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Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2515-2459eISSN2515-2467

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

6.947

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

6.462

Total Works

337

Total Citations

25,644

2yr Mean Citedness

6.12

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on methodological and practical advancements in psychological science. It covers topics such as research synthesis tools, computational modeling, handling missing data, open science practices, language-based assessments, preregistration, machine learning techniques, big-team science collaborations, the use of online data sources, data integrity in crowdsourcing, automated text analysis, reporting standards for machine learning, artificial intelligence in research material creation, survival analysis for event data, cross-cultural equivalence in language data, sample-size planning, AI-generated images, LLMs as psychological simulators, community-engaged research, interaction effects in regression, item-level missing data, statistical software applications, and transparency in measurement reporting.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications337

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~18 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2515-2459 / 2515-2467

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychologyPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Research TopicsMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsBehavioral Health and InterventionsAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyPsychometric Methodologies and Testingscientometrics and bibliometrics researchStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsData Analysis with RStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference