''Human Development'' is a quarterly

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covering all aspects of human development, particularly

developmental psychology Developmental psychology is the science, scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult deve ...

. Its scope includes disparate disciplines such as

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

, and

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

, among others. The journal is published by Karger Publishers (Basel). The journal is the official journal of the

Jean Piaget Society The Jean Piaget Society is an international learned society dedicated to studying human knowledge from a human development (psychology), developmental perspective. It is named after the highly regarded developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. Since 1 ...

. The current editor is Susan Rivera (

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 1.893.

Aims and scope

Distinguished by its international recognition since 1958, Human Development publishes theoretical contributions and integrative reviews of lines of research in psychological development within conceptual, historical, and methodological frameworks. Contributions serve to raise theoretical issues, flesh out interesting and potentially powerful ideas, and differentiate key constructs. Contributions come primarily from

but are welcome from other relevant disciplines.

History

The journal was founded in 1958 as ''Vita Humana'' by Hans Thomae (1958–1981) and continued in 1965 as ''Human Development''. Former editors include: Bernice L. Neugarten (1963–1969), M.L. Langeveld (1963–1974),

Klaus F. Riegel Klaus F. Riegel (November 6, 1925 in Berlin, Germany – July 3, 1977 in Ann Arbor, United States) was professor of psychology at the University of Michigan from 1959 to 1977. His research and theory contributions encompassed psycholinguistics, ge ...

(1970–1977),

John A. Meacham John A. Meacham (October 4, 1944) is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University at Buffalo—the State University of New York. Meacham initiated the study of prospective memory, a research subject in cognitive psychology, in t ...

(1977–1987), Wolfgang Edelstein (1982–1987), Hermine Sinclair (1982–1987),

Deanna Kuhn Deanna Zipse Kuhn (born 1944) is an American psychologist. She is Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is known for contributions to the psychology of science – the scientific study of scientific t ...

(1988–1996),

Barbara Rogoff Barbara Rogoff is an American academic who is UCSC Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research is in different learning between cultures and bridges psychology and anthropology. Education and c ...

(1997–2002), Geoffrey B. Saxe (2003–2006), Larry Nucci (2007–2019), and Susan Rivera (2020–).

References

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