Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Japanese Psychological Research
ISSN 0021-5368 · eISSN 1468-5884 · Wiley-Blackwell
Japanese Psychological Research: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.63; subscription journal; median 249 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 40.29% (journal website); 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Japanese Psychological Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Social and Intergroup Psychology and Color perception and design, together about 24.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Japanese Psychological Research (JPR), the flagship journal of the Japanese Psychological Association, is a peer-reviewed journal publishing high-impact research from all areas of scientific psychology. JPR publishes Original Articles, Brief Reports, and Reviews. JPR welcomes high quality articles from researchers in Japan and any part of the world, which employ novel approaches and contribute to advancing psychological research of broad interest and theoretical significance. Please visit the Author Guideline for specific information on submission. Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Biological Abstracts (Clarivate Analytics) BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS) Ergonomics Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO Publishing) Psychology Collection (GALE Cengage) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Kentaro ShirotsukiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 3, Hong Kong, China 2 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience13.3%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences5.7%
- Color perception and designPsychology5.6%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology5.5%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology5.3%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience5.2%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology5.2%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 485OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 55Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 271,775Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,287 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 69 | 58 | 36 |
| 2024 | 75 | 54 | 121 |
| 2023 | 60 | 51 | 135 |
| 2022 | 48 | 15 | 222 |
| 2021 | 85 | 42 | 516 |
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 Crossref · to
249 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 183 days – 329 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 67 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 317 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (119 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 40.29%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 60.6 daysPublisher 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.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–175 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- brief reportshould be no longer than 10,000 words , Brief Report should be no longer than 5,000, and Reviews no longer than 20,000 words (excluding tables, figures, and ref…main text ≤ 20,000 words
- original articlep/publication/temp_jpr 2. Word lengths. Original Articles should be no longer than 10,000 words , Brief Report should be no longer than 5,000, and Reviewsmain text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviews3. Reviews: a review should focus on recent major themes in psychology, explain primary research status, main achievements and problems, and discuss the signifi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
COPE member Model summary
The journal is a member of, and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening Model summary
The journal employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0021-5368
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-5884
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Psychological Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 68, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Japanese Psychological Research
What CAS zone is Japanese Psychological Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Japanese Psychological Research is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Japanese Psychological Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.63; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Japanese Psychological Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 249 days (interquartile range 183–329 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 40.29%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Japanese Psychological Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–175 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Japanese Psychological Research based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (3) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Japanese Psychological Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Japanese Psychological Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Japanese Psychological Research open access, and what is the APC?
Japanese Psychological Research 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .