Social Psychology · 33 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Social Psychology
The top Social Psychology journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, 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).
- 1Europe’s Journal of Psychology1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · PsychOpenOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Anales de Psicología2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Servicio de PublicacionesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 3Animal Cognition2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Association of Food Technology, TurkeyOpen AccessDOAJScopusTR-Dizin
- 5Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Scientific Journal Publishers LimitedOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Universitas Psychologica0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · Pontifical Xavierian UniversityOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 8Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening0.2 cites/paper · Q4 · Norwegian Medical AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Japan Human Factors and Ergonomics SocietyOpen Access
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- 14Psychology Research and Behavior Management6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Behavioral Sciences3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · University of AlmeríaOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · University of FloridaOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 25The Japanese journal of psychology0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · The Japanese Psychological AssociationOpen AccessScopusPubMed
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- 27Advances in Psychological Science0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Science PressOpen AccessPubMed
- 28International Journal of Indian Psychology0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Redshine PublicationOpen Access
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- 30Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Psicothema3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del PrincipadoOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 32Frontiers in Psychology3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · University of OxfordOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb 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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