《嬰幼兒發(fā)展》旨在通過(guò)研究從胎兒期到青春期的心理發(fā)展的經(jīng)驗(yàn)、理論和方法論文，發(fā)表當(dāng)代最好的發(fā)展心理學(xué)研究。該雜志歡迎簡(jiǎn)短的實(shí)證報(bào)告(不超過(guò)3000字)，以及對(duì)一系列研究、評(píng)論或理論論文的較長(zhǎng)報(bào)告(通常不超過(guò)8000字)。該期刊的讀者包括發(fā)展心理學(xué)的研究人員，也包括健康和教育領(lǐng)域的兒童從業(yè)者，它發(fā)表的研究涉及人類行為和經(jīng)歷的典型和非典型發(fā)展，包括社會(huì)情感、認(rèn)知、知覺、運(yùn)動(dòng)和語(yǔ)言發(fā)展。嬰幼兒發(fā)展特別熱衷于發(fā)表研究報(bào)告，闡明發(fā)展的過(guò)程和機(jī)制，擴(kuò)展或挑戰(zhàn)公認(rèn)的思維方式。

Infant and Child Development aims to publish the best contemporary research in developmental psychology through empirical, theoretical and methodological papers addressing psychological development from the prenatal period to adolescence. The journal welcomes brief empirical reports (up to 3000 words), and longer reports on a sequence of studies, reviews or theoretical papers (normally up to 8000 words). With a readership including researchers in developmental psychology, but also child practitioners in health and education, the journal publishes research addressing typical and atypical development across the range of human behaviour and experience including socio-emotional, cognitive, perceptual, motor, and language development. Infant and Child Development is particularly keen to publish research which elucidates processes and mechanisms of development, and which extends or challenges accepted ways of thinking.