Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Personality and Social Psychology Review
ISSN 1088-8683 · eISSN 1532-7957 · SAGE
Personality and Social Psychology Review: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 14.42; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; review about 333 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 7.2% (journal website); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Personality and Social Psychology Review is published by SAGE and is in Zone 1 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social and Intergroup Psychology, Cultural Differences and Values and Behavioral Health and Interventions, together about 44.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) is an official journal of SPSP, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. It is the premiere outlet for original theoretical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology. In the pages of PSPR, you will find stimulating conceptual pieces that identify exciting new directions for research on the psychological underpinnings of human individuality and social functioning, as well as those that provide new, integrative frameworks for innovating existing research programs. The journal welcomes submissions that center personality and social psychology, but is especially interested in submissions that demonstrate the ways in which these fields connect to other disciplines, both within psychology, and beyond to disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, arts, medicine, nursing, education, and life sciences. The journal wants to publish theory that makes a difference in the real world and is especially interested in theory that speaks to the experiences of people who are marginalized or oppressed by prevailing power structures.. Occasionally PSPR publishes other pieces of particular interest to members of the Society, such as special topical issues, selected symposia, and invited addresses. All papers are reviewed with respect to their scholarly merit. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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 Sciences20.3%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology17.1%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology7.1%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience5.9%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology4.8%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology4.1%
- Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychology3.7%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 1 |
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
- 14.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 14.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 16.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 22.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 7.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 229OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 521OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 615 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 22 | 14 | 87 |
| 2024 | 19 | 10 | 556 |
| 2023 | 14 | 11 | 764 |
| 2022 | 20 | 9 | 1,202 |
| 2021 | 13 | 3 | 912 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
333 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 7.2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 333 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — | |
| 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 accepted5
- editorialThe Editorial Board aims to represent the diversity and breadth of the field, comprised by scholars from every continent except Antarctica, from a wide variety …Length not stated
- meta-analysisPersonality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) publishes original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles in personality and social psychology. As an…Length not stated
- reviewPersonality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) publishes original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles in personality and social psychology. As an…Length not stated
- review articlePersonality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) publishes original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles in personality and social psychology. As an…Length not stated
- systematic reviewPersonality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) publishes original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles in personality and social psychology. As an…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. As a condition of publication, authors are required to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data availability statement. This sh…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, the following fees apply: XXXXXXX Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish ope…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymizedReviewer interacts with: Editor, Associate EditorsReview information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1088-8683
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-7957
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Personality and Social Psychology Review
What CAS zone is Personality and Social Psychology Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Personality and Social Psychology Review is in Zone 1 of Psychology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology, Social; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Personality and Social Psychology Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 14.42; CiteScore 22.8, h-index 229.
How long does peer review take at Personality and Social Psychology Review?
The publisher reports about 333 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7.2%. 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 Personality and Social Psychology Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Personality and Social Psychology Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Personality and Social Psychology Review open access, and what is the APC?
Personality and Social Psychology Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .