Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology journal rankings 2015
89 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology has 89 ranked journals in 2015. The median OJR fell 0.24 on 2014 to 1.09, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.96. The top three are Psychological Methods, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and Human Nature.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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.
Subfields of Psychology (7)
89 ranked journals
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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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.43Q1 | 6.67 2.07 down from 2014 | 110 | 34% | — | ||
2IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.34Q1 | 5.86 0.85 up from 2014 | 107 | 31% | $2,645 | ||
3Human NatureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.90Q1 | 3.69 0.31 down from 2014 | 88 | 34% | $2,190 | ||
4Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.61Q1 | 3.74 0.48 up from 2014 | 104 | 28% | $4,720 | ||
5Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 3.59Q1 | 4.14 0.69 up from 2014 | 194 | 16% | $3,530 | ||
6British Journal of Educational PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 3.42 0.22 up from 2014 | 85 | 27% | $3,760 | ||
7Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.26Q1 | 4.46 0.40 up from 2014 | 235 | 40% | $4,330 | ||
8Language and Linguistics CompassWiley · United Kingdom | 3.22Q1 | 1.84 0.47 down from 2014 | 141 | 13% | $2,900 | ||
9Cognitive LinguisticsOADe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 3.07Q1 | 2.79 2.19 down from 2014 | 67 | 23% | $0 listed | ||
10Multivariate Behavioral ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.94Q1 | 2.31 1.59 down from 2014 | 107 | 30% | — | ||
11Second language ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.84Q1 | 2.25 0.69 down from 2014 | 98 | 17% | $3,650 | ||
12EmotionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.72Q1 | 4.53 0.28 up from 2014 | 340 | 30% | — | ||
13Language and Literature International Journal of StylisticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.33Q1 | 0.94 0.87 down from 2014 | 77 | 16% | $3,650 | ||
14Gifted Child QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.32Q1 | 3.17 1.06 up from 2014 | 72 | 9% | $1,400 | ||
15SLEEPOxford University Press · United States | 2.24Q1 | 5.26 0.53 up from 2014 | 747 | 97% | $4,388 | ||
16Learning and Individual DifferencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.20Q1 | 2.55 0.09 down from 2014 | 424 | 23% | $3,640 | ||
17Nature and Science of SleepOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 2.13Q1 | 5.39 1.76 up from 2014 | 49 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
18The Journal of Creative BehaviorWiley · United States | 2.11Q1 | 2.39 0.27 down from 2014 | 79 | 10% | $2,900 | ||
19Sleep Medicine ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 7.81 1.09 up from 2014 | 176 | 31% | $5,950 | ||
20The Journal of Experimental EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.08Q1 | 2.22 0.58 up from 2014 | 96 | 3% | — | ||
21Thinking Skills and CreativityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 2.17 0.49 down from 2014 | 120 | 17% | $3,730 | ||
22Biology of Mood & Anxiety DisordersBioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 4.89 0.45 down from 2014 | 59 | 100% | — | ||
23Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the ArtsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.96Q1 | 3.09 0.09 down from 2014 | 134 | 8% | — | ||
24IntelligenceElsevier BV · United States | 1.93Q2 | 3.57 0.24 down from 2014 | 323 | 21% | $3,530 | ||
25Cognitive Therapy and ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.93Q2 | 3.02 0.44 up from 2014 | 227 | 41% | $4,090 | ||
26Journal of PhoneticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.90Q2 | 2.94 0.05 up from 2014 | 142 | 37% | $3,210 | ||
27Creativity Research JournalTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.88Q2 | 1.72 1.07 down from 2014 | 145 | 6% | — | ||
28Journal of the International Phonetic AssociationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.71Q2 | 1.85 0.77 up from 2014 | 94 | 62% | $3,550 | ||
29Behavioral Sleep MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.66Q2 | 2.26 0.39 down from 2014 | 142 | 33% | — | ||
30Educational PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.64Q2 | 1.80 0.48 up from 2014 | 225 | 17% | — | ||
31International Review of PragmaticsBrill · Netherlands | 1.60Q2 | 1.31 0.09 up from 2014 | 39 | 6% | — | ||
32Sleep MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.57Q2 | 3.69 0.20 up from 2014 | 811 | 11% | $4,350 | ||
33Language and SpeechSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.56Q2 | 1.47 1.10 down from 2014 | 72 | 24% | $3,650 | ||
34Journal of Sleep ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.56Q2 | 3.41 0.17 up from 2014 | 299 | 31% | $4,340 | ||
35Metaphor and SymbolRoutledge · United States | 1.47Q2 | 2.10 0.31 down from 2014 | 52 | 15% | — | ||
36Chronobiology InternationalTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.42Q2 | 3.39 0.56 down from 2014 | 446 | 27% | — | ||
37Philosophical PerspectivesWiley · United States | 1.41Q2 | 0.94 0.15 down from 2014 | 50 | 35% | $2,760 | ||
38journal for the education of the giftedSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.39Q2 | 1.23 0.14 down from 2014 | 64 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
39Evolutionary PsychologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.38Q2 | 2.01 0.20 down from 2014 | 177 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
40Cognitive SemioticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.38Q2 | 0.76 0.57 down from 2014 | 32 | 25% | $0 listed | ||
41Evolutionary Behavioral SciencesAmerican Psychological Association | 1.32Q2 | 1.80no 2014 value | 40 | 13% | — | — | |
42Journal of Evolutionary PsychologyAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 1.16Q2 | 1.00 0.06 up from 2014 | 43 | — | — | ||
43Language and CognitionOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 1.12 0.10 down from 2014 | 99 | 49% | $3,550 | ||
44Lodz Papers in PragmaticsDe Gruyter · Poland | 1.09Q2 | 0.12 0.04 up from 2014 | 41 | 0% | $2,712 | ||
45The Journal of Problem SolvingOAPurdue University Press · United States | 1.09Q2 | 2.00 0.08 up from 2014 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
46Laboratory Phonology Journal of the Association for Laboratory PhonologyOAUbiquity Press · Germany | 1.06Q3 | 1.69 0.44 up from 2014 | 52 | 100% | $551 | ||
47Research in LanguageOAUniversity of Lodz Press · Poland | 1.04Q3 | 0.74 0.04 up from 2014 | 83 | 100% | — | ||
48PhonologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.03Q3 | 1.57 0.54 up from 2014 | 66 | 34% | $3,550 | ||
49PhoneticaKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.98Q3 | 0.83 0.68 down from 2014 | 55 | 59% | $2,712 | ||
50Sleep DisordersHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.96Q3 | 2.39 0.25 down from 2014 | 58 | 100% | $800 |
Subfields of Psychology, with Experimental and Cognitive Psychology highlighted.
- Clinical Psychology510
- Social Psychology184
- Developmental and Educational Psychology117
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology89
- Applied Psychology9
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology4
- General Psychology1
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
32 additional Experimental and Cognitive Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, 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: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 89
- Window papers (baseline)
- 45,321 +13.4% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 1.09 +11.5% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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 | 46 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 102 | 105 | 104 | 103 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 14,729 | 15,884 | 17,225 | 18,824 | 19,987 | 21,367 | 23,176 | 25,747 | 28,755 | 31,869 | 34,468 | 37,293 | 39,972 | 42,003 | 43,859 | 45,321 | 48,043 | 49,491 | 50,738 | 51,227 | 53,198 | 56,392 | 60,486 | 63,684 | 65,590 | 68,101 | |
| Median OJR | 0.854 | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.910 | 0.78 | 0.862 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.903 | 0.9999 | 1.04 | 1.20 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.33 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 0.860 | 0.94 | 0.902 | 0.906 | 0.82 | 0.848 | 0.856 |
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.