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Journal Metrics Reports 2023

Announcement of the latest impact factors from the journal citation reports.

Researchers consider a number of factors in deciding where to publish their research, such as journal reputation, readership and community, speed of publication, and citations. See how we share a whole range of information to help the research community decide which journal is the best home for their research as well as what the metrics can tell you about the performance of a journal and its articles.

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Psychological Research

Impact Factor 2.2

5 Year Impact Factor 2.3

Cite Score 5.1

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 19

Social Media Mentions 579

Downloads 672,020

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Impact Factor 1

5 Year Impact Factor 1.5

Cite Score 2.7

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 14

Social Media Mentions 102

Downloads 242,865

American Journal of Dance Therapy

Impact Factor 0.8

5 Year Impact Factor 1

Cite Score 1.4

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 13

Social Media Mentions 30

Downloads 125,531

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

5 Year Impact Factor 2.6

Cite Score 5.3

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 6

Social Media Mentions 578

Downloads 274,518

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Impact Factor 2.9

5 Year Impact Factor 3.7

Cite Score 5.6

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 48

Social Media Mentions 29,707

Downloads 2,404,431

Behavior Genetics

Impact Factor 2.6

5 Year Impact Factor 2.4

Cite Score 4.9

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 11

Social Media Mentions 1,686

Downloads 314,783

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Impact Factor 1.4

5 Year Impact Factor 1.9

Cite Score 3.9

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 26

Social Media Mentions 98

Downloads 397,684

Child & Youth Care Forum

Impact Factor 1.7

5 Year Impact Factor 2

Cite Score 3.6

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 5

Social Media Mentions 223

Downloads 344,463

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Impact Factor 5.5

5 Year Impact Factor 7.9

Cite Score 10.5

Social Media Mentions 714

Downloads 848,853

Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Impact Factor 2.3

5 Year Impact Factor 2.7

Cite Score 6.3

Social Media Mentions 548

Downloads 713,781

Contemporary Family Therapy

5 Year Impact Factor 1.1

Cite Score 2.5

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 7

Social Media Mentions 128

Downloads 257,992

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Impact Factor 2.8

5 Year Impact Factor 2.9

Downloads 625,021

Clinical Social Work Journal

Impact Factor 2.7

Cite Score 5.8

Social Media Mentions 317

Downloads 458,218

Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

5 Year Impact Factor 3

Cite Score 5

Social Media Mentions 1,603

Downloads 879,557

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Impact Factor 3.2

5 Year Impact Factor 4.2

Cite Score 8

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 15

Social Media Mentions 7,269

Downloads 3,814,477

Journal of Adult Development

Impact Factor 1.8

5 Year Impact Factor 2.1

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 12

Social Media Mentions 74

Downloads 212,220

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Impact Factor 1.6

5 Year Impact Factor 2.5

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 34

Social Media Mentions 912

Downloads 1,402,367

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Impact Factor 1.3

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 18

Social Media Mentions 214

Downloads 392,778

Journal of Behavioral Education

Impact Factor 1.2

5 Year Impact Factor 2.2

Cite Score 4.3

Downloads 164,804

Journal of Business and Psychology

Impact Factor 3.7

5 Year Impact Factor 6.4

Cite Score 8.8

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 4

Social Media Mentions 387

Downloads 718,818

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Impact Factor 1.5

5 Year Impact Factor 1.7

Cite Score 3.4

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 28

Social Media Mentions 150

Downloads 251,348

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Cite Score 4.8

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 10

Social Media Mentions 263

Downloads 285,773

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Impact Factor 2.1

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 3

Social Media Mentions 290

Downloads 481,468

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

5 Year Impact Factor 1.6

Cite Score 3

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 47

Social Media Mentions 125

Downloads 260,435

Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Cite Score 3.5

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 30

Social Media Mentions 94

Downloads 256,945

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

5 Year Impact Factor 5.3

Cite Score 8.2

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 2

Social Media Mentions 2,221

Downloads 1,632,339

Motivation and Emotion

5 Year Impact Factor 3.5

Cite Score 5.4

Social Media Mentions 629

Downloads 568,694

Pastoral Psychology

5 Year Impact Factor 0.8

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 40

Social Media Mentions 172

Downloads 199,511

Sexuality and Disability

Impact Factor 1.1

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 20

Social Media Mentions 92

Downloads 208,941

Impact Factor 3

Cite Score 7.2

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 16

Social Media Mentions 4,132

Downloads 1,545,342

Social Justice Research

Cite Score 3.3

Social Media Mentions 245

Downloads 193,731

Psychometrika

5 Year Impact Factor 2.8

Cite Score 4.4

Social Media Mentions 168

Downloads 380,289

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

5 Year Impact Factor 1.8

Cite Score 3.1

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 45

Social Media Mentions 178

Downloads 359,339

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Social Media Mentions 506

Downloads 253,022

Acta Analytica

Impact Factor 0.3

5 Year Impact Factor 0.4

Cite Score 1.2

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 17

Social Media Mentions 186

Downloads 100,761

Psychological Injury and Law

Cite Score 5.7

Social Media Mentions 52

Downloads 131,146

School Mental Health

Impact Factor 2.5

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 37

Social Media Mentions 288

Downloads 449,542

Psychological Studies

Cite Score 2

Social Media Mentions 131

Downloads 206,753

Mindfulness

Impact Factor 3.1

5 Year Impact Factor 4.3

Cite Score 6.1

Social Media Mentions 1,448

Downloads 1,512,405

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Cite Score 4.7

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 27

Social Media Mentions 2,238

Downloads 575,766

Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics

Social Media Mentions 921

Downloads 1,471,137

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

5 Year Impact Factor 3.2

Social Media Mentions 649

Downloads 810,119

Learning & Behavior

Impact Factor 1.9

Cite Score 2.9

Social Media Mentions 734

Downloads 412,543

Memory & Cognition

Social Media Mentions 791

Downloads 1,309,153

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

5 Year Impact Factor 4.8

Cite Score 6.7

Social Media Mentions 1,712

Downloads 2,084,357

Behavior Research Methods

Impact Factor 4.6

5 Year Impact Factor 7.2

Cite Score 10.3

Social Media Mentions 2,742

Downloads 2,793,824

Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

5 Year Impact Factor 3.9

Cite Score 8.4

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 22

Social Media Mentions 505

Downloads 541,195

Perspectives on Behavior Science

Social Media Mentions 608

Downloads 167,203

The Analysis of Verbal Behavior

Impact Factor 0.7

5 Year Impact Factor 1.2

Social Media Mentions 139

Downloads 47,713

Behavior Analysis in Practice

Social Media Mentions 606

Downloads 454,682

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 59

Social Media Mentions 532

Downloads 345,302

The Psychological Record

5 Year Impact Factor 1.3

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 53

Downloads 118,731

Evolutionary Psychological Science

5 Year Impact Factor 1.4

Cite Score 2.6

Social Media Mentions 3,307

Downloads 240,226

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Social Media Mentions 171

Downloads 548,975

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Impact Factor 3.4

5 Year Impact Factor 4.1

Cite Score 6.8

Social Media Mentions 9,403

Downloads 1,160,777

Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

Cite Score 4.5

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 9

Social Media Mentions 117

Downloads 178,313

Occupational Health Science

Submission to First Decision - Days (Median) 8

Social Media Mentions 72

Downloads 135,108

Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science

Social Media Mentions 51

Downloads 85,577

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy

Cite Score 4

Social Media Mentions 106

Downloads 157,182

Human Arenas

5 Year Impact Factor 0.9

Cite Score 2.8

Social Media Mentions 62

Downloads 221,911

Behavior and Social Issues

Downloads 147,081

Education and Treatment of Children

Cite Score 1.7

Social Media Mentions 42

Downloads 49,621

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Journal impact factors

Announcing the latest impact factors.

The journal impact factor (JIF), as calculated by Clarivate Analytics, is a measure of the average number of times articles from a two-year time frame have been cited in a given year, according to citations captured in the Web of Science database.

The 2023 JIF (released in 2024), for example, was calculated as follows:

A = the number of times articles which published in 2021–2022 were cited in indexed journals during 2023

B = the total number of research and review articles from the journal published in 2021–2022

2023 JIF = A/B

This listing includes only journals that have a 2023 JIF. For a full list of journals published by APA, please visit the Journals homepage to browse our portfolio by title or subject.

Following the release of the  2023 Journal Citation Reports (JCR)  from Clarivate Analytics, APA Publishing is pleased to report that Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) have been assigned to 89% (79) of our titles. Among our ranked journals, 24% are in the top 10 of their categories and 46% are in their category’s top quartile.

Notably, 15 APA-published journals indexed in Clarivate’s  Emerging Sources Citation Index  received their first-ever category rankings this year, including:

• Qualitative Psychology  (11.7 JIF; ranked 7 of 218 in Multidisciplinary Psychology; published on behalf of  The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, a section of APA Division 5 )
• Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice  (1.9 JIF; ranked 24 of 66 in Family Studies; published on behalf of APA Division 43:  Society for Couple and Family Psychology )
• Stigma and Health  (2.7 JIF; ranked 27 of 76 in Social Psychology and 136 of 403 in Public, Environmental, & Occupational Health)
• Translational Issues in Psychological Science  (1.9 JIF; ranked 47 of 92 in Psychology and 92 of 218 in Multidisciplinary Psychology)
• Traumatology  (2.3 JIF; ranked 70 of 180 in Clinical Psychology, 73 of 218 in Multidisciplinary Psychology, and 131 of 276 in Psychiatry; published on behalf of the  Green Cross Academy of Traumatology )

Twenty APA-published titles saw an increase in their JIF, and 31 journals rose in rank within their category. Twenty-six journals rose in quartile within their category. Some examples include the following:

• Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics saw a 129% increase in its JIF, rising from 0.7 to 1.6 and jumping in rank from 135th to 109th in the Multidisciplinary Psychology category (and from 344th to 273rd in the Economics category)
• History of Psychology saw a 120% increase in its JIF, rising from 0.5 to 1.1 and jumping in rank from 140th to 132nd in the Multidisciplinary Psychology category (and from 27th to 10th in the History of Social Sciences category).
• Asian American Journal of Psychology , published on behalf of the Asian American Psychological Association, saw a 60% increase in its JIF, rising from 1.5 to 2.4 and jumping in rank from 104th to 65th in the  Multidisciplinary   Psychology category (and from 13th to 6th in the Ethnic Studies category).

Other portfolio highlights:

• APA publishes 4 journals in the top 10 of the large and diverse  Psychology, Multidisciplinary  category:  Psychological Bulletin  (ranking 3rd out of 218 journals, 17.3 JIF),  American Psychologist  (ranking 6th, 12.3 JIF),  Qualitative Psychology (ranking 7th, 11.7 JIF; published on behalf of The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, a Section of APA Division 5), and Psychological Methods  (ranking 10th, 7.6 JIF).  
• Five more APA journals are ranked in the top quartile of the Psychology, Multidisciplinary  category:  Psychological Review  (ranking 19th, 5.1 JIF),  Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity  (ranking 27th, 3.6 JIF; published on behalf of APA Division 44:  Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity ), Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (ranking 39th, 3.2 JIF; published on behalf of APA Division 50: Society of Addiction Psychology ), Motivation Science (ranking 44th, 3.0 JIF, published on behalf of Society for the Science of Motivation ), and Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne   (ranking 46th, 2.9 JIF; published on behalf of the Canadian Psychological Association ).
• Psychological Bulletin  remains the journal with the highest JIF in APA’s portfolio (17.3 JIF). In addition to ranking 3rd out of the 218 journals in the  Psychology, Multidisciplinary  category, it also ranks 3rd out of the 92 journals in the  Psychology  category.
• Two APA journals rank in the top 20 of the  Psychology, Applied  category:  Journal of Applied Psychology  (ranking 3rd, 9.4 JIF) and  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology  (ranking 12th, 5.9 JIF).  Journal of Applied Psychology  earned the most all-time citations (51,849) in this 113-journal category.
• Psychoanalytic Psychology  (1.0 JIF), published on behalf of APA Division 39:  Division of Psychoanalysis , ranks 4th of the 13 titles in the  Psychology, Psychoanalysis  category, marking over a decade in the category’s top quartile.
• Four APA titles rank in the top 25 of the  Psychology, Experimental  category:  Journal of Experimental Psychology: General  (ranking 9th of 99, 3.7 JIF), Emotion  (ranking 12th, 3.4 JIF), Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition   (ranked 23rd, 2.8 JIF; published on behalf of Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition), and  Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts  (ranking 25th, 2.7 JIF; published on behalf of APA Division 10:  Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts ).
• Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology  ranks 3rd for all-time citations (20,413) in the 180-journal Psychology, Clinical  category.

Six APA titles rank in the top quartile of that category, including Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (ranking 13th, 4.7 JIF; published on behalf of APA Division 12:  Society of Clinical Psychology ), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (ranking 17th, 4.5 JIF), and Health Psychology (ranking 36th, 3.1 JIF, published on behalf of APA Division 38:  Society for Health Psychology ).  

Four APA titles rank in the top 25 of the  Psychology, Educational  category:  Journal of Educational Psychology  (ranking 3rd out of 74, 5.6 JIF),  Journal of Counseling Psychology  (ranking 11th, 3.8 JIF),  School Psychology  (ranking 5th, 3.9 JIF, the journal’s highest rank and JIF to date; published on behalf of APA Division 16:  School Psychology ), and Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (ranking 24th, 2.5 JIF; published on behalf of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education ).

Journal of Educational Psychology  received a total of 20,586 citations, the second highest in the category.

• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology  (6.4 JIF) again earned the most all-time citations (79,644) in the competitive  Psychology, Social  category and ranked 4th of 76 journals, marking over a decade as one of the top 5 journals in this category.

Showcasing the breadth and depth of our program, journals published by APA are also highly ranked in 23 categories related to psychology found in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Science Citation Index Expanded. Some examples include the following:

• Humanities, Multidisciplinary :  Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts  (2.7 JIF), published on behalf of APA Division 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, is ranked number 2 out of the 146 journals in the  Humanities, Multidisciplinary  category.
• Ethnic Studies :  Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology  (3.2 JIF), published on behalf of APA Division 45:  Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race , retained its number 1 ranking out of the 39 journals in the growing  Ethnic Studies  category. We are proud to see this journal as the established go-to source for research on critical societal issues.
• Religion :  Psychology of Religion and Spirituality  (2.2 JIF), published on behalf of APA Division 36:  Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality , is ranked 4th out of the 339 journals in  Religion , a category in Clarivate’s Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
• Social Work :  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry  (2.3 JIF), published on behalf of the  Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice , ranks 8th out of the 91 titles in the expanding  Social Work  category.
• Rehabilitation : Two APA journals indexed in the  Rehabilitation  category remain in the category’s top two quartiles:  Rehabilitation Psychology  (ranking 56th out of 73, 1.9 JIF) and  Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal  (ranking 66th, 1.8 JIF).
• Communication :  Psychology of Popular Media  (2.1 JIF) is ranked 59th out of the 227 journals in the  Communication  category.
• Criminology & Penology :  Psychological Violence  (2.4 JIF) remains in the top quartile of the  Criminology & Penology  category, ranking 14th out of 113.
• Law: The two APA journals listed in the Law category remain in the category’s top 10% by JIF. Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law (2.3 JIF) is ranked 24 of 421 journals. Law and Human Behavior (2.4 JIF), published on behalf of APA Division 41: American Psychology-Law Society, is ranked 20th of 421 in the Law category, putting it in the top 5% of Law journals.
• Management :  Journal of Applied Psychology  (9.4 JIF) remains in the top quartile of the competitive  Management  category, ranking 14th out of 401 journals. The journal also has the highest total citations in the category (51,849).

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Aims and scope

Current Psychology is an international forum for rapid dissemination of peer-reviewed research at the cutting edge of psychology. It welcomes significant and rigorous empirical and theoretical contributions from all the major areas of psychology, including but not limited to: cognitive psychology and cognition, social, clinical, health, developmental, methodological, and personality psychology, neuropsychology, psychometrics, human factors, and educational psychology.

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Current Research in Psychology

About the journal, aims and scope.

Current Research in Psychology (CRP) is an open-access, international, peer-reviewed journal in psychology intended to provide open access high-quality, current research in all areas of psychology. CRP aims to strengthen global dialog within psychology, increase communication among different areas of psychology, and foster collaborative research between different cultural backgrounds. CRP publishes empirical studies, theoretical papers, and critical reviews through both biannual and special editions. While focusing primarily on immediate application, we encourage research that may have later application in essential areas for human health, peace, and performance.

Open Access

Current Research in Psychology is a gold open access publication which means that all published manuscripts are freely available for unlimited access.

Open access publishing provides immediate, worldwide free access to all published manuscripts. Readers can view, download, print, and redistribute any article without any financial barrier, enabling greater distribution of an article.

Once published, the article will be made free to read and reuse upon publication under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence.

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All Science Publication’s journals adhere to the open access policy. Once our highly qualified Editorial Board has accepted the manuscript, authors will receive an invoice including the publication charges for their manuscript.

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Journal Metrics

• 2010 Founded in
• 43 Published Articles
• 219 Citations
• 282,534 Views
• 209,048 Downloads
• 11,432 Average Views per Article
• 5.09 Average Citations per Article

Current Psychology

Subject Area and Category

• Psychology (miscellaneous)

Springer New York

Publication type

10461310, 19364733

1981-1982, 1984-2023

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The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

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