Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Field ranking · 2009
Psychology journal rankings 2009
736 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Psychology has 736 ranked journals in 2009. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2008; Q1 starts at OJR 1.61. The top three are Perspectives on Psychological Science, ReCALL, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. 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 2006–2008, the window the 2009 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 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 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 2009. | Compare |
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1Perspectives on Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 8.95Q1 | 9.66 1.98 down from 2008 | 94 | 23% | $3,900 | ||
2ReCALLCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 7.98Q1 | 3.35 1.95 up from 2008 | 61 | 39% | $3,550 | ||
3Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 7.57Q1 | 7.11 0.46 down from 2008 | 452 | 23% | — | ||
4Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 7.26Q1 | 16.43 0.34 down from 2008 | 136 | 33% | — | ||
5Journal of the Learning SciencesRoutledge · United States | 6.29Q1 | 4.08 0.54 down from 2008 | 58 | 10% | — | ||
6Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 6.00Q1 | 6.46 0.43 up from 2008 | 374 | 44% | $4,320 | ||
7Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.92Q1 | 5.88 0.19 up from 2008 | 385 | 41% | — | ||
8Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.29Q1 | 6.75 0.66 up from 2008 | 81 | 37% | — | ||
9Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.25Q1 | 7.43 0.08 down from 2008 | 330 | 57% | — | ||
10Journal of Computer Assisted LearningWiley · United Kingdom | 5.20Q1 | 4.40 1.85 up from 2008 | 139 | 12% | $4,150 | ||
11Educational Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.02Q1 | 5.09 0.90 up from 2008 | 87 | 42% | $4,790 | ||
12Reading Research QuarterlyWiley · United States | 4.87Q1 | 3.91 1.43 up from 2008 | 86 | 8% | $3,530 | ||
13International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 4.75Q1 | 4.60 0.83 up from 2008 | 77 | 28% | $3,290 | ||
14Journal of Counseling PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.68Q1 | 4.42 0.50 up from 2008 | 141 | 14% | — | ||
15Development and PsychopathologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 4.41Q1 | 6.90 1.61 up from 2008 | 187 | 68% | $3,550 | ||
16Journal of Abnormal PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.40Q1 | 6.68 0.43 up from 2008 | 258 | 59% | — | ||
17Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 4.39Q1 | 6.70 0.05 down from 2008 | 375 | 48% | $4,530 | ||
18Developmental ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 4.13Q1 | 5.82 1.73 up from 2008 | 55 | 14% | $4,330 | ||
19Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.13Q1 | 5.30 1.76 up from 2008 | 185 | 36% | — | ||
20Journal of Research on AdolescenceWiley · United States | 4.09Q1 | 3.06 0.19 down from 2008 | 95 | 35% | $3,400 | ||
21American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.07Q1 | 2.65 0.52 down from 2008 | 487 | 9% | — | ||
22Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 3.92Q1 | 6.48 0.57 down from 2008 | 200 | 20% | $5,270 | ||
23Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 3.72Q1 | 6.57 0.57 up from 2008 | 812 | 99% | — | ||
24Clinical Child and Family Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.68Q1 | 5.52 1.45 up from 2008 | 36 | 55% | $3,990 | ||
25International Journal of Stress ManagementAmerican Psychological Association · Netherlands | 3.66Q1 | 2.90 0.87 up from 2008 | 81 | 6% | — | ||
26Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.60Q1 | 4.09 0.42 up from 2008 | 152 | 21% | $4,330 | ||
27Scientific Studies of ReadingTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.56Q1 | 3.56 0.10 up from 2008 | 50 | 22% | — | ||
28Journal of PersonalityWiley · United States | 3.56Q1 | 3.90 0.10 up from 2008 | 168 | 25% | $3,780 | ||
29Cognitive LinguisticsOADe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 3.48Q1 | 1.70 0.92 down from 2008 | 63 | 19% | $0 listed | ||
30Journal of Family PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.46Q1 | 3.63 0.44 up from 2008 | 266 | 41% | — | ||
31Family RelationsWiley · United States | 3.44Q1 | 2.57 0.13 up from 2008 | 158 | 29% | $3,590 | ||
32Language Assessment QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.37Q1 | 1.63 0.24 up from 2008 | 46 | 12% | — | ||
33Developmental ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 3.30Q1 | 4.49 0.13 down from 2008 | 311 | 45% | $4,140 | ||
34Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 3.26Q1 | 2.92 0.12 down from 2008 | 156 | 10% | $3,530 | ||
35American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 3.24Q1 | 5.57 0.60 up from 2008 | 2,181 | 19% | — | ||
36Aggression and Violent BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.23Q1 | 3.37 0.79 up from 2008 | 117 | 13% | $3,880 | ||
37Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 3.21Q1 | 4.68 1.01 down from 2008 | 735 | 34% | $3,710 | ||
38Journal of Personality DisordersGuilford Press · United States | 3.13Q1 | 3.67 0.56 up from 2008 | 140 | 30% | — | ||
39Prevention ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.13Q1 | 3.95 0.33 up from 2008 | 100 | 70% | $3,790 | ||
40International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric ResearchOAWiley · United States | 3.10Q1 | 4.39 1.65 up from 2008 | 91 | 87% | $4,070 | ||
41Psychological AssessmentAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.08Q1 | 3.97 0.09 up from 2008 | 146 | 27% | — | ||
42Language Learning and DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.08Q1 | 3.56 0.18 up from 2008 | 36 | 50% | — | ||
43Journal of Learning DisabilitiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.05Q1 | 2.94 0.60 down from 2008 | 138 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
44Journal of Traumatic StressWiley · Netherlands | 3.05Q1 | 4.22 1.28 up from 2008 | 278 | 43% | $3,120 | ||
45The British Journal of PsychiatryCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.03Q1 | 4.65 0.40 up from 2008 | 996 | 96% | $4,920 | ||
46American Journal of OrthopsychiatryAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.01Q1 | 2.82 0.39 up from 2008 | 186 | 21% | — | ||
47Psychological MedicineCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.01Q1 | 5.15 0.03 up from 2008 | 629 | 47% | $3,550 | ||
48Psychology and AgingAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.96Q1 | 4.11 0.35 down from 2008 | 245 | 55% | — | ||
49Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.91Q1 | 5.13 0.24 down from 2008 | 320 | 53% | — | ||
50Human Resource Development ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.89Q1 | 2.50 0.28 up from 2008 | 69 | 3% | $3,900 |
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
167 additional Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, 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: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 736
- Window papers (baseline)
- 196,566 +31.0% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.90 +13.5% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 68Comparison-group list (68)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 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.