Journal profile

Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc

Publisher: Sage Publications
ISSN1088-8683 | 1532-7957 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.35
Citation rate 19.24 575 total citations
h5-index 37 h5 depth signal
Cited share 97.0% 32 of 33
Total citations 575 Citation footprint
Metric signal 12.74 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.5% 3 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 93
Canada 30
United Kingdom 24
Germany 21
Australia 16

Citing Fields of Research

Psychiatry & Psychology 146
Sociology 62
Psychiatry 18
Neurosciences 18
Philosophy 12

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 613 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 33 32 cited publications
Last 12 months 16 2.3 publications/month
Open access share 56.3% 9 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 93 citing publications
Leading citing field Psychiatry & Psychology 146 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 3 July 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v7n1,2003-
PubMed
v7n1,2003-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry & Psychology Sociology

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Broad Categories

Psychology Social Sciences Psychiatry & Psychology

MeSH Descriptors

Personality Psychology, Social

Latest Publications

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

03
Lea L. Lorenz, Lorena Hüther, Melanie C. Steffens et al.
Threatening a man’s masculinity may lead to severe negative consequences at individual (e.g., anxiety) and societal levels (e.g., discrimination). Existing research is extensive and requires synthesis. In a comprehensive, systematic lite...
06
Nele Freyer, Christian Unkelbach, Anne Wiedenroth et al.
Academic Valence asymmetries —the tendency for bad stimuli to elicit more processing effort than good ones—have been widely observed but remain theoretically contested. To advance this debate, we present a formalized account integrating ...
07
Jacob B. Hirsh
Academic Active inference is an integrative theoretical framework that models the nervous system as a statistical engine for predicting and regulating sensory input. Within this framework, perception and behavior work toward the same imp...
10
Diana E. Peragine, Emily A. Impett, Doug P. VanderLaan
Academic Gender differences in sexuality are often attributed to evolved biological differences organized before adolescence or experiential ones learned afterward—neglecting learning that endures because it is evolutionarily expected, a...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Also issued online.