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Educational Psychologist

Routledge · United States · Est. 1963

ISSN1532-6985

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

6.305

H-Indexi

237

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

6.421

Total Worksi

1,459

Total Citationsi

219,796

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Educational Psychologist publishes articles related to the psychology of learning and instruction. It advances theory, or the methods used to advance theory, regarding the psychology of learning and instruction, potentially from a focus upon psychological mechanisms.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,459

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-6985

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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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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.2k

2019

1.5k

2020

2.8k

2021

1.7k

2022

645

2023

262

2024

117

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchPsychology, Educational

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducational and Psychological AssessmentsEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Educational Psychologist

Is Educational Psychologist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Educational Psychologist: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Educational Psychologist?

Educational Psychologist 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 7.12.

Is Educational Psychologist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Educational Psychologist is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.