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Best Experimental and Cognitive Psychology journals

168 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 42 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Trends in Cognitive Sciences 26.4 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Nature Human Behaviour 23.7 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
3 Journal of Creativity 11.8 98th Q1 – – Yes
4 Behavior Research Methods 8.7 97th Q1 SSCI – No
5 Developmental Review 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Topics in Cognitive Science 8.6 96th Q1 SSCI – No
7 Technology, Mind, and Behavior 8 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 Behaviour Research and Therapy 7.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Emotion Review 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI – No
10 Political Psychology 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 7 93rd Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Intelligence 6.8 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
13 Journal of Intelligence 6.6 92nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
14 Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 6.4 92nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
15 Mindfulness 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
16 Cognitive Systems Research 6.3 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
17 Religion, Brain and Behavior 6.3 90th Q1 AHCI – No
18 Educational Psychology 6.2 89th Q1 SSCI – No
19 Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 6.2 89th Q1 SSCI – Yes
20 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 6 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
21 Cortex 5.8 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
22 Multivariate Behavioral Research 5.8 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
23 Metaphor and Symbol 5.8 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
24 Psycho-Oncology 5.8 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
25 Cognition 5.8 85th Q1 SSCI – No
26 Evolution and Human Behavior 5.7 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
27 Thinking and Reasoning 5.7 84th Q1 SSCI – No
28 Learning and Motivation 5.7 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
29 Musicae Scientiae 5.7 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
30 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 5.6 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
31 Applied Psycholinguistics 5.5 81st Q1 SSCI – No
32 Psychophysiology 5.5 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
33 Perspectives on Behavior Science 5.5 80th Q1 SSCI – No
34 Cognitive Computation and Systems 5.4 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Cognitive Psychology 5.4 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
36 Journal of Behavioral Finance 5.3 78th Q1 SSCI A No
37 Journal of Memory and Language 5.2 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
38 Research in Organizational Behavior 5.1 77th Q1 SSCI A No
39 Journal of Child Language 5 77th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Neuroscience of Consciousness 5 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Review of Philosophy and Psychology 5 76th Q1 ESCI – No
42 Physiology and Behavior 4.8 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
43 Motivation and Emotion 4.8 74th Q2 SSCI A No
44 Animal Cognition 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
45 Psychological Research 4.7 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
46 Cognition and Emotion 4.7 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
47 Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice 4.6 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
48 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition 4.6 71st Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
49 Cognitive Therapy and Research 4.6 71st Q2 SSCI – No
50 Spatial Cognition and Computation 4.6 70th Q2 SSCI – No
51 Emerging Adulthood 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI – No
52 Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI – No
53 ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 4.4 68th Q2 SCIE – No
54 Memory and Cognition 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI – No
55 Journal of Cognition and Development 4.4 67th Q2 SSCI – No
56 Journal of General Psychology 4.4 67th Q2 SSCI – No
57 Journal of Adult Development 4.3 66th Q2 SSCI – No
58 Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 4.3 65th Q2 SSCI – No
59 Neuropsychologia 4.3 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
60 Consciousness and Cognition 4.3 64th Q2 SSCI – No
61 Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition 4.1 64th Q2 SSCI – No
62 Journal of Cognition 4.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
63 Perceptual and Motor Skills 4.1 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
64 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 4.1 62nd Q2 SSCI – No
65 Brain and Language 4 61st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
66 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 3.9 61st Q2 SSCI – No
67 Cognitive Behaviour Therapist 3.9 60th Q2 ESCI – No
68 Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy 3.9 60th Q2 SSCI – No
69 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 3.8 59th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
70 Cognitive Science 3.8 58th Q2 SSCI – No
71 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 3.8 58th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
72 Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology 3.8 57th Q2 – – Yes
73 Adaptive Behavior 3.7 57th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
74 Military Psychology 3.7 56th Q2 SSCI – No
75 Dyslexia 3.7 55th Q2 SSCI – No
76 Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 3.6 55th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
77 Cognitive Development 3.6 54th Q2 SSCI – No
78 Journal of Communication Disorders 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
79 Mind, Brain, and Education 3.6 53rd Q2 SSCI – No
80 Culture and Evolution 3.6 52nd Q2 – – No
81 Journal of Numerical Cognition 3.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
82 Human Movement Science 3.5 51st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
83 Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics 3.4 51st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
84 Acta Psychologica 3.4 50th Q2 SSCI A Yes
85 Memory Studies 3.4 50th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
86 Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 3.3 49th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
87 Applied Cognitive Psychology 3.3 48th Q3 SSCI B No
88 Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 3.3 48th Q3 ESCI – No
89 Behaviormetrika 3.3 47th Q3 – – No
90 Emotion, Space and Society 3.3 47th Q3 SSCI – No
91 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences 3.2 46th Q3 ESCI – No
92 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
93 International Journal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 3.1 45th Q3 SSCI – No
94 South African Journal of Communication Disorders 3.1 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
95 Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 3 44th Q3 SSCI – No
96 Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science 3 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
97 Brain and Cognition 3 42nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
98 Multisensory Research 2.9 42nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
99 Language and Communication 2.8 41st Q3 SSCI B No
100 Journal of Neurolinguistics 2.8 41st Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
101 Biolinguistics 2.8 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
102 Open Mind 2.8 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
103 Journal of Motor Behavior 2.7 39th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
104 Cognitive Processing 2.7 38th Q3 SSCI – No
105 Journal of Cognitive Psychology 2.7 38th Q3 SSCI – No
106 Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 2.5 37th Q3 SSCI – No
107 Journal of Fluency Disorders 2.5 36th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
108 Psychology of Language and Communication 2.5 36th Q3 – – Yes
109 Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2.4 35th Q3 – – No
110 Perception 2.4 35th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
111 Imagination, Cognition and Personality 2.4 34th Q3 – – No
112 i-Perception 2.4 34th Q3 SSCI – Yes
113 Learning and Behavior 2.4 33rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
114 Experimental Psychology 2.3 32nd Q3 SSCI – No
115 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition 2.3 32nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
116 JAACAP Open 2.3 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
117 Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2.2 31st Q3 ESCI – No
118 Visual Cognition 2.1 30th Q3 SSCI – No
119 Ecological Psychology 2.1 29th Q3 SSCI – No
120 Language and Cognition 2.1 29th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
121 Psicologica 2 28th Q3 SSCI – Yes
122 Psycholinguistics 2 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
123 Cognitive Neuropsychology 1.9 27th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
124 International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education 1.9 26th Q3 ESCI – No
125 Psikohumaniora 1.9 26th Q3 – – Yes
126 Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 1.7 25th Q3 SSCI – No
127 Revista de Psicologia Clinica con Ninos y Adolescentes 1.7 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
128 Studies in Writing 1.7 24th Q4 – – No
129 Advances in Cognitive Psychology 1.6 23rd Q4 SSCI – Yes
130 Psyecology 1.6 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
131 Timing and Time Perception 1.6 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
132 Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies 1.5 22nd Q4 SSCI – No
133 Journal of EMDR Practice and Research 1.5 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
134 Gesture 1.4 21st Q4 AHCI, SSCI – No
135 East European Journal of Psycholinguistics 1.4 20th Q4 – – Yes
136 Journal of Cognition and Culture 1.3 19th Q4 ESCI – No
137 Mind and Society 1.3 19th Q4 – – No
138 Frontiers in Developmental Psychology 1.2 18th Q4 – – Yes
139 Frontiers in Language Sciences 1.2 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
140 International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 1.2 17th Q4 – – No
141 Habitat Sustentable 1.1 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
142 National Psychological Journal 1.1 16th Q4 – – Yes
143 Experimental Psychology (Russia) 1.1 15th Q4 ESCI – Yes
144 Human Cognitive Processing 1.1 15th Q4 – – No
145 NeuroRegulation 1 14th Q4 – – Yes
146 Clinical Psychology and Special Education 1 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
147 Journal of Psychological Science 1 13th Q4 – – No
148 American Journal of Psychology 0.9 12th Q4 SSCI – No
149 Psicogente 0.9 12th Q4 – – Yes
150 Psychology and Law 0.9 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
151 Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal 0.9 10th Q4 – – No
152 Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia 0.9 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
153 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento 0.8 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
154 Sistemi Intelligenti 0.8 9th Q4 – – No
155 International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy 0.7 8th Q4 ESCI – No
156 Journal of Mind and Behavior 0.7 7th Q4 – – No
157 Human-Animal Studies 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
158 Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion 0.6 6th Q4 ESCI – No
159 Gedragstherapie: Tijdschrift voor Gedragstherapie en Cognitieve Therapie 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
160 Indo-European Linguistics 0.4 5th Q4 ESCI – Yes
161 Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
162 Reti Saperi Linguaggi 0.4 4th Q4 ESCI – No
163 Journal of Cognitive Science 0.4 3rd Q4 ESCI – No
164 American Imago 0.3 2nd Q4 AHCI – No
165 Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
166 Journal of Applied Psychological Research 0.2 1st Q4 – – Yes
167 Anthropological Researches and Studies 0.2 0th Q4 – – Yes
168 New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion 0.2 0th Q4 – – No

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