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Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
ISSN 2515-2459 · eISSN 2515-2467 · SAGE
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 14.52; fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; 67 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is published by SAGE and is in Zone 1 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mental Health Research Topics, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews and Behavioral Health and Interventions, together about 39.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science publishes innovative developments in research methods, practices and conduct across the full range of areas and topics within psychological science. AMPPS publishes new types of empirical work that reflect the various approaches to research across the field. AMPPS encourages integration of methodological and analytical questions and brings the latest methodological advances to … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology16.1%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences14.1%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology9.6%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics5.8%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences4.6%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences4.6%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics3.8%
- scientometrics and bibliometrics researchDecision Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 14.52LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.09LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 217OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 379 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 59 | 64 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 537 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | 730 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 1,819 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 1,169 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 3,915 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,500 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- articles that discuss current research methods and practicesThe journal publishes a range of article types, including empirical articles that exemplify best practices, articles that discuss current research methods and p…Length not stated
- empirical articlesThe journal publishes a range of article types, including empirical articles that exemplify best practices, articles that discuss current research methods and p…Length not stated
- tutorialsThe journal publishes a range of article types, including empirical articles that exemplify best practices, articles that discuss current research methods and p…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access article processing charge (APC) information
The article processing charge (APC) is $1500. Members of the Association for Psychological Science will receive a 25% discount on their APC. The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Transparent Peer Review
STM Association pilot to standardize definitions and terminology in open peer review practices Model summary
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science offers transparent peer review as a choice for authors and reviewers, where the reviews at each stage, author responses and editor’s decision letters will be publicly available on the ScholarOne Transparent Peer Review platform and linked to from the published article should the article be accepted. Authors and reviewers both have the oppo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 2515-2459
- Electronic ISSN
- 2515-2467
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
What CAS zone is Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is in Zone 1 of Psychology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology / Psychology, Multidisciplinary; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 14.52; CiteScore 14.8, h-index 71.
Which databases index Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .