general interest or material published in the journal; these may correct errors, provide clarification, or offer a different point of view. Authors should consult the editors on the preparation of these types of contributions. Special issues of Developmental Psychobiology, dedicated to a specific topic of general interest, may also be arranged with the Editor-in-Chief. To warrant publication, overall scholarship is evaluated through soundness of experimental design, appropriate controls and procedures, and statistical analyses that highlight the importance and significance of the work. Developmental Psychobiology values rigor, reproducibility and transparency in scientific studies to advance knowledge across the field of behavioral development.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Developmental Biology
Editor-in-chief Amanda DettmerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 41, Australia 4, Canada 3, France 2, Mexico 2 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPsychology18.5%
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience12.5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.8%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology6.4%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience4.6%
- Infant Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions4.3%
- Primate Behavior and EcologyPsychology4.2%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine3.4%
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 | Developmental Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
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)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,812OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 86LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 88Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 263,270Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,054 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 65 | 16 |
| 2025 | 106 | 73 | 124 |
| 2024 | 127 | 96 | 492 |
| 2023 | 104 | 73 | 525 |
| 2022 | 152 | 76 | 1,378 |
| 2021 | 151 | 88 | 1,965 |
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
228 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 177 days – 309 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (81 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 265 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (209 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 236 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,760 / EUR 3,160 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,500 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- brief reportDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…main text ≤ 3,500 words
- commentaryDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…Length not stated
- letter to the editorDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…Length not stated
- research articleDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…Length not stated
- reviewDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…Length not stated
- review articleDevelopmental Psychobiology publishes the following contribution types: Research Article Review Article Brief Report Letter to the Editor Commentary Brief Repor…main text ≤ 3,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Preprint policy: Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. DEV will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Single-blind peer review; manuscripts reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and an Associate or Assistant Editor; papers sent to review only if Editor-in-Chief deems quality/relevance appropriate; authors recommend three non-affiliated expert reviewers; in-house submissions handled by unaffil Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/DEV For help with submissions, please contact: deveditorial@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as trans…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
Developmental Psychobiology requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registere…
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1968
- ISSN
- 0012-1630
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-2302
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 68, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Developmental Psychobiology
What CAS zone is Developmental Psychobiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Developmental Psychobiology is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Developmental Biology / Psychology. 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 Developmental Psychobiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.87; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 149.
How long does peer review take at Developmental Psychobiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 228 days (interquartile range 177–309 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 41% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Developmental Psychobiology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,500 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Developmental Psychobiology based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (41), Australia (4) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Developmental Psychobiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Developmental Psychobiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Developmental Psychobiology open access, and what is the APC?
Developmental Psychobiology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,760.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .