This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Psychology journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychological Bulletin | American Psychological Association | 00332909, 19391455 | 8.496 |
| 2 | Nature Reviews Psychology | Nature Publishing Group | 27310574 | 6.763 |
| 3 | Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15485951, 15485943 | 6.482 |
| 4 | Educational Psychologist | Routledge | 15326985, 00461520 | 6.305 |
| 5 | Personality and Social Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10888683, 15327957 | 6.292 |
| 6 | Leadership Quarterly | Elsevier Inc. | 10489843 | 6.124 |
| 7 | Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 25152459, 25152467 | 6.094 |
| 8 | Psychological Science in the Public Interest | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21600031, 15291006 | 5.539 |
| 9 | Journal of Applied Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19391854, 00219010 | 5.473 |
| 10 | Personnel Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00315826, 17446570 | 5.41 |
| 11 | Journal of Consumer Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 15327663, 10577408 | 5.284 |
| 12 | Clinical Psychology Review | Elsevier Inc. | 18737811, 02727358 | 5.002 |
| 13 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Publishing Group | 23973374 | 4.896 |
| 14 | Human Resource Management Review | Elsevier Ltd | 10534822 | 4.892 |
| 15 | Perspectives on Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17456916, 17456924 | 4.859 |
| 16 | Educational Psychology Review | Springer New York | 1040726X, 1573336X | 4.84 |
| 17 | Psychological Methods | American Psychological Association | 1082989X, 19391463 | 4.769 |
| 18 | Human Resource Management | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 00904848, 1099050X | 4.598 |
| 19 | The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health | Elsevier B.V. | 23524642 | 4.365 |
| 20 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Elsevier Ltd | 1879307X, 13646613 | 4.351 |
| 21 | Journal of Organizational Behavior | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10991379, 08943796 | 3.999 |
| 22 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | American Psychological Association | 00223514, 19391315 | 3.767 |
| 23 | Health Psychology Review | Routledge | 17437202, 17437199 | 3.664 |
| 24 | Psychology and Marketing | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 07426046, 15206793 | 3.642 |
| 25 | International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Routledge | 1750984X, 17509858 | 3.533 |
| 26 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | Elsevier Inc. | 401625 | 3.479 |
| 27 | Current Opinion in Psychology | Elsevier B.V. | 2352250X | 3.432 |
| 28 | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | S. Karger AG | 00333190, 14230348 | 3.391 |
| 29 | Adolescent Research Review | Springer International Publishing AG | 23638354, 23638346 | 3.275 |
| 30 | Psychological Review | American Psychological Association | 19391471, 0033295X | 3.222 |
| 31 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Elsevier Inc. | 08908567, 15275418 | 3.176 |
| 32 | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Academic Press Inc. | 07495978, 10959920 | 3.152 |
| 33 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00219630, 14697610 | 3.115 |
| 34 | Accounting, Organizations and Society | Elsevier Ltd | 3613682 | 3.098 |
| 35 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | 10959084, 00018791 | 3.075 |
| 36 | Computers in Human Behavior | Elsevier Ltd | 7475632 | 3.072 |
| 37 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Elsevier Ltd | 18737528, 01497634 | 3.06 |
| 38 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 14678721, 09637214 | 2.975 |
| 39 | Alcohol Research: Current Reviews | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | 21694796, 21683492 | 2.906 |
| 40 | Trauma, Violence, and Abuse | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15248380, 15528324 | 2.896 |
| 41 | Organizational Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 20413866, 20413874 | 2.838 |
| 42 | Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 15732827, 10964037 | 2.834 |
| 43 | European Review of Social Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10463283, 1479277X | 2.818 |
| 44 | Work and Stress | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02678373, 14645335 | 2.762 |
| 45 | Journal of Educational Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19392176, 00220663 | 2.643 |
| 46 | Educational and Psychological Measurement | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00131644, 15523888 | 2.63 |
| 47 | European Journal of Personality | SAGE Publications Ltd | 08902070, 10990984 | 2.57 |
| 48 | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research | University of Chicago Press | 23781823, 23781815 | 2.566 |
| 49 | Journal of Business and Psychology | Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. | 1573353X, 08893268 | 2.563 |
| 50 | Group and Organization Management | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15523993, 10596011 | 2.543 |
| 51 | Learning and Instruction | Elsevier B.V. | 9594752 | 2.533 |
| 52 | British Journal of Clinical Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 01446657, 20448260 | 2.511 |
| 53 | Journal of Environmental Psychology | Academic Press | 02724944, 15229610 | 2.508 |
| 54 | Research in Organizational Behavior | Emerald Publishing | 1913085 | 2.465 |
| 55 | Behavior Research Methods | Springer Nature | 15543528, 1554351X | 2.382 |
| 56 | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge University Press | 14716356, 02671905 | 2.374 |
| 57 | Developmental Review | Elsevier Inc. | 02732297, 10902406 | 2.367 |
| 58 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | Educational Publishing Foundation | 19391307, 10768998 | 2.356 |
| 59 | Applied Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0269994X, 14640597 | 2.354 |
| 60 | Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 09567976, 14679280 | 2.309 |
| 61 | Social Issues and Policy Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17512409, 17512395 | 2.273 |
| 62 | Clinical Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21677034, 21677026 | 2.264 |
| 63 | Child Development Perspectives | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17508606, 17508592 | 2.214 |
| 64 | European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 10188827, 1435165X | 2.209 |
| 65 | Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | Routledge | 15374424, 15374416 | 2.194 |
| 66 | Neuropsychology Review | Springer New York | 15736660, 10407308 | 2.193 |
| 67 | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge University Press | 14698978, 00332917 | 2.192 |
| 68 | Social Psychological and Personality Science | Sage Periodicals Press | 19485514, 19485506 | 2.179 |
| 69 | Behaviour Research and Therapy | Elsevier Ltd | 00057967, 1873622X | 2.178 |
| 70 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 20448325, 09631798 | 2.156 |
| 71 | Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0037976X, 15405834 | 2.134 |
| 72 | American Psychologist | American Psychological Association | 0003066X, 1935990X | 2.13 |
| 73 | Body Image | Elsevier Ltd | 17401445, 18736807 | 2.11 |
| 74 | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | SAGE Publications Inc. | 01461672, 15527433 | 2.086 |
| 75 | Decision Support Systems | Elsevier B.V. | 1679236 | 2.079 |
| 76 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | American Psychological Association | 0022006X, 19392117 | 2.077 |
| 77 | Journal of Behavioral Addictions | Akademiai Kiado | 20625871, 20635303 | 2.051 |
| 78 | Assessment | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10731911, 15523489 | 2.04 |
| 79 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | Routledge | 1359432X, 14640643 | 2.029 |
| 80 | Multivariate Behavioral Research | Routledge | 00273171, 15327906 | 2.017 |
| 81 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | Annual Reviews Inc. | 23270608 | 16.778 |
| 82 | Annual Review of Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 00664308, 15452085 | 12.936 |
| 83 | Journal of Affective Disorders | Elsevier B.V. | 01650327, 15732517 | 1.996 |
| 84 | Emotion | American Psychological Association | 19311516, 15283542 | 1.961 |
| 85 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19395086, 19395078 | 1.939 |
| 86 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General | American Psychological Association | 00963445, 19392222 | 1.938 |
| 87 | Political Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0162895X, 14679221 | 1.938 |
| 88 | Autism | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617005, 13623613 | 1.935 |
| 89 | Psychometrika | Cambridge University Press | 00333123, 18600980 | 1.928 |
| 90 | Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14678624, 00093920 | 1.924 |
| 91 | Journal of Creativity | Elsevier Ltd | 27133745 | 1.924 |
| 92 | Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment | American Psychological Association | 19492723, 19492715 | 1.924 |
| 93 | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 00221031, 10960465 | 1.896 |
| 94 | International Journal of Consumer Studies | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14706423, 14706431 | 1.894 |
| 95 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Springer New York | 15736601, 00472891 | 1.893 |
| 96 | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | American Sociological Association | 00221465, 21506000 | 1.867 |
| 97 | Contemporary Educational Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 0361476X, 10902384 | 1.86 |
| 98 | Comprehensive Psychiatry | W.B. Saunders | 0010440X, 15328384 | 1.842 |
| 99 | Autism in Adulthood | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 25739581, 2573959X | 1.837 |
| 100 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | Elsevier Ltd | 08876185, 18737897 | 1.818 |
| 101 | npj Mental Health Research | Nature Publishing Group | 27314251 | 1.814 |
| 102 | School Psychology Review | Routledge | 02796015, 2372966X | 1.813 |
| 103 | Journal of Personality | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00223506, 14676494 | 1.804 |
| 104 | Psychoradiology | Oxford University Press | 26344416 | 1.804 |
| 105 | Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice | American Psychological Association | 14682850, 09695893 | 1.773 |
| 106 | Canadian Journal of School Psychology | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21543984, 08295735 | 1.762 |
| 107 | Journal of Positive Psychology | Routledge | 17439760, 17439779 | 1.761 |
| 108 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 03603989, 14682958 | 1.751 |
| 109 | British Journal of Educational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00070998, 20448279 | 1.747 |
| 110 | Journal of Memory and Language | Academic Press Inc. | 10960821, 0749596X | 1.747 |
| 111 | Cognitive Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 10955623, 00100285 | 1.732 |
| 112 | Exceptional Children | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00144029, 21635560 | 1.732 |
| 113 | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge University Press | 09545794, 14692198 | 1.695 |
| 114 | Journal of School Psychology | Elsevier Ltd | 00224405, 18733506 | 1.688 |
| 115 | ELT Journal | Oxford University Press | 14774526, 09510893 | 1.676 |
| 116 | Sleep | Oxford University Press | 01618105, 15509109 | 1.671 |
| 117 | Journal of Consumer Behaviour | Wiley-Blackwell | 14791838, 14720817 | 1.667 |
| 118 | Mathematical Thinking and Learning | Routledge | 15327833, 10986065 | 1.666 |
| 119 | JCPP Advances | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 26929384 | 1.664 |
| 120 | Journal of Family Theory and Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17562589, 17562570 | 1.662 |
| 121 | European Journal of Psychological Assessment | Hogrefe Publishing | 21512426, 10155759 | 1.65 |
| 122 | Developmental Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14677687, 1363755X | 1.643 |
| 123 | Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science | American Psychological Association | 2769755X, 27697541 | 1.632 |
| 124 | Learning and Individual Differences | Elsevier B.V. | 18733425, 10416080 | 1.632 |
| 125 | Affective Science | Springer Nature | 2662205X, 26622041 | 1.625 |
| 126 | Journal of Research in Personality | Academic Press Inc. | 00926566, 10957251 | 1.622 |
| 127 | Cognition | Elsevier B.V. | 18737838, 00100277 | 1.606 |
| 128 | Psychonomic Bulletin and Review | Springer | 10699384, 15315320 | 1.598 |
| 129 | Social and Personality Psychology Compass | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 17519004 | 1.596 |
| 130 | Organizational Dynamics | Elsevier B.V. | 902616 | 1.594 |
| 131 | Reading Research Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell | 340553 | 1.592 |
| 132 | Psychological Inquiry | Routledge | 15327965, 1047840X | 1.586 |
| 133 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | D. Steinkopff-Verlag | 14339285, 09337954 | 1.584 |
| 134 | Behavior Therapy | Elsevier Inc. | 00057894, 18781888 | 1.576 |
| 135 | British Journal of Social Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 01446665, 20448309 | 1.571 |
| 136 | Scientific Studies of Reading | Routledge | 1532799X, 10888438 | 1.568 |
| 137 | Psychotherapy Research | Routledge | 10503307, 14684381 | 1.566 |
| 138 | Addictive Behaviors | Elsevier Ltd | 03064603, 18736327 | 1.547 |
| 139 | European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context | Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid | 19894007, 18891861 | 1.531 |
| 140 | Group Processes and Intergroup Relations | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617188, 13684302 | 1.527 |
| 141 | Journal of the Learning Sciences | Routledge | 10508406, 15327809 | 1.517 |
| 142 | Personnel Review | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 483486 | 1.512 |
| 143 | Review of General Psychology | American Psychological Association | 10892680, 19391552 | 1.509 |
| 144 | Psychological Assessment | American Psychological Association | 1939134X, 10403590 | 1.508 |
| 145 | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | Gerontological Society of America | 10795014, 17585368 | 1.503 |
| 146 | Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1552731X, 00224278 | 1.5 |
| 147 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01650254, 14640651 | 1.495 |
| 148 | Psychosocial Intervention | Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid | 11320559, 21734712 | 1.486 |
| 149 | Schizophrenia | Nature Publishing Group | 2334265X | 1.485 |
| 150 | Media Psychology | Routledge | 1532785X, 15213269 | 1.478 |
| 151 | Aggression and Violent Behavior | Elsevier Ltd | 18736335, 13591789 | 1.477 |
| 152 | Human Development | S. Karger AG | 14230054, 0018716X | 1.469 |
| 153 | Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Oxford University Press | 15324796, 08836612 | 1.464 |
| 154 | British Journal of Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 20448295, 00071269 | 1.462 |
| 155 | Current Addiction Reports | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 21962952 | 1.462 |
| 156 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology | Elsevier B.V. | 16972600 | 1.452 |
| 157 | Human Factors | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00187208, 15478181 | 1.438 |
| 158 | International Journal of Selection and Assessment | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14682389, 0965075X | 1.437 |
| 159 | Computers in Human Behavior Reports | Elsevier B.V. | 24519588 | 1.436 |
| 160 | AERA Open | SAGE Publications Inc. | 23328584 | 1.435 |
| 161 | Journal of Consumer Culture | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14695405, 17412900 | 1.43 |
| 162 | Child Abuse and Neglect | Elsevier Ltd | 01452134, 18737757 | 1.421 |
| 163 | Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice | Wiley-Blackwell | 20448341, 14760835 | 1.415 |
| 164 | Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 21596778, 2159676X | 1.414 |
| 165 | Journal of Career Assessment | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10690727, 15524590 | 1.413 |
| 166 | Collabra: Psychology | University of California Press | 24747394 | 1.409 |
| 167 | Emotion Review | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17540747, 17540739 | 1.401 |
| 168 | Evolution and Human Behavior | Elsevier Inc. | 10905138 | 1.391 |
| 169 | Psychotherapy | American Psychological Association | 19391536, 00333204 | 1.381 |
| 170 | Journal of Counseling Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19392168, 00220167 | 1.38 |
| 171 | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00220221, 15525422 | 1.378 |
| 172 | Sleep Medicine Clinics | W.B. Saunders | 1556407X, 15564088 | 1.376 |
| 173 | Developmental Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19390599, 00121649 | 1.367 |
| 174 | Sleep Health | Elsevier Inc. | 23527218 | 1.363 |
| 175 | School Mental Health | Springer New York | 18662625, 18662633 | 1.357 |
| 176 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | Elsevier B.V. | 14690292 | 1.355 |
| 177 | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy | Taylor and Francis A.S. | 16512316, 16506073 | 1.352 |
| 178 | European Journal of Social Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10990992, 00462772 | 1.352 |
| 179 | Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Springer New York | 27307166, 27307174 | 1.352 |
| 180 | Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15407969, 21692408 | 1.342 |
| 181 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10508392, 15327795 | 1.34 |
| 182 | International Psychogeriatrics | Elsevier Inc. | 1741203X, 10416102 | 1.32 |
| 183 | Qualitative Research in Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14780895, 14780887 | 1.32 |
| 184 | Journal of Economic Psychology | Elsevier B.V. | 1674870 | 1.316 |
| 185 | Mindfulness | Springer Verlag | 18688535, 18688527 | 1.315 |
| 186 | Open Mind | MIT Press | 24702986 | 1.314 |
| 187 | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis | Wiley-Blackwell | 19383703, 00218855 | 1.313 |
| 188 | Learning Environments Research | Springer Netherlands | 15731855, 13871579 | 1.305 |
| 189 | Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10633995, 10990879 | 1.301 |
| 190 | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior | Wiley-Blackwell | 03630234, 1943278X | 1.296 |
| 191 | Journal of Adolescence | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 10959254, 01401971 | 1.294 |
| 192 | Applied Psycholinguistics | Cambridge University Press | 14691817, 01427164 | 1.289 |
| 193 | Applied Psychological Measurement | SAGE Publications Inc. | 01466216, 15523497 | 1.287 |
| 194 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance | American Psychological Association | 00961523, 19391277 | 1.285 |
| 195 | Motivation Science | American Psychological Association | 23338113, 23338121 | 1.283 |
| 196 | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | American Psychological Association | 19431562, 19411022 | 1.283 |
| 197 | Archives of Suicide Research | Routledge | 15436136, 13811118 | 1.277 |
| 198 | Intelligence | Elsevier Ltd | 1602896 | 1.277 |
| 199 | Journal of Career Development | SAGE Publications Inc. | 08948453, 15560856 | 1.277 |
| 200 | Neuroscience of Consciousness | Oxford University Press | 20572107 | 1.277 |
| 201 | Methods, Data, Analyses | GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | 21904936, 18646956 | 1.274 |
| 202 | Journal of Applied Sport Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10413200, 15331571 | 1.272 |
| 203 | Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry | Springer International Publishing AG | 21963061 | 1.271 |
| 204 | Educational Psychology | Routledge | 14695820, 01443410 | 1.269 |
| 205 | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | Elsevier B.V. | 18762018, 18762026 | 1.265 |
| 206 | Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science | Elsevier Inc. | 22121447 | 1.264 |
| 207 | Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being | Wiley-Blackwell | 17580854, 17580846 | 1.261 |
| 208 | SSM - Mental Health | Elsevier Ltd | 26665603 | 1.26 |
| 209 | Social Psychology of Education | Springer Netherlands | 15731928, 13812890 | 1.256 |
| 210 | Journal of Interpersonal Violence | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526518, 08862605 | 1.255 |