Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 113/221 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 113 out of 221 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 1,601 total citations, 31 total articles, 31 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.100, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.680.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 21.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0022-1309 and electronic ISSN 1940-0888. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Abbreviated journalJ GEN PSYCHOL
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,681
ISSN0022-1309
eISSN1940-0888
Total cites1,601
Total articles31
Citable items31
Cited half-life21.9 years
Citing half-life11.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.500
5-Year Impact Factor2.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.680
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank113/221
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is 1.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY?

JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY?

JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is listed as being published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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