Journal profile · Psychology-Psychology (miscellaneous)
Journal of Open Psychology Data
ISSN 2050-9863 · Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom
Journal of Open Psychology Data: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 177 days to acceptance (14 articles, last 24 months); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Open Psychology Data is published by Ubiquity Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are COVID-19 and Mental Health, Psychometric Methodologies and Testing and Cognitive Abilities and Testing, together about 22.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Open Psychology Data (JOPD) publishes peer-reviewed data papers describing psychology datasets with high reuse potential. Data papers may describe datasets from unpublished work or from papers published previously in a traditional journal. We welcome submissions from all areas of psychology including replication research, qualitative research and meta-research. We hope to reward authors for sharing datasets according to FAIR principles, providing structure for the data and papers to be citable, and for reuse to be tracked.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Psychology (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Thomas Rhys EvansPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 3, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 1, Sweden 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology8.4%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences7.7%
- Cognitive Abilities and TestingPsychology6.3%
- Categorization, perception, and languagePsychology6.3%
- Psychological Testing and AssessmentPsychology5.6%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences5.6%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences4.9%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 50/118 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.84OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 102 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 99 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 121 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 148 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 115 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 115 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 85 |
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
177 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 116 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (14 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 204 days
- Sample
- 14 articles with submission and acceptance dates (14 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 520 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 100 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 450 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 536 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- GBP 536
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted3
- data paperComprehensive author guidelines, manuscript templates and instructional videos can be found on the following page: Data Paper author guidelinesThis section is p…Length not stated
- data papersPublication Types Data PapersLength not stated
- verification reportsCorrection Verification ReportsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Data availability
Datasets should follow FAIR principles and be citable and reusable. Model summary
We hope to reward authors for sharing datasets according to FAIR principles, providing structure for the data and papers to be citable, and for reuse to be tracked.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY licence Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
APC Model summary
If your paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay a minimal Article Publication Charge (APC) to cover publications costs.
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
- Ubiquity Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-9863
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Open Psychology Data
How long does peer review take at Journal of Open Psychology Data?
Based on the dates recorded on 14 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 177 days (interquartile range 116–243 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Open Psychology Data based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (3), United Kingdom (2) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Open Psychology Data?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Open Psychology Data is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Open Psychology Data open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Open Psychology Data is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .