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Contemporary Educational Psychology

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1090-2384

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.86

H-Indexi

186

SNIPi

2.042

Total Worksi

2,345

Total Citationsi

180,144

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Educational; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,345

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-2384

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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

7.1k

2019

13k

2020

2.5k

2021

1.6k

2022

1.1k

2023

430

2024

286

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.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Educational

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education, Achievement, and GiftednessInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsReading and Literacy DevelopmentDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationVisual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Educational Psychology

Is Contemporary Educational Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Educational Psychology: 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 Contemporary Educational Psychology?

Contemporary Educational Psychology 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 3.22.

Is Contemporary Educational Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Educational Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contemporary Educational Psychology?