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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	78
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
3	Emotion	30
4	Cognition	29
5	Cortex	27
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	27
7	Acta Psychologica	26
8	Biological Psychology	24
-	Psychophysiology	24
10	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	23
-	Neuropsychologia	23
12	International Journal of Psychophysiology	22
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	22
14	Cognitive Systems Research	21
15	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	20
-	Developmental Science	20
17	Cognitive Science	19
-	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	19
19	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	18
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	18
-	Cognition & Emotion	18
22	Multivariate Behavioral Research	16
-	Topics in Cognitive Science	16
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	16
-	Brain and Language	16
-	Journal of Memory and Language	16
-	Consciousness and Cognition	16
28	Perceptual and Motor Skills	15
-	Learning and Motivation	15
-	Memory	15
-	Human Movement Science	15
-	Memory & Cognition	15
33	New Ideas in Psychology	14
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	14
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	14
-	Cognitive Development	14
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	14
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	14
-	Brain and Cognition	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	14
41	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	13
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	13
-	Psychology of Music	13
-	Cognitive Psychology	13
-	Motivation and Emotion	13
46	Cognition and Instruction	12
-	Journal of Child Language	12
-	Mind & Language	12
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	12
-	i-Perception	12

-	Journal of Cognition and Development	12
52	Perception	11
-	Journal of Neuropsychology	11
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	11
55	Discourse Processes	10
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	10
-	Language Learning and Development	10
-	Musicae Scientiae	10
-	Thinking & Reasoning	10
60	Music Perception	9
-	Visual Cognition	9
-	Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology-Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Experimentale	9
-	Cognitive Processing	9
-	Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition	9
-	Journal of Cognitive Psychology	9
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
67	Adaptive Behavior	8
-	Experimental Psychology	8
-	Language and Cognition	8
-	British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology	8
-	Evolutionary Psychology	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
73	Spatial Cognition and Computation	7
-	Cognitive Neuropsychology	7
-	Language and Speech	7
76	Ecological Psychology	6
-	Laterality	6