New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Psychology, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior ca. 31.1
2 Leadership Quarterly ca. 9.7
3 Psychology & Marketing ca. 9.1
4 Human Resource Management ca. 9
- Journal of Management ca. 9
6 Organizational Research Methods ca. 7.6
7 Journal of Organizational Behavior ca. 6.8
8 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology ca. 6.7
9 Personnel Psychology ca. 6.4
10 Journal of Applied Psychology ca. 6.1
- Journal of Consumer Psychology ca. 6.1
12 Work and Stress ca. 6
13 Journal of Vocational Behavior ca. 5.2
14 Journal of Business and Psychology ca. 4.9
15 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour ca. 4.4
16 Industrial and Organizational Psychology-Perspectives on Science and Practice ca. 4.3
17 Personnel Review ca. 4.2
18 Career Development International ca. 4.1
- European Journal of Psychological Assessment ca. 4.1
20 Journal of Occupational Health Psychology ca. 3.9
21 Journal of Counseling Psychology ca. 3.8
- Human Resource Development Quarterly ca. 3.8
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ca. 3.8
24 Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being ca. 3.6
25 Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology ca. 3.5
- German Journal of Human Resource Management-Zeitschrift fuer Personalforschung ca. 3.5
27 Applied Ergonomics ca. 3.4
- European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology ca. 3.4
29 Psychology of Sport and Exercise ca. 3.3
- Group & Organization Management ca. 3.3
- Human Factors ca. 3.3
32 Journal of Applied Sport Psychology ca. 3.2
- Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health ca. 3.2
34 Journal of Career Assessment ca. 2.8
- Counseling Psychologist ca. 2.8
36 Journal of Managerial Psychology ca. 2.7
- Stress and Health ca. 2.7
38 Media Psychology ca. 2.6
- Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology ca. 2.6
40 International Journal of Stress Management ca. 2.5
- Organizational Dynamics ca. 2.5
- Journal of Counseling and Development ca. 2.5
43 Journal of Applied Behavioral Science ca. 2.4
- Ergonomics ca. 2.4
- International Journal of Selection and Assessment ca. 2.4
- Journal of Career Development ca. 2.4
47 International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ca. 2.3
- Work Aging and Retirement ca. 2.3
- Career Development Quarterly ca. 2.3
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence ca. 2.3
- Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology ca. 2.3
52 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development ca. 2.2
53 Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied ca. 2.1
- International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ca. 2.1
- Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology-Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones ca. 2.1
56 Small Group Research ca. 1.9
57 Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport ca. 1.6
- Journal of Educational Measurement ca. 1.6
- Psychology of Music ca. 1.6
60 Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology ca. 1.4
- European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne de Psychologie Appliquee ca. 1.4
- Journal of Behavioral Decision Making ca. 1.4
- Journal of Personnel Psychology ca. 1.4
64 Behavioral Sciences & the Law ca. 1.3
- Zeitschrift fuer Arbeits-Und Organisationspsychologie ca. 1.3
66 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ca. 1.2
- Sport Psychologist ca. 1.2
68 British Journal of Guidance & Counselling ca. 1.1
69 Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling ca. 1
- Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development ca. 1
71 Journal of Employment Counseling ca. 0.8
72 Negotiation and Conflict Management Research ca. 0.6
73 Gedrag & Organisatie ca. 0.5
74 Zeitschrift fuer Sportpsychologie ca. 0.4
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