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ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA

SCIENCE PRESS · CN

ISSN0439-755X
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.682
H-Indexi
22
SNIPi
0.809

Aims & Scope

The Journal welcomes original research papers and comprehensive research reviews in various fields of psychology, including Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physiological and Medical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Psychological Statistics and Measurement, History of Psychology and Fundamental Theories, etc. General literature reviews will not be accepted for publication, unless they are Invited Submissions or highly authoritative reviews. Reports solely focused on the adaptation and translation of Western scales into Chinese will not be accepted; only papers detailing the original development of concepts and theories along with the construction of measurement scales will be considered.

General Information

Country / RegionCN
Primary LanguageChinese, English
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 133 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications
Publisher OrgScience Press
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review
OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0)
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
SCIENCE PRESS
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0439-755X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
Chinese, 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
126
863
2019
115
1.1k
2020
110
1.2k
2021
142
802
2022
122
629
2023
123
411
2024
154
171
2025
99
4
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.

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCultural Differences and ValuesReading and Literacy DevelopmentBehavioral Health and InterventionsNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismCreativity in Education and NeuroscienceChild and Animal Learning Development

Frequently asked questions about ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA

Is ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA: 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 ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA?

ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA 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.

Is ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA?

The Journal welcomes original research papers and comprehensive research reviews in various fields of psychology, including Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physiological and Medical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Psychological Statistics and Measurement, History of Psychology and Fundamental Theories, etc. General literature reviews will not be accepted for publication, unless they are Invited Submissions or highly authoritative reviews. Reports solely focused on the adaptation and transl

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref