Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Field ranking · 2015
Psychology journal rankings 2015
914 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Psychology has 914 ranked journals in 2015. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.01 against 1.00, down 0.01 on 2014. A journal needs OJR 1.73 to reach Q1. The top three are Therapeutic Recreation Journal, Perspectives on Psychological Science, and Psychological Bulletin.
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.
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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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1Therapeutic Recreation JournalUnited States | 23.40Q1 | 39.33 39.10 up from 2014 | 72 | 4% | — | ||
2Perspectives on Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 8.84Q1 | 11.02 1.65 down from 2014 | 196 | 34% | $3,900 | ||
3Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 7.60Q1 | 14.25 0.07 up from 2014 | 181 | 32% | — | ||
4Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.43Q1 | 6.67 2.07 down from 2014 | 110 | 34% | — | ||
5JAMA PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 6.42Q1 | 10.44 0.44 down from 2014 | 475 | 53% | — | ||
6Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.16Q1 | 6.31 0.51 down from 2014 | 363 | 32% | — | ||
7Journal of Computer Assisted LearningWiley · United Kingdom | 6.13Q1 | 3.44 0.19 down from 2014 | 124 | 12% | $4,150 | ||
8ReCALLCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 5.97Q1 | 3.17 0.10 up from 2014 | 96 | 62% | $3,550 | ||
9Reading Research QuarterlyWiley · United States | 5.92Q1 | 3.60 1.00 down from 2014 | 81 | 46% | $3,530 | ||
10Journal of the Learning SciencesRoutledge · United States | 5.71Q1 | 4.79 0.89 up from 2014 | 56 | 26% | — | ||
11Language LearningWiley · United States | 5.51Q1 | 4.86 1.43 up from 2014 | 142 | 35% | $3,760 | ||
12Child Development PerspectivesWiley · United Kingdom | 5.30Q1 | 4.86 0.39 down from 2014 | 135 | 40% | $3,700 | ||
13Child DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 4.75Q1 | 4.98 0.19 down from 2014 | 498 | 56% | $4,320 | ||
14Clinical Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.72Q1 | 7.44 1.40 up from 2014 | 143 | 62% | $3,900 | ||
15Journal of Abnormal PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.61Q1 | 6.74 0.71 down from 2014 | 244 | 53% | — | ||
16Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.44Q1 | 4.16 0.81 down from 2014 | 553 | 51% | — | ||
17Trauma Violence & AbuseSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.41Q1 | 3.97 0.01 down from 2014 | 95 | 16% | $3,900 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.34Q1 | 5.86 0.85 up from 2014 | 107 | 31% | $2,645 | ||
19Journal of Human-Robot InteractionUnited States | 4.28Q1 | 5.35 0.30 down from 2014 | 43 | 82% | — | ||
20European PsychologistHogrefe Verlag · Germany | 4.26Q1 | 3.94 1.62 up from 2014 | 104 | 15% | — | ||
21American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.25Q1 | 3.58 0.48 up from 2014 | 411 | 16% | — | ||
22American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 4.22Q1 | 8.23 0.39 up from 2014 | 759 | 40% | — | ||
23Developmental ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 4.22Q1 | 6.91 0.95 up from 2014 | 48 | 39% | $4,330 | ||
24Journal of Counseling PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.12Q1 | 4.58 0.24 up from 2014 | 177 | 12% | — | ||
25Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 4.07Q1 | 6.87 1.14 down from 2014 | 380 | 59% | $4,530 | ||
26Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.04Q1 | 6.46 0.80 down from 2014 | 331 | 66% | — | ||
27Journal of Behavioral AddictionsOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 3.94Q1 | 5.29 2.63 up from 2014 | 89 | 100% | $916 | ||
28World PsychiatryWiley · Italy | 3.94Q1 | 6.57 1.77 up from 2014 | 241 | 97% | — | ||
29Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 3.93Q1 | 7.32 0.40 down from 2014 | 1,119 | 99% | — | ||
30Human NatureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.90Q1 | 3.69 0.31 down from 2014 | 88 | 34% | $2,190 | ||
31International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric ResearchOAWiley · United States | 3.77Q1 | 4.03 1.28 down from 2014 | 101 | 90% | $4,070 | ||
32Metacognition and LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.73Q1 | 4.45 0.12 up from 2014 | 42 | 29% | $3,290 | ||
33Language Assessment QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.72Q1 | 2.17 0.51 up from 2014 | 69 | 8% | — | ||
34Behaviour Research and TherapyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.71Q1 | 5.74 0.54 up from 2014 | 352 | 53% | $3,580 | ||
35Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.61Q1 | 3.74 0.48 up from 2014 | 104 | 28% | $4,720 | ||
35Development and PsychopathologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.61Q1 | 4.57 0.05 down from 2014 | 374 | 74% | $3,550 | ||
37Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 3.59Q1 | 4.14 0.69 up from 2014 | 194 | 16% | $3,530 | ||
38School Psychology QuarterlyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.57Q1 | 3.57 0.07 down from 2014 | 117 | 28% | — | ||
39Journal of Youth and AdolescenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.53Q1 | 3.87 0.49 up from 2014 | 490 | 41% | $3,890 | ||
40Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender DiversityAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.45Q1 | 3.13 17.73 down from 2014 | 80 | 22% | — | ||
41International Journal of TransgenderismTaylor & Francis · Germany | 3.43Q1 | 1.25 4.10 down from 2014 | 39 | 39% | — | ||
42Journal of Traumatic StressWiley · Netherlands | 3.39Q1 | 4.79 1.06 up from 2014 | 323 | 31% | $3,120 | ||
43Clinical Child and Family Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.36Q1 | 5.48 0.86 up from 2014 | 66 | 41% | $3,990 | ||
44Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and BehaviourElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.27Q1 | 2.63 0.05 up from 2014 | 299 | 39% | $2,780 | ||
45British Journal of Educational PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 3.42 0.22 up from 2014 | 85 | 27% | $3,760 | ||
46Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.26Q1 | 4.46 0.40 up from 2014 | 235 | 40% | $4,330 | ||
47Depression and AnxietyWiley · United States | 3.25Q1 | 5.89 0.24 up from 2014 | 395 | 77% | $2,490 | ||
48Attachment & Human DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 3.54 0.40 up from 2014 | 111 | 15% | — | ||
49Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 4.78 0.40 up from 2014 | 300 | 53% | — | ||
50Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 3.24Q1 | 12.85 2.26 up from 2014 | 197 | 35% | $5,270 |
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.
221 additional 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
- 914
- Window papers (baseline)
- 290,061 +18.4% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 1.01 -0.8% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 68Comparison-group list (68)
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 | 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.