Journal profile

Journal of personality and social psychology

Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISSN0022-3514 | 1939-1315 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.89
Citation rate 5.20 2,191 total citations
h5-index 64 h5 depth signal
Cited share 54.0% 235 of 435
Total citations 2,191 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.92 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.1% 24 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 650
Germany 185
Canada 132
United Kingdom 105
Netherlands 63

Citing Fields of Research

Psychiatry & Psychology 2,027
Sociology 317
Neurosciences 310
Economics 184
Communication Studies 184

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 11,993 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 435 235 cited publications
Last 12 months 218 18.2 publications/month
Open access share 10.6% 23 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 650 citing publications
Leading citing field Psychiatry & Psychology 2,027 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 1 November 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v2n4,Oct. 1965-
PubMed
v2n4,Oct. 1965-
OLDMEDLINE
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry & Psychology

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
American Psychological Association

Broad Categories

Psychology Psychiatry & Psychology

MeSH Descriptors

Personality Psychology, Social

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

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Qilin Zhang, Jeremy Jacobson, Benjamin Hardin et al.
Is it usually possible to be virtuous in all ways, or do people experience ubiquitous trade-offs among moral virtues? Past work has examined a limited set of virtue pairs (e.g., honesty vs. compassion, fairness vs. loyalty) and focused o...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Also issued online

Supersedes in part the Journal of abnormal and social psychology.

Vol. 50, no. 1 (FEB 1986)19890816 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper