Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Psychology journal rankings 2025
1,032 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Psychology has 1,032 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.92, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.47. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are MMWR Supplements, The Lancet Public Health, and World Psychiatry: each is likely ranked within the top 11.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. 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 2022–2024, the window the 2025 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 in Psychology (7)
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | 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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 1,032MMWR SupplementsOAUnited States | 14.36Q1 | 16.58 24.42 down from 2024 | 40 | — | — | ||
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #7 of 1,032The Lancet Public HealthOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.75Q1 | 16.90 0.99 up from 2024 | 439 | 100% | $6,680 | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #8 of 1,032World PsychiatryWiley · Italy | 7.42Q1 | 16.85 1.23 up from 2024 | 341 | 97% | — | ||
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #10 of 1,032Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.71Q1 | 18.88 2.02 down from 2024 | 102 | 51% | — | ||
Rank 5; likely between #1 and #50 of 1,032Learning and Individual DifferencesElsevier BV · United States | 6.32Q1 | 12.84 0.88 down from 2024 | 316 | 64% | $3,640 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #16 of 1,032Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological ScienceOASAGE Publishing · United States | 5.73Q1 | 11.72 3.47 down from 2024 | 94 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #3 and #19 of 1,032ReCALLCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 5.31Q1 | 9.76 1.81 up from 2024 | 63 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #5 and #13 of 1,032Perspectives on Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.25Q1 | 10.24 0.40 up from 2024 | 260 | 63% | $3,900 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 9; likely between #4 and #21 of 1,032Computers in Human Behavior Artificial HumansOAElsevier BV | 4.92Q1 | 15.70 1.06 up from 2024 | 107 | 100% | $1,540 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #3 and #56 of 1,032Journal of CreativityOAElsevier BV · South Korea | 4.86Q1 | 13.59 6.66 up from 2024 | 65 | 100% | $1,560 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #17 of 1,032JAMA PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 4.72Q1 | 9.99 0.05 down from 2024 | 732 | 57% | — | ||
Rank 12; likely between #5 and #29 of 1,032npj Mental Health ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media | 4.58Q1 | 11.03 5.78 up from 2024 | 105 | 100% | $1,390 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #3 and #40 of 1,032The Lancet PsychiatryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.44Q1 | 7.88 2.04 down from 2024 | 645 | 40% | $7,280 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #8 and #21 of 1,032Child Development PerspectivesWiley · United Kingdom | 4.40Q1 | 5.91 0.43 down from 2024 | 90 | 63% | $3,700 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #9 and #24 of 1,032Educational Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 4.15Q1 | 13.70 2.63 up from 2024 | 313 | 69% | $4,790 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #6 and #45 of 1,032Psychological MethodsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.97Q1 | 5.80 2.95 down from 2024 | 270 | 50% | — | ||
Rank 17; likely between #7 and #48 of 1,032International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.90Q1 | 7.98 1.89 up from 2024 | 67 | 77% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #12 and #28 of 1,032Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.83Q1 | 6.50 1.49 down from 2024 | 349 | 40% | — | ||
Rank 19; likely between #9 and #45 of 1,032Journal of the Learning SciencesRoutledge · United States | 3.73Q1 | 6.07 1.96 up from 2024 | 57 | 44% | — | ||
Rank 20; likely between #4 and #135 of 1,032Psychotherapy and PsychosomaticsKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 3.66Q1 | 5.01 4.38 down from 2024 | 151 | 60% | — | ||
Rank 21; likely between #14 and #32 of 1,032Current Psychiatry ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.62Q1 | 9.32 0.26 up from 2024 | 259 | 47% | $4,990 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #15 and #33 of 1,032IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.55Q1 | 8.96 0.29 down from 2024 | 427 | 21% | $2,645 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 23; likely between #11 and #50 of 1,032Reading Research QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.54Q1 | 4.73 0.70 down from 2024 | 130 | 67% | $3,530 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #8 and #176 of 1,032Evidence-Based Mental HealthBMJ · United Kingdom | 3.46Q1 | —no 2024 value | 31 | — | — | ||
Rank 25; likely between #5 and #275 of 1,032Human DevelopmentKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 3.38Q1 | 2.27 3.40 down from 2024 | 90 | 36% | — | ||
Rank 26; likely between #17 and #46 of 1,032Conflict and HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.30Q1 | 7.03 2.83 up from 2024 | 193 | 100% | $3,290 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 27; likely between #19 and #42 of 1,032Journal of Computer Assisted LearningWiley · United Kingdom | 3.22Q1 | 7.90 0.92 up from 2024 | 444 | 54% | $4,150 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 28; likely between #4 and #287 of 1,032International Journal of Transgender HealthTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.17Q1 | 3.66 9.65 down from 2024 | 213 | 69% | — | ||
Rank 29; likely between #21 and #46 of 1,032American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 3.13Q1 | 7.98 0.08 down from 2024 | 411 | 33% | — | ||
Rank 30; likely between #21 and #43 of 1,032Thinking Skills and CreativityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.12Q1 | 6.91 0.91 down from 2024 | 584 | 33% | $3,730 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 31; likely between #20 and #46 of 1,032Journal of Behavioral AddictionsOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 3.12Q1 | 6.87 1.10 up from 2024 | 252 | 100% | $916 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #18 and #71 of 1,032Review of General PsychologySAGE Publishing · United States | 3.06Q1 | 4.18 0.07 up from 2024 | 80 | 34% | $3,900 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #20 and #55 of 1,032Social Psychology of EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.05Q1 | 4.39 0.17 up from 2024 | 273 | 58% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #22 and #52 of 1,032British Journal of Educational PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 4.81 0.32 up from 2024 | 227 | 73% | $3,760 | ||
Rank 35; likely between #12 and #174 of 1,032Memory Mind & MediaOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 5.23 3.08 up from 2024 | 46 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 36; likely between #19 and #78 of 1,032Metacognition and LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.94Q1 | 3.96 1.98 down from 2024 | 113 | 50% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #29 and #57 of 1,032Journal of Youth and AdolescenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.82Q1 | 4.79 0.45 up from 2024 | 561 | 31% | $3,890 | ||
Rank 38; likely between #30 and #57 of 1,032Body ImageElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 6.35 0.25 up from 2024 | 440 | 66% | $4,250 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 39; likely between #20 and #96 of 1,032Annals of DyslexiaSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.80Q1 | 5.81 2.92 up from 2024 | 62 | 56% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #30 and #61 of 1,032International Journal of Human-Computer InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.77Q1 | 7.35 0.53 up from 2024 | 1,543 | 23% | — | ||
Rank 41; likely between #29 and #65 of 1,032Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.74Q1 | 4.61 0.07 down from 2024 | 204 | 53% | $4,720 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 42; likely between #27 and #68 of 1,032JMIR Mental HealthOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 2.73Q1 | 9.41 1.52 up from 2024 | 366 | 100% | $2,750 | ||
Rank 43; likely between #37 and #62 of 1,032BMC PsychologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 5.70 1.52 up from 2024 | 1,533 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
Rank 44; likely between #37 and #62 of 1,032Psychology Research and Behavior ManagementOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 2.64Q1 | 5.19 1.07 up from 2024 | 999 | 100% | $2,836 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 45; likely between #33 and #71 of 1,032Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 5.32 0.25 down from 2024 | 400 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #28 and #92 of 1,032Epidemiology and Psychiatric SciencesOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 5.19 0.91 down from 2024 | 229 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 47; likely between #30 and #82 of 1,032Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 2.59Q1 | 5.50 0.94 down from 2024 | 405 | 81% | $4,530 | ||
Rank 48; likely between #29 and #93 of 1,032School Mental HealthSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.58Q1 | 3.16 1.61 down from 2024 | 245 | 53% | $3,190 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 49; likely between #35 and #80 of 1,032Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 2.58Q1 | 11.83 1.08 down from 2024 | 217 | 72% | $5,270 | ||
Rank 50; likely between #20 and #181 of 1,032Annual Review of Clinical PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.57Q1 | 18.26 0.64 up from 2024 | 59 | 96% | — |
68 Psychology journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
Full rising list for Psychology
- 1Acta PsychologicaOAClinical Psychology+155% vs groupOJR 0.87 → 2.24range +115% to +203%
- 2Conflict and HealthOAClinical Psychology+108% vs groupOJR 1.58 → 3.30range +61% to +169%
- 3Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior TherapyClinical Psychology+110% vs groupOJR 0.67 → 1.42range +52% to +189%
- 4Military PsychologyClinical Psychology+107% vs groupOJR 0.49 → 1.02range +49% to +188%
- 5MindfulnessClinical Psychology+72% vs groupOJR 1.08 → 1.88range +49% to +100%
- 6Learning and MotivationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology+125% vs groupOJR 0.97 → 2.19range +48% to +243%
- 7Body ImageClinical Psychology+75% vs groupOJR 1.60 → 2.80range +48% to +107%
- 8School Mental HealthClinical Psychology+98% vs groupOJR 1.30 → 2.58range +47% to +167%
- 9The International Journal of PsychoanalysisClinical Psychology+125% vs groupOJR 0.24 → 0.55range +47% to +243%
- 10Creative NursingClinical Psychology+128% vs groupOJR 0.34 → 0.78range +46% to +255%
- 11Journal of Eating DisordersOAClinical Psychology+79% vs groupOJR 1.25 → 2.26range +43% to +125%
- 12Trauma Violence & AbuseClinical Psychology+67% vs groupOJR 0.99 → 1.65range +38% to +102%
- 13Journal of Child & Adolescent TraumaClinical Psychology+97% vs groupOJR 0.76 → 1.49range +34% to +189%
- 14Personality Disorders Theory Research and TreatmentClinical Psychology+75% vs groupOJR 1.14 → 2.01range +33% to +131%
- 15Memory StudiesSocial Psychology+80% vs groupOJR 0.96 → 1.73range +31% to +147%
- 16Psychoanalysis Culture & SocietyClinical Psychology+163% vs groupOJR 0.26 → 0.70range +28% to +442%
- 17Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health NursingClinical Psychology+65% vs groupOJR 0.89 → 1.48range +27% to +115%
- 18European Journal of Trauma & DissociationClinical Psychology+87% vs groupOJR 0.46 → 0.87range +27% to +176%
- 19Suicide and Life-Threatening BehaviorClinical Psychology+53% vs groupOJR 1.08 → 1.66range +25% to +87%
- 20Archives of Suicide ResearchClinical Psychology+57% vs groupOJR 0.79 → 1.24range +24% to +98%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -83% to +490% (ratio scale)
68 Psychology journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)OAClinical Psychology-84% vs groupOJR 2.67 → 0.42range -92% to -70%
- 2Psychiatria DanubinaOAClinical Psychology-71% vs groupOJR 1.25 → 0.37range -79% to -59%
- 3Asia Pacific Journal of Public HealthClinical Psychology-61% vs groupOJR 0.86 → 0.34range -69% to -50%
- 4Medico-Legal JournalClinical Psychology-68% vs groupOJR 0.90 → 0.29range -80% to -50%
- 5American Journal of Health BehaviorClinical Psychology-61% vs groupOJR 1.01 → 0.39range -71% to -49%
- 6International Journal of Mental Health and AddictionClinical Psychology-65% vs groupOJR 3.83 → 1.35range -77% to -48%
- 7Irish Journal of Psychological MedicineClinical Psychology-61% vs groupOJR 1.30 → 0.51range -75% to -40%
- 8British Journal of Health PsychologyClinical Psychology-55% vs groupOJR 2.87 → 1.31range -66% to -39%
- 9Contemporary Educational PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive Psychology-62% vs groupOJR 7.08 → 2.74range -77% to -36%
- 10Psychiatry ResearchClinical Psychology-47% vs groupOJR 3.16 → 1.70range -57% to -34%
- 11International Journal of Social PsychiatryClinical Psychology-55% vs groupOJR 2.96 → 1.34range -70% to -32%
- 12American PsychologistClinical Psychology-51% vs groupOJR 5.13 → 2.53range -66% to -29%
- 13Language and SpeechExperimental and Cognitive Psychology-57% vs groupOJR 1.56 → 0.68range -75% to -27%
- 14Journal of Anxiety DisordersClinical Psychology-49% vs groupOJR 3.64 → 1.88range -65% to -26%
- 15Depression and AnxietyClinical Psychology-42% vs groupOJR 2.57 → 1.50range -55% to -26%
- 16Brazilian Journal of PsychiatryOAClinical Psychology-58% vs groupOJR 1.32 → 0.55range -77% to -26%
- 17Asian Journal of PsychiatryClinical Psychology-45% vs groupOJR 1.75 → 0.97range -60% to -25%
- 18Rivista di psichiatriaClinical Psychology-69% vs groupOJR 1.02 → 0.31range -88% to -22%
- 19Applied Psychology Health and Well-BeingClinical Psychology-44% vs groupOJR 3.07 → 1.73range -60% to -21%
- 20Psicologia Teoria e PesquisaOAClinical Psychology-45% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.26range -63% to -20%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -92% to +1,100% (ratio scale)
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
178 additional Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,032
- Window papers (baseline)
- 491,558 +12.2% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.9249 +6.1% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 68Comparison-group list (68)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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 | 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.