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 | 8.696 |
| 2 | Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15485951, 15485943 | 8.021 |
| 3 | Nature Reviews Psychology | Nature Publishing Group | 27310574 | 7.064 |
| 4 | Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 25152459, 25152467 | 6.947 |
| 5 | Journal of Applied Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19391854, 00219010 | 6.803 |
| 6 | Clinical Psychology Review | Elsevier Inc. | 18737811, 02727358 | 6.617 |
| 7 | Qualitative Research in Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14780895, 14780887 | 6.248 |
| 8 | Psychological Science in the Public Interest | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21600031, 15291006 | 5.852 |
| 9 | Educational Psychologist | Routledge | 15326985, 00461520 | 5.794 |
| 10 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Publishing Group | 23973374 | 5.537 |
| 11 | Personality and Social Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10888683, 15327957 | 5.493 |
| 12 | Personnel Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00315826, 17446570 | 5.414 |
| 13 | Leadership Quarterly | Elsevier Inc. | 10489843 | 5.393 |
| 14 | Perspectives on Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17456916, 17456924 | 5.393 |
| 15 | Psychological Methods | American Psychological Association | 1082989X, 19391463 | 4.925 |
| 16 | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | S. Karger AG | 00333190, 14230348 | 4.904 |
| 17 | Health Psychology Review | Routledge | 17437202, 17437199 | 4.838 |
| 18 | Journal of Consumer Psychology | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 15327663, 10577408 | 4.547 |
| 19 | European Review of Social Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10463283, 1479277X | 4.544 |
| 20 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Elsevier Ltd | 1879307X, 13646613 | 4.506 |
| 21 | Educational Psychology Review | Springer New York | 1040726X, 1573336X | 4.384 |
| 22 | The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health | Elsevier B.V. | 23524642 | 4.289 |
| 23 | Human Resource Management Review | Elsevier Ltd | 10534822 | 3.934 |
| 24 | Qualitative Psychology | American Psychological Association | 23263601, 23263598 | 3.904 |
| 25 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | American Psychological Association | 223514 | 3.865 |
| 26 | Journal of Organizational Behavior | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10991379, 08943796 | 3.862 |
| 27 | Human Resource Management | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 00904848, 1099050X | 3.663 |
| 28 | Psychology and Marketing | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 07426046, 15206793 | 3.497 |
| 29 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | Elsevier Inc. | 401625 | 3.472 |
| 30 | Organizational Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 20413866, 20413874 | 3.434 |
| 31 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 14678721, 09637214 | 3.211 |
| 32 | American Psychologist | American Psychological Association | 0003066X, 1935990X | 3.2 |
| 33 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Elsevier Ltd | 18737528, 01497634 | 3.076 |
| 34 | Psychological Review | American Psychological Association | 19391471, 0033295X | 3.064 |
| 35 | Current Opinion in Psychology | Elsevier B.V. | 2352250X | 3.036 |
| 36 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Elsevier Inc. | 08908567, 15275418 | 3.005 |
| 37 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00219630, 14697610 | 2.988 |
| 38 | Applied Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0269994X, 14640597 | 2.958 |
| 39 | Computers in Human Behavior | Elsevier Ltd | 7475632 | 2.923 |
| 40 | Developmental Review | Elsevier Inc. | 02732297, 10902406 | 2.92 |
| 41 | Child Development Perspectives | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17508606, 17508592 | 2.875 |
| 42 | Work and Stress | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02678373, 14645335 | 2.848 |
| 43 | Journal of Educational Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19392176, 00220663 | 2.833 |
| 44 | Autism in Adulthood | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 25739581, 2573959X | 2.832 |
| 45 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | 10959084, 00018791 | 2.793 |
| 46 | Multivariate Behavioral Research | Psychology Press Ltd | 00273171, 15327906 | 2.711 |
| 47 | International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Routledge | 1750984X, 17509858 | 2.614 |
| 48 | Alcohol Research: Current Reviews | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | 21694796, 21683492 | 2.582 |
| 49 | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | American Sociological Association | 00221465, 21506000 | 2.519 |
| 50 | Clinical Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21677034, 21677026 | 2.513 |
| 51 | Reading Research Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell | 340553 | 2.513 |
| 52 | Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 09567976, 14679280 | 2.5 |
| 53 | Social Psychological and Personality Science | Sage Periodicals Press | 19485514, 19485506 | 2.494 |
| 54 | European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 10188827, 1435165X | 2.488 |
| 55 | Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0037976X, 15405834 | 2.47 |
| 56 | Behavior Research Methods | Springer Nature | 15543528, 1554351X | 2.462 |
| 57 | Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 15732827, 10964037 | 2.455 |
| 58 | Adolescent Research Review | Springer International Publishing AG | 23638354, 23638346 | 2.424 |
| 59 | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge University Press | 14698978, 00332917 | 2.424 |
| 60 | European Journal of Personality | SAGE Publications Ltd | 08902070, 10990984 | 2.418 |
| 61 | Research in Organizational Behavior | Emerald Publishing | 1913085 | 2.416 |
| 62 | Social Issues and Policy Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17512409, 17512395 | 2.407 |
| 63 | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Academic Press Inc. | 07495978, 10959920 | 2.383 |
| 64 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | Educational Publishing Foundation | 19391307, 10768998 | 2.38 |
| 65 | Group and Organization Management | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10596011 | 2.373 |
| 66 | Decision Support Systems | Elsevier B.V. | 1679236 | 2.366 |
| 67 | Journal of Business and Psychology | Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. | 1573353X, 08893268 | 2.313 |
| 68 | Journal of Behavioral Addictions | Akademiai Kiado | 20625871, 20635303 | 2.26 |
| 69 | British Journal of Clinical Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 01446657, 20448260 | 2.256 |
| 70 | Learning and Instruction | Elsevier B.V. | 9594752 | 2.236 |
| 71 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | American Psychological Association | 0022006X | 2.231 |
| 72 | International Journal of Consumer Studies | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14706423, 14706431 | 2.22 |
| 73 | Journal of Environmental Psychology | Academic Press | 02724944, 15229610 | 2.208 |
| 74 | Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14678624, 00093920 | 2.195 |
| 75 | Neuropsychology Review | Springer New York | 15736660, 10407308 | 2.191 |
| 76 | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | SAGE Publications Inc. | 01461672, 15527433 | 2.174 |
| 77 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | Elsevier Ltd | 08876185, 18737897 | 2.171 |
| 78 | Assessment | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10731911, 15523489 | 2.158 |
| 79 | Affective Science | Springer Nature | 2662205X, 26622041 | 2.127 |
| 80 | Contemporary Educational Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 0361476X, 10902384 | 2.126 |
| 81 | Journal of Affective Disorders | Elsevier B.V. | 01650327, 15732517 | 2.121 |
| 82 | Exceptional Children | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00144029, 21635560 | 2.118 |
| 83 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General | American Psychological Association | 00963445, 19392222 | 2.076 |
| 84 | Body Image | Elsevier Ltd | 17401445, 18736807 | 2.069 |
| 85 | Journal of Personality | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00223506, 14676494 | 2.069 |
| 86 | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 00221031, 10960465 | 2.065 |
| 87 | Political Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0162895X, 14679221 | 2.047 |
| 88 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Springer New York | 15736601, 00472891 | 2.043 |
| 89 | Autism | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617005, 13623613 | 2.031 |
| 90 | Journal of Positive Psychology | Routledge | 17439760, 17439779 | 2.03 |
| 91 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10508392, 15327795 | 2.03 |
| 92 | Behaviour Research and Therapy | Elsevier Ltd | 00057967, 1873622X | 2.009 |
| 93 | Depression and Anxiety | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 10914269, 15206394 | 2.007 |
| 94 | Annual Review of Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 00664308, 15452085 | 13.786 |
| 95 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | Annual Reviews Inc. | 23270608 | 12.191 |
| 96 | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | Gerontological Society of America | 10795014, 17585368 | 1.995 |
| 97 | Group Processes and Intergroup Relations | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617188, 13684302 | 1.99 |
| 98 | Emotion | American Psychological Association | 19311516, 15283542 | 1.986 |
| 99 | Psychonomic Bulletin and Review | Springer New York | 10699384, 15315320 | 1.972 |
| 100 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 20448325, 09631798 | 1.969 |
| 101 | Educational and Psychological Measurement | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00131644, 15523888 | 1.933 |
| 102 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 1359432X | 1.919 |
| 103 | Psychometrika | Cambridge University Press | 00333123, 18600980 | 1.903 |
| 104 | Journal of School Psychology | Elsevier Ltd | 00224405, 18733506 | 1.891 |
| 105 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | D. Steinkopff-Verlag | 14339285, 09337954 | 1.887 |
| 106 | Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | Routledge | 15374424, 15374416 | 1.877 |
| 107 | Mindfulness | Springer Verlag | 18688535, 18688527 | 1.82 |
| 108 | Journal of Memory and Language | Academic Press Inc. | 10960821, 0749596X | 1.802 |
| 109 | Sleep | Oxford University Press | 01618105, 15509109 | 1.796 |
| 110 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology | Elsevier B.V. | 16972600 | 1.792 |
| 111 | Current Addiction Reports | Springer International Publishing | 21962952 | 1.784 |
| 112 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19395086, 19395078 | 1.76 |
| 113 | Neuroscience of Consciousness | Oxford University Press | 20572107 | 1.75 |
| 114 | Journal of Counseling Psychology | American Psychological Association | 220167 | 1.734 |
| 115 | Developmental Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14677687, 1363755X | 1.73 |
| 116 | Comprehensive Psychiatry | W.B. Saunders | 0010440X, 15328384 | 1.718 |
| 117 | Computers in Human Behavior Reports | Elsevier B.V. | 24519588 | 1.709 |
| 118 | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research | University of Chicago Press | 23781823, 23781815 | 1.691 |
| 119 | Cognition | Elsevier B.V. | 18737838, 00100277 | 1.686 |
| 120 | Research on Language and Social Interaction | Routledge | 08351813, 15327973 | 1.686 |
| 121 | Journal of Applied Behavioral Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526879, 00218863 | 1.684 |
| 122 | Cognition and Instruction | Routledge | 1532690X, 07370008 | 1.669 |
| 123 | Psychological Assessment | American Psychological Association | 1939134X, 10403590 | 1.669 |
| 124 | British Journal of Social Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 01446665, 20448309 | 1.665 |
| 125 | Journal of Applied Sport Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10413200, 15331571 | 1.661 |
| 126 | AERA Open | SAGE Publications Inc. | 23328584 | 1.659 |
| 127 | School Psychology Review | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02796015, 2372966X | 1.654 |
| 128 | Social and Personality Psychology Compass | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 17519004 | 1.652 |
| 129 | Cognitive Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 10955623, 00100285 | 1.651 |
| 130 | Addictive Behaviors | Elsevier Ltd | 03064603, 18736327 | 1.638 |
| 131 | European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context | Sociedad Espanola de Psicologia Juridica y Forense | 19894007, 18891861 | 1.62 |
| 132 | Behavior Therapy | Elsevier Inc. | 00057894, 18781888 | 1.611 |
| 133 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 03603989, 14682958 | 1.602 |
| 134 | Review of General Psychology | American Psychological Association | 10892680, 19391552 | 1.598 |
| 135 | Media Psychology | Routledge | 1532785X, 15213269 | 1.594 |
| 136 | Journal of Language and Social Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526526, 0261927X | 1.593 |
| 137 | Learning and Individual Differences | Elsevier B.V. | 18733425, 10416080 | 1.591 |
| 138 | Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity | American Psychological Association | 23290382, 23290390 | 1.591 |
| 139 | Psychology and Aging | American Psychological Association | 08827974, 19391498 | 1.585 |
| 140 | Journal of Family Theory and Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17562589, 17562570 | 1.58 |
| 141 | Psychotherapy Research | Routledge | 10503307, 14684381 | 1.574 |
| 142 | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge University Press | 09545794, 14692198 | 1.573 |
| 143 | Developmental Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19390599, 00121649 | 1.567 |
| 144 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly | Elsevier Ltd | 8852006 | 1.565 |
| 145 | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis | Wiley-Blackwell | 19383703, 00218855 | 1.557 |
| 146 | British Journal of Educational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00070998, 20448279 | 1.552 |
| 147 | Human Development | S. Karger AG | 14230054, 0018716X | 1.549 |
| 148 | Journal of Consumer Culture | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14695405, 17412900 | 1.54 |
| 149 | Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice | Wiley-Blackwell | 14682850, 09695893 | 1.521 |
| 150 | Journal of Adolescence | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 10959254, 01401971 | 1.506 |
| 151 | Methods in Psychology | Elsevier B.V. | 25902601 | 1.503 |
| 152 | Child Abuse and Neglect | Elsevier Ltd | 01452134, 18737757 | 1.497 |
| 153 | Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10633995, 10990879 | 1.497 |
| 154 | Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Oxford University Press | 15324796, 08836612 | 1.491 |
| 155 | Schizophrenia | Nature Publishing Group | 2334265X | 1.483 |
| 156 | Human Factors | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00187208, 15478181 | 1.479 |
| 157 | Australian Journal of Psychology | Routledge | 00049530, 17429536 | 1.477 |
| 158 | Chronic Stress | SAGE Publications Inc. | 24705470 | 1.472 |
| 159 | Sleep Medicine Clinics | W.B. Saunders | 1556407X, 15564088 | 1.472 |
| 160 | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | Oxford University Press | 17495024, 17495016 | 1.469 |
| 161 | Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology | American Psychological Association | 10999809, 19390106 | 1.467 |
| 162 | Attachment and Human Development | Routledge | 14616734, 14692988 | 1.455 |
| 163 | European Eating Disorders Review | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10990968, 10724133 | 1.454 |
| 164 | Journal of Career Assessment | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10690727, 15524590 | 1.452 |
| 165 | Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1552731X, 00224278 | 1.45 |
| 166 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | Elsevier B.V. | 14690292 | 1.45 |
| 167 | Psychotherapy | American Psychological Association | 19391536, 00333204 | 1.45 |
| 168 | European Journal of Social Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10990992, 00462772 | 1.447 |
| 169 | Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being | Wiley-Blackwell | 17580854, 17580846 | 1.441 |
| 170 | Adversity and Resilience Science | Springer Nature | 26622416, 26622424 | 1.432 |
| 171 | Archives of Suicide Research | Routledge | 15436136, 13811118 | 1.432 |
| 172 | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior | Wiley-Blackwell | 03630234, 1943278X | 1.432 |
| 173 | Psychosocial Intervention | Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid | 11320559, 21734712 | 1.429 |
| 174 | Journal of Interpersonal Violence | SAGE Publications Inc. | 8862605 | 1.426 |
| 175 | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy | Taylor and Francis A.S. | 16512316, 16506073 | 1.42 |
| 176 | Personality and Individual Differences | Elsevier B.V. | 1918869 | 1.419 |
| 177 | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge University Press | 2671905 | 1.417 |
| 178 | British Journal of Health Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 1359107X, 20448287 | 1.415 |
| 179 | Scientific Studies of Reading | Routledge | 1532799X, 10888438 | 1.415 |
| 180 | Stress and Health | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 15323005, 15322998 | 1.412 |
| 181 | Emotion Review | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17540747, 17540739 | 1.407 |
| 182 | European Journal of Psychological Assessment | Hogrefe Publishing | 21512426, 10155759 | 1.407 |
| 183 | Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Springer New York | 27307166, 27307174 | 1.407 |
| 184 | JCPP Advances | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 26929384 | 1.4 |
| 185 | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | American Psychological Association | 19411022 | 1.387 |
| 186 | Motivation Science | American Psychological Association | 23338113, 23338121 | 1.385 |
| 187 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01650254, 14640651 | 1.384 |
| 188 | Journal of Research in Personality | Academic Press Inc. | 00926566, 10957251 | 1.374 |
| 189 | British Journal of Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 20448295, 00071269 | 1.37 |
| 190 | International Psychogeriatrics | Elsevier Inc. | 1741203X, 10416102 | 1.37 |
| 191 | Psychology of Addictive Behaviors | Educational Publishing Foundation | 0893164X | 1.37 |
| 192 | Personnel Review | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 483486 | 1.366 |
| 193 | American Journal of Community Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00910562, 15732770 | 1.365 |
| 194 | Journal of the Learning Sciences | Routledge | 10508406, 15327809 | 1.361 |
| 195 | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion | Routledge | 10508619, 15327582 | 1.36 |
| 196 | Educational Psychology | Routledge | 14695820, 01443410 | 1.355 |
| 197 | Evolution and Human Behavior | Elsevier Inc. | 10905138 | 1.355 |
| 198 | New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 15348687, 15203247 | 1.353 |
| 199 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied | American Psychological Association | 19392192, 1076898X | 1.348 |
| 200 | School Mental Health | Springer New York | 18662625, 18662633 | 1.342 |