Psychology 2026
1,431 journals in P5.01 Psychology (Social Sciences), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
Showing the top 1,000 of 1,431 journals. The ranked journals CSV lists every ranked journal; the complete CSV has every journal of the edition, and the edition index lists one file per category.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1431 | Annual Review of Psychology Annual Reviews, ISSN 0066-4308 | 16.36 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/1431 | Annual Review of Clinical Psychology Annual Reviews, ISSN 1548-5943 | 9.25 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/1431 | World Psychiatry Wiley, ISSN 1723-8617 | 6.90 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/1431 | Educational Psychology Review Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1040-726X | 5.87 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/1431 | Clinical Psychology Review Elsevier BV, ISSN 0272-7358 | 5.66 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/1431 | Educational Psychologist Routledge, ISSN 0046-1520 | 5.04 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/1431 | Personality and Social Psychology Review SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1088-8683 | 4.98 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/1431 | JMIR Mental Health JMIR Publications, ISSN 2368-7959 | 4.97 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/1431 | Psychological Bulletin American Psychological Association, ISSN 0033-2909 | 4.90 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/1431 | Learning and Individual Differences Elsevier BV, ISSN 1041-6080 | 4.54 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/1431 | Health Psychology Review Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1743-7199 | 4.12 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/1431 | Perspectives on Psychological Science SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1745-6916 | 4.08 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/1431 | npj Mental Health Research Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2731-4251 | 3.98 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/1431 | Journal of Creativity Elsevier BV, ISSN 2713-3745 | 3.87 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/1431 | The Lancet Psychiatry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2215-0366 | 3.87 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/1431 | American Journal of Psychiatry American Psychiatric Association, ISSN 0002-953X | 3.84 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/1431 | Nature Reviews Psychology Nature Portfolio, ISSN 2731-0574 | 3.78 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/1431 | Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1096-4037 | 3.70 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/1431 | Current Opinion in Psychology Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-250X | 3.59 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 20/1431 | Adolescent Research Review Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2363-8346 | 3.54 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 21/1431 | International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1750-984X | 3.30 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 22/1431 | Computers in Human Behavior Reports Elsevier BV, ISSN 2451-9588 | 3.28 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 23/1431 | Journal of Applied Psychology American Psychological Association, ISSN 0021-9010 | 3.13 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 24/1431 | ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction Association for Computing Machinery, ISSN 2573-9522 | 3.09 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 25/1431 | Learning and Instruction Elsevier BV, ISSN 0959-4752 | 3.04 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 26/1431 | Psychological Review American Psychological Association, ISSN 0033-295X | 2.99 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 27/1431 | Current Directions in Psychological Science SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0963-7214 | 2.98 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 28/1431 | Nature Mental Health Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2731-6076 | 2.95 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 29/1431 | Journal of Behavioral Addictions Akadémiai Kiadó, ISSN 2062-5871 | 2.86 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 30/1431 | Child Development Perspectives Wiley, ISSN 1750-8592 | 2.82 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 31/1431 | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Karger Publishers, ISSN 0033-3190 | 2.81 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 32/1431 | BMJ Mental Health BMJ, ISSN 2755-9734 | 2.80 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 33/1431 | Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Elsevier BV, ISSN 1369-8478 | 2.77 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 34/1431 | Journal of Affective Disorders Elsevier BV, ISSN 0165-0327 | 2.76 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 35/1431 | Body Image Elsevier BV, ISSN 1740-1445 | 2.72 | 97.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 36/1431 | Thinking Skills and Creativity Elsevier BV, ISSN 1871-1871 | 2.71 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 37/1431 | International Journal of Transgender Health Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2689-5269 | 2.68 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 38/1431 | International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1556-1607 | 2.53 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 39/1431 | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Cambridge University Press, ISSN 2045-7960 | 2.52 | 97.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 40/1431 | Annual Review of Developmental Psychology Annual Reviews, ISSN 2640-7922 | 2.43 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 41/1431 | NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2948-1570 | 2.40 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 42/1431 | Comprehensive Psychiatry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0010-440X | 2.40 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 43/1431 | Developmental Review Elsevier BV, ISSN 0273-2297 | 2.38 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 44/1431 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Wiley, ISSN 0021-9630 | 2.37 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 45/1431 | BMC Psychology BioMed Central, ISSN 2050-7283 | 2.34 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 46/1431 | Internet Interventions Elsevier BV, ISSN 2214-7829 | 2.32 | 96.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 47/1431 | The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid, ISSN 1889-1861 | 2.28 | 96.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 48/1431 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health BioMed Central, ISSN 1753-2000 | 2.26 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 49/1431 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise Elsevier BV, ISSN 1469-0292 | 2.20 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 50/1431 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Elsevier BV, ISSN 1697-2600 | 2.16 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 51/1431 | International Journal of Mental Health Systems BioMed Central, ISSN 1752-4458 | 2.12 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 52/1431 | Psychology Research and Behavior Management Dove Medical Press, ISSN 1179-1578 | 2.08 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 53/1431 | BMC Psychiatry BioMed Central, ISSN 1471-244X | 2.08 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 54/1431 | Applied Ergonomics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0003-6870 | 2.08 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 55/1431 | Child Development Wiley, ISSN 0009-3920 | 2.07 | 96.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 56/1431 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders Elsevier BV, ISSN 0887-6185 | 2.07 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 57/1431 | Journal of Educational Psychology American Psychological Association, ISSN 0022-0663 | 2.05 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 58/1431 | Psychiatry Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0165-1781 | 2.05 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 59/1431 | Metacognition and Learning Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1556-1623 | 2.05 | 95.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 60/1431 | Contemporary Educational Psychology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0361-476X | 2.05 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 61/1431 | International Journal of Social Robotics Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1875-4791 | 2.04 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 62/1431 | Journal of Intelligence Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2079-3200 | 2.04 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 63/1431 | Human Communication Research Wiley, ISSN 0360-3989 | 2.04 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 64/1431 | Behavior Therapy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0005-7894 | 2.00 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 65/1431 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0047-2891 | 2.00 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 66/1431 | Journal of Eating Disorders BioMed Central, ISSN 2050-2974 | 1.99 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 67/1431 | Behavior Research Methods Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1554-351X | 1.98 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 68/1431 | Frontiers in Organizational Psychology Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2813-771X | 1.94 | 95.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 69/1431 | Behavioral Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2076-328X | 1.93 | 95.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 70/1431 | Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Elsevier BV, ISSN 2213-0780 | 1.90 | 95.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 71/1431 | European Journal of Psychotraumatology Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2000-8066 | 1.89 | 95.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 72/1431 | Aggression and Violent Behavior Elsevier BV, ISSN 1359-1789 | 1.85 | 95.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 73/1431 | Social Psychology of Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1381-2890 | 1.85 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 74/1431 | Behaviour Research and Therapy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0005-7967 | 1.85 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 75/1431 | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1018-8827 | 1.84 | 94.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 76/1431 | Creativity Research Journal Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1040-0419 | 1.81 | 94.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 77/1431 | Depression and Anxiety Wiley, ISSN 1091-4269 | 1.81 | 94.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 78/1431 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology American Psychological Association, ISSN 0022-3514 | 1.81 | 94.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 79/1431 | Journal of School Psychology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-4405 | 1.80 | 94.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 80/1431 | Applied Psychology Wiley, ISSN 0269-994X | 1.79 | 94.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 81/1431 | Reading Research Quarterly Wiley, ISSN 0034-0553 | 1.79 | 94.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 82/1431 | International Journal of Eating Disorders Wiley, ISSN 0276-3478 | 1.78 | 94.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 83/1431 | Child Abuse & Neglect Elsevier BV, ISSN 0145-2134 | 1.77 | 94.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 84/1431 | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers Media, ISSN 1664-1078 | 1.75 | 94.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 85/1431 | Journal of Psychiatric Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-3956 | 1.72 | 94.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 86/1431 | European Journal of Psychological Assessment Hogrefe Verlag, ISSN 1015-5759 | 1.71 | 94.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 87/1431 | Clinical Psychological Science SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2167-7026 | 1.71 | 94.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 88/1431 | The Journal of Creative Behavior Wiley, ISSN 0022-0175 | 1.71 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 89/1431 | New Ideas in Psychology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0732-118X | 1.70 | 93.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 90/1431 | Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1537-4416 | 1.70 | 93.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 91/1431 | International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0169-8141 | 1.69 | 93.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 92/1431 | Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0018-7208 | 1.67 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 93/1431 | Cognition Elsevier BV, ISSN 0010-0277 | 1.63 | 93.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 94/1431 | Frontiers in Psychiatry Frontiers Media, ISSN 1664-0640 | 1.62 | 93.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 95/1431 | Journal of Happiness Studies Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1389-4978 | 1.62 | 93.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 96/1431 | LGBT Health Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., ISSN 2325-8292 | 1.62 | 93.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 97/1431 | Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts American Psychological Association, ISSN 1931-3896 | 1.61 | 93.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 98/1431 | Trends in Neuroscience and Education Elsevier BV, ISSN 2211-9493 | 1.61 | 93.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 99/1431 | Journal of Memory and Language Elsevier BV, ISSN 0749-596X | 1.61 | 93.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 100/1431 | Mindfulness Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1868-8527 | 1.60 | 93.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 2,062 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.