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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	76
2	Nature Human Behaviour	61
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	31
5	Acta Psychologica	30
6	Emotion	29
7	Cortex	28
8	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	27
-	Cognition	27
10	Biological Psychology	26
11	Psychophysiology	24
-	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	24
13	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	22
14	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
-	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	21
16	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	20
17	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	19
-	Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications	19
-	Cognitive Systems Research	19
-	Developmental Science	19
-	Cognitive Science	19
-	Neuropsychologia	19
23	Consciousness and Cognition	18
-	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	18
25	Brain and Language	17
-	Learning and Motivation	17
27	Topics in Cognitive Science	16
-	Cognition & Emotion	16
-	npj Science of Learning	16
-	Perceptual and Motor Skills	16
31	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	15
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	15
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	15
-	Human Movement Science	15
-	New Ideas in Psychology	15
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	15
-	Journal of Memory and Language	15
38	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	14
-	Cognitive Psychology	14
-	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition	14
-	Memory & Cognition	14
-	Motivation and Emotion	14
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	14
44	Cognitive Development	13
-	Memory	13
-	Psychology of Music	13
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	13
-	Journal of Cognition and Development	13
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	13
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	13

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