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Personality Neuroscience

Cambridge University Press · United States

ISSN2513-9886

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.555

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.921

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

1,781

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Personality Neuroscience is a journal that publishes research on the neural and biological underpinnings of personality traits and individual differences. It aims to bridge the gap between personality psychology and neuroscience by providing a platform for studies that investigate the brain mechanisms associated with personality.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications87

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2513-9886

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

229

2019

233

2020

132

2021

103

2022

104

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.

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ3

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ3

Neurology (clinical)Q3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Cognitive NeurosciencePsychiatry and Mental HealthBehavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Research TopicsFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesPersonality Traits and PsychologyAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorStress Responses and CortisolNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Frequently asked questions about Personality Neuroscience

Is Personality Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Personality Neuroscience: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Personality Neuroscience?

Personality Neuroscience is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.555.

Is Personality Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Personality Neuroscience is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.