Journal profile · Psychology
Psychological Review
ISSN 0033-295X · eISSN 1939-1471 · American Psychological Association Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1894
Psychological Review: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.66; hybrid open access; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 100 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychological Review 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, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics and Child and Animal Learning Development, together about 25.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psychological Review publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to any area of scientific psychology, including systematic evaluation of alternative theories.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology10.9%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences7.2%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology7.1%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience7%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience6.3%
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience5.3%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology4.7%
- Cognitive Science and MappingComputer Science4%
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
- 5.66LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 192LetPub ·
- h-index
- 519OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,076OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,461 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 36 | 47 |
| 2025 | 100 | 57 | 432 |
| 2024 | 85 | 60 | 893 |
| 2023 | 63 | 38 | 1,082 |
| 2022 | 87 | 47 | 2,492 |
| 2021 | 108 | 54 | 2,962 |
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)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1894
- ISSN
- 0033-295X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-1471
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychological Review
What CAS zone is Psychological Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychological Review 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 Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.66; CiteScore 13.1, h-index 519.
Which databases index Psychological Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychological Review is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychological Review open access, and what is the APC?
Psychological Review 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; 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: .