Journal profile

Psychological science

Publisher: Sage
ISSN0956-7976 | 1467-9280 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.12
Citation rate 5.94 1,051 total citations
h5-index 52 h5 depth signal
Cited share 87.3% 165 of 189
Total citations 1,051 Citation footprint
Metric signal 6.06 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.9% 9 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 863
United Kingdom 201
Canada 138
Germany 126
Australia 91

Citing Fields of Research

Psychiatry & Psychology 889
Neurosciences 625
Sociology 165
Economics 139
Linguistics & Language Studies 120

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 5,623 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 189 165 cited publications
Last 12 months 57 4.8 publications/month
Open access share 57.9% 33 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 863 citing publications
Leading citing field Psychiatry & Psychology 889 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 14 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v11n1, Jan. 2000-
PubMed
v11n1, Jan. 2000-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry & Psychology Neurosciences Sociology Communication Studies

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
American Psychological Society
Contributor
Association for Psychological Science

Broad Categories

Psychology Neurosciences Psychiatry & Psychology

MeSH Descriptors

Psychology

Latest Publications

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

01
Jacob Sellers, Han Zhang, John Jonides et al.
A long-standing debate in the study of cognitive aging centers around the issue of whether aging results in a selective deficit in inhibitory control beyond general slowing of cognitive processing. Previous studies have obtained mixed fi...
02
Trent M. Davis, Yifei E. Chen, Wilma A. Bainbridge
Can artists deliberately design artworks to be remembered—or forgotten? Across three experiments, we tested whether visual-memory outcomes can be shaped through artistic design and how they are predicted by artists, laypeople, and artifi...
04
J. Kathy Xie, Avshalom Caspi, Kathleen Mullan Harris et al.
We quantified the association between rate of child development and pace of midlife aging in the Dunedin Study and the Add Health Study. Physical development was quantified in Dunedin participants ( N = 1,037; age 45) using a composite c...
10
Zhang Chen, Senne Braem
Reward- and punishment-associated (i.e., Pavlovian) cues can trigger specific responses that interfere with learning appropriate actions. Prior work has shown that reward impedes the learning of “no-go” responses, and punishment impedes ...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Place of publication varies.

Also issued online.