《嬰幼兒發展》旨在通過研究從胎兒期到青春期的心理發展的經驗、理論和方法論文，發表當代最好的發展心理學研究。該雜志歡迎簡短的實證報告(不超過3000字)，以及對一系列研究、評論或理論論文的較長報告(通常不超過8000字)。該期刊的讀者包括發展心理學的研究人員，也包括健康和教育領域的兒童從業者，它發表的研究涉及人類行為和經歷的典型和非典型發展，包括社會情感、認知、知覺、運動和語言發展。嬰幼兒發展特別熱衷于發表研究報告，闡明發展的過程和機制，擴展或挑戰公認的思維方式。

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.