Psychology, Experimental: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	75
2	Nature Human Behaviour	70
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	57
4	Acta Psychologica	35
5	Cortex	31
-	Emotion	31
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	31
8	Cognition	28
9	Psychophysiology	26
10	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	24
11	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	23
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	23
-	Biological Psychology	23
14	International Journal of Psychophysiology	22
-	Neuropsychologia	22
-	npj Science of Learning	22
-	Learning and Motivation	22
18	Cognitive Systems Research	21
-	Developmental Science	21
20	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	20
-	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	20
22	Cognitive Science	19
-	Consciousness and Cognition	19
24	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	18
26	Cognition & Emotion	17
-	Perceptual and Motor Skills	17
-	Topics in Cognitive Science	17
-	Brain and Language	17
-	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	17
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	17
32	Motivation and Emotion	16
-	Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications	16
-	Human Movement Science	16
-	New Ideas in Psychology	16
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	16
37	Journal of Memory and Language	15
-	Memory & Cognition	15
-	Multivariate Behavioral Research	15
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	15
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	15
-	Cognitive Development	15
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	15
44	Cognitive Psychology	14
-	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	14
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	14
48	Brain and Cognition	13
-	Journal of Cognition and Development	13
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	13

-	Memory	13
52	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	12
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	12
-	Psychology of Music	12
55	British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology	11
-	Discourse Processes	11
-	Language and Cognition	11
-	Journal of Neuropsychology	11
59	Journal of Cognitive Psychology	10
-	Music Perception	10
-	Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition	10
-	Cognitive Processing	10
-	Journal of Child Language	10
-	Mind & Language	10
-	Perception	10
66	Developmental Neuropsychology	9
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	9
-	Learning & Behavior	9
-	Cognition and Instruction	9
-	Musicae Scientiae	9
-	Thinking & Reasoning	9
-	Adaptive Behavior	9
73	Laterality	8
-	Visual Cognition	8
-	i-Perception	8
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	8
-	Language and Speech	8
-	Multisensory Research	8
79	Cognitive Neuropsychology	7
-	Experimental Psychology	7
-	Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology-Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Experimentale	7
-	Language Learning and Development	7
83	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	6
-	Ecological Psychology	6
-	Evolutionary Psychology	6
86	Spatial Cognition and Computation	5