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History of Psychology

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1939-0610

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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

0.221

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.88

Total Worksi

986

Total Citationsi

7,837

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History Of Social Sciences; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; History; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications986

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-0610

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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

143

2019

194

2020

128

2021

2022

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.

HistoryQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History Of Social SciencesPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologySocial Representations and IdentityHistorical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Specialized Academic ResearchNeurology and Historical StudiesPsychology Research and BibliometricsEducational Philosophies and Pedagogies

Frequently asked questions about History of Psychology

Is History of Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History of 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 History of Psychology?

History of 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 0.23.

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

History of Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History of Psychology?