OSU Department of Psychology First-Tier Journals List

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FIRST TIER - GENERAL 2015 2015 Journal 2016 2016 Journal 2017 2017 Journal Impact Ranking Impact Ranking Impact Ranking Rating Rating Rating American Psychologist 5.454 10/129 (Psychology, 6.681 7/128 (Psychology, 4.856 9/135 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Annual Review of Psychology 19.085 2/129 (Psychology, 19.950 1/128 (Psychology, 22.774 2/135 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Psychological Bulletin 14.839 3/129 (Psychology, 16.793 2/128 (Psychology, 13.250 4/135 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Psychological Methods 5.000 11/129 (Psychology, 4.667 10/128 (Psychology, 6.485 7/135 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary)

Psychological Review 7.581 5/129 (Psychology, 7.638 5/128 (Psychology, 7.230 6/135 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary)

Psychological Science 5.476 9/129 (Psychology, 5.667 8/128 (Psychology, 6.128 8/135 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary) Multidisciplinary)

2015 2015 Journal 2016 2016 Journal 2017 2017 Journal FIRST TIER SPECIALTY Impact Ranking Impact Ranking Impact Ranking Area Other Rating Rating Rating 3.268 9/51 (Behavioral 2.385 29/51 (Behavioral 2.036 34/51 (Behavioral Behavior Genetics Sciences) Sciences) Sciences) BN 3.048 3/13 (Psychology, 3.623 1/13 (Psychology, 3.597 1/13 (Psychology, Behavior Research Methods Mathematical) Mathematical) Mathematical) Quant 3.276 16/122 (Psychology, 3.434 16/121 (Psychology, 3.228 23/127 (Psychology, Behavior Therapy Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 2/256 5/258 5/261 (Neurosciences); (Neurosciences); (Neurosciences); 20.415 1/51 (Behavioral 14.200 2/51 (Behavioral 15.071 2/51 (Behavioral Behavioral and Brain Sciences Sciences) Sciences) Sciences) BN 130/256 157/258 166/261 (Neurosciences); (Neurosciences); (Neurosciences); 2.690 19/51 (Behavioral 2.453 23/51 (Behavioral 2.507 25/51 (Behavioral Behavioral Neuroscience Sciences) Sciences) Sciences) BN 3.798 12/122 (Psychology, 4.064 12/121 (Psychology, 4.134 13/127 (Psychology, Behaviour Research and Therapy Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 112/256 122/258 119/261 (Neurosciences); (Neurosciences); (Neurosciences); 3.002 16/51 (Behavioral 3.002 16/51 (Behavioral 3.173 14/51 (Behavioral Behavioural Brain Research Sciences) Sciences) Sciences) BN 2.561 143/256 2.746 133/258 3.125 126/261 Brain Research (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) BN 3.791 7/69 (Psychology, 4.195 6/70 (Psychology, 3.779 10/73 (Psychology, Child Development Developmental) Developmental) Developmental) Deve 8.146 3/122 (Psychology, 8.897 2/121 (Psychology, 9.557 2/127 (Psychology, Clinical Psychology Review Clinical Clinical Clinical Clinical 2.113 45/121 (Psychology, 2.380 41/121 (Psychology, 4.950 7/127 (Psychology, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Clinical Clinical Clinical Clinical 3.411 11/85 (Psychology, 3.414 11/84 (Psychology, 3.354 11/85 (Psychology, Cognition Cognitive Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) 4.537 5/85 (Psychology, 3.719 6/84 (Psychology, 3.104 13/85 (Psychology, Cognitive Psychology Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) Cognitive 3.646 8/69 (Psychology, 3.244 16/70 (Psychology, 4.357 6/73 (Psychology, Development and Psychopathology Developmental) Developmental) Developmental) Deve 3.116 16/69 (Psychology, 3.228 17/70 (Psychology, 2.934 18/73 (Psychology, Developmental Psychology Developmental Developmental Developmental Deve 4.800 3/69 (Psychology, 4.638 3/70 (Psychology, 4.783 5/73 (Psychology, Developmental Review Developmental Developmental Developmental Deve 3.611 13/121 (Psychology, 3.458 15/121 (Psychology, 3.177 27/127 (Psychology, Health Psychology Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 3.579 14/121 (Psychology, 3.615 14/121 (Psychology, 3.287 22/127 (Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 5.538 5/121 (Psychology, 4.133 11/121 (Psychology, 4.642 9/127 (Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 3.810 5/79 (Psychology, 4.130 5/80 (Psychology, 4.643 6/82 (Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology Applied) Applied) Applied) Coun&IO 1.364 41/79 (Psychology, 1.330 48/80 (Psychology, 1.626 44/82 (Psychology, Journal of Career Assessment Applied) Applied) Applied) Coun&IO 81/256 111/258 97/261 (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) 3.559 9/85 (Psychology, 3.108 15/84 (Psychology, 3.468 10/85 (Psychology, BN & Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) Cognitive 2015 2015 Journal 2016 2016 Journal 2017 2017 Journal FIRST TIER SPECIALTY Impact Ranking Impact Ranking Impact Ranking Area Other Rating Rating Rating

4.713 9/121 (Psychology, 4.593 8/121 (Psychology, 4.536 10/127 (Psychology, Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Clinical 3.149 7/79 (Psychology, 2.516 19/80 (Psychology, 3.344 9/82 (Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology Applied) Applied) Applied) Coun&IO 4.070 6/85 (Psychology, 4.420 4/84 (Psychology, 4.107 3/85 (Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) Cognitive 1st Tier - Quant Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & 2.425 26/85 (Psychology, 2.287 32/84 (Psychology, 2.289 34/85 (Psychology, Performance Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) Cognitive 1st Tier - Quant 2.776 21/85 (Psychology, 2.667 26/84 (Psychology, 2.319 33/85 (Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) Cognitive 1st Tier - Quant 2.500 12/62 (Psychology, 2.159 16/62 (Psychology, 2.870 10/64 (Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Social) Social) Social) Social 1.818 6/13 (Psychology, 1.377 7/13 (Psychology, 2.176 4/13 (Psychology, Journal of Mathematical Psychology Mathematical) Mathematical) Mathematical) Quant 1st Tier - Quant 5.924 26/256 5.988 29/258 5.970 30/261 Journal of Neuroscience (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) BN 3.657 6/62 (Psychology, 3.590 6/62 (Psychology, 3.483 7/64 (Psychology, Journal of Personality Social) Social) Social) Social 4.736 3/62 (Psychology, 5.017 4/62 (Psychology, 5.723 4/64 (Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Social) Social) Social) Social 2.764 13/79 (Psychology, 2.555 17/80 (Psychology, 3.052 14/82 (Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior Applied) Applied) Applied) Coun&IO 1.881 28/69 (Psychology, 2.204 28/70 (Psychology, 2.245 26/73 (Psychology, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Developmental) Developmental) Developmental) Deve 3.231 95/256 3.277 100/258 3.382 105/261 Neuroscience (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) BN 11/79 (Psychology, 20/80 (Psychology, 31/82 (Psychology, 2.805 2.454 2.259 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Applied) Applied) Applied) Quant 1st Tier - Quant 2.560 10/62 (Psychology, 2.504 12/62 (Psychology, 2.498 17/64 (Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Social) Social) Social) Social 7.571 1/62 (Psychology, 9.361 1/62 (Psychology, 9.281 1/64 (Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Review Social) Social) Social) Social 4.057 4/79 (Psychology, 4.362 4/80 (Psychology, 5.523 4/82 (Psychology, Personnel Psychology Applied) Applied) Applied) Coun&IO 2.901 20/121 (Psychology, 3.307 18/121 (Psychology, 3.371 20/127 (Psychology, Psychological Assessment Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 5.491 6/121 (Psychology, 5.230 6/121 (Psychology, 5.475 4/127 (Psychology, Psychological Medicine Clinical) Clinical) Clinical) Clinical 2.725 18/69 (Psychology, 2.812 18/70 (Psychology, 2.361 23/73 (Psychology, Psychology and Aging Developmental) Developmental) Developmental) Deve 1.831 5/13 (Psychology, 2.111 5/13 (Psychology, 2.089 5/13 (Psychology, Psychometrika Mathematical) Mathematical) Mathematical) Quant 14/85 (Psychology, 19/84 (Psychology, 14/85 (Psychology, Experimental) 2/13 Experimental) 4/13 Experimental) 2/13 3.080 (Psychology, 2.921 (Psychology, 3.092 (Psychology, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review Mathematical) Mathematical) Mathematical) Cognitive 1st Tier - Quant 3.540 82/252 3.308 97/258 3.222 112/261 Psychopharmacology (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) BN 3.074 20/76 (Psychology) 2.668 23/77 (Psychology) 3.118 17/75 (Psychology) Psychophysiology BN 2nd Tier -Cog. 2/51 (Behavioral 1/51 (Behavioral 1/51 (Behavioral Sciences) 3/256 Sciences) 4/258 Sciences) 4/261 17.850 (Neurosciences) 15.402 (Neurosciences) 15.557 (Neurosciences) 1/85 (Psychology, 1/84 (Psychology, 1/85 (Psychology, BN & Trends in Cognitive Sciences Experimental) Experimental) Experimental) Cognitive 12.504 9/256 11.124 11/258 11.439 12/261 Trends in Neurosciences (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) (Neurosciences) BN