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Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2475-0387

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

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

0.675

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.466

Total Worksi

162

Total Citationsi

1,781

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications162

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2475-0387

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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

622

2018

125

2019

209

2020

765

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBehavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentGender Diversity and InequalityDeath Anxiety and Social ExclusionDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology

Is Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology: it is indexed in 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 Theoretical Social Psychology?

Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.675.

Is Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology?