Psychology Journals
This page groups approved journals assigned to Psychology within the broader Social Sciences classification used by Journals Impact Factors.
Because citation practices differ by specialty, this narrower grouping can be more useful than comparing journals across an entire broad discipline. The classification is internal and is not an official JCR category.
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249 results| Journal | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 2327-0608 |
31.100 | 25.100 | 8.920 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
| Annual Review of Psychology 0066-4308 |
29.400 | 34.400 | 5.370 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
| Nature Reviews Psychology N/A |
21.800 | 21.800 | 4.200 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN 0033-2909 |
19.800 | 28.500 | 4.120 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Psychological Science in the Public Interest 1529-1006 |
17.600 | 41.800 | 5.680 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 1548-5943 |
16.500 | 24.300 | 6.240 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
| Qualitative Psychology 2326-3601 |
14.300 | 8.900 | 3.720 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 2515-2459 |
13.400 | 18.500 | 5.450 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 0272-7358 |
12.200 | 16.800 | 2.280 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 1088-8683 |
10.400 | 13.600 | 2.850 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Health Psychology Review 1743-7199 |
9.700 | 11.600 | 2.150 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Perspectives on Psychological Science 1745-6916 |
8.400 | 11.900 | 3.360 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| European Review of Social Psychology 1046-3283 |
7.800 | 10.200 | 3.240 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS 1082-989X |
7.800 | 10.000 | 2.900 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST 0003-066X |
7.200 | 12.800 | 3.670 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Organizational Psychology Review 2041-3866 |
7.100 | 8.100 | 1.450 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 0272-4944 |
7.000 | 8.700 | 1.850 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| Current Opinion in Psychology 2352-250X |
6.900 | 8.200 | 1.210 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology 1750-984X |
6.700 | 8.400 | 1.170 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 0022-3514 |
6.700 | 8.000 | 2.490 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 0969-5893 |
6.600 | 7.300 | 1.450 | Q1 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY 0031-5826 |
6.400 | 7.600 | 1.640 | Q1 | WILEY |
| CLINICAL CHILD AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 1096-4037 |
6.100 | 8.000 | 1.510 | Q1 | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS |
| JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 0021-9010 |
6.100 | 10.600 | 2.140 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| JOURNAL OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY 1057-7408 |
6.100 | 6.200 | 1.360 | Q1 | JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD |
| CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 0963-7214 |
5.800 | 8.200 | 2.390 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW 0033-295X |
5.800 | 7.200 | 1.970 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Annual Review of Developmental Psychology N/A |
5.200 | 0.000 | 1.140 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 0956-7976 |
5.100 | 7.000 | 1.810 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 0022-006X |
5.000 | 6.500 | 1.830 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 1697-2600 |
4.400 | 5.000 | 2.010 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
| JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 1537-4416 |
4.400 | 5.000 | 1.480 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Qualitative Research in Psychology 1478-0887 |
4.400 | 99.200 | 1.090 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR 1369-8478 |
4.400 | 5.200 | 1.190 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
| APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE N/A |
4.300 | 6.500 | 1.370 | Q1 | WILEY |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1754-9426 |
4.300 | 7.500 | 1.790 | Q1 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
| EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST 1016-9040 |
4.200 | 5.000 | 1.260 | Q1 | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP |
| SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW N/A |
4.200 | 4.400 | 1.300 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Clinical Psychological Science 2167-7026 |
4.100 | 5.700 | 1.450 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 1015-5759 |
4.100 | 3.600 | 0.860 | Q1 | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP |
| JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 0022-4405 |
4.100 | 6.100 | 1.640 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY 1047-840X |
4.100 | 6.500 | 1.060 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking 2152-2715 |
3.900 | 5.800 | 1.300 | Q1 | MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC |
| Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 2329-0382 |
3.900 | 4.800 | 1.380 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY 0022-0167 |
3.800 | 5.200 | 1.420 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being 1758-0846 |
3.600 | 4.300 | 1.180 | Q1 | WILEY |
| JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL 0096-3445 |
3.500 | 4.500 | 1.290 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 0963-1798 |
3.500 | 6.000 | 1.190 | Q2 | WILEY |
| POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 0162-895X |
3.500 | 5.200 | 1.580 | Q1 | WILEY |
| PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING 0882-7974 |
3.500 | 4.100 | 1.310 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 1359-432X |
3.400 | 5.700 | 1.090 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 0007-1269 |
3.300 | 3.700 | 1.240 | Q1 | WILEY |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 1040-3590 |
3.300 | 4.900 | 1.270 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE 1469-0292 |
3.300 | 4.400 | 1.070 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| Social Psychological and Personality Science 1948-5506 |
3.300 | 4.800 | 1.350 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Collabra-Psychology 2474-7394 |
3.200 | 3.200 | 1.070 | Q1 | UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS |
| HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 0278-6133 |
3.200 | 4.000 | 1.200 | Q1 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| JOURNAL OF APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY 1041-3200 |
3.200 | 4.100 | 1.030 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 1079-5014 |
3.200 | 4.500 | 1.550 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
| REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 1089-2680 |
3.200 | 5.600 | 1.280 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 0144-6657 |
3.100 | 5.100 | 1.090 | Q1 | WILEY |
| DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 0012-1649 |
3.100 | 4.300 | 1.100 | Q2 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 0022-1031 |
3.100 | 3.900 | 1.130 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
| BMC Psychology N/A |
3.000 | 3.600 | 1.170 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
| BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 0144-6665 |
3.000 | 4.400 | 1.130 | Q1 | WILEY |
| COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 0010-0285 |
3.000 | 3.300 | 1.040 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
| Health Psychology Research 2420-8124 |
3.000 | 3.000 | 0.760 | Q1 | OPEN MEDICAL PUBL LLC |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN QUARTERLY 0361-6843 |
3.000 | 4.600 | 1.500 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 1099-9809 |
2.900 | 4.100 | 1.450 | Q1 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Frontiers in Psychology 1664-1078 |
2.900 | 3.700 | 0.970 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
| Journal of Positive Psychology 1743-9760 |
2.900 | 4.500 | 1.160 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 0022-3980 |
2.900 | 3.900 | 0.790 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY 0732-118X |
2.900 | 3.400 | 0.900 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 0146-1672 |
2.900 | 4.500 | 1.130 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Asian American Journal of Psychology 1948-1985 |
2.800 | 2.700 | 1.100 | Q1 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST 0011-0000 |
2.800 | 3.400 | 0.860 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 0022-0221 |
2.800 | 3.300 | 0.930 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Psychology of Men & Masculinities 1524-9220 |
2.800 | 3.100 | 0.890 | Q2 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Social and Personality Psychology Compass N/A |
2.800 | 4.400 | 0.890 | Q2 | WILEY |
| ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA 0001-6918 |
2.700 | 2.300 | 0.830 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY 1063-3995 |
2.700 | 3.400 | 0.940 | Q2 | WILEY |
| EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 0046-2772 |
2.700 | 3.900 | 1.090 | Q2 | WILEY |
| Journal of Managerial Psychology 0268-3946 |
2.700 | 4.700 | 0.790 | Q2 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
| PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY-THEORY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 1476-0835 |
2.700 | 3.700 | 0.900 | Q2 | WILEY |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 0893-164X |
2.700 | 3.500 | 1.050 | Q1 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts 1931-3896 |
2.700 | 3.800 | 3.300 | Q2 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 1046-1310 |
2.600 | 2.900 | 0.970 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
| JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY 0895-2779 |
2.600 | 2.700 | 0.830 | Q2 | HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC |
| MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY 1521-3269 |
2.600 | 4.400 | 2.730 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA 0033-2879 |
2.600 | 2.500 | 0.860 | Q1 | UBIQUITY PRESS LTD |
| BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 1359-107X |
2.500 | 4.300 | 1.140 | Q2 | WILEY |
| Ecopsychology 1942-9347 |
2.500 | 2.400 | 0.880 | Q2 | MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC |
| JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 0021-9762 |
2.500 | 3.000 | 0.880 | Q2 | WILEY |
| Zeitschrift fur Psychologie-Journal of Psychology 2190-8370 |
2.500 | 2.400 | 0.780 | Q2 | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP |
| Clinical Psychology in Europe 2625-3410 |
2.400 | 0.000 | 0.710 | Q2 | Leibniz Institute Psychology |
| Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 1802-7962 |
2.400 | 3.400 | 1.010 | Q1 | MASARYKOVA UNIV, FAC SOCIAL STUDIES |
| Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications 1864-1105 |
2.400 | 2.300 | 0.910 | Q1 | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP |
| Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 1834-4909 |
2.400 | 2.500 | 0.880 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Psychology of Violence 2152-0828 |
2.400 | 3.500 | 1.130 | Q1 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 0091-0562 |
2.300 | 4.000 | 1.180 | Q1 | WILEY |
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