Journal profile · Psychology-Social Psychology
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
ISSN 2475-0387 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; APC about USD 1,000; median 278 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); 11 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology 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 Social and Intergroup Psychology, Cultural Differences and Values and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, together about 39.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Social Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences19%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology13.4%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology6%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience5.2%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.1%
- Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionPsychology3.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.4%
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, Social | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in ESCI on 16 March 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 162 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | 63 |
| 2021 | 51 | 29 | 784 |
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
278 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 215 days – 342 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 99 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 386 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (10 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".
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,000 / EUR 870 / GBP 740 | — | — |
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2475-0387
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
What CAS zone is Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Social. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 278 days (interquartile range 215–342 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology is a subscription journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .