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Culture and Psychology

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1461-7056

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.371

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.057

Total Worksi

1,190

Total Citationsi

25,954

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Cultural Studies; Anthropology; Sociology and Political Science; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,190

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1461-7056

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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

552

2019

521

2020

258

2021

322

2022

247

2023

147

2024

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

AnthropologyQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Representations and IdentityCultural Differences and ValuesCommunity Health and DevelopmentLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsAcademic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologySocial and Intergroup PsychologySocial and Cultural DynamicsInnovative Education and Learning Practices

Frequently asked questions about Culture and Psychology

Is Culture and Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Culture and 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 Culture and Psychology?

Culture and 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 1.18.

Is Culture and Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Culture and Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Culture and Psychology?