Journal profile · Multiple
Early Education and Development
ISSN 1040-9289 · eISSN 1556-6935 · Taylor & Francis
Early Education and Development: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.08; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 90 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 96 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Early Education and Development is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Early Childhood Education and Development, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Parental Involvement in Education, together about 53.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scope: Early Education and Development ( EE&D) is a multi-disciplinary professional journal that publishes primarily empirical research on the links between early childhood education and children's development from 3 to 8 years old. It is international in scope and designed to emphasize the implications of research and solid scientific information for practice and policy. EE&D is designed for researchers and practitioners involved in preschool and education services for children and their families. It is informative for child development specialists; developmental, school, and child clinical psychologists; early childhood and special educators; daycare and special education administrators' and child and family policymakers. EE&D is a connecting link between the research community in early education and child development and school district early education programs, daycare systems, and special needs preschool programs. It is a publication established as a continuing forum for research and general policy articles in the rapidly growing area of early education services for the preschool child. The scope of EE&D includes normal, at-risk, and special needs children, preschool and daycare programs, research on remedial programs, instructional and developmental techniques, school district and community policies, kindergarten screening, assessment devices and approaches, parental role and competencies, staff competencies, social and physical environment, school readiness, and early education and intervention. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Insofar as authors follow our instruction to completely anonymize their submissions, all review is double-anonymized. The audience for the Early Education and Development journal includes those involved in educational and preschool research and/or services for children and their families: early education supervisors, school psychologists, daycare administrators, child development specialists, developmental and child clinical psychologists, and special education administrators.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Jeffrey LiewPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 2, United Arab Emirates 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences27.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology13.5%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences12.5%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences7.7%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology5.8%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology5.8%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology3.4%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
Web of SciencePubMedPsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost Associates Program Source Plus, Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Current Abstracts, Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Education Index (Online), Education Research Complete, Education Research Index, Education Source, Military Transition Support Center, OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), SocINDEX, SocINDEX with Full Text, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), Vocational Studies Complete, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Gale Academic OneFile, Educator's Reference Complete, ProQuest Education Database, Health Research Premium Collection, Professional ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest Professional Education, Psychology Database
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
- 2.08LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.16Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.62Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,132OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 369,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,959 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 21 | 8 |
| 2025 | 96 | 31 | 144 |
| 2024 | 70 | 34 | 324 |
| 2023 | 74 | 22 | 710 |
| 2022 | 100 | 27 | 1,233 |
| 2021 | 93 | 17 | 1,694 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
90 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 90 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher 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
Early Education and Development 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 discoverabi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: rigorous peer review, initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees; double-anonymized if authors anonymize submissions. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Insofar as authors follow our instruction to completely anonymize their submissions, all review is double-anonymized.
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 & Francis
- ISSN
- 1040-9289
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-6935
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Early Education and Development
What CAS zone is Early Education and Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Early Education and Development is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Developmental / Education & Educational Research / Psychology, Educational. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Early Education and Development?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.08; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 112.
How long does peer review take at Early Education and Development?
The publisher reports about 90 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13%. 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 JCR quartile is Early Education and Development in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Early Education and Development based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (2) and United Arab Emirates (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Early Education and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Early Education and Development is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Early Education and Development open access, and what is the APC?
Early Education and Development 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .