Journal profile · Psychology
Annual Review of Psychology
ISSN 0066-4308 · eISSN 1545-2085 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1950
Annual Review of Psychology: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 41.2; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Psychology is published by Annual Reviews Inc. 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 Emotions and Moral Behavior, Cultural Differences and Values and Cognitive Abilities and Testing, together about 27.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Psychology covers the significant developments in the field of psychology, including: biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, cognitive processes, animal learning and behavior, human development, psychopathology, clinical and counseling psychology, social psychology, personality, environmental psychology, community psychology, and more.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emotions and Moral BehaviorPsychology10.4%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology9.6%
- Cognitive Abilities and TestingPsychology7.4%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences5.7%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology5.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.1%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience5%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.4%
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: yes
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: yesReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 41.2LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 41.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 55.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 12.94LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 14.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 216LetPub ·
- h-index
- 410OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,519OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 16.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,020 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 | 197 |
| 2024 | 33 | 32 | 1,031 |
| 2023 | 27 | 26 | 1,972 |
| 2022 | 25 | 20 | 4,141 |
| 2021 | 30 | 18 | 4,362 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1950
- ISSN
- 0066-4308
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2085
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Psychology
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Psychology 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 Annual Review of Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 41.2; CiteScore 55.6, h-index 410.
Which databases index Annual Review of Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Psychology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Psychology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .