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Perceptual and Motor Skills

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN0031-5125eISSN1558-688X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.587

H-Indexi

139

SNIPi

0.843

Total Worksi

28,995

Total Citationsi

313,099

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Experimental; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Sensory Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 132 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications28,995

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0031-5125 / 1558-688X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.6k

2019

1.3k

2020

119

1.5k

2021

121

1.1k

2022

126

895

2023

120

645

2024

149

190

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Sensory SystemsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySensory Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Visual perception and processing mechanismsSports Performance and TrainingMotor Control and AdaptationChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentSport Psychology and Performance

Frequently asked questions about Perceptual and Motor Skills

Is Perceptual and Motor Skills a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Perceptual and Motor Skills: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Perceptual and Motor Skills?

Perceptual and Motor Skills is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.96.

Is Perceptual and Motor Skills indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Perceptual and Motor Skills is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Perceptual and Motor Skills?