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Best Psychology (all) journals

220 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Psychology (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 55 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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#	Journal	CiteScore	Percentile	Quartile	WoS	ABDC	OA
1	Annual Review of Psychology	55.6	99th	Q1	SCIE, SSCI	A*	No
2	Psychological Science in the Public Interest	33.9	99th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
3	Psychological Bulletin	30.2	98th	Q1	SCIE, SSCI	A*	No
4	Perspectives on Psychological Science	27.4	98th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
5	Computers in Human Behavior	22.6	97th	Q1	SSCI	A	No
6	Current Opinion in Psychology	17.4	97th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
7	Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science	14.8	97th	Q1	SCIE, SSCI	–	Yes
8	Journal of Organizational Behavior	14.2	96th	Q1	SSCI	A*	No
9	Psychological Review	13.1	96th	Q1	SCIE, SSCI	A*	No
10	Current Directions in Psychological Science	12.6	95th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
11	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science	10.6	95th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
12	Journal of Business and Psychology	10.6	94th	Q1	SSCI	A	No
13	Body Image	10.3	94th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
14	Journal of Positive Psychology	10	93rd	Q1	SSCI	–	No
15	Psychological Science	9.9	93rd	Q1	SSCI	A*	No
16	Qualitative Research in Psychology	9.7	92nd	Q1	SSCI	–	No
17	Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity	9.4	92nd	Q1	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
18	Journal of Career Development	9.3	92nd	Q1	SSCI	B	No
19	American Psychologist	9.1	91st	Q1	SSCI	A*	No
20	European Psychologist	8.7	91st	Q1	SSCI	–	No
21	Behavior Research Methods	8.7	90th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
22	Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation	8.5	90th	Q1	–	–	No
23	Emotion	8.4	89th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
24	Review of General Psychology	7.8	89th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
25	Appetite	7.7	88th	Q1	SCIE	A	No
26	British Journal of Psychology	7.4	88th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
27	Psicothema	7.3	87th	Q1	SSCI	–	Yes
28	Psychology Research and Behavior Management	7.2	87th	Q1	SSCI	–	Yes
29	Journal of Experimental Psychology: General	7	87th	Q1	SSCI	A*	No
30	Frontiers in Psychology	7	86th	Q1	SSCI	–	Yes
31	Psychological Inquiry	6.9	86th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
32	Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology	6.8	85th	Q1	–	–	No
33	Psychological Reports	6.6	85th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
34	Asian Journal of Psychiatry	6.5	84th	Q1	SCIE	–	No
35	New Ideas in Psychology	6.4	84th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
36	Annals of Behavioral Medicine	6.3	83rd	Q1	SSCI	–	No
37	Social Networks	6.3	83rd	Q1	SSCI	–	No
38	Current Psychology	6.2	82nd	Q1	SSCI	–	No
39	Psychology of Women Quarterly	6	82nd	Q1	SSCI	A	No
40	Journal of Sex Research	6	82nd	Q1	SSCI	–	No
41	Personality and Individual Differences	5.9	81st	Q1	SSCI	A	No
42	Advances in Simulation	5.9	81st	Q1	ESCI	–	Yes
43	Canadian Psychology	5.8	80th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
44	Collabra: Psychology	5.8	80th	Q1	SSCI	–	Yes
45	Journal of Research in Personality	5.7	79th	Q1	SSCI	B	No
46	Humanities and Social Sciences Communications	5.7	79th	Q1	AHCI, SSCI	–	Yes
47	Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology	5.6	78th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
48	Ethics and Behavior	5.5	78th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
49	Applied Psycholinguistics	5.5	77th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
50	Journal of Behavioral Medicine	5.5	77th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
51	Journal of Homosexuality	5.5	77th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
52	Journal of Psychology	5.4	76th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
53	International Journal of Selection and Assessment	5.3	76th	Q1	SSCI	A	No
54	Archives of Sexual Behavior	5.1	75th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
55	Asian American Journal of Psychology	5.1	75th	Q1	SSCI	–	No
56	Aggressive Behavior	5.1	74th	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
57	Psychometrika	5.1	74th	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
58	Journal of Child Language	5	73rd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
59	Psychologica Belgica	5	73rd	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
60	Journal of Gambling Studies	5	72nd	Q2	SSCI	A	No
61	Law and Human Behavior	5	72nd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
62	Journal of Psychoactive Drugs	4.9	72nd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
63	Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	4.9	71st	Q2	SSCI	–	No
64	Methods in Psychology	4.8	71st	Q2	–	–	Yes
65	Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology	4.8	70th	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
66	Revista Iberoamericana de Psicologia y Salud	4.8	70th	Q2	ESCI	–	No
67	Europe's Journal of Psychology	4.7	69th	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
68	Feminism and Psychology	4.5	69th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
69	International Journal of Stress Management	4.4	68th	Q2	SSCI	A	No
70	Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine	4.4	68th	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
71	Cyberpsychology	4.4	67th	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
72	Journal of Family Psychology	4.4	67th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
73	Journal of Latinx Psychology	4.4	67th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
74	Scandinavian Journal of Psychology	4.3	66th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
75	Trends in Psychology	4.3	66th	Q2	–	–	No
76	Psychology Learning and Teaching	4.3	65th	Q2	ESCI	–	No
77	Research on Social Work Practice	4.2	65th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
78	BMC Psychology	4.2	64th	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
79	Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica	4.2	64th	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
80	Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour	4.2	63rd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
81	Sexual Abuse	4.2	63rd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
82	Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science	4.1	62nd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
83	International Journal for the Psychology of Religion	4.1	62nd	Q2	AHCI, SSCI	–	No
84	Memory	4.1	62nd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
85	Behavioral Sciences	4.1	61st	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
86	Teaching of Psychology	4.1	61st	Q2	SSCI	–	No
87	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	4.1	60th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
88	Psychology, Crime and Law	4.1	60th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
89	Self and Identity	4.1	59th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
90	Training and Education in Professional Psychology	4	59th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
91	Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment	4	58th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
92	Qualitative Psychology	3.9	58th	Q2	ESCI	–	No
93	BioPsychoSocial Medicine	3.9	57th	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
94	Criminal Justice and Behavior	3.9	57th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
95	International Journal of Psychology	3.9	57th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
96	Career Development Quarterly	3.8	56th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
97	Methodology	3.7	56th	Q2	SSCI	–	Yes
98	Military Psychology	3.7	55th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
99	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	3.6	55th	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	A	No
100	Human Performance	3.6	54th	Q2	SSCI	A	No
101	Journal of Mathematical Psychology	3.6	54th	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
102	British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology	3.6	53rd	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	B	No
103	Theory and Psychology	3.5	53rd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
104	Spanish Journal of Psychology	3.5	52nd	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
105	Professional Psychology: Research and Practice	3.4	52nd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
106	South African Journal of Psychology	3.4	52nd	Q2	SSCI	–	No
107	Anales de Psicologia	3.4	51st	Q2	SCIE, SSCI	–	Yes
108	Experimental Aging Research	3.3	51st	Q2	SCIE	–	No
109	Australian Psychologist	3.2	50th	Q2	SSCI	B	No
110	Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability	3.2	50th	Q2	SSCI	–	No
111	Japanese Psychological Research	3.1	49th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
112	Cogent Psychology	2.9	49th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
113	PsyCh Journal	2.9	48th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
114	Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour	2.8	48th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
115	Laterality	2.8	47th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
116	Nordic Psychology	2.8	47th	Q3	SSCI	–	Yes
117	Acta Psychologica Sinica	2.7	47th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
118	Social Psychology	2.7	46th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
119	Psychological Studies	2.6	46th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
120	Australian Journal of Psychology	2.4	45th	Q3	SSCI	–	Yes
121	Women and Therapy	2.4	45th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
122	Dreaming	2.4	44th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
123	Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia	2.4	44th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
124	American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research	2.4	43rd	Q3	SSCI	–	No
125	Psihologija	2.4	43rd	Q3	SSCI	–	Yes
126	Estudios de Psicologia	2.4	42nd	Q3	SSCI	–	No
127	Experimental Psychology	2.3	42nd	Q3	SSCI	–	No
128	Journal of Education Culture and Society	2.3	42nd	Q3	–	–	Yes
129	European Journal of Behavior Analysis	2.2	41st	Q3	–	–	No
130	Papeles del Psicologo	2.2	41st	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
131	Humor	2.1	40th	Q3	AHCI, SSCI	–	No
132	Journal of Individual Differences	2.1	40th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
133	Psychological Record	2.1	39th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
134	Psykhe	2	39th	Q3	–	–	Yes
135	Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology	2	38th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
136	Journal of Employment Counseling	1.9	38th	Q3	SSCI	A	No
137	Obesities	1.9	37th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
138	Psicoperspectivas	1.9	37th	Q3	–	–	Yes
139	Psychologische Rundschau	1.9	37th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
140	International Journal of Psychological Research	1.8	36th	Q3	SSCI	–	Yes
141	Journal of Psychology and Theology	1.8	36th	Q3	AHCI, SSCI	–	No
142	European Journal of Education and Psychology	1.8	35th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
143	Journal of Psychology in Africa	1.8	35th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
144	European Journal of Psychology Open	1.7	34th	Q3	SSCI	–	Yes
145	Psychologia	1.6	34th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
146	Acta Colombiana de Psicologia	1.6	33rd	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
147	Open Psychology Journal	1.6	33rd	Q3	–	–	No
148	Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal	1.6	32nd	Q3	–	–	Yes
149	Military Behavioral Health	1.5	32nd	Q3	–	–	No
150	Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnostico y Evaluacion Psicologica	1.5	32nd	Q3	SSCI	–	No
151	European Journal of Mental Health	1.5	31st	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
152	Giornale Italiano di Psicologia	1.4	31st	Q3	–	–	No
153	History of Psychology	1.4	30th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
154	Zeitschrift fur Sexualforschung	1.4	30th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
155	Studia Psychologica	1.3	29th	Q3	SSCI	–	Yes
156	Revista de Psicologia (Peru)	1.2	29th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
157	Psychologie Francaise	1.2	28th	Q3	SSCI	–	No
158	Suma Psicologica	1.2	28th	Q3	–	–	No
159	Interdisciplinaria	1.2	27th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
160	Polish Psychological Bulletin	1.2	27th	Q3	–	–	No
161	Psychology Hub	1.2	27th	Q3	–	–	No
162	Mathematical Social Sciences	1.1	26th	Q3	SCIE, SSCI	A	No
163	Hellenic Journal of Psychology	1.1	26th	Q3	–	–	No
164	Revista Colombiana de Psicologia	1.1	25th	Q3	–	–	No
165	Annals of Psychology	1	25th	Q3	–	–	No
166	International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies	1	24th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
167	Paideia	1	24th	Q4	–	–	Yes
168	Actualidades en Psicologia	1	23rd	Q4	ESCI	–	Yes
169	Psikhologicheskii Zhurnal	1	23rd	Q4	SSCI	–	No
170	Ceskoslovenska Psychologie	1	22nd	Q4	SSCI	–	Yes
171	Psico-USF	1	22nd	Q4	–	–	Yes
172	Revista CES Psicologia	1	22nd	Q4	ESCI	–	No
173	Psychology, Journal of the Higher School of Economics	0.9	21st	Q4	ESCI	–	No
174	Russian Psychological Journal	0.9	21st	Q4	–	–	Yes
175	Anuario de Psicologia	0.9	20th	Q4	ESCI	–	Yes
176	Ricerche di Psicologia	0.9	20th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
177	Ciencias Psicologicas	0.9	19th	Q4	–	–	Yes
178	International Journal of Dream Research	0.9	19th	Q4	–	–	No
179	PSICOLOGIA	0.9	18th	Q4	–	–	No
180	Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research	0.8	18th	Q4	–	–	No
181	Pratiques Psychologiques	0.8	17th	Q4	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
182	Psychological Thought	0.8	17th	Q4	–	–	No
183	Travail Humain	0.8	17th	Q4	SCIE, SSCI	–	No
184	Estudos de Psicologia (Natal)	0.8	16th	Q4	–	–	Yes
185	International Journal of Comparative Psychology	0.8	16th	Q4	–	–	Yes
186	Addicta: the Turkish Journal on Addictions	0.8	15th	Q4	ESCI	–	Yes
187	International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities	0.8	15th	Q4	–	–	No
188	Annee Psychologique	0.7	14th	Q4	SSCI	–	No
189	PLOS Mental Health	0.7	14th	Q4	–	–	Yes
190	Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa	0.7	13th	Q4	–	–	Yes
191	Sibirskiy Psikhologicheskiy Zhurnal	0.7	13th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
192	Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Use	0.7	12th	Q4	SSCI	–	No
193	New Zealand Journal of Psychology	0.6	12th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
194	Psychology	0.6	12th	Q4	–	–	Yes
195	Analise Psicologica	0.6	11th	Q4	–	–	Yes
196	Interamerican Journal of Psychology	0.6	11th	Q4	–	–	Yes
197	Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)	0.6	10th	Q4	–	–	Yes
198	North American Journal of Psychology	0.6	10th	Q4	–	–	No
199	Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress	0.5	9th	Q4	–	–	No
200	Universitas Psychologica	0.5	9th	Q4	SSCI	–	No
201	Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science	0.4	8th	Q4	–	–	No
202	Suvremena Psihologija	0.4	8th	Q4	–	–	No
203	European Yearbook of the History of Psychology	0.4	7th	Q4	–	–	No
204	Psychoanalytic Perspectives	0.4	7th	Q4	–	–	No
205	Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle	0.3	7th	Q4	–	–	No
206	Limite (Chile)	0.3	6th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
207	Psicologia em Estudo	0.3	6th	Q4	–	–	Yes
208	Psiholoska Obzorja	0.3	5th	Q4	–	–	Yes
209	Staps	0.3	5th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
210	Avaliacao Psicologica	0.3	4th	Q4	–	–	Yes
211	MedUNAB	0.3	4th	Q4	–	–	Yes
212	Shinrigaku Kenkyu	0.3	3rd	Q4	–	–	No
213	Psicologia USP	0.2	3rd	Q4	–	–	Yes
214	Agora	0.2	2nd	Q4	–	–	No
215	Shagi/ Steps	0.2	2nd	Q4	–	–	Yes
216	Voprosy Psikhologii	0.2	2nd	Q4	SSCI	–	No
217	Interacao em Psicologia	0.2	1st	Q4	–	–	Yes
218	Psychological Perspectives	0.2	1st	Q4	ESCI	–	No
219	Germinare	0.1	0th	Q4	–	–	No
220	Psychologist	0.1	0th	Q4	SSCI	–	No

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