ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
1980–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
5.9
SJR · SCImago
1.189
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
228
Best quartile
Q1 · 81st pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology (all) | 42 / 220 | 81st | Q1 |
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Personality and Individual Differences
Personality and Individual Differences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.9), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0191-8869Verify ISSN ↗1873-3549Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Scopus · Q1ABDC AABS / AJG 3WoS · SSCIONOS
5.9
CiteScore 2025
Q1
Best quartile
A
ABDC rating
3
Indexed in
Cost to publish: About US$4,170 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1980
Field of research
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour (3507)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Elsevier
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Psychology (General)
3 = highly regarded journals.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
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This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
Access depends on your institution’s ONOS participation; the subscribed title list is subject to revision.
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Quick answers
Is Personality and Individual Differences indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1980–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.9.
What quartile is Personality and Individual Differences in Scopus?
Personality and Individual Differences is Q1 in Psychology (all) (rank 42 of 220), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Personality and Individual Differences?
Personality and Individual Differences 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.189, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 228.
How much does it cost to publish in Personality and Individual Differences?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,170 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Personality and Individual Differences and what is its ISSN?
Personality and Individual Differences is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0191-8869 and its online ISSN is 1873-3549.
Is Personality and Individual Differences covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Personality and Individual Differences in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Personality and Individual Differences?
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Personality and Individual Differences?
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Psychology (General) field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Personality and Individual Differences open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Personality and Individual Differences? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Personality and Individual Differences has an h-index of 313 and a 2-year mean of 2.37 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 217 Scopus journals in Psychology (all).
313
h-index
2.37
2-yr mean citations
11,000
i10-index
17,281
works indexed
835,046
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$4,170
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#58 of 217 Top 27% Psychology (all)
Personality and Individual Differences published 526 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 737. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Who publishes in Personality and Individual Differences? — latest 77 articles, 2026
In its latest 77 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (15.4%), United States (9.6%) and Italy (6.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Personality and Individual Differences? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 9 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers 9 · 0.5 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 · 0.1 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases and suspect text
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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