Journal rankings · indicator year 2012
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Field ranking · 2012
Psychology journal rankings 2012
812 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Psychology has 812 ranked journals in 2012. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2011 to 1.02, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.75. The top three are Psychological Bulletin, Reading Research Quarterly, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2012. 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 2009–2011, the window the 2012 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 2011. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2009–2011 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 2003 to 2012. | Compare |
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1Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 8.12Q1 | 17.41 0.06 up from 2011 | 174 | 29% | — | ||
2Reading Research QuarterlyWiley · United States | 7.64Q1 | 5.63 1.06 up from 2011 | 62 | 32% | $3,530 | ||
3Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 7.30Q1 | 7.82 0.64 down from 2011 | 502 | 19% | — | ||
4Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 6.73Q1 | 7.27 0.43 up from 2011 | 451 | 50% | $4,320 | ||
5IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.39Q1 | 7.56 0.13 up from 2011 | 52 | 11% | $2,645 | ||
6Journal of Computer Assisted LearningWiley · United Kingdom | 6.34Q1 | 4.09 1.42 down from 2011 | 161 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
7Perspectives on Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.23Q1 | 9.47 2.48 up from 2011 | 210 | 23% | $3,900 | ||
8Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.80Q1 | 6.67 0.48 up from 2011 | 89 | 40% | — | ||
9Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.77Q1 | 8.17 0.12 up from 2011 | 301 | 60% | — | ||
10Language LearningWiley · United States | 5.51Q1 | 3.22 0.70 up from 2011 | 170 | 17% | $3,760 | ||
11American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.45Q1 | 3.64 0.44 up from 2011 | 481 | 10% | — | ||
12Developmental ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 5.40Q1 | 6.16 0.88 up from 2011 | 42 | 42% | $4,330 | ||
13Journal of the Learning SciencesRoutledge · United States | 5.26Q1 | 4.86 0.91 up from 2011 | 60 | 10% | — | ||
14Journal of Counseling PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.15Q1 | 4.86 0.34 down from 2011 | 163 | 7% | — | ||
15Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 4.98Q1 | 7.94 0.18 down from 2011 | 990 | 100% | — | ||
16ReCALLCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 4.88Q1 | 1.98 0.32 down from 2011 | 86 | 48% | $3,550 | ||
17Development and PsychopathologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 4.64Q1 | 6.73 0.93 up from 2011 | 240 | 57% | $3,550 | ||
18Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.52Q1 | 4.63 0.51 down from 2011 | 537 | 35% | — | ||
19Journal of Research on AdolescenceWiley · United States | 4.49Q1 | 4.45 1.85 up from 2011 | 190 | 44% | $3,400 | ||
20Journal of Abnormal PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.45Q1 | 6.01 0.96 down from 2011 | 309 | 51% | — | ||
21Review of General PsychologySAGE Publishing · United States | 4.18Q1 | 5.52 1.48 up from 2011 | 99 | 13% | $3,900 | ||
22Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 4.09Q1 | 4.75 0.74 up from 2011 | 166 | 22% | $4,330 | ||
23Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 4.08Q1 | 7.15 1.17 up from 2011 | 453 | 57% | $4,530 | ||
24Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and BehaviourElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.01Q1 | 2.44 1.12 down from 2011 | 144 | 15% | $2,780 | ||
25American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 3.98Q1 | 7.53 1.58 up from 2011 | 965 | 26% | — | ||
26Journal of Youth and AdolescenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.97Q1 | 3.28 0.22 up from 2011 | 351 | 43% | $3,890 | ||
27Personality Disorders Theory Research and TreatmentAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.90Q1 | 5.38 2.63 up from 2011 | 81 | 39% | — | ||
28School Psychology QuarterlyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.71Q1 | 3.59 0.01 down from 2011 | 67 | 5% | — | ||
29Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 3.71Q1 | 9.58 0.46 down from 2011 | 262 | 30% | $5,270 | ||
30Behaviour Research and TherapyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.68Q1 | 5.29 0.25 up from 2011 | 429 | 32% | $3,580 | ||
31Journal of Traumatic StressWiley · Netherlands | 3.68Q1 | 4.35 0.20 up from 2011 | 326 | 28% | $3,120 | ||
32Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 3.66Q1 | 3.40 0.33 down from 2011 | 168 | 5% | $3,530 | ||
33Psychological AssessmentAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.65Q1 | 4.33 0.99 down from 2011 | 303 | 34% | — | ||
34Clinical Child and Family Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.63Q1 | 7.80 2.44 up from 2011 | 62 | 33% | $3,990 | ||
35Journal of Personality DisordersGuilford Press · United States | 3.58Q1 | 4.88 1.36 up from 2011 | 163 | 15% | — | ||
36Child Development PerspectivesWiley · United Kingdom | 3.55Q1 | 3.53 0.51 up from 2011 | 149 | 13% | $3,700 | ||
37International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.53Q1 | 3.47 0.77 down from 2011 | 76 | 27% | $3,290 | ||
38Journal of PersonalityWiley · United States | 3.49Q1 | 3.47 0.27 down from 2011 | 234 | 26% | $3,780 | ||
39Child MaltreatmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.49Q1 | 3.55 0.20 down from 2011 | 81 | 46% | $3,900 | ||
40Learning Disabilities Research and PracticeWiley · United States | 3.44Q1 | 3.23 0.46 up from 2011 | 59 | 19% | $3,650 | ||
41Journal of Family PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.41Q1 | 3.39 0.11 up from 2011 | 308 | 42% | — | ||
42Depression and AnxietyWiley · United States | 3.38Q1 | 5.79 0.15 up from 2011 | 396 | 69% | $2,490 | ||
43Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.29Q1 | 3.48 0.57 down from 2011 | 89 | 9% | $4,720 | ||
44Psychology Public Policy and LawAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.24Q1 | 3.20 0.11 up from 2011 | 70 | 19% | — | ||
45Family RelationsWiley · United States | 3.24Q1 | 2.40 0.67 up from 2011 | 145 | 26% | $3,590 | ||
46Prevention ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.22Q1 | 3.33 0.67 down from 2011 | 132 | 54% | $3,790 | ||
47Educational Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.18Q1 | 4.39 0.43 up from 2011 | 86 | 16% | $4,790 | ||
48Developmental ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 3.18Q1 | 4.83 0.22 up from 2011 | 333 | 50% | $4,140 | ||
49Family ProcessWiley · United States | 3.10Q1 | 2.96 0.01 down from 2011 | 113 | 18% | $3,400 | ||
50EmotionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.10Q1 | 4.83 1.39 down from 2011 | 429 | 37% | — |
Citations made in 2012. Corpus-wide, 75.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
191 additional Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2009–2011, 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: 2012. Publication window: 2009–2011. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 812
- Window papers (baseline)
- 245,061 +24.7% from indicator year 2009
- Median OJR
- 1.0178 +13.0% from indicator year 2009
- Rising journals (2025)
- 68Comparison-group list (68)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2009–2011 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.