Psychology, Experimental: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	78
2	Nature Human Behaviour	67
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	56
4	Acta Psychologica	32
5	Emotion	30
6	Cortex	29
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	29
8	Cognition	26
-	Biological Psychology	26
10	Psychophysiology	25
11	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	24
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	24
13	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	23
14	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	21
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
-	Developmental Science	21
17	Neuropsychologia	20
-	Learning and Motivation	20
-	Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications	20
-	Cognitive Systems Research	20
21	npj Science of Learning	19
-	Cognitive Science	19
-	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	19
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	19
25	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	18
-	Consciousness and Cognition	18
27	Topics in Cognitive Science	17
28	Perceptual and Motor Skills	16
-	Cognition & Emotion	16
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	16
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	16
-	Brain and Language	16
-	Human Movement Science	16
34	Journal of Memory and Language	15
-	Memory & Cognition	15
-	Motivation and Emotion	15
-	Multivariate Behavioral Research	15
-	New Ideas in Psychology	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	15
-	Cognitive Development	15
41	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	14
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	14
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	14
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	14
46	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	13
-	Cognitive Psychology	13
-	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition	13
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	13
-	Memory	13

51	Journal of Cognition and Development	12
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	12
-	Psychology of Music	12
-	Cognition and Instruction	12
55	i-Perception	11
56	Language and Cognition	10
-	Brain and Cognition	10
-	Discourse Processes	10
-	Mind & Language	10
-	Musicae Scientiae	10
-	Perception	10
62	Journal of Cognitive Psychology	9
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	9
-	Music Perception	9
-	Visual Cognition	9
-	Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition	9
-	British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology	9
-	Journal of Child Language	9
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
-	Journal of Neuropsychology	9
-	Multisensory Research	9
-	Thinking & Reasoning	9
-	Adaptive Behavior	9
-	Cognitive Processing	9
75	Learning & Behavior	8
-	Developmental Neuropsychology	8
77	Laterality	7
-	Experimental Psychology	7
-	Language and Speech	7
-	Language Learning and Development	7
-	Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology-Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Experimentale	7
-	Evolutionary Psychology	7
83	Spatial Cognition and Computation	6
-	Cognitive Neuropsychology	6
85	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	5
-	Ecological Psychology	5