Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Basic and Applied Social Psychology is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social and Intergroup Psychology, Cultural Differences and Values and Behavioral Health and Interventions, together about 43.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) emphasizes the publication of outstanding research articles, but also considers literature reviews, criticism, and methodological or theoretical statements spanning the entire range of social psychological issues. The journal will publish basic work in areas of social psychology that can be applied to societal problems, as well as direct application of social psychology to such problems. The journal provides a venue for a broad range of specialty areas, including research on legal and political issues, environmental influences on behavior, organizations, aging, medical and health-related outcomes, sexuality, education and learning, the effects of mass media, gender issues, and population problems. This research should have important implications for basic social processes and often is some of the most exciting work in the field of social psychology. BASP aims to provide a forum for a rich mixture of experiments, non-experimental methods, field studies, and welcomes innovative design and analysis strategies. The journal aims to serve both as a resource for investigators interested in the application of complex human experimentation to various problems of health, environment, and society and to social psychologists committed to the advancement of theory and the understanding of basic social and social-cognitive processes. Peer Review Policy: All papers published in this journal have undergone rigorous editorial screening and double anonymized peer review. Readership: Specialists interested in the problems that social psychologists study and investigators interested in the application of complex human experimentation to various problems of health, environment, and society.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Editor-in-chief David TrafimowPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Mexico 2, Canada 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PubMedPsycINFOPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, OCLC, CSA - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), Communication Abstracts Online, Criminal Justice Abstracts, FRANCIS, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, De Gruyter Saur - Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, EBSCOhost - Academic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Alumni Edition, Business Source Complete, Business Source Corporate, Business Source Premier, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, Current Abstracts, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, SocINDEX, SocINDEX with Full Text, TOC Premier, Women’s Studies International, OCLC - PsycFIRST

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Impact

Impact factor

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

1.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.7Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.39LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.39Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0.55LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.55Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

123OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,086OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.86OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

6.25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

37LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

165,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

9%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

18 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

81 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

19 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0197-3533

Electronic ISSN

1532-4834

Latest issue on the website

Volume 48, Issue 5 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website