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Best Psychology (miscellaneous) journals

118 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Psychology (miscellaneous). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 30 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 Nature Reviews Psychology 29.4 99th Q1 SSCI – No
2 Psychological Methods 23.4 98th Q1 SSCI B No
3 Behavior Research Methods 8.7 97th Q1 SSCI – No
4 Creativity Research Journal 8.7 97th Q1 SSCI – No
5 Scientific Studies of Reading 7.8 96th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Advances in Motivation Science 7.5 95th Q1 – – No
7 npj Mental Health Research 7.2 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 New Ideas in Psychology 6.4 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
9 Psychoradiology 6.3 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 JCPP Advances 6.3 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
11 Thinking and Reasoning 5.7 91st Q1 SSCI – No
12 Homicide Studies 5.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
13 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 5.5 89th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology 5.3 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Psychology of Music 5.3 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
16 Complex Psychiatry 5.2 86th Q1 – – No
17 Psychology of Popular Media 5 86th Q1 SSCI – No
18 SSM - Mental Health 4.7 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 Behavioral Sleep Medicine 4.6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science 4.5 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
21 Current Research in Behavioral Sciences 4.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 4.5 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 4.4 80th Q1 SSCI – No
24 Identity 4.4 80th Q1 ESCI – No
25 Cross-Cultural Research 4.4 78th Q1 SSCI – No
26 Forensic Science International: Mind and Law 4.4 78th Q1 – – No
27 Human Arenas 4.3 77th Q1 ESCI – No
28 Translational Issues in Psychological Science 4.3 76th Q1 ESCI – No
29 Adversity and Resilience Science 4.2 75th Q1 ESCI – No
30 Journal of Classification 4 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
31 Journal of Research in Reading 4 74th Q2 SSCI – No
32 Computational Psychiatry 4 73rd Q2 – – Yes
33 Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 3.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
34 Social Sciences and Humanities Open 3.6 71st Q2 – – Yes
35 Trends in Higher Education 3.4 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
36 International Journal of Community Well-Being 3.2 69th Q2 – – No
37 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 3.2 69th Q2 SSCI – No
38 FWU Journal of Social Sciences 3.1 68th Q2 ESCI – No
39 advances.in/psychology 3.1 67th Q2 – – Yes
40 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 3 66th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
41 Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 3 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
42 Journal of Educational Measurement 3 64th Q2 SSCI – No
43 Consulting Psychology Journal 2.9 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
44 Applied Psychological Measurement 2.8 63rd Q2 SSCI B No
45 Music and Science 2.7 62nd Q2 – – Yes
46 African Journal of Psychological Assessment 2.7 61st Q2 – – Yes
47 Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 2.6 60th Q2 SSCI – No
48 Philosophy and the Mind Sciences 2.6 59th Q2 – – Yes
49 Journal for Person-Oriented Research 2.5 58th Q2 – – Yes
50 Journal of Open Psychology Data 2.5 58th Q2 – – Yes
51 Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2.4 57th Q2 – – Yes
52 Journal of Consciousness Studies 2.4 56th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
53 Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 2.4 55th Q2 SSCI – No
54 International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 2.4 54th Q2 ESCI – No
55 Imagination, Cognition and Personality 2.4 53rd Q2 – – No
56 JAACAP Open 2.3 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 Conflict Resolution Quarterly 2.2 52nd Q2 ESCI B No
58 Journal of Comparative Psychology 2.2 51st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
59 Aloma 2.2 50th Q2 ESCI – No
60 Human-Animal Interactions 2.1 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
61 Australian Feminist Law Journal 2 48th Q3 ESCI – No
62 Psicologica 2 47th Q3 SSCI – Yes
63 Psychological Test Adaptation and Development 1.9 47th Q3 – – Yes
64 Cogent Mental Health 1.9 46th Q3 – – Yes
65 Frontiers in Cognition 1.9 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
66 Journal of Behavioral Science 1.8 44th Q3 ESCI – No
67 Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1.8 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
68 Discover Psychology 1.8 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
69 Adolescents 1.7 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
70 European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy 1.7 41st Q3 – – Yes
71 Advances in Cognitive Psychology 1.6 40th Q3 SSCI – Yes
72 Revista de Psicologia Aplicada al Deporte y al Ejercicio Fisico 1.5 39th Q3 – – Yes
73 Mental Health: Global Challenges 1.5 38th Q3 – – Yes
74 Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 1.5 37th Q3 ESCI – No
75 Applied Cybersecurity and Internet Governance 1.5 36th Q3 – – Yes
76 Psychological Science and Education 1.5 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
77 Cultural-Historical Psychology 1.4 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
78 Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 1.4 34th Q3 SSCI – No
79 Spiritual Psychology and Counseling 1.3 33rd Q3 – – Yes
80 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 1.3 32nd Q3 SSCI – No
81 Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 1.2 31st Q3 – – No
82 Frontiers in Developmental Psychology 1.2 30th Q3 – – Yes
83 Sovremennaa Terapia Psihiceskih Rasstrojstv 1.2 30th Q3 – – Yes
84 National Psychological Journal 1.1 29th Q3 – – Yes
85 Experimental Psychology (Russia) 1.1 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
86 Revista de Estudios e Investigacion en Psicologia y Educacion 1.1 27th Q3 – – Yes
87 Movement and Sports Sciences - Science et Motricite 1 26th Q3 – – No
88 Russian Psychological Journal 0.9 25th Q3 – – Yes
89 Studies in American Humor 0.9 25th Q3 ESCI – No
90 Ethics in Progress 0.9 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
91 Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research 0.9 23rd Q4 – – No
92 Journal of Parapsychology 0.9 22nd Q4 – – No
93 International Review of Pragmatics 0.8 21st Q4 ESCI – No
94 International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture 0.8 20th Q4 – – Yes
95 International Journal of Sport and Society 0.8 19th Q4 – – No
96 Revista Guillermo de Ockham 0.7 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
97 Jurnal Pengukuran Psikologi dan Pendidikan Indonesia 0.7 18th Q4 – – Yes
98 Topics in Humor Research 0.7 17th Q4 – – No
99 Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine 0.7 16th Q4 ESCI – No
100 Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
101 Jurnal Gramatika 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
102 Phenomenology and Mind 0.6 13th Q4 – – Yes
103 Sichuan Jingshen Weisheng 0.6 13th Q4 – – Yes
104 Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting 0.6 12th Q4 – B No
105 Creative Arts in Education and Therapy 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
106 Gedragstherapie: Tijdschrift voor Gedragstherapie en Cognitieve Therapie 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
107 Quadernos de Psicologia 0.5 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
108 International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work 0.5 8th Q4 – – Yes
109 Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
110 Journal of Sexual and Mental Health 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
111 Nomadas 0.4 6th Q4 – – Yes
112 MedUNAB 0.3 5th Q4 – – Yes
113 Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
114 Journal of Applied Psychological Research 0.2 3rd Q4 – – Yes
115 Studies in Pragmatics 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
116 Logopaedica Lodziensia 0.1 2nd Q4 – – Yes
117 Lomonosov Psychology Journal 0.1 1st Q4 – – Yes
118 Consciousness, Literature and the Arts 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Psychology (miscellaneous) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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