Journal metric profile

Psychology of Popular Media

Impact factor, five-year JIF, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

Impact Factor 1.600 2025 metric year
5-Year JIF 2.700 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 93/227 Recorded category rank

Psychology of Popular Media impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

Psychology of Popular Media is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 1.600. Its listed JIF quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 93 out of 227 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 701 total citations, 61 total articles, 62 citable items. The five-year JIF is 2.700, which is 1.100 points above the listed two-year JIF. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The JIF without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.850.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Psychology of Popular Media is identified in this record by print ISSN 2689-6567 and electronic ISSN 2689-6575. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal namePsychology of Popular Media
Abbreviated journalPSYCHOL POP MEDIA
PublisherEDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,174
ISSN2689-6567
eISSN2689-6575
Total cites701
Total articles61
Citable items62
Cited half-life3.4 years
Citing half-life7.9 years
Impact Factor1.600
5-Year JIF2.700
JIF without self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.850
JIF quartileQ2
JIF rank93/227
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Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of Psychology of Popular Media?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for Psychology of Popular Media is 1.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Psychology of Popular Media?

Psychology of Popular Media is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Psychology of Popular Media?

Psychology of Popular Media is listed as being published by EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC.

Can a journal impact factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. A journal impact factor is a journal-level citation average. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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