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Trends in Psychology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2018

ISSN2358-1883

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2022-10-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.513

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.613

Total Worksi

523

Total Citationsi

2,584

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Trends in Psychology is the official journal of the Brazilian Society of Psychology. It is a quarterly publication intended to disseminate original work in all fields of psychology, and it welcomes empirical and theoretical studies, as well as reviews, in a broad range of areas, such as developmental, school and educational psychology; social psychology; organizational psychology; behavioral psychology; clinical psychology; health psychology; cognitive psychology; neuropsychology; psychological assessment; experimental psychology; theory and history of psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications523

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2358-1883

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

523

2020

542

2021

131

1.2k

2022

106

410

2023

215

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.

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentResilience and Mental HealthCultural Differences and ValuesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsEating Disorders and BehaviorsImpact of Technology on AdolescentsJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Psychology

Is Trends in Psychology a predatory journal?

Trends in Psychology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2022-10-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Trends in Psychology?

Trends in Psychology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.513.

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

Trends in Psychology is indexed in Scopus.