Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0022-1309 · eISSN 1940-0888 · Taylor & Francis
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.78; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 167 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 7% (journal website); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF GENERAL 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 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of General Psychology is a critically acclaimed international publication that is devoted to research in experimental psychology. Both basic and applied research from a broad variety of research areas is included. Preference is given to manuscripts that appeal to a general audience of researchers in the psychological sciences. We seek articles that try to investigate the causes of behaviour and mental processes; and although a majority of those studies will be investigations that involve manipulation of an independent variable(s), we are also interested in research that tests models and theories involving complex psychological phenomenon. Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized, the identity of the reviewers and the authors are not disclosed to either party. Submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology9.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.4%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology6.3%
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience5.2%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience4.8%
- Visual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesPsychology4.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Chadwyck-Healey - Periodicals Index Online (PIO), Exceptional Child Education Resources (Online), MLA International Bibliography, VINIT RAN - Referativnyi Zhurnal
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
- 1.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.62Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.78Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,445OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 55,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,799 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 22 | 2 | 22 |
| 2024 | 32 | 7 | 90 |
| 2023 | 23 | 3 | 127 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | 90 |
| 2021 | 30 | 5 | 399 |
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
167 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 226 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 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)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 101 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 10 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Journal of General Psychology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discovera…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review; identities of reviewers and authors are not disclosed to either party. Model summary
All peer review is double anonymized, the identity of the reviewers and the authors are not disclosed to either party.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0022-1309
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-0888
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 153, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 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 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.78; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 100.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 167 days (interquartile range 137–226 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7%. 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 JCR quartile is JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Psychology.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .