Rising Psychology journals compared with their field
These are the Psychology journals whose OJR rose faster than the median journal of their field between 2022 and 2025, by +10% or more relative to that median and by at least 2 standard errors. 68 journals qualify.
Between indicator years 2022 and 2025, the median OJR change among 472 eligible Psychology journals was about +1%, taking the median on a log scale (the group ratio below).
Ordered by the lower bound of the relative-change range at two standard errors, highest first, then higher z (the signed difference in standard errors), then title. How trajectory is calculated (traj-v1)
| Journal | OJR 2022 → 2025 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. | Change relative to Psychology median (2 SE range) | z (standard errors) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acta Psychologica | 0.87 → 2.24 | +154.9% (+114.8% to +202.7%) | 10.9 |
| Conflict and Health | 1.58 → 3.30 | +108.1% (+61.1% to +168.8%) | 5.7 |
| Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy | 0.67 → 1.42 | +109.8% (+52.3% to +189.0%) | 4.6 |
| Military Psychology | 0.49 → 1.02 | +107.3% (+49.2% to +187.9%) | 4.4 |
| Mindfulness | 1.08 → 1.88 | +72.4% (+48.7% to +100.0%) | 7.4 |
| Learning and Motivation | 0.97 → 2.19 | +125.2% (+47.7% to +243.4%) | 3.8 |
| Body Image | 1.60 → 2.80 | +74.6% (+47.7% to +106.5%) | 6.7 |
| School Mental Health | 1.30 → 2.58 | +98.2% (+47.2% to +166.7%) | 4.6 |
| The International Journal of Psychoanalysis | 0.24 → 0.55 | +124.6% (+47.0% to +243.1%) | 3.8 |
| Creative Nursing | 0.34 → 0.78 | +128.0% (+46.3% to +255.3%) | 3.7 |
| Journal of Eating Disorders | 1.25 → 2.26 | +79.4% (+42.9% to +125.2%) | 5.1 |
| Trauma Violence & Abuse | 0.99 → 1.65 | +66.7% (+37.9% to +101.6%) | 5.4 |
| Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma | 0.76 → 1.49 | +96.9% (+34.3% to +188.5%) | 3.5 |
| Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment | 1.14 → 2.01 | +75.3% (+33.3% to +130.6%) | 4.1 |
| Memory Studies | 0.96 → 1.73 | +80.3% (+31.4% to +147.4%) | 3.7 |
| Psychoanalysis Culture & Society | 0.26 → 0.70 | +163.2% (+27.7% to +442.3%) | 2.7 |
| Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | 0.89 → 1.48 | +65.3% (+27.2% to +114.7%) | 3.8 |
| European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation | 0.46 → 0.87 | +87.1% (+26.9% to +175.7%) | 3.2 |
| Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior | 1.08 → 1.66 | +52.7% (+24.5% to +87.4%) | 4.1 |
| Archives of Suicide Research | 0.79 → 1.24 | +56.8% (+24.3% to +97.8%) | 3.9 |
| Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders | 0.57 → 1.00 | +72.8% (+21.2% to +146.2%) | 3.1 |
| AIMS Public Health | 1.17 → 2.46 | +109.1% (+19.6% to +265.6%) | 2.6 |
| Transcultural Psychiatry | 0.97 → 1.48 | +51.2% (+17.5% to +94.6%) | 3.3 |
| Acta Psychologica Sinica | 0.51 → 0.77 | +49.3% (+16.4% to +91.4%) | 3.2 |
| Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | 0.71 → 1.03 | +43.1% (+16.3% to +76.1%) | 3.5 |
| Psychiatry Psychology and Law | 0.55 → 0.89 | +59.4% (+15.0% to +121.0%) | 2.9 |
| Psychoanalytic Inquiry | 0.12 → 0.23 | +80.8% (+14.5% to +185.3%) | 2.6 |
| Journal of Personality Disorders | 0.86 → 1.32 | +53.0% (+14.3% to +104.9%) | 2.9 |
| Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services | 0.40 → 0.61 | +50.6% (+13.8% to +99.2%) | 2.9 |
| OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine | 0.22 → 0.39 | +76.5% (+13.4% to +174.5%) | 2.6 |
| Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | 0.90 → 1.31 | +45.5% (+13.3% to +87.0%) | 3.0 |
| Psychoanalytic Dialogues | 0.17 → 0.31 | +84.8% (+12.9% to +202.4%) | 2.5 |
| Psychotherapy | 1.19 → 1.90 | +59.5% (+12.9% to +125.4%) | 2.7 |
| Professional Psychology Research and Practice | 0.80 → 1.27 | +57.4% (+12.6% to +120.0%) | 2.7 |
| The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education | 1.05 → 1.78 | +69.6% (+12.6% to +155.6%) | 2.6 |
| Journal of Psychopharmacology | 1.36 → 1.93 | +41.3% (+12.3% to +77.9%) | 3.0 |
| Journal of Gambling Studies | 0.89 → 1.24 | +38.7% (+12.0% to +71.7%) | 3.1 |
| Sexual Abuse | 0.80 → 1.24 | +54.5% (+12.0% to +113.2%) | 2.7 |
| Eating Behaviors | 1.09 → 1.53 | +38.9% (+11.4% to +73.2%) | 3.0 |
| Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity | 1.06 → 1.40 | +31.6% (+11.3% to +55.6%) | 3.3 |
| Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work | 0.60 → 0.97 | +60.1% (+11.0% to +130.8%) | 2.6 |
| Development and Psychopathology | 1.42 → 1.89 | +32.6% (+9.9% to +60.0%) | 3.0 |
| Eating Disorders | 1.05 → 1.63 | +54.2% (+9.7% to +116.8%) | 2.5 |
| Current Psychology | 1.39 → 1.67 | +19.2% (+9.4% to +29.9%) | 4.1 |
| Mortality | 0.43 → 0.70 | +62.3% (+8.8% to +142.0%) | 2.4 |
| Behavior Therapy | 1.35 → 1.84 | +35.7% (+8.2% to +70.3%) | 2.7 |
| CNS Spectrums | 0.91 → 1.33 | +45.7% (+7.1% to +98.2%) | 2.4 |
| Clinical Psychology Science and Practice | 0.91 → 1.68 | +84.3% (+6.6% to +218.5%) | 2.2 |
| IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing | 2.53 → 3.55 | +39.9% (+6.4% to +84.0%) | 2.5 |
| Educational Psychology in Practice | 0.53 → 0.93 | +73.5% (+6.1% to +183.8%) | 2.2 |
| International Journal of Eating Disorders | 1.58 → 2.06 | +29.2% (+5.7% to +57.9%) | 2.6 |
| European Eating Disorders Review | 1.19 → 1.66 | +38.2% (+5.7% to +80.6%) | 2.4 |
| Journal of Clinical Psychology | 1.11 → 1.43 | +28.5% (+5.2% to +57.0%) | 2.5 |
| Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups | 0.47 → 0.68 | +42.5% (+5.1% to +93.2%) | 2.3 |
| Psychology Research and Behavior Management | 2.09 → 2.64 | +25.5% (+5.0% to +49.8%) | 2.6 |
| Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | 0.72 → 0.97 | +34.8% (+5.0% to +73.0%) | 2.4 |
| Psychiatric Clinics of North America | 1.27 → 1.87 | +46.9% (+4.4% to +106.9%) | 2.2 |
| Sexuality Research and Social Policy | 1.29 → 1.67 | +29.3% (+4.2% to +60.5%) | 2.4 |
| Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science | 0.77 → 1.17 | +51.3% (+3.7% to +120.7%) | 2.2 |
| Journal of Counseling & Development | 1.08 → 1.54 | +41.6% (+3.6% to +93.6%) | 2.2 |
| European Journal of Psychotraumatology | 1.58 → 1.92 | +20.6% (+3.5% to +40.5%) | 2.4 |
| Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie | 0.35 → 0.59 | +68.2% (+2.3% to +176.7%) | 2.1 |
| Psych | 0.61 → 1.18 | +91.6% (+2.2% to +259.1%) | 2.1 |
| Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis | 1.46 → 1.93 | +31.5% (+1.2% to +71.0%) | 2.1 |
| Journal of Child and Family Studies | 1.25 → 1.45 | +15.1% (+0.9% to +31.4%) | 2.1 |
| British Journal of Learning Disabilities | 0.76 → 1.06 | +39.7% (+0.8% to +93.7%) | 2.0 |
| International Journal of Mental Health Systems | 1.79 → 2.39 | +32.6% (+0.3% to +75.4%) | 2.0 |
| International Journal of Yoga | 0.66 → 0.96 | +45.1% (+0.1% to +110.2%) | 2.0 |
How to read this list
Relative change = journal OJR ratio ÷ median group ratio − 1. The journal ratio is its OJR in 2025 divided by its OJR in 2022. The group ratio is the median of those ratios among eligible journals of the field, taken on a log scale: with an even number of journals, it is the geometric mean of the two middle ratios rather than their average.
Indicator year 2022 counts citations to papers published 2019–2021; indicator year 2025 counts citations to papers published 2022–2024. The two publication cohorts do not overlap.
A journal is listed when it is ranked, its relative change is +10% or more, and the change is at least 2 standard errors above zero (z ≥ 2), so the low end of its two-standard-error range is zero or above.
Large relative changes often start from low scores: the top journal’s OJR rose from 0.87 to 2.24, now above the world average of 1.00. Relative to the median journal of its field, its change was +154.9%.