Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Subfield ranking · 2024
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology journal rankings 2024
104 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology has 104 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.85, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 1.46. The top three are Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, Learning and Individual Differences, and Psychological Methods.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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)
104 ranked journals
Filters
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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological ScienceOASAGE Publishing · United States | 7.89Q1 | 15.19 6.29 down from 2023 | 88 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
2Learning and Individual DifferencesElsevier BV · United States | 6.13Q1 | 13.73 7.90 up from 2023 | 253 | 64% | $3,640 | ||
3Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.88Q1 | 8.75 0.77 down from 2023 | 260 | 54% | — | ||
4Thinking Skills and CreativityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.48Q1 | 7.81 0.64 up from 2023 | 513 | 33% | $3,730 | ||
5Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.09Q1 | 4.68 0.78 down from 2023 | 227 | 58% | $4,720 | ||
6IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.07Q1 | 9.25 1.80 up from 2023 | 366 | 25% | $2,645 | ||
7Journal of CreativityOAElsevier BV · South Korea | 3.01Q1 | 6.93 3.52 up from 2023 | 61 | 100% | $1,560 | ||
8Language and Linguistics CompassWiley · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 1.85 3.15 down from 2023 | 68 | 64% | $2,900 | ||
9British Journal of Educational PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.49 0.05 up from 2023 | 232 | 77% | $3,760 | ||
10Educational PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.36Q1 | 3.56 1.22 down from 2023 | 175 | 37% | — | ||
11Journal of IntelligenceOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.23Q1 | 4.92 0.30 up from 2023 | 413 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
12Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesElsevier BV · United States | 2.14Q1 | 4.30 0.17 down from 2023 | 146 | 41% | $3,530 | ||
13Sleep Medicine ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 10.31 2.00 down from 2023 | 305 | 57% | $5,950 | ||
14Sleep Medicine ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.93Q1 | 5.23 0.78 up from 2023 | 165 | 23% | $2,950 | ||
15EmotionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.87Q1 | 3.56 0.36 down from 2023 | 407 | 40% | — | ||
16Collabra PsychologyOAUniversity of California Press · United States | 1.78Q1 | 3.96 1.07 down from 2023 | 268 | 100% | $975 | ||
17Possibility Studies & SocietySAGE Publishing | 1.72Q1 | 3.70 0.92 down from 2023 | 54 | 65% | $3,400 | ||
18The Journal of Creative BehaviorWiley · United States | 1.69Q1 | 3.44 0.20 down from 2023 | 128 | 66% | $2,900 | ||
19Philosophical PerspectivesWiley · United States | 1.63Q1 | 2.50 0.35 up from 2023 | 54 | 94% | $2,760 | ||
20Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 1.60Q1 | 3.43 0.61 down from 2023 | 165 | 59% | $4,330 | ||
21Gifted Child QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United States | 1.60Q1 | 3.09 0.53 up from 2023 | 78 | 55% | $1,400 | ||
22Journal of PhoneticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.59Q1 | 2.99 0.22 up from 2023 | 132 | 69% | $3,210 | ||
23Creativity Research JournalTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.56Q1 | 3.83 0.85 down from 2023 | 176 | 43% | — | ||
24Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the ArtsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.55Q1 | 2.95 0.25 up from 2023 | 265 | 29% | — | ||
25Multivariate Behavioral ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.49Q1 | 3.04 0.05 up from 2023 | 159 | 56% | — | ||
26Human NatureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.46Q1 | 2.59 0.01 up from 2023 | 77 | 58% | $2,190 | ||
27Metaphor and SymbolRoutledge · United States | 1.45Q2 | 3.98 0.79 up from 2023 | 62 | 63% | — | ||
28Journal of World LanguagesOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.42Q2 | 1.92 0.53 down from 2023 | 89 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
29SLEEPOxford University Press · United States | 1.40Q2 | 3.61 0.93 down from 2023 | 913 | 50% | $4,388 | ||
30Journal of Sleep ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.37Q2 | 4.60 0.49 up from 2023 | 791 | 82% | $4,340 | ||
31Second language ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 1.84 0.44 down from 2023 | 118 | 71% | $3,650 | ||
32IntelligenceElsevier BV · United States | 1.29Q2 | 3.45 0.98 down from 2023 | 154 | 56% | $3,530 | ||
33Gifted Education InternationalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 2.15 0.13 down from 2023 | 71 | 28% | $3,400 | ||
34Sleep HealthElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q2 | 3.23 0.41 down from 2023 | 374 | 62% | $3,000 | ||
35Laboratory Phonology Journal of the Association for Laboratory PhonologyOAUbiquity Press · Germany | 1.24Q2 | 1.42 0.17 up from 2023 | 77 | 100% | $551 | ||
36The Journal of Experimental EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.24Q2 | 1.93 0.70 down from 2023 | 107 | 34% | — | ||
37Nature and Science of SleepOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.24Q2 | 3.86 0.12 down from 2023 | 455 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
38Cognitive Therapy and ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.19Q2 | 2.38 0.96 down from 2023 | 257 | 53% | $4,090 | ||
39Language and Literature International Journal of StylisticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 2.16 0.57 up from 2023 | 66 | 33% | $3,650 | ||
40Sleep MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.12Q2 | 3.16 0.64 down from 2023 | 1,213 | 16% | $4,350 | ||
41PhoneticaKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.11Q2 | 2.76 1.76 up from 2023 | 54 | 52% | $2,712 | ||
42SLEEP AdvancesOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 2.42 0.29 down from 2023 | 115 | 100% | $2,054 | ||
43Cognitive LinguisticsOADe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 1.01Q2 | 1.47 1.92 down from 2023 | 61 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
44Sleep Medicine XOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.97Q2 | 2.28 0.46 down from 2023 | 67 | 100% | $2,890 | ||
45Language and SpeechSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 1.68 0.04 up from 2023 | 124 | 70% | $3,650 | ||
46Evolutionary PsychologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 1.25 0.70 down from 2023 | 83 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
47journal for the education of the giftedSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.93Q2 | 1.67 0.61 down from 2023 | 48 | 45% | $3,650 | ||
48Clocks & SleepOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.93Q2 | 2.78 0.10 up from 2023 | 148 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
49Journal of the International Phonetic AssociationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 0.69 0.03 up from 2023 | 104 | 97% | $3,550 | ||
50Current Sleep Medicine ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.87Q2 | 2.98 1.12 up from 2023 | 69 | 48% | $3,890 |
Subfields of Psychology, with Experimental and Cognitive Psychology highlighted.
- Clinical Psychology608
- Social Psychology188
- Developmental and Educational Psychology120
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology104
- Applied Psychology10
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology5
- General Psychology1
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
24 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 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 104
- Window papers (baseline)
- 65,590 +16.3% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.848 -6.0% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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.