人類發展研究(RHD)促進整個生命周期的人類發展研究的概念、經驗和方法的綜合和跨學科方法。該雜志強調關于貫穿生命歷程的人與環境關系的理論和研究，以及使用各種定量和定性方法(例如，多層次、多變量、縱向方法)。作為一種跨學科的雜志，RHD融合了生物學、心理學、社會學、人類學、經濟學和歷史學的觀點。該期刊促進在國家和國際環境中人類發展的社會和文化背景的研究。此外，它還為促進所有人積極健康發展的社會政策和規劃提供信息。RHD由特刊組成，所有稿件都要經過雙盲同行評審。

Research in Human Development ( RHD) promotes conceptual, empirical, and methodological integrative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human development across the entire life span. The journal emphasizes theory and research concerning person-context relationships across the life course, and the employment of a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g., multilevel, multivariate, longitudinal methods). As an interdisciplinary journal, RHD incorporates biological, psychological, sociological, anthropological, economic, and historical perspectives. The journal advances scholarship on the social and cultural contexts of human development in national and international settings. Moreover, it informs social policies and programs that promote positive and healthy development for all people. RHD is comprised of special issues, and all manuscripts are subject to a double-blind peer-reviewed process.