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Current Directions in Psychological Science

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN1467-8721

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.975

H-Indexi

281

SNIPi

3.164

Total Worksi

2,219

Total Citationsi

318,504

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,219

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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-8721

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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

6.9k

2019

5.4k

2020

4.3k

2021

2.8k

2022

1.3k

2023

606

2024

251

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

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Developmental and Educational Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesBehavioral Health and InterventionsMemory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural MechanismsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentMental Health Research Topics

Frequently asked questions about Current Directions in Psychological Science

Is Current Directions in Psychological Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Directions in Psychological Science: 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 Current Directions in Psychological Science?

Current Directions in Psychological Science 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 4.69.

Is Current Directions in Psychological Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Directions in Psychological Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Directions in Psychological Science?