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Learning and Individual Differences

Elsevier B.V. · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1873-3425

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.

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📊 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

1.632

H-Indexi

150

SNIPi

1.894

Total Worksi

2,842

Total Citationsi

130,750

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Educational; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 147 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,842

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-3425

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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

3.7k

2019

3.2k

2020

2.6k

2021

2022

7.4k

2023

161

1.7k

2024

184

937

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

EducationQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Educational

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySocial PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education, Achievement, and GiftednessReading and Literacy DevelopmentMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsCognitive Abilities and TestingParental Involvement in EducationGrit, Self-Efficacy, and MotivationEducational Strategies and Epistemologies

Frequently asked questions about Learning and Individual Differences

Is Learning and Individual Differences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Learning and Individual Differences: 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 Learning and Individual Differences?

Learning and Individual Differences 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 4.53.

Is Learning and Individual Differences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Learning and Individual Differences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Learning and Individual Differences?