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Personality and Individual Differences

Elsevier B.V. · United Kingdom

ISSN0191-8869eISSN1873-3549

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.419

H-Index

309

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.34

Total Works

17,028

Total Citations

814,554

2yr Mean Citedness

1.82

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on personality traits and their influence on individual and group behaviors, including perceptions of disadvantage, responses to high-stakes testing, fan behavior, and attitudes toward psychological help.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySixteen No. A Year, 2001-

StatusActive

Total Publications17,028

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0191-8869 / 1873-3549

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Social

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Personality Traits and PsychologyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior