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 | Annual Review of Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 00664308, 15452085 | 9.226 |
| 2 | Psychological Bulletin | American Psychological Association | 00332909, 19391455 | 7.635 |
| 3 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | Annual Reviews Inc. | 23270608 | 7.036 |
| 4 | Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15485951, 15485943 | 6.744 |
| 5 | Psychological Science in the Public Interest | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21600031, 15291006 | 6.295 |
| 6 | Journal of Applied Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19391854, 00219010 | 6.13 |
| 7 | Personality and Social Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10888683, 15327957 | 5.709 |
| 8 | Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 25152459, 25152467 | 5.649 |
| 9 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Publishing Group | 23973374 | 5.639 |
| 10 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Elsevier Ltd. | 1879307X, 13646613 | 5.615 |
| 11 | Perspectives on Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17456916, 17456924 | 5.529 |
| 12 | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | S. Karger AG | 00333190, 14230348 | 4.738 |
| 13 | Clinical Psychology Review | Elsevier Inc. | 18737811, 02727358 | 4.541 |
| 14 | Leadership Quarterly | Elsevier Inc. | 10489843 | 4.331 |
| 15 | Psychological Methods | American Psychological Association | 1082989X, 19391463 | 4.247 |
| 16 | Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, The | Elsevier BV | 23524642 | 4.179 |
| 17 | Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 21596778, 2159676X | 4.045 |
| 18 | Journal of Organizational Behavior | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10991379, 08943796 | 3.804 |
| 19 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | American Psychological Association | 223514 | 3.799 |
| 20 | Personnel Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00315826, 17446570 | 3.749 |
| 21 | Educational Psychologist | Routledge | 15326985, 00461520 | 3.668 |
| 22 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Elsevier Ltd. | 08908567, 15275418 | 3.663 |
| 23 | Educational Psychology Review | Springer New York | 1040726X, 1573336X | 3.566 |
| 24 | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Academic Press Inc. | 07495978, 10959920 | 3.408 |
| 25 | American Psychologist | American Psychological Association | 0003066X, 1935990X | 3.363 |
| 26 | Contemporary Educational Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 0361476X, 10902384 | 3.187 |
| 27 | Human Resource Management Review | Elsevier Ltd. | 10534822 | 3.106 |
| 28 | Health Psychology Review | Routledge | 17437202, 17437199 | 3.101 |
| 29 | Autism in Adulthood | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 25739581, 2573959X | 3.057 |
| 30 | Current Directions in Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 14678721, 09637214 | 3.028 |
| 31 | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00219630, 14697610 | 3.025 |
| 32 | Journal of Consumer Psychology | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 15327663, 10577408 | 2.978 |
| 33 | Organizational Psychology Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 20413866, 20413874 | 2.97 |
| 34 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | 10959084, 00018791 | 2.926 |
| 35 | European Journal of Personality | SAGE Publications Ltd | 08902070, 10990984 | 2.868 |
| 36 | Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 09567976, 14679280 | 2.854 |
| 37 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | Elsevier Ltd. | 08876185, 18737897 | 2.85 |
| 38 | Child Development Perspectives | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17508606, 17508592 | 2.844 |
| 39 | European Review of Social Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10463283, 1479277X | 2.806 |
| 40 | Psychological Review | American Psychological Association | 19391471, 0033295X | 2.801 |
| 41 | Behavior Research Methods | Springer Nature | 15543528, 1554351X | 2.753 |
| 42 | Developmental Review | Mosby Inc. | 02732297, 10902406 | 2.649 |
| 43 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | Elsevier Inc. | 401625 | 2.644 |
| 44 | Qualitative Research in Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14780895, 14780887 | 2.631 |
| 45 | Alcohol research : current reviews | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | 21694796, 21683492 | 2.617 |
| 46 | Political Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0162895X, 14679221 | 2.61 |
| 47 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Elsevier Ltd. | 18737528, 01497634 | 2.599 |
| 48 | Depression and Anxiety | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10914269, 15206394 | 2.572 |
| 49 | Work and Stress | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02678373, 14645335 | 2.52 |
| 50 | Journal of Business and Psychology | Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. | 1573353X, 08893268 | 2.517 |
| 51 | Journal of Educational Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19392176, 00220663 | 2.511 |
| 52 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | Educational Publishing Foundation | 19391307, 10768998 | 2.478 |
| 53 | Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 15732827, 10964037 | 2.466 |
| 54 | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge University Press | 14698978, 00332917 | 2.465 |
| 55 | Computers in Human Behavior | Elsevier Ltd. | 7475632 | 2.464 |
| 56 | Trauma, Violence, and Abuse | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15248380, 15528324 | 2.422 |
| 57 | Accounting, Organizations and Society | Elsevier Ltd. | 3613682 | 2.411 |
| 58 | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | American Sociological Association | 00221465, 21506000 | 2.409 |
| 59 | Social Psychological and Personality Science | Sage Periodicals Press | 19485514, 19485506 | 2.404 |
| 60 | Learning and Instruction | Elsevier BV | 9594752 | 2.398 |
| 61 | British Journal of Health Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 1359107X, 20448287 | 2.371 |
| 62 | Human Resource Management | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 00904848, 1099050X | 2.338 |
| 63 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology | Elsevier BV | 16972600 | 2.324 |
| 64 | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | Gerontological Society of America | 10795014, 17585368 | 2.311 |
| 65 | Applied Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0269994X, 14640597 | 2.279 |
| 66 | Journal of the Learning Sciences | Routledge | 10508406, 15327809 | 2.267 |
| 67 | Social Issues and Policy Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17512409, 17512395 | 2.245 |
| 68 | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | SAGE Publications Inc. | 01461672, 15527433 | 2.238 |
| 69 | Journal of Personality | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00223506, 14676494 | 2.192 |
| 70 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | American Psychological Association | 0022006X | 2.188 |
| 71 | Journal of School Psychology | Elsevier BV | 00224405, 18733506 | 2.16 |
| 72 | Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14678624, 00093920 | 2.135 |
| 73 | Current Opinion in Psychology | Elsevier Ltd. | 2352250X | 2.13 |
| 74 | Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 25781863 | 2.126 |
| 75 | British Journal of Social Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 01446665, 20448309 | 2.117 |
| 76 | Clinical Psychological Science | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21677034, 21677026 | 2.115 |
| 77 | Emotion Review | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17540747, 17540739 | 2.113 |
| 78 | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy | American Psychological Association | 1942969X, 19429681 | 2.109 |
| 79 | Journal of Memory and Language | Academic Press Inc. | 10960821, 0749596X | 2.104 |
| 80 | Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0037976X, 15405834 | 2.104 |
| 81 | Psychology and Marketing | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 07426046, 15206793 | 2.083 |
| 82 | Decision Support Systems | Elsevier | 1679236 | 2.076 |
| 83 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 20448325, 09631798 | 2.062 |
| 84 | Reading Research Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell | 340553 | 2.058 |
| 85 | Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being | Wiley-Blackwell | 17580854, 17580846 | 2.053 |
| 86 | Journal of Environmental Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 02724944, 15229610 | 2.045 |
| 87 | Journal of Abnormal Psychology | American Psychological Association | 1939843X, 0021843X | 2.031 |
| 88 | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Springer New York | 15736601, 00472891 | 2.03 |
| 89 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General | American Psychological Association | 00963445, 19392222 | 2.023 |
| 90 | Neuropsychology Review | Springer New York | 15736660, 10407308 | 2.019 |
| 91 | Research on Language and Social Interaction | Routledge | 08351813, 15327973 | 2.013 |
| 92 | Journal of Affective Disorders | Elsevier | 01650327, 15732517 | 1.988 |
| 93 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 1359432X | 1.966 |
| 94 | Developmental Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14677687, 1363755X | 1.962 |
| 95 | Open Mind | MIT Press Journals | 24702986 | 1.95 |
| 96 | Educational and Psychological Measurement | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00131644, 15523888 | 1.949 |
| 97 | Journal of Behavioral Addictions | Akademiai Kiado | 20625871, 20635303 | 1.918 |
| 98 | European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context | Sociedad Espanola de Psicologia Juridica y Forense | 19894007, 18891861 | 1.91 |
| 99 | Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications | 27724204 | 1.9 |
| 100 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 03603989, 14682958 | 1.88 |
| 101 | Comprehensive Psychiatry | W.B. Saunders Ltd | 0010440X, 15328384 | 1.869 |
| 102 | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy | Taylor and Francis AS | 16512316, 16506073 | 1.859 |
| 103 | Review of General Psychology | American Psychological Association | 10892680, 19391552 | 1.829 |
| 104 | Applied Developmental Science | Psychology Press Ltd | 1532480X, 10888691 | 1.818 |
| 105 | Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | Routledge | 15374424, 15374416 | 1.811 |
| 106 | European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | D. Steinkopff-Verlag | 10188827, 1435165X | 1.799 |
| 107 | Evolution and Human Behavior | Elsevier Inc. | 10905138 | 1.795 |
| 108 | Behaviour Research and Therapy | Elsevier Ltd. | 00057967, 1873622X | 1.787 |
| 109 | Group and Organization Management | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10596011 | 1.784 |
| 110 | Psychonomic Bulletin and Review | Springer New York | 10699384, 15315320 | 1.783 |
| 111 | Autism | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617005, 13623613 | 1.767 |
| 112 | Psychological Assessment | American Psychological Association | 1939134X, 10403590 | 1.757 |
| 113 | International Journal of Consumer Studies | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14706423, 14706431 | 1.753 |
| 114 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | D. Steinkopff-Verlag | 14339285, 09337954 | 1.75 |
| 115 | Cognition and Instruction | Routledge | 1532690X, 07370008 | 1.731 |
| 116 | Developmental Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19390599, 00121649 | 1.731 |
| 117 | Child Abuse and Neglect | Elsevier Ltd. | 1452134 | 1.721 |
| 118 | International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Routledge | 1750984X, 17509858 | 1.711 |
| 119 | Journal of Positive Psychology | Routledge | 17439760, 17439779 | 1.701 |
| 120 | Cognition | Elsevier | 18737838, 00100277 | 1.691 |
| 121 | Emotion | American Psychological Association | 19311516, 15283542 | 1.67 |
| 122 | Social and Personality Psychology Compass | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 17519004 | 1.646 |
| 123 | Journal of Black Psychology, The | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15524558, 00957984 | 1.644 |
| 124 | British Journal of Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 20448295, 00071269 | 1.633 |
| 125 | Group Processes and Intergroup Relations | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617188, 13684302 | 1.631 |
| 126 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly | Elsevier Ltd. | 8852006 | 1.63 |
| 127 | Scientific Studies of Reading | Routledge | 1532799X, 10888438 | 1.619 |
| 128 | Journal of Professional Capital and Community | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 20569548, 20569556 | 1.618 |
| 129 | Schizophrenia | Nature Publishing Group | 2334265X | 1.61 |
| 130 | Journal of Family Theory and Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17562589, 17562570 | 1.608 |
| 131 | Multivariate Behavioral Research | Psychology Press Ltd | 00273171, 15327906 | 1.606 |
| 132 | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | Oxford University Press | 17495024, 17495016 | 1.602 |
| 133 | Journal of Economic Psychology | Elsevier | 1674870 | 1.601 |
| 134 | Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice | Wiley-Blackwell | 14682850, 09695893 | 1.599 |
| 135 | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 00221031, 10960465 | 1.596 |
| 136 | Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1552731X, 00224278 | 1.583 |
| 137 | Journal of Criminal Justice | Elsevier BV | 472352 | 1.573 |
| 138 | Assessment | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10731911, 15523489 | 1.57 |
| 139 | Journal of Traumatic Stress | Wiley-Blackwell | 15736598, 08949867 | 1.564 |
| 140 | Cognitive Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 10955623, 00100285 | 1.56 |
| 141 | Media Psychology | Routledge | 1532785X, 15213269 | 1.545 |
| 142 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19395086, 19395078 | 1.523 |
| 143 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10508392, 15327795 | 1.518 |
| 144 | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | Elsevier Inc. | 18736483, 07405472 | 1.502 |
| 145 | Adolescent Research Review | Springer International Publishing AG | 23638354, 23638346 | 1.491 |
| 146 | British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00071102, 20448317 | 1.49 |
| 147 | European Journal of Social Psychology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10990992, 00462772 | 1.481 |
| 148 | Clinical Neuropsychologist | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 13854046, 17444144 | 1.477 |
| 149 | Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Springer New York | 27307166, 27307174 | 1.468 |
| 150 | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 21522715, 21522723 | 1.466 |
| 151 | Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science | Elsevier BV | 22121447 | 1.465 |
| 152 | Canadian Psychology | Canadian Psychological Association | 7085591 | 1.464 |
| 153 | Personality and Individual Differences | Elsevier BV | 1918869 | 1.463 |
| 154 | Body Image | Elsevier BV | 17401445, 18736807 | 1.459 |
| 155 | Psychosocial Intervention | Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid | 11320559, 21734712 | 1.437 |
| 156 | Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Springer New York | 15324796, 08836612 | 1.424 |
| 157 | Psychology of Women Quarterly | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14716402, 03616843 | 1.417 |
| 158 | Public Understanding of Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 09636625, 13616609 | 1.408 |
| 159 | Health Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19307810, 02786133 | 1.402 |
| 160 | Family Process | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 15455300, 00147370 | 1.401 |
| 161 | Journal of Cognition | Ubiquity Press | 25144820 | 1.401 |
| 162 | British Journal of Educational Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00070998, 20448279 | 1.399 |
| 163 | Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts | American Psychological Association | 1931390X, 19313896 | 1.397 |
| 164 | Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20516673 | 1.394 |
| 165 | AIDS and Behavior | Springer New York | 10907165, 15733254 | 1.392 |
| 166 | Journal of Counseling Psychology | American Psychological Association | 220167 | 1.373 |
| 167 | Learning and Individual Differences | Elsevier BV | 18733425, 10416080 | 1.367 |
| 168 | Aggression and Violent Behavior | Elsevier Ltd. | 13591789 | 1.36 |
| 169 | Journal of Research in Personality | Academic Press Inc. | 00926566, 10957251 | 1.356 |
| 170 | Behavior Therapy | Elsevier Inc. | 00057894, 18781888 | 1.352 |
| 171 | Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour | Elsevier Ltd. | 13698478 | 1.352 |
| 172 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | Elsevier BV | 14690292 | 1.351 |
| 173 | Psychology and Aging | American Psychological Association | 08827974, 19391498 | 1.348 |
| 174 | Psychophysiology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 15405958, 00485772, 14698986 | 1.345 |
| 175 | Anxiety, Stress and Coping | Brunner - Routledge (US) | 10615806, 14772205 | 1.336 |
| 176 | International Journal of Stress Management | American Psychological Association | 10725245, 15733424 | 1.336 |
| 177 | Behavioral Medicine | Routledge | 19404026, 08964289 | 1.331 |
| 178 | Addictive Behaviors | Elsevier Ltd. | 3064603 | 1.328 |
| 179 | AERA Open | SAGE Publications Inc. | 23328584 | 1.327 |
| 180 | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | Elsevier | 18762018, 18762026 | 1.326 |
| 181 | American Journal of Community Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00910562, 15732770 | 1.32 |
| 182 | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge University Press | 09545794, 14692198 | 1.315 |
| 183 | Sex Roles | Springer New York | 03600025, 15732762 | 1.314 |
| 184 | Psychometrika | Springer New York | 00333123, 18600980 | 1.308 |
| 185 | Exceptional Children | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00144029, 21635560 | 1.306 |
| 186 | Journal of Managerial Psychology | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 2683946 | 1.306 |
| 187 | Cortex | Masson SpA | 19738102, 00109452 | 1.303 |
| 188 | Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15412040 | 1.3 |
| 189 | Journal of Fluency Disorders | Elsevier Inc. | 0094730X, 1873801X | 1.296 |
| 190 | Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology | American Psychological Association | 10999809, 19390106 | 1.293 |
| 191 | Journal of Adolescence | John Wiley and Sons Inc. | 10959254, 01401971 | 1.293 |
| 192 | Current Addiction Reports | Springer Nature Switzerland AG | 21962952 | 1.29 |
| 193 | Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice | Wiley-Blackwell | 20448341, 14760835 | 1.283 |
| 194 | Consumption Markets and Culture | Routledge | 10253866, 1477223X | 1.281 |
| 195 | Journal of Personality Assessment | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 15327752, 00223891 | 1.271 |
| 196 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01650254, 14640651 | 1.268 |
| 197 | Mental Health and Physical Activity | Elsevier BV | 18780199, 17552966 | 1.266 |
| 198 | European Journal of Psychology of Education | Springer Netherlands | 18785174, 02562928 | 1.264 |
| 199 | Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences | SAGE Publications Ltd | 23727330, 23727322 | 1.263 |
| 200 | Attachment and Human Development | Routledge | 14616734, 14692988 | 1.26 |