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Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.1), ABS / AJG 1, WoS SSCI. Published by Canadian Psychological Association.
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ISSN 0008-400XVerify ISSN ↗1879-2669Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Canadian Psychological Association
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology (all) | 82 / 220 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present (also 1992–1993, 1990, 1981, 1973–1978), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.1.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science is Q2 in Psychology (all) (rank 82 of 220), by CiteScore 2025.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.570, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 68.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science is published by Canadian Psychological Association. Its print ISSN is 0008-400X and its online ISSN is 1879-2669.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Psychology (General) field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science has an h-index of 103 and a 2-year mean of 0.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #167 of 217 Scopus journals in Psychology (all).
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science published 50 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 112. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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