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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	78
2	Nature Human Behaviour	69
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	57
4	Acta Psychologica	34
5	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	31
-	Emotion	31
7	Cortex	30
8	Cognition	27
9	Psychophysiology	26
10	Biological Psychology	24
-	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	24
12	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	23
13	Learning and Motivation	22
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	22
-	Developmental Science	22
-	Neuropsychologia	22
17	Cognitive Systems Research	21
-	npj Science of Learning	21
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
20	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	20
-	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	20
22	Consciousness and Cognition	19
-	Cognitive Science	19
24	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	18
26	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	17
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	17
-	Brain and Language	17
-	Perceptual and Motor Skills	17
-	Topics in Cognitive Science	17
-	Cognition & Emotion	17
32	New Ideas in Psychology	16
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	16
-	Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications	16
-	Human Movement Science	16
-	Motivation and Emotion	16
37	Memory & Cognition	15
-	Multivariate Behavioral Research	15
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	15
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	15
-	Journal of Memory and Language	15
42	Cognitive Development	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	14
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	14
-	Cognitive Psychology	14
-	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	14
48	Memory	13
-	Journal of Cognition and Development	13
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	13

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