ABS Academic Journal Guide field
ABS Psychology (General) journals
72 journals are graded in Psychology (General) in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide 2024 — 1 at 4*, 12 at 4, 19 at 3, 14 at 2 and 26 at 1. 2 changed grade since the 2021 guide. Listed 4* first, each with its Scopus and Web of Science status.
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Graded 4*
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Graded 4
19
Graded 3
14
Graded 2
26
Graded 1
| Grade | Journal | Publisher | ISSN | Scopus | SJR | WoS | ABDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4* | Psychological Science FT50 | Sage Publications | 0956-7976 / 1467-9280 | Q1 9.9 | 2.31 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Annual Review of Psychology | Annual Reviews | 0066-4308 / 1545-2085 | Q1 55.6 | 12.94 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge University Press | 0140-525X / 1469-1825 | Q3 2.5 | 0.60 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 4 | Cognition | Elsevier B.V. | 0010-0277 / 1873-7838 | Q1 5.8 | 1.61 | SSCI | – |
| 4 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0963-7214 / 1467-8721 | Q1 12.6 | 2.98 | SSCI | – |
| 4 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied | American Psychological Association | 1076-898X / 1939-2192 | Q1 5.6 | 0.86 | SSCI | A |
| 4 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General | American Psychological Association | 0096-3445 / 1939-2222 | Q1 7 | 1.94 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | Elsevier | 0022-1031 / 1096-0465 | Q1 6.3 | 1.90 | SSCI | A |
| 4 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | American Psychological Association | 0022-3514 / 1939-1315 | Q1 13.4 | 3.77 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Publishing Group | 2397-3374 | Q1 23.7 | 4.90 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 4 | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | Sage Publications | 0146-1672 / 1552-7433 | Q1 9.9 | 2.09 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Psychological Bulletin | American Psychological Association | 0033-2909 / 1939-1455 | Q1 30.2 | 8.50 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Psychological Review | American Psychological Association | 0033-295X / 1939-1471 | Q1 13.1 | 3.22 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 3 | British Journal of Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 0007-1269 / 2044-8295 | Q1 7.4 | 1.46 | SSCI | – |
| 3 | British Journal of Social Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0144-6665 / 2044-8309 | Q1 6.5 | 1.57 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Cognitive Science | Wiley-Blackwell | 0364-0213 / 1551-6709 | Q2 3.8 | 0.98 | SSCI | – |
| 3 | European Journal of Social Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0046-2772 / 1099-0992 | Q2 5 | 1.35 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Behavioral Decision Making | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0894-3257 / 1099-0771 | Q1 3.3 | 0.84 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Conflict Resolution | Sage Publications | 0022-0027 / 1552-8766 | Q1 5.1 | 1.89 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology | Sage Publications | 0022-0221 / 1552-5422 | Q1 5.6 | 1.38 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Environmental Psychology | Elsevier | 0272-4944 / 1522-9610 | Q1 10.9 | 2.51 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition | American Psychological Association | 0278-7393 / 1939-1285 | Q1 4.6 | 1.22 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 ▲2 | Journal of Mathematical Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 0022-2496 / 1096-0880 | Q2 3.6 | 0.91 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 3 | Journal of Personality | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0022-3506 / 1467-6494 | Q1 8.3 | 1.80 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Judgment and Decision Making | Society for Judgment and Decision Making | 1930-2975 | Q2 3.6 | 1.06 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Personality and Individual Differences | Elsevier | 0191-8869 / 1873-3549 | Q1 5.9 | 1.19 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Psychological Research | Springer International Publishing | 0340-0727 / 1430-2772 | Q1 4.7 | 0.94 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Psychology of Women Quarterly | Sage Publications | 0361-6843 / 1471-6402 | Q1 6 | 1.24 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Psychometrika | Cambridge University Press | 0033-3123 / 1860-0980 | Q1 5.1 | 1.93 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 3 | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology | Sage Publications | 1747-0218 / 1747-0226 | Q2 3.6 | 0.78 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 | Social Psychological and Personality Science | Sage Publications | 1948-5506 / 1948-5514 | Q1 11.8 | 2.18 | SSCI | B |
| 3 ▲2 | Stress and Health | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1532-2998 / 1532-3005 | Q1 5.1 | 1.04 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 2 | Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 2515-2459 / 2515-2467 | Q1 14.8 | 6.09 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 2 | Applied Cognitive Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0888-4080 / 1099-0720 | Q1 3.3 | 0.72 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications | SpringerOpen | 2365-7464 | Q1 6.4 | 1.13 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Collabra: Psychology | University of California Press | 2474-7394 | Q1 5.8 | 1.41 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Creativity Research Journal | Routledge | 1040-0419 / 1532-6934 | Q1 8.7 | 1.19 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Decision | American Psychological Association | 2325-9965 / 2325-9973 | Q2 3 | 0.86 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | European Journal of Psychological Assessment | Hogrefe Publishing Corp | 1015-5759 / 2151-2426 | Q1 10.4 | 1.65 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1555-3434 / 2169-5032 | Q1 6.2 | 0.91 | ESCI | – |
| 2 | Journal of Community Psychology | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 0090-4392 / 1520-6629 | Q1 6.1 | 0.83 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Journal of Economic Psychology | Elsevier | 0167-4870 / 1872-7719 | Q1 4.9 | 1.32 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Journal of Language and Social Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0261-927X / 1552-6526 | Q1 4.7 | 0.81 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Journal of Nonverbal Behavior | Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. | 0191-5886 / 1573-3653 | Q2 3.9 | 0.61 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0036-5564 / 1467-9450 | Q1 4.3 | 0.84 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology | Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG | 2151-2604 / 2190-8370 | Q1 5.6 | 0.94 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | American Behavioral Scientist | Sage Publications | 0002-7642 / 1552-3381 | Q1 5.2 | 0.64 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | American Journal of Psychology | University of Illinois Press | 0002-9556 / 1939-8298 | Q2 0.9 | 0.22 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Australian Journal of Psychology | Routledge | 0004-9530 / 1742-9536 | Q3 2.4 | 0.52 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Basic and Applied Social Psychology | Taylor & Francis Online | 0197-3533 / 1532-4834 | Q3 1.7 | 0.39 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science | Canadian Psychological Association | 0008-400X / 1879-2669 | Q2 4.1 | 0.57 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Canadian Psychology | Canadian Psychological Association | 0708-5591 / 1878-7304 | Q1 5.8 | 0.92 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Current Psychology | Springer | 1046-1310 / 1936-4733 | Q1 6.2 | 0.96 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | European Journal of Psychology Open | Hogrefe AG | 2673-8627 | Q3 1.7 | 0.35 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | European Psychologist | Hogrefe Publishing | 1016-9040 / 1878-531X | Q1 8.7 | 1.23 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | International Journal of Intercultural Relations | Elsevier | 0147-1767 / 1873-7552 | Q1 4.7 | 0.88 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | International Journal of Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 0020-7594 / 1464-066X | Q1 3.9 | 0.80 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Japanese Psychological Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0021-5368 / 1468-5884 | Q3 3.1 | 0.41 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Constructivist Psychology | Taylor & Francis Online | 1072-0537 / 1521-0650 | Q1 3.2 | 0.51 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Happiness Studies | Springer Science and Business Media B.V. | 1389-4978 / 1573-7780 | Q1 7.1 | 1.38 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology | SAGE Publications Ltd | 1834-4909 | Q1 4.8 | 0.89 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Positive Psychology | Routledge | 1743-9760 / 1743-9779 | Q1 10 | 1.76 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Psychology | Routledge | 0022-3980 / 1940-1019 | Q1 5.4 | 1.01 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Social Psychology | Taylor & Francis Online | 0022-4545 / 1940-1183 | Q2 5 | 0.80 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Nordic Psychology | Routledge | 1901-2276 / 1904-0016 | Q3 2.8 | 0.44 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Psicothema | Colegio Oficial de Psicologos Asturias | 0214-9915 / 1886-144X | Q1 7.3 | 1.07 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Psihologija | Serbian Psychological Society | 0048-5705 / 1451-9283 | Q3 2.4 | 0.45 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Psychological Reports | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0033-2941 / 1558-691X | Q1 6.6 | 0.84 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Psychologist | British Psychological Society | 0952-8229 / 2398-1598 | Q4 0.1 | 0.10 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Social Justice Research | Springer International Publishing | 0885-7466 / 1573-6725 | Q1 3.7 | 0.82 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | South African Journal of Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0081-2463 / 2078-208X | Q2 3.4 | 0.51 | SSCI | – |
| 1 | Spanish Journal of Psychology | Cambridge University Press | 1138-7416 / 1988-2904 | Q1 3.5 | 0.86 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide 2024, field Psychology (General) (dataset 2026-10-04). SJR is from SCImago. 1 of these are also in the Financial Times 50. Confirm any grade on the official ABS guide ↗ before relying on it.