Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
ISSN 1368-4302 · eISSN 1461-7188 · SAGE
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations: CAS Zone 2 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.99; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 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 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, together about 60.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences34.2%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology18.7%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience7.5%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences5.1%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences5.1%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology3.3%
- Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionPsychology2.6%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.99LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,546 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 36 | 11 |
| 2025 | 63 | 38 | 158 |
| 2024 | 70 | 50 | 518 |
| 2023 | 65 | 48 | 579 |
| 2022 | 89 | 38 | 1,084 |
| 2021 | 114 | 66 | 4,357 |
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 6 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1368-4302
- Electronic ISSN
- 1461-7188
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
What CAS zone is Group Processes & Intergroup Relations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is in Zone 2 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Social. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.99; CiteScore 8.2, h-index 124.
Which databases index Group Processes & Intergroup Relations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Group Processes & Intergroup Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .