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Nature Reviews Psychology

Nature Publishing Group · United States · Est. 2022

ISSN2731-0574eISSN2731-0574

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

6.763

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

558

Total Citationsi

11,432

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nature Reviews Psychology is an online-only journal publishing authoritative, accessible and topical Review, Perspective and Comment articles across the entire spectrum of psychological science, its applications and its wider societal implications. Disciplines covered in the journal include, but are not limited to: clinical psychology counselling psychology cognition cognitive science comparative psychology developmental psychology educational psychology emotion science health psychology judgement & decision-making neuropsychology organizational psychology personality psycholinguistics psychopathology sensation & perception social psychology

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2022

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications558

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nature Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-0574 / 2731-0574

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

Citations received

144

7.1k

2022

122

3.3k

2023

126

1.7k

2024

129

526

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Developmental and Educational PsychologyClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cultural Differences and ValuesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyMental Health Research TopicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentBehavioral Health and InterventionsMemory and Neural MechanismsMemory Processes and InfluencesVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Psychology

Is Nature Reviews Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Psychology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Nature Reviews Psychology?

Nature Reviews 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 6.35.

Is Nature Reviews Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.