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`*`!Human Development`!`* is a bimonthly `F33f`_`[peer-reviewed`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Peer-review]`_`f `F33f`_`[scientific journal`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Scientific_journal]`_`f published by `F33f`_`[Karger Publishers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Karger_Publishers]`_`f.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] Established in 1958 as `*Vita Humana`* by Hans Thomae, the journal was published under the name `*Human Development`* from 1965.
>>Contents
• `F0af`_`[Scope`#scope]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[Abstracting and indexing`#abstracting-and-indexing]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[Editors-in-Chief`#editors-in-chief]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[Affiliated Society`#affiliated-society]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f
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>>Scope
`*Human Development`* covers all aspects of human development, particularly `F33f`_`[developmental psychology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Developmental_psychology]`_`f. Its scope includes disparate disciplines such as `F33f`_`[anthropology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Anthropology]`_`f, `F33f`_`[biology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Biology]`_`f, `F33f`_`[education`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Education]`_`f, `F33f`_`[psychology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Psychology]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[sociology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sociology]`_`f, among others. `*Human Development`* publishes theoretical and metatheoretical 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 `F33f`_`[developmental psychology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Developmental_psychology]`_`f but are welcome from other relevant disciplines.
>>Abstracting and indexing
The journal is indexed in, but not limited to,:
• `F33f`_`[Scopus`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Scopus]`_`f
• `F33f`_`[Web of Science`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_of_Science]`_`f
>>Editors-in-Chief
Founder: Hans Thomae (1958–1981)
Successors:
• CM.L. Langeveld (1963–1974)
• Bernice L. Neugarten (1963–1969)
• `F33f`_`[Klaus F. Riegel`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Klaus_F._Riegel]`_`f (1970–1977)
• `F33f`_`[John A. Meacham`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=John_A._Meacham]`_`f (1977–1987)
• Wolfgang Edelstein (1982–1987)
• Hermine Sinclair (1982–1987)
• `F33f`_`[Deanna Kuhn`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Deanna_Kuhn]`_`f (1988–1996)
• `F33f`_`[Barbara Rogoff`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Barbara_Rogoff]`_`f (1997–2002)
• Geoffrey B. Saxe (2003–2006)
• Larry Nucci (2007–2019)
• Susan Rivera (2019–2023)
• David C. Witherington (2023-present)
>>Affiliated Society
The journal is the official journal of the `F33f`_`[Jean Piaget Society`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jean_Piaget_Society]`_`f.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]
>>References
`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Human Development". `*Karger`*. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `*Jean Piaget Society journal`*, retrieved 2025-02-06
>>External links
• Official website
• Jean Piaget Society
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