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Best open-access journals for Social Psychology

All 35 Social Psychology journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Social Psychology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-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).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    Europe’s Journal of Psychology
    1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · PsychOpen
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    JMIR Mental Health
    11.9 cites/paper · Q1 · JMIR Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Anales de Psicología
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Servicio de Publicaciones
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  4. 4
    Animal Cognition
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal
    1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Scientific Journal Publishers Limited
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte
    1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · SciELO
    Open AccessScopus
  7. 7
    Universitas Psychologica
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Pontifical Xavierian University
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  8. 8
    PSYCHOLOGIA
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
    0.2 cites/paper · Q4 · Norwegian Medical Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Transactions of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  11. 11
    Sykepleien Forskning
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ
  12. 12
    Magma
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ
  13. 13
    The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Japan Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
    Open Access
  14. 14
    Primate Research
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  15. 15
    Psychology Research and Behavior Management
    6.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    BMC Psychology
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Behavioral Sciences
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Psicothema
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Frontiers in Psychology
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Oxford
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education
    4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Stress
    4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
    2.6 cites/paper · Q3 · AOSIS
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  26. 26
    Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Almería
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · University of São Paulo
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  28. 28
    Psico-USF
    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Universidade de São Francisco
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  29. 29
    Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · University of Florida
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  30. 30
    The Japanese journal of psychology
    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · The Japanese Psychological Association
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  31. 31
    Advances in Psychological Science
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Science Press
    Open AccessPubMed
  32. 32
    International Journal of Indian Psychology
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Redshine Publication
    Open Access
  33. 33
    The Japanese Journal of Personality
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessPubMed
  34. 34
    Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo
    Open AccessDOAJPubMed
  35. 35
    Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Aarhus University Library
    Open Access

“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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Frequently asked

Europe’s Journal of Psychology, JMIR Mental Health, Anales de Psicología, Animal Cognition, Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. All 35 ranked venues are listed on this page; 9 are Scimago Q1, 5 Q2, 6 Q3, 5 Q4 and 10 have no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Social Psychology ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Social Psychology is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 2 journals OpenAlex files under Social Psychology are left out because OpenAlex's main field for them and Scimago's categories both place them in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Social Psychology come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Social Psychology come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Social Psychology — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Social Psychology — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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