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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Human Behavior	77
2	Nature Human Behaviour	60
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	36
5	Emotion	30
6	Acta Psychologica	28
-	Cortex	28
8	Cognition	27
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-General	27
10	Biological Psychology	26
11	Psychophysiology	24
12	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review	23
13	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	22
14	Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts	21
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
-	Cognitive Systems Research	21
17	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology	20
18	Neuropsychologia	19
-	Cognitive Science	19
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	19
-	Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications	19
-	Developmental Science	19
23	Consciousness and Cognition	18
24	Cognition & Emotion	17
-	Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung	17
-	Brain and Language	17
27	npj Science of Learning	16
-	Perceptual and Motor Skills	16
-	Topics in Cognitive Science	16
-	Learning and Motivation	16
-	Attention Perception & Psychophysics	16
-	Human Movement Science	16
33	Multivariate Behavioral Research	15
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	15
-	Journal of Memory and Language	15
-	New Ideas in Psychology	15
-	Applied Cognitive Psychology	15
38	Memory & Cognition	14
-	Motivation and Emotion	14
-	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition	14
-	Memory	14
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science	14
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition	14
44	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	13
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	13
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	13
-	Cognitive Psychology	13
-	Journal of Cognition and Development	13
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance	13
-	Psychology of Music	13

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