Psychology, Social: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Personality and Social Psychology Review	25
2	Journal of Social Issues	13
3	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes	10
4	Child Abuse & Neglect	8
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	8
-	Personality and Individual Differences	8
-	Journal of Experimental Social Psychology	8
8	Journal of Research in Personality	7
-	Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking	7
-	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	7
11	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	6
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	6
-	Sex Roles	6
-	Social Psychological and Personality Science	6
-	European Journal of Social Psychology	6
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	6
-	Journal of Diversity in Higher Education	6
-	Journal of Personality	6
-	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin	6
-	British Journal of Social Psychology	6
-	European Journal of Personality	6
-	Group Processes & Intergroup Relations	6
-	Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology	6
24	Political Psychology	5
-	Social Psychology Quarterly	5
-	Journal of Personality Assessment	5
-	Motivation and Emotion	5
-	Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology	5
29	Journal of Social Psychology	4
-	Personality and Mental Health	4
-	Social and Personality Psychology Compass	4
-	Emerging Adulthood	4
-	Group Dynamics-Theory Research and Practice	4
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	4
-	Journal of Loss & Trauma	4
-	Psychology of Men & Masculinities	4
-	Self and Identity	4
-	Journal of Applied Social Psychology	4
-	Journal of Nonverbal Behavior	4
-	Journal of Psychosocial Oncology	4
41	Law and Human Behavior	3
-	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy	3
-	Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour	3
-	Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology	3
-	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	3
-	Personal Relationships	3
-	Small Group Research	3
-	Social Justice Research	3
-	Social Psychology	3
-	Deviant Behavior	3

-	Journal of Individual Differences	3
-	Journal of Latinx Psychology	3
53	Social Cognition	2
-	Basic and Applied Social Psychology	2
-	Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology	2
-	Social Behavior and Personality	2
-	Asian Journal of Social Psychology	2
-	International Journal of Social Psychology	2
59	Gedrag & Organisatie	0