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Best Experimental and Cognitive Psychology journals

168 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 42 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 Trends in Cognitive Sciences 26.4 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
2 Nature Human Behaviour 23.7 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
3 Journal of Creativity 11.8 98th Q1 Yes
4 Behavior Research Methods 8.7 97th Q1 SSCI No
5 Developmental Review 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI No
6 Topics in Cognitive Science 8.6 96th Q1 SSCI No
7 Technology, Mind, and Behavior 8 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
8 Behaviour Research and Therapy 7.7 95th Q1 SSCI No
9 Emotion Review 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI No
10 Political Psychology 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI No
11 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 7 93th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Intelligence 6.8 93th Q1 SSCI No
13 Journal of Intelligence 6.6 92th Q1 SSCI Yes
14 Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 6.4 92th Q1 SSCI Yes
15 Mindfulness 6.3 91th Q1 SSCI No
16 Cognitive Systems Research 6.3 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
17 Religion, Brain and Behavior 6.3 90th Q1 AHCI No
18 Educational Psychology 6.2 89th Q1 SSCI No
19 Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 6.2 89th Q1 SSCI Yes
20 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 6 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
21 Cortex 5.8 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
22 Multivariate Behavioral Research 5.8 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
23 Metaphor and Symbol 5.8 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
24 Psycho-Oncology 5.8 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
25 Cognition 5.8 85th Q1 SSCI No
26 Evolution and Human Behavior 5.7 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
27 Thinking and Reasoning 5.7 84th Q1 SSCI No
28 Learning and Motivation 5.7 83th Q1 SSCI No
29 Musicae Scientiae 5.7 83th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
30 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 5.6 82th Q1 SSCI A No
31 Applied Psycholinguistics 5.5 81th Q1 SSCI No
32 Psychophysiology 5.5 81th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
33 Perspectives on Behavior Science 5.5 80th Q1 SSCI No
34 Cognitive Computation and Systems 5.4 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
35 Cognitive Psychology 5.4 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
36 Journal of Behavioral Finance 5.3 78th Q1 SSCI A No
37 Journal of Memory and Language 5.2 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
38 Research in Organizational Behavior 5.1 77th Q1 SSCI A No
39 Journal of Child Language 5 77th Q1 SSCI No
40 Neuroscience of Consciousness 5 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Review of Philosophy and Psychology 5 76th Q1 ESCI No
42 Physiology and Behavior 4.8 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
43 Motivation and Emotion 4.8 74th Q2 SSCI A No
44 Animal Cognition 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
45 Psychological Research 4.7 73th Q2 SSCI A No
46 Cognition and Emotion 4.7 73th Q2 SSCI No
47 Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice 4.6 72th Q2 ESCI No
48 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition 4.6 71th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
49 Cognitive Therapy and Research 4.6 71th Q2 SSCI No
50 Spatial Cognition and Computation 4.6 70th Q2 SSCI No
51 Emerging Adulthood 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI No
52 Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI No
53 ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 4.4 68th Q2 SCIE No
54 Memory and Cognition 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI No
55 Journal of Cognition and Development 4.4 67th Q2 SSCI No
56 Journal of General Psychology 4.4 67th Q2 SSCI No
57 Journal of Adult Development 4.3 66th Q2 SSCI No
58 Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 4.3 65th Q2 SSCI No
59 Neuropsychologia 4.3 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
60 Consciousness and Cognition 4.3 64th Q2 SSCI No
61 Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition 4.1 64th Q2 SSCI No
62 Journal of Cognition 4.1 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
63 Perceptual and Motor Skills 4.1 63th Q2 SSCI No
64 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 4.1 62th Q2 SSCI No
65 Brain and Language 4 61th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
66 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 3.9 61th Q2 SSCI No
67 Cognitive Behaviour Therapist 3.9 60th Q2 ESCI No
68 Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy 3.9 60th Q2 SSCI No
69 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 3.8 59th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
70 Cognitive Science 3.8 58th Q2 SSCI No
71 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 3.8 58th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
72 Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology 3.8 57th Q2 Yes
73 Adaptive Behavior 3.7 57th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
74 Military Psychology 3.7 56th Q2 SSCI No
75 Dyslexia 3.7 55th Q2 SSCI No
76 Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 3.6 55th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
77 Cognitive Development 3.6 54th Q2 SSCI No
78 Journal of Communication Disorders 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
79 Mind, Brain, and Education 3.6 53th Q2 SSCI No
80 Culture and Evolution 3.6 52th Q2 No
81 Journal of Numerical Cognition 3.6 52th Q2 Yes
82 Human Movement Science 3.5 51th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
83 Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics 3.4 51th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
84 Acta Psychologica 3.4 50th Q2 SSCI A Yes
85 Memory Studies 3.4 50th Q2 AHCI, SSCI No
86 Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 3.3 49th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
87 Applied Cognitive Psychology 3.3 48th Q3 SSCI B No
88 Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 3.3 48th Q3 ESCI No
89 Behaviormetrika 3.3 47th Q3 No
90 Emotion, Space and Society 3.3 47th Q3 SSCI No
91 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences 3.2 46th Q3 ESCI No
92 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
93 International Journal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 3.1 45th Q3 SSCI No
94 South African Journal of Communication Disorders 3.1 44th Q3 ESCI Yes
95 Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 3 44th Q3 SSCI No
96 Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science 3 43th Q3 ESCI No
97 Brain and Cognition 3 42th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
98 Multisensory Research 2.9 42th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
99 Language and Communication 2.8 41th Q3 SSCI B No
100 Journal of Neurolinguistics 2.8 41th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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