Best journals for Psychology
The top 40 of 713 Psychology journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals Scimago files only under other fields, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development112.7 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 3Educational Psychology Review12.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5Psychological Bulletin9.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Perspectives on Psychological Science9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Psychology Research and Behavior Management6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17Current Directions in Psychological Science5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Journal of Behavioral Addictions5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Akadémiai KiadóOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26Psychological Review5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Journal of Occupational Health Psychology4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35Journal of Youth and Adolescence4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Computers in Human Behavior Reports4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Education Sciences4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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