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Journal of Personnel Psychology

Hogrefe Publishing · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1866-5888eISSN2190-5150

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.848

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.053

Total Worksi

396

Total Citationsi

10,132

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Applied; Applied Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications396

Publisher OrgHogrefe Verlag

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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?

Hogrefe Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1866-5888 / 2190-5150

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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

348

2019

283

2020

367

2021

134

2022

160

2023

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.

Applied PsychologyQ2

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorSocial and Intergroup PsychologyGender Diversity and InequalityEmployer Branding and e-HRMPersonality Traits and PsychologyWork-Family Balance ChallengesTeam Dynamics and PerformanceEmotional Intelligence and PerformanceWorkaholism, burnout, and well-beingBehavioral Health and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Personnel Psychology

Is Journal of Personnel Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Personnel 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 Journal of Personnel Psychology?

Journal of Personnel 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 0.37.

Is Journal of Personnel Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Personnel Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Personnel Psychology?