Journal rankings · indicator year 2000
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Field ranking · 2000
Psychology journal rankings 2000
519 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Psychology has 519 ranked journals in 2000. The median journal has an OJR of 0.67, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.31. The top three are Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Psychological Bulletin, and Reading Research Quarterly.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2000. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 1999. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1997–1999 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2000. | Compare |
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1Journal of Cognitive PsychotherapySpringer Nature · United States | 6.69Q1 | 6.89no 1999 value | 76 | 0% | — | — | |
2Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.14Q1 | 4.89no 1999 value | 227 | 1% | — | — | |
3Reading Research QuarterlyWiley · United States | 4.25Q1 | 2.67no 1999 value | 77 | 5% | $3,530 | — | |
4Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.05Q1 | 4.05no 1999 value | 669 | 3% | — | — | |
5Development and PsychopathologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.96Q1 | 3.89no 1999 value | 124 | 16% | $3,550 | — | |
6Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.72Q1 | 2.97no 1999 value | 1,203 | 4% | — | — | |
7Scientific Studies of ReadingTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.57Q1 | 2.12no 1999 value | 52 | 0% | — | — | |
8Human NatureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.53Q1 | 1.87no 1999 value | 46 | 0% | $2,190 | — | |
9Journal of Clinical Child PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.52Q1 | 3.44no 1999 value | 139 | 11% | — | — | |
10American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.50Q1 | 2.29no 1999 value | 1,099 | 3% | — | — | |
11Psychological MedicineCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.33Q1 | 3.94no 1999 value | 328 | 9% | $3,550 | — | |
12Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 2.35no 1999 value | 531 | 4% | $4,320 | — | |
13American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 3.25Q1 | 4.16no 1999 value | 1,480 | 3% | — | — | |
14Research on Child and Adolescent PsychopathologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.11Q1 | 2.41no 1999 value | 133 | 6% | $2,990 | — | |
15Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 2.79Q1 | 2.33no 1999 value | 89 | 0% | $4,330 | — | |
16Multivariate Behavioral ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.79Q1 | 1.42no 1999 value | 62 | 14% | — | — | |
17Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.73Q1 | 1.95no 1999 value | 706 | 3% | — | — | |
18Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 2.19no 1999 value | 447 | 10% | $4,530 | — | |
19Journal of Abnormal PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.67Q1 | 2.63no 1999 value | 424 | 2% | — | — | |
20Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.64Q1 | 1.96no 1999 value | 170 | 0% | — | — | |
21Journal of Research on AdolescenceWiley · United States | 2.63Q1 | 2.10no 1999 value | 62 | 12% | $3,400 | — | |
22Journal of Cross-Cultural PsychologySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.55Q1 | 2.10no 1999 value | 121 | 7% | $3,650 | — | |
23Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 2.51Q1 | 2.12no 1999 value | 139 | 5% | $5,270 | — | |
24American Journal of OrthopsychiatryAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.49Q1 | 1.64no 1999 value | 200 | 5% | — | — | |
25Journal of Anxiety DisordersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 2.12no 1999 value | 125 | 5% | $4,650 | — | |
26Remedial and Special EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.46Q1 | 1.54no 1999 value | 123 | 5% | $3,900 | — | |
27Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.45Q1 | 1.66no 1999 value | 129 | 5% | — | — | |
28Journal of PersonalityWiley · United States | 2.39Q1 | 1.97no 1999 value | 126 | 6% | $3,780 | — | |
29Review of General PsychologySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.36Q1 | 1.83no 1999 value | 105 | 5% | $3,900 | — | |
30Language LearningWiley · United States | 2.36Q1 | 0.77no 1999 value | 113 | 5% | $3,760 | — | |
31Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 3.96no 1999 value | 548 | 94% | — | — | |
32The British Journal of PsychiatryCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.33Q1 | 3.26no 1999 value | 1,014 | 93% | $4,920 | — | |
33Discourse ProcessesTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.29Q1 | 1.84no 1999 value | 91 | 0% | — | — | |
34Applied and Preventive PsychologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 1.98no 1999 value | 61 | 21% | — | — | |
35Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.23Q1 | 2.61no 1999 value | 412 | 3% | — | — | |
36Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 2.19Q1 | 1.82no 1999 value | 178 | 4% | $3,530 | — | |
37The Irish Journal of PsychologyTaylor & Francis · Ireland | 2.17Q1 | 0.13no 1999 value | 89 | 4% | — | — | |
38Instructional ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.13Q1 | 0.76no 1999 value | 92 | 9% | $3,290 | — | |
39Journal of Personality DisordersGuilford Press · United States | 2.13Q1 | 1.49no 1999 value | 99 | 3% | — | — | |
40PhonologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 1.48no 1999 value | 42 | 0% | $3,550 | — | |
41Clinical Psychology Science and PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 1.42no 1999 value | 171 | 3% | $2,900 | — | |
42Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 2.11Q1 | 2.38no 1999 value | 1,090 | 24% | $3,710 | — | |
43Behaviour Research and TherapyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 2.42no 1999 value | 337 | 6% | $3,580 | — | |
44Communication EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 1.46no 1999 value | 87 | 2% | — | — | |
45The Journal of Sex ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.09Q1 | 1.84no 1999 value | 121 | 4% | — | — | |
46Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.08Q1 | 1.95no 1999 value | 170 | 10% | $1,500 | — | |
47Personal RelationshipsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.07Q1 | 1.59no 1999 value | 89 | 7% | $3,140 | — | |
48Behavioral DisordersSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.06Q1 | 2.45no 1999 value | 88 | 0% | $3,650 | — | |
49Journal of Learning DisabilitiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.02Q1 | 1.52no 1999 value | 193 | 4% | $3,650 | — | |
50Gifted Child QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.01Q1 | 1.37no 1999 value | 68 | 0% | $1,400 | — |
Citations made in 2000. Corpus-wide, 66.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
155 additional Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1997–1999, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2000. Publication window: 1997–1999. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 519
- Window papers (baseline)
- 100,368 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Median OJR
- 0.67 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Rising journals (2025)
- 68Comparison-group list (68)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1997–1999 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 519 | 548 | 577 | 590 | 609 | 627 | 650 | 677 | 713 | 736 | 759 | 789 | 812 | 836 | 872 | 914 | 953 | 976 | 1,000 | 1,008 | 1,032 | 1,032 | 1,044 | 1,049 | 1,036 | 1,032 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 100,368 | 108,714 | 116,356 | 126,019 | 132,361 | 141,328 | 150,104 | 163,997 | 178,881 | 196,566 | 212,190 | 230,053 | 245,061 | 259,850 | 274,026 | 290,061 | 308,630 | 323,270 | 336,144 | 346,025 | 361,777 | 394,757 | 437,922 | 469,605 | 479,050 | 491,558 | |
| Median OJR | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.867 | 0.90 | 0.920 | 0.94 | 1.0178 | 1.0183 | 1.017 | 1.01 | 1.003 | 1.001 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.85 | 0.872 | 0.869 | 0.915 | 0.9249 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.9% | 730 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.819 per 1,000 | 625 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -1.9% | 962 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 55.7% | 1,032 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,390 | 484 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 21.7% | 951 journals |
| Review share | Median: 2.1% | 1,032 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.96 | 1,023 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 36.5% | 1,032 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 45.5% | 1,030 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.