Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Infancy
ISSN 1525-0008 · eISSN 1532-7078 · Wiley-Blackwell
Infancy: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,300; median 287 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 45% (journal website); 78 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Infancy is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Animal Learning Development, Language Development and Disorders and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 39.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Infancy, the official journal of the International Congress of Infant Studies, emphasizes the highest quality original research on normal and atypical infant development during the first two years. Both human and animal research are included. In addition to regular length research articles and brief reports (3000-word maximum), the journal includes solicited target articles along with a series of commentaries; debates, in which different theoretical positions are presented along with a series of commentaries; and thematic collections, a group of three to five reports or summaries of research on the same issue, conducted independently at different laboratories, with invited commentaries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Editor-in-chief Lisa M. OakesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5, Netherlands 2, Taiwan, China 1, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology21.5%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology11.1%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.3%
- Infant Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions6.4%
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPsychology4.5%
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience4%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology3.9%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
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
- 2.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 776OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 65Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 174,642Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,467 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 49 | 13 |
| 2025 | 78 | 62 | 130 |
| 2024 | 80 | 65 | 268 |
| 2023 | 56 | 41 | 486 |
| 2022 | 89 | 51 | 852 |
| 2021 | 72 | 40 | 813 |
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
287 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 210 days – 368 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 306 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (163 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 280 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,300 / EUR 2,760 / GBP 2,220 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- brief reportResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- brief reportsBrief Reports– Short empirical articles (up to 3,000 words of text, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related …Length not stated
- commentaryResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…Length not stated
- meta-analysisResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…Length not stated
- original research articleResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…Length not stated
- protocolResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…Length not stated
- registered reportResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…Length not stated
- registered reportsRegistered Reports – In cooperation with the Center for Open Science, Infancyconsiders pre-registered protocols for publicationLength not stated
- research articleResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- research articlesResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…Length not stated
- reviewResearch Articles– Original research articles (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and references) that present recent research findings related t…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviews and meta-analysesReviews and Meta-analyses– Papers that review existing research on topics of current importance (up to 10,000 words, inclusive of title, abstract, and reference…Length not stated
- thematic collectionsThematic Collections– Collections of three or more research articles or brief reports from independent laboratories that contribute new findings on a common top…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy)
Infancy uses the Contribution Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to allow authors to represent the contribution of each author listed (see https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/open-access/credit.html). The CRediT statement should be submitted with the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Authors should also specify any funding sources for the research in the Acknowledgements section of the paper. Specify the role, if any, of the funding source in study design, analysis of data, interpretation of results, or writing of the report. The Acknowledgements section must also include a statement regarding possible conflict of interest: Please state whether there exists an actual or percei…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing Policy
Data sharing policy Model summary
In the interest of transparency and reproducibility, Infancy expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper (e.g., datasets, analysis scripts, photographs, stimuli, sound files, and/or videos) to the extent possible. ICIS and Infancy recommend the use of Databrary (https://nyu.databrary.org/) or a comparable public repository (e.g., the Open Science Frame…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
When a paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author is responsible for completing the copyright license agreement on behalf of all the authors. The corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services where they will complete the license agreement via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS). For authors signing the copyright trans…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee (APC) to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers up…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymous peer review policy Model summary
Important: the journal operates a double anonymous peer review polic
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1525-0008
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-7078
- Society / sponsor
- International Congress of Infant Studies
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Infancy
What CAS zone is Infancy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Infancy is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Developmental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Infancy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 109.
How long does peer review take at Infancy?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 287 days (interquartile range 210–368 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 45% (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 Infancy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. 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 Infancy based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), Netherlands (2) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Infancy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Infancy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Infancy open access, and what is the APC?
Infancy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,300.
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: .