Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology journal rankings 2016
92 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology has 92 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR fell 0.09 on 2015 to 0.99, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.87. The top three are Psychological Methods, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and Contemporary Educational Psychology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. 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 2013–2015, the window the 2016 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)
92 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 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 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 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.52Q1 | 5.85 0.82 down from 2015 | 104 | 40% | — | ||
2IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.97Q1 | 5.73 0.14 down from 2015 | 140 | 26% | $2,645 | ||
3Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.87Q1 | 5.18 1.44 up from 2015 | 114 | 38% | $4,720 | ||
4Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.38Q1 | 4.26 0.19 down from 2015 | 218 | 31% | $4,330 | ||
5Sleep HealthElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 4.29no 2015 value | 70 | 30% | $3,000 | — | |
6British Journal of Educational PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.22Q1 | 2.78 0.64 down from 2015 | 94 | 45% | $3,760 | ||
7Multivariate Behavioral ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.06Q1 | 3.65 1.34 up from 2015 | 132 | 55% | — | ||
8Philosophical PerspectivesWiley · United States | 2.99Q1 | 0.93no change | 47 | 29% | $2,760 | ||
9Human NatureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.98Q1 | 2.71 0.98 down from 2015 | 90 | 21% | $2,190 | ||
10Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 2.88Q1 | 3.33 0.81 down from 2015 | 192 | 23% | $3,530 | ||
11The Journal of Experimental EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.48Q1 | 2.29 0.07 up from 2015 | 100 | 16% | — | ||
12EmotionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.41Q1 | 3.80 0.73 down from 2015 | 330 | 32% | — | ||
13Learning and Individual DifferencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.40Q1 | 2.54 0.01 down from 2015 | 471 | 32% | $3,640 | ||
14Language and Linguistics CompassWiley · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 1.45 0.39 down from 2015 | 127 | 41% | $2,900 | ||
15SLEEPOxford University Press · United States | 2.36Q1 | 5.57 0.31 up from 2015 | 769 | 90% | $4,388 | ||
16Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the ArtsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.23Q1 | 3.41 0.32 up from 2015 | 165 | 21% | — | ||
17Biology of Mood & Anxiety DisordersBioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 5.74 0.85 up from 2015 | 40 | — | — | ||
18Gifted Child QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.20Q1 | 1.74 1.43 down from 2015 | 63 | 18% | $1,400 | ||
19Sleep Medicine ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 7.99 0.17 up from 2015 | 208 | 36% | $5,950 | ||
20Adaptive Human Behavior and PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.09Q1 | 3.11 1.05 up from 2015 | 38 | 63% | $3,190 | ||
21IntelligenceElsevier BV · United States | 1.97Q1 | 3.08 0.49 down from 2015 | 362 | 24% | $3,530 | ||
22Nature and Science of SleepOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.87Q1 | 3.74 1.66 down from 2015 | 51 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
23Journal of Sleep ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 3.58 0.17 up from 2015 | 286 | 36% | $4,340 | ||
24Cognitive LinguisticsOADe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 1.87Q2 | 2.17 0.61 down from 2015 | 72 | 36% | $0 listed | ||
25The Journal of Creative BehaviorWiley · United States | 1.84Q2 | 1.43 0.96 down from 2015 | 96 | 29% | $2,900 | ||
26Educational PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.76Q2 | 1.92 0.12 up from 2015 | 241 | 32% | — | ||
27Thinking Skills and CreativityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.73Q2 | 2.08 0.10 down from 2015 | 130 | 23% | $3,730 | ||
28Cognitive Therapy and ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.71Q2 | 2.62 0.40 down from 2015 | 224 | 41% | $4,090 | ||
29Sleep MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.64Q2 | 3.62 0.07 down from 2015 | 912 | 25% | $4,350 | ||
30Journal of PhoneticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.55Q2 | 2.39 0.55 down from 2015 | 158 | 38% | $3,210 | ||
31journal for the education of the giftedSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.51Q2 | 1.60 0.36 up from 2015 | 69 | 19% | $3,650 | ||
32Creativity Research JournalTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.50Q2 | 2.42 0.70 up from 2015 | 156 | 14% | — | ||
33High Ability StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.44Q2 | 1.88 0.18 up from 2015 | 41 | 50% | — | ||
34Language and SpeechSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 1.47no change | 82 | 32% | $3,650 | ||
35Evolutionary PsychologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.38Q2 | 2.56 0.55 up from 2015 | 179 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
36Second language ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.34Q2 | 1.35 0.90 down from 2015 | 102 | 18% | $3,650 | ||
37Behavioral Sleep MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.32Q2 | 1.92 0.34 down from 2015 | 144 | 42% | — | ||
38Chronobiology InternationalTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.24Q2 | 3.20 0.19 down from 2015 | 389 | 24% | — | ||
39Evolutionary Psychological ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.20Q2 | 1.70 0.42 up from 2015 | 37 | 64% | $2,390 | ||
40International Review of PragmaticsBrill · Netherlands | 1.17Q2 | 0.76 0.55 down from 2015 | 43 | 8% | — | ||
41PhonologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 1.20 0.36 down from 2015 | 72 | 39% | $3,550 | ||
42Laboratory Phonology Journal of the Association for Laboratory PhonologyOAUbiquity Press · Germany | 1.04Q2 | 1.75 0.06 up from 2015 | 48 | 100% | $551 | ||
43Journal of IntelligenceOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.02Q2 | 1.58 0.89 up from 2015 | 47 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
44Sleep DisordersHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.02Q2 | 2.26 0.12 down from 2015 | 61 | 100% | $800 | ||
45Roeper ReviewRoutledge · United States | 1.01Q2 | 0.80 0.15 down from 2015 | 105 | 15% | — | ||
46Journal of the International Phonetic AssociationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.00Q2 | 0.70 1.14 down from 2015 | 104 | 62% | $3,550 | ||
47Current Sleep Medicine ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.99Q3 | 1.74 0.74 up from 2015 | 31 | 97% | $3,890 | ||
48Sleep Medicine ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 0.98Q3 | 2.62 1.59 up from 2015 | 152 | 26% | $2,950 | ||
49Evolutionary Behavioral SciencesAmerican Psychological Association | 0.96Q3 | 1.48 0.32 down from 2015 | 69 | 14% | — | ||
50Journal of Social Evolutionary and Cultural PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 0.94Q3 | —no 2015 value | 31 | — | — |
Subfields of Psychology, with Experimental and Cognitive Psychology highlighted.
- Clinical Psychology548
- Social Psychology183
- Developmental and Educational Psychology116
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology92
- Applied Psychology9
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology4
- General Psychology1
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
30 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 2013–2015, 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: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 92
- Window papers (baseline)
- 48,043 +14.4% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.99 +6.9% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 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 |
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| 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.