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Psychological Research

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1893

ISSN1430-2772

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

1.034

H-Index

133

CiteScore

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SNIP

1.275

Total Works

4,013

Total Citations

111,045

2yr Mean Citedness

1.31

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on human cognition, perception, and action. Studies investigate topics such as multitasking, emotional face perception, belief revision in children, learning, event segmentation, spatial coding, visual impairments and spatial reasoning, sex/gender differences in spatial abilities, placebo and nocebo effects on cognition, interpersonal distance and gaze during social interactions, auditory attention in older adults, decision-making in virtual reality, action-effect learning, and the Simon effect. The research employs experimental paradigms and considers factors like age, visual experience, and sensory information.

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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 / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1893

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,013

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1430-2772

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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

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesVisual perception and processing mechanismsAction Observation and SynchronizationMotor Control and AdaptationMultisensory perception and integrationChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentNeuroscience and Music PerceptionCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMemory Processes and InfluencesReading and Literacy Development