Journal profile · Psychology
Psychological Bulletin
ISSN 0033-2909 · eISSN 1939-1455 · American Psychological Association Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1904
Psychological Bulletin: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 18.14; hybrid open access; community-reported acceptance: hard; 88 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychological Bulletin is published by American Psychological Association Inc. 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 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Cognitive Abilities and Testing, together about 27% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psychological Bulletin® publishes syntheses of research in scientific psychology. Research syntheses seek to summarize past research by drawing overall conclusions from many separate investigations that address related or identical hypotheses.A research synthesis typically presents the authors' assessments:of the state of knowledge concerning the relations of interest;of critical assessments of the strengths and weaknesses in past research; andof important issues that research has left unresolved, thereby directing future research so it can yield a maximum amount of new information. More About The Journal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology13.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.7%
- Cognitive Abilities and TestingPsychology5.7%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology4.9%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology4.6%
- Psychological Testing and AssessmentPsychology4.4%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology4.3%
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics4%
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 | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 18.14LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 19.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 31.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 30.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 8.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 8.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 272LetPub ·
- h-index
- 655OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,473OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 11.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,597 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 18 | 24 |
| 2025 | 88 | 45 | 807 |
| 2024 | 85 | 45 | 1,578 |
| 2023 | 54 | 20 | 1,895 |
| 2022 | 57 | 11 | 3,232 |
| 2021 | 65 | 20 | 5,324 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1904
- ISSN
- 0033-2909
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-1455
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychological Bulletin
What CAS zone is Psychological Bulletin in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychological Bulletin is in Zone 1 of Psychology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology / Psychology, Multidisciplinary; 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 Psychological Bulletin?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 18.14; CiteScore 30.2, h-index 655.
Which databases index Psychological Bulletin?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychological Bulletin is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychological Bulletin open access, and what is the APC?
Psychological Bulletin is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .