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Best Psychology (miscellaneous) journals

118 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Psychology (miscellaneous). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 30 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 Nature Reviews Psychology 29.4 99th Q1 SSCI No
2 Psychological Methods 23.4 98th Q1 SSCI B No
3 Behavior Research Methods 8.7 97th Q1 SSCI No
4 Creativity Research Journal 8.7 97th Q1 SSCI No
5 Scientific Studies of Reading 7.8 96th Q1 SSCI No
6 Advances in Motivation Science 7.5 95th Q1 No
7 npj Mental Health Research 7.2 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
8 New Ideas in Psychology 6.4 93th Q1 SSCI No
9 Psychoradiology 6.3 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
10 JCPP Advances 6.3 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
11 Thinking and Reasoning 5.7 91th Q1 SSCI No
12 Homicide Studies 5.6 90th Q1 SSCI No
13 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 5.5 89th Q1 SSCI No
14 Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology 5.3 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 Psychology of Music 5.3 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
16 Complex Psychiatry 5.2 86th Q1 No
17 Psychology of Popular Media 5 86th Q1 SSCI No
18 SSM - Mental Health 4.7 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
19 Behavioral Sleep Medicine 4.6 84th Q1 SCIE No
20 Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science 4.5 83th Q1 SSCI No
21 Current Research in Behavioral Sciences 4.5 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 4.5 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 4.4 80th Q1 SSCI No
24 Identity 4.4 80th Q1 ESCI No
25 Cross-Cultural Research 4.4 78th Q1 SSCI No
26 Forensic Science International: Mind and Law 4.4 78th Q1 No
27 Human Arenas 4.3 77th Q1 ESCI No
28 Translational Issues in Psychological Science 4.3 76th Q1 ESCI No
29 Adversity and Resilience Science 4.2 75th Q1 ESCI No
30 Journal of Classification 4 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
31 Journal of Research in Reading 4 74th Q2 SSCI No
32 Computational Psychiatry 4 73th Q2 Yes
33 Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 3.8 72th Q2 ESCI No
34 Social Sciences and Humanities Open 3.6 71th Q2 Yes
35 Trends in Higher Education 3.4 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
36 International Journal of Community Well-Being 3.2 69th Q2 No
37 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 3.2 69th Q2 SSCI No
38 FWU Journal of Social Sciences 3.1 68th Q2 ESCI No
39 advances.in/psychology 3.1 67th Q2 No
40 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 3 66th Q2 AHCI, SSCI No
41 Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 3 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
42 Journal of Educational Measurement 3 64th Q2 SSCI No
43 Consulting Psychology Journal 2.9 63th Q2 ESCI No
44 Applied Psychological Measurement 2.8 63th Q2 SSCI B No
45 Music and Science 2.7 62th Q2 Yes
46 African Journal of Psychological Assessment 2.7 61th Q2 Yes
47 Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 2.6 60th Q2 SSCI No
48 Philosophy and the Mind Sciences 2.6 59th Q2 Yes
49 Journal for Person-Oriented Research 2.5 58th Q2 Yes
50 Journal of Open Psychology Data 2.5 58th Q2 Yes
51 Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2.4 57th Q2 Yes
52 Journal of Consciousness Studies 2.4 56th Q2 AHCI, SSCI No
53 Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 2.4 55th Q2 SSCI No
54 International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 2.4 54th Q2 ESCI No
55 Imagination, Cognition and Personality 2.4 53th Q2 No
56 JAACAP Open 2.3 52th Q2 ESCI Yes
57 Conflict Resolution Quarterly 2.2 52th Q2 ESCI B No
58 Journal of Comparative Psychology 2.2 51th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
59 Aloma 2.2 50th Q2 ESCI No
60 Human-Animal Interactions 2.1 49th Q3 ESCI Yes
61 Australian Feminist Law Journal 2 48th Q3 ESCI No
62 Psicologica 2 47th Q3 SSCI Yes
63 Psychological Test Adaptation and Development 1.9 47th Q3 Yes
64 Cogent Mental Health 1.9 46th Q3 Yes
65 Frontiers in Cognition 1.9 45th Q3 ESCI Yes
66 Journal of Behavioral Science 1.8 44th Q3 ESCI No
67 Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1.8 43th Q3 ESCI Yes
68 Discover Psychology 1.8 42th Q3 ESCI Yes
69 Adolescents 1.7 41th Q3 ESCI Yes
70 European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy 1.7 41th Q3 Yes
71 Advances in Cognitive Psychology 1.6 40th Q3 SSCI Yes
72 Revista de Psicologia Aplicada al Deporte y al Ejercicio Fisico 1.5 39th Q3 Yes
73 Mental Health: Global Challenges 1.5 38th Q3 Yes
74 Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 1.5 37th Q3 ESCI No
75 Applied Cybersecurity and Internet Governance 1.5 36th Q3 Yes
76 Psychological Science and Education 1.5 36th Q3 ESCI Yes
77 Cultural-Historical Psychology 1.4 35th Q3 ESCI Yes
78 Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 1.4 34th Q3 SSCI No
79 Spiritual Psychology and Counseling 1.3 33th Q3 Yes
80 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 1.3 32th Q3 SSCI No
81 Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 1.2 31th Q3 No
82 Frontiers in Developmental Psychology 1.2 30th Q3 Yes
83 Sovremennaa Terapia Psihiceskih Rasstrojstv 1.2 30th Q3 Yes
84 National Psychological Journal 1.1 29th Q3 Yes
85 Experimental Psychology (Russia) 1.1 28th Q3 ESCI Yes
86 Revista de Estudios e Investigacion en Psicologia y Educacion 1.1 27th Q3 Yes
87 Movement and Sports Sciences - Science et Motricite 1 26th Q3 No
88 Russian Psychological Journal 0.9 25th Q3 Yes
89 Studies in American Humor 0.9 25th Q3 ESCI No
90 Ethics in Progress 0.9 23th Q4 ESCI Yes
91 Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research 0.9 23th Q4 No
92 Journal of Parapsychology 0.9 22th Q4 No
93 International Review of Pragmatics 0.8 21th Q4 ESCI No
94 International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture 0.8 20th Q4 Yes
95 International Journal of Sport and Society 0.8 19th Q4 No
96 Revista Guillermo de Ockham 0.7 19th Q4 ESCI Yes
97 Jurnal Pengukuran Psikologi dan Pendidikan Indonesia 0.7 18th Q4 Yes
98 Topics in Humor Research 0.7 17th Q4 No
99 Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine 0.7 16th Q4 ESCI No
100 Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 0.7 15th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Psychology (miscellaneous) 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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