Psychology academic journals

3,260 Psychology journals with recent activity, ranked by the Tutoeris Impact Quartile, an independent metric on OpenAlex open data. It is not the Scopus quartile, though it matches in most cases.

The top 50 by impact

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Journal Indicator Country Access Cites/art. 2-yr imp. H APC
Annual Review of Psychology ISSN 0066-4308 · est. 1950 high Q1 United States 29.4 13.4 405
Educational Psychology Review ISSN 1040-726X · est. 1989 high Q1 United States 22.3 12.5 210 $4,390
Computers & Education ISSN 0360-1315 · est. 1976 high Q1 United States 20.6 11.7 321 $4,220
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science ISSN 2515-2459 · est. 2017 high Q1 United States Open DOAJ 16.5 7 69
Sleep Medicine Reviews ISSN 1087-0792 · est. 1997 high Q1 United Kingdom 14.2 7.3 227 $5,170
Educational Research Review ISSN 1747-938X · est. 2005 high Q1 United Kingdom 17.5 7.4 150 $4,070
Psychological Bulletin ISSN 0033-2909 · est. 1900 high Q1 United States 15.5 9.6 650
Health Psychology Review ISSN 1743-7199 · est. 2007 high Q1 United Kingdom 18 6.9 108
Clinical Psychology Review ISSN 0272-7358 · est. 1954 high Q1 United States 16 8.8 339 $4,670
Current Directions in Psychological Science ISSN 0963-7214 · est. 1992 high Q1 United Kingdom 10.9 5.8 284
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review ISSN 1096-4037 · est. 1994 high Q1 Netherlands 14.7 7.7 150 $3,590
Cognitive Psychology ISSN 0010-0285 · est. 1970 high Q1 United States 9.9 9.3 280 $3,240
Educational Psychologist ISSN 0046-1520 · est. 1963 high Q1 United States 16.6 8.5 237
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology ISSN 0091-3022 · est. 1990 high Q1 United States 11.3 5.8 187 $4,090
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing ISSN 1949-3045 · est. 2010 high Q1 United States 11.1 5 133
The Lancet Psychiatry ISSN 2215-0366 · est. 1974 high Q1 United Kingdom 12.5 7.4 216 $6,300
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology ISSN 1750-984X · est. 2008 high Q1 United Kingdom 10.7 5.9 83
Learning and Instruction ISSN 0959-4752 · est. 1991 high Q1 United Kingdom 8.2 5.7 199 $4,280
Learning and Individual Differences ISSN 1041-6080 · est. 1989 high Q1 United States 19 5.4 151 $3,430
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning ISSN 1556-1607 · est. 2006 high Q1 United States 12.4 4.9 89 $2,990
Adolescent Research Review ISSN 2363-8346 · est. 2015 high Q1 United States 14.1 7.2 54 $2,890
Nature Reviews Psychology ISSN 2731-0574 · est. 2022 high Q1 United Kingdom 14.4 6.9 58
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ISSN 0021-9630 · est. 1960 high Q1 United Kingdom 8.6 3.9 344 $4,530
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning ISSN 0266-4909 · est. 1985 high Q1 United Kingdom 10.5 6.2 158 $3,760
Developmental Review ISSN 0273-2297 · est. 1981 high Q1 United States 9.2 4.3 172 $4,600
Thinking Skills and Creativity ISSN 1871-1871 · est. 2006 high Q1 Netherlands 9.7 4.6 111 $3,320
Journal of the Learning Sciences ISSN 1050-8406 · est. 1991 high Q1 United States 7.2 4.8 147
Clinical Psychological Science ISSN 2167-7026 · est. 2012 high Q1 United States 8.7 3.4 100
Creativity Research Journal ISSN 1040-0419 · est. 1988 high Q1 United States 8.9 5.1 142
Journal of Creativity ISSN 2713-3745 · est. 2021 high Q1 South Korea Open DOAJ 20.2 7.7 22 $1,300
Journal of Educational Computing Research ISSN 0735-6331 · est. 1985 high Q1 United States 14.8 9.3 127
Annual Review of Developmental Psychology ISSN 2640-7922 · est. 2019 high Q1 United States 7.6 4.6 38
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology ISSN 1537-4416 · est. 1982 high Q1 United Kingdom 8.1 3.6 185
Human Resource Development Review ISSN 1534-4843 · est. 2002 high Q1 United States 8.9 3.5 93
Journal of Anxiety Disorders ISSN 0887-6185 · est. 1987 high Q1 United Kingdom 8.1 3.3 189 $3,980
Internet Interventions ISSN 2214-7829 · est. 2014 high Q1 Netherlands Open DOAJ 8 3.6 76 $3,110
Emotion Review ISSN 1754-0739 · est. 2009 high Q1 United Kingdom 6.7 3.3 126
Encyclopedia ISSN 2673-8392 · est. 2020 high Q1 Switzerland Open DOAJ 10.8 5.4 46 $1,082
Contemporary Educational Psychology ISSN 0361-476X · est. 1976 high Q1 Netherlands 7.4 3.7 188 $4,050
Behavior Research Methods ISSN 1554-351X · est. 1968 high Q1 United States 8.2 3.9 198 $3,590
npj Mental Health Research ISSN 2731-4251 · est. 2022 high Q1 Open DOAJ 13.5 9.3 25
ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction ISSN 2573-9522 · est. 2018 high Q1 United States 8.6 5.2 46
Interactive Learning Environments ISSN 1049-4820 · est. 1990 high Q1 United Kingdom 11.5 4.6 120
Review of General Psychology ISSN 1089-2680 · est. 1997 high Q1 United States 6.3 3.4 159
Metacognition and Learning ISSN 1556-1623 · est. 2006 high Q1 United States 6.7 3.4 89 $2,890
Gamification and Augmented Reality. ISSN 3008-9093 · est. 2022 high Q1 Antigua & Barbuda Open 12.4 5.4 18
Human Communication Research ISSN 0360-3989 · est. 1974 high Q1 United Kingdom 7.1 3.7 173
Journal of Happiness Studies ISSN 1389-4978 · est. 2000 high Q1 Netherlands 5.8 3.3 168 $3,090
Development and Psychopathology ISSN 0954-5794 · est. 1977 high Q1 United Kingdom 6.1 3.2 263
Journal of Youth and Adolescence ISSN 0047-2891 · est. 1953 high Q1 United States 7.9 4.4 217 $3,690

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Data source: OpenAlex (CC0), monthly snapshot. The Tutoeris Impact Quartile is an independent, indicative metric; field assignment depends on OpenAlex and may contain occasional errors. Journals with no recent activity appear without a quartile.