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Psychology Research and Behavior Management is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.2), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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ISSN 1179-1578Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology (all) | 28 / 220 | 87th | Q1 |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 82 / 580 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.2.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management is Q1 in Psychology (all) (rank 28 of 220) and Q1 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 82 of 580), by CiteScore 2025.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management 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 7.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.132, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,836 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.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. Its ISSN is 1179-1578.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management has an h-index of 83 and a 2-year mean of 6.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #8 of 217 Scopus journals in Psychology (all).
Psychology Research and Behavior Management published 181 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 394. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (68%), Indonesia (4.8%) and Hong Kong SAR China (2.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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