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Best Social Psychology journals

315 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Social Psychology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 79 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 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 61.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Nature Human Behaviour 23.7 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
3 Personality and Social Psychology Review 22.8 99th Q1 SSCI No
4 European Review of Social Psychology 16.7 98th Q1 SSCI No
5 Social Issues and Policy Review 15 98th Q1 SSCI No
6 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 13.4 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Consumer Psychology Review 12.5 97th Q1 No
8 Organizational Psychology Review 12.4 97th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Social Psychological and Personality Science 11.8 97th Q1 SSCI B No
10 Journal of Environmental Psychology 10.9 96th Q1 SSCI A No
11 Body Image 10.3 96th Q1 SSCI No
12 Journal of Consumer Behaviour 10.1 96th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 9.9 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
14 International Journal of Social Robotics 9.8 95th Q1 SCIE No
15 European Journal of Personality 9.2 95th Q1 SSCI A No
16 Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 9.1 95th Q1 A* No
17 Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning 8.6 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Behavioural Public Policy 8.5 94th Q1 ESCI No
19 Journal of Personality 8.3 94th Q1 SSCI A No
20 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 8.2 93th Q1 SSCI B No
21 Journal of Consumer Culture 8.2 93th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
22 Technology, Mind, and Behavior 8 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Journal of Health and Social Behavior 7.9 92th Q1 SSCI No
24 Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial 7.8 92th Q1 Yes
25 Media Psychology 7.8 92th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
26 Ageing and Society 7.8 91th Q1 SSCI No
27 Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health 7.7 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
28 Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 7.7 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
29 Small Group Research 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI A No
30 Emotion Review 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI No
31 Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI No
32 Political Psychology 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI No
33 Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 7.5 89th Q1 SSCI No
34 Clinical Gerontologist 7.4 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
35 International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 7.4 89th Q1 SSCI No
36 Affective Science 7.3 88th Q1 ESCI No
37 Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 7.2 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
38 Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 7.1 88th Q1 SSCI No
39 Psychosocial Intervention 6.9 87th Q1 SSCI Yes
40 International Journal of Behavioral Development 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI No
41 Journal of Family Theory and Review 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI No
42 Industrial and Organizational Psychology 6.8 86th Q1 SSCI B No
43 Fashion and Textiles 6.8 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Journal of Family and Economic Issues 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI B No
45 Learning and Individual Differences 6.7 85th Q1 SSCI No
46 Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 6.5 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
47 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 6.5 85th Q1 SSCI No
48 British Journal of Social Psychology 6.5 84th Q1 SSCI A No
49 Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 6.5 84th Q1 SSCI B No
50 Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior 6.5 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
51 Social Science Journal 6.4 83th Q1 SSCI C No
52 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 6.3 83th Q1 SSCI A No
53 British Journal of Criminology 6.3 83th Q1 SSCI No
54 Mindfulness 6.3 83th Q1 SSCI No
55 International Journal of Bullying Prevention 6.3 82th Q1 No
56 Stigma and Health 6.3 82th Q1 ESCI No
57 Journal of Community Psychology 6.1 82th Q1 SSCI No
58 Journal of Cybersecurity 6.1 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
59 Journal of Trust Research 6 81th Q1 ESCI B No
60 Journal of Counseling Psychology 6 81th Q1 SSCI No
61 Psychology and Aging 5.9 80th Q1 SSCI No
62 Human Technology 5.8 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
63 Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5.8 80th Q1 ESCI No
64 Journal of Research in Personality 5.7 79th Q1 SSCI B No
65 Social and Personality Psychology Compass 5.7 79th Q1 SSCI No
66 Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 5.6 79th Q1 SSCI A No
67 Annals of Leisure Research 5.6 78th Q1 ESCI B No
68 Ethics and Behavior 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI No
69 Journal of Homosexuality 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI No
70 Journal of Managerial Psychology 5.5 77th Q1 SSCI B No
71 Sex Roles 5.5 77th Q1 SSCI A No
72 Children's Geographies 5.5 77th Q1 SSCI No
73 Perspectives on Behavior Science 5.5 76th Q1 SSCI No
74 Psychology and Sexuality 5.4 76th Q1 SSCI No
75 Research on Aging 5.4 76th Q1 SSCI No
76 Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones 5.4 76th Q1 SSCI Yes
77 Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology 5.3 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
78 American Behavioral Scientist 5.2 75th Q1 SSCI B No
79 AIDS and Behavior 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI No
80 Journal of Applied Social Psychology 5.1 74th Q2 SSCI B No
81 Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 5.1 74th Q2 ESCI No
82 Coaching 5.1 74th Q2 ESCI No
83 Journal of Humanistic Psychology 5.1 73th Q2 SSCI No
84 New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 5.1 73th Q2 SSCI No
85 Social Psychology of Education 5.1 73th Q2 SSCI No
86 Research in Organizational Behavior 5.1 72th Q2 SSCI A No
87 Journal of Social Psychology 5 72th Q2 SSCI B No
88 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 5 72th Q2 SSCI No
89 European Journal of Social Psychology 5 71th Q2 SSCI A No
90 Central European Management Journal 5 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
91 Psychology of Men and Masculinity 5 71th Q2 SSCI No
92 Journal of Workplace Learning 4.9 70th Q2 ESCI C No
93 Family Process 4.9 70th Q2 SSCI No
94 Journal of Adolescence 4.9 70th Q2 SSCI No
95 Motivation and Emotion 4.8 70th Q2 SSCI A No
96 Consumption Markets and Culture 4.8 69th Q2 SSCI B No
97 Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology 4.8 69th Q2 SSCI No
98 Ecopsychology 4.7 69th Q2 ESCI No
99 International Journal of Intercultural Relations 4.7 68th Q2 SSCI B No
100 International Journal of Wellbeing 4.7 68th Q2 Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Social 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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