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Journal of Research in Personality is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.7), ABDC B, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0092-6566Verify ISSN ↗1095-7251Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$3,330 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Psychology | 64 / 315 | 79th | Q1 |
| Psychology (all) | 45 / 220 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1973–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.7.
Journal of Research in Personality is Q1 in Social Psychology (rank 64 of 315) and Q1 in Psychology (all) (rank 45 of 220), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Research in Personality 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 5.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.622, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 154.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,330 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Research in Personality is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0092-6566 and its online ISSN is 1095-7251.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Research in Personality has an h-index of 205 and a 2-year mean of 2.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #50 of 308 Scopus journals in Social Psychology.
Journal of Research in Personality published 84 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 121. 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.
In its latest 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (35.4%), Germany (10.8%) and Canada (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.3 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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