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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	77
2	Nature Human Behaviour	72
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	59
4	Acta Psychologica	37
5	Emotion	32
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	32
7	Cortex	30
8	Cognition	28
9	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	25
-	Learning and Motivation	25
-	Psychophysiology	25
12	Neuropsychologia	23
-	npj Science of Learning	23
-	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	23
-	Biological Psychology	23
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	23
17	Developmental Science	22
18	Cognitive Systems Research	21
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	21
-	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	21
21	International Journal of Psychophysiology	20
22	Cognitive Science	19
-	Consciousness and Cognition	19
24	Perceptual and Motor Skills	18
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	18
27	Cognition & Emotion	17
-	Topics in Cognitive Science	17
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	17
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	17
-	Brain and Language	17
-	Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications	17
-	Human Movement Science	17
-	New Ideas in Psychology	17
35	Journal of Memory and Language	16
-	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	16
37	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	15
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	15
-	Motivation and Emotion	15
-	Multivariate Behavioral Research	15
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	15
42	Applied Psycholinguistics	14
-	Cognitive Psychology	14
-	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition	14
-	Journal of Cognition and Development	14
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	14
-	Memory & Cognition	14
-	Cognitive Development	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	14
50	Brain and Cognition	13

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