Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus is currently indexing nearly 36,377 journals from approximately 11,678 publishers. In this blog post, we will be listing Scopus-indexed Psychology journals.
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There are more than 500 Scopus indexed journals that publish Psychology related research. However, we are listing the top Scopus indexed Psychology journals. More Psychology journals can be found at https://phdtalks.org/journal-finder.php
List of Scopus indexed Psychology Journals
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | Journal Scope | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annual Review of Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 9.226 |
| 2 | Psychological Bulletin | American Psychological Association | History and Philosophy of Science (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 7.635 |
| 3 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | Annual Reviews Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 7.036 |
| 4 | Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 6.744 |
| 5 | Psychological Science in the Public Interest | SAGE Publications Inc. | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 6.295 |
| 6 | Journal of Applied Psychology | American Psychological Association | Applied Psychology (Q1) | 6.13 |
| 7 | Personality and Social Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | Social Psychology (Q1) | 5.709 |
| 8 | Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 5.649 |
| 9 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Publishing Group | Behavioral Neuroscience (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 5.639 |
| 10 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Elsevier Ltd. | Cognitive Neuroscience (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (Q1) | 5.615 |
| 11 | Perspectives on Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 5.529 |
| 12 | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | S. Karger AG | Applied Psychology (Q1); Clinical Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 4.738 |
| 13 | Clinical Psychology Review | Elsevier Inc. | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 4.541 |
| 14 | Leadership Quarterly | Elsevier Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Business and International Management (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 4.331 |
| 15 | Psychological Methods | American Psychological Association | History and Philosophy of Science (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 4.247 |
| 16 | Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, The | Elsevier BV | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1) | 4.179 |
| 17 | Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Health (social science) (Q1); Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1); Sports Science (Q1) | 4.045 |
| 18 | Journal of Organizational Behavior | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 3.804 |
| 19 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | American Psychological Association | Social Psychology (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 3.799 |
| 20 | Personnel Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) | 3.749 |
| 21 | Educational Psychologist | Routledge | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1) | 3.668 |
| 22 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Elsevier Ltd. | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 3.663 |
| 23 | Educational Psychology Review | Springer New York | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 3.566 |
| 24 | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Academic Press Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) | 3.408 |
| 25 | American Psychologist | American Psychological Association | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 3.363 |
| 26 | Contemporary Educational Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 3.187 |
| 27 | Human Resource Management Review | Elsevier Ltd. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) | 3.106 |
| 28 | Health Psychology Review | Routledge | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 3.101 |
| 29 | Autism in Adulthood | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | Cognitive Neuroscience (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 3.057 |
| 30 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 3.028 |
| 31 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 3.025 |
| 32 | Journal of Consumer Psychology | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Marketing (Q1) | 2.978 |
| 33 | Organizational Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.97 |
| 34 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1); Life-span and Life-course Studies (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) | 2.926 |
| 35 | European Journal of Personality | SAGE Publications Ltd | Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.868 |
| 36 | Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.854 |
| 37 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | Elsevier Ltd. | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.85 |
| 38 | Child Development Perspectives | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Life-span and Life-course Studies (Q1); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1) | 2.844 |
| 39 | European Review of Social Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.806 |
| 40 | Psychological Review | American Psychological Association | History and Philosophy of Science (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.801 |
| 41 | Behavior Research Methods | Springer Nature | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.753 |
| 42 | Developmental Review | Mosby Inc. | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.649 |
| 43 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | Elsevier Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Business and International Management (Q1); Management of Technology and Innovation (Q1) | 2.644 |
| 44 | Qualitative Research in Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.631 |
| 45 | Alcohol research : current reviews | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.617 |
| 46 | Political Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Philosophy (Q1); Political Science and International Relations (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 2.61 |
| 47 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Elsevier Ltd. | Behavioral Neuroscience (Q1); Cognitive Neuroscience (Q1); Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (Q1) | 2.599 |
| 48 | Depression and Anxiety | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.572 |
| 49 | Work and Stress | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Applied Psychology (Q1) | 2.52 |
| 50 | Journal of Business and Psychology | Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Business and International Management (Q1); Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.517 |
| 51 | Journal of Educational Psychology | American Psychological Association | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 2.511 |
| 52 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | Educational Publishing Foundation | Applied Psychology (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) | 2.478 |
| 53 | Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review | Kluwer Academic Publishers | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.466 |
| 54 | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge University Press | Applied Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.465 |
| 55 | Computers in Human Behavior | Elsevier Ltd. | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Human-Computer Interaction (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.464 |
| 56 | Trauma, Violence, and Abuse | SAGE Publications Ltd | Applied Psychology (Q1); Health (social science) (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1); Social Work (Q1) | 2.422 |
| 57 | Accounting, Organizations and Society | Elsevier Ltd. | Accounting (Q1); Applied Psychology (Q1); Information Systems and Management (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 2.411 |
| 58 | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | American Sociological Association | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.409 |
| 59 | Social Psychological and Personality Science | Sage Periodicals Press | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.404 |
| 60 | Learning and Instruction | Elsevier BV | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 2.398 |
| 61 | British Journal of Health Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | Applied Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.371 |
| 62 | Human Resource Management | Wiley-Liss Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Management of Technology and Innovation (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1); Strategy and Management (Q1) | 2.338 |
| 63 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology | Elsevier BV | Clinical Psychology (Q1) | 2.324 |
| 64 | Journals of Gerontology – Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | Gerontological Society of America | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Geriatrics and Gerontology (Q1); Gerontology (Q1); Health (social science) (Q1); Life-span and Life-course Studies (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 2.311 |
| 65 | Applied Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Applied Psychology (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1) | 2.279 |
| 66 | Journal of the Learning Sciences | Routledge | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 2.267 |
| 67 | Social Issues and Policy Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Applied Psychology (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1) | 2.245 |
| 68 | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | SAGE Publications Inc. | Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.238 |
| 69 | Journal of Personality | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.192 |
| 70 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | American Psychological Association | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.188 |
| 71 | Journal of School Psychology | Elsevier BV | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 2.16 |
| 72 | Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1); Social Work (Q1) | 2.135 |
| 73 | Current Opinion in Psychology | Elsevier Ltd. | Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.13 |
| 74 | Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Human-Computer Interaction (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.126 |
| 75 | British Journal of Social Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.117 |
| 76 | Clinical Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | Clinical Psychology (Q1) | 2.115 |
| 77 | Emotion Review | SAGE Publications Ltd | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.113 |
| 78 | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy | American Psychological Association | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.109 |
| 79 | Journal of Memory and Language | Academic Press Inc. | Artificial Intelligence (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (Q1) | 2.104 |
| 80 | Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1) | 2.104 |
| 81 | Psychology and Marketing | Wiley-Liss Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Marketing (Q1) | 2.083 |
| 82 | Decision Support Systems | Elsevier | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Information Systems (Q1); Information Systems and Management (Q1); Management Information Systems (Q1) | 2.076 |
| 83 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) | 2.062 |
| 84 | Reading Research Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1) | 2.058 |
| 85 | Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being | Wiley-Blackwell | Applied Psychology (Q1) | 2.053 |
| 86 | Journal of Environmental Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.045 |
| 87 | Journal of Abnormal Psychology | American Psychological Association | Biological Psychiatry (Q1); Clinical Psychology (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.031 |
| 88 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Springer New York | Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.03 |
| 89 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General | American Psychological Association | Developmental Neuroscience (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.023 |
| 90 | Neuropsychology Review | Springer New York | Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (Q1) | 2.019 |
| 91 | Research on Language and Social Interaction | Routledge | Communication (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 2.013 |
| 92 | Journal of Affective Disorders | Elsevier | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 1.988 |
| 93 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Applied Psychology (Q1); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) | 1.966 |
| 94 | Developmental Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Cognitive Neuroscience (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1) | 1.962 |
| 95 | Open Mind | MIT Press Journals | Cognitive Neuroscience (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1) | 1.95 |
| 96 | Educational and Psychological Measurement | SAGE Publications Inc. | Applied Mathematics (Q1); Applied Psychology (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Education (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 1.949 |
| 97 | Journal of Behavioral Addictions | Akademiai Kiado | Clinical Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 1.918 |
| 98 | European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context | Sociedad Espanola de Psicologia Juridica y Forense | Applied Psychology (Q1); Law (Q1) | 1.91 |
| 99 | Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications | Health (social science) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1); Social Psychology (Q1) | 1.9 |
| 100 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | Anthropology (Q1); Communication (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1) | 1.88 |
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