Psychology · 1,210 journals indexed
Best journals for Psychology
The top Psychology journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. 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).
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- 2Educational Psychology Review12.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4Psychological Bulletin9.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Perspectives on Psychological Science9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 11American Journal of Psychiatry7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychiatric AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Current Psychiatry Reports6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Psychology Research and Behavior Management6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Current Directions in Psychological Science5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Journal of Behavioral Addictions5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Akadémiai KiadóOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Psychological Review5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26Journal of Youth and Adolescence4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30European Journal of Psychological Assessment4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Hogrefe VerlagScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Journal of Applied Psychology4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Behavior Research Methods3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“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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