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Frontiers in Psychology

Abbreviation (ISO):FRONT. PSYCHOL
Country: Switzerland•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.941•SCImago Rank: #5,413•Identifier (ISSN):1664-1078(Print)•Articles / Year: 5,894•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,248 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
3.8
↑ +0.9

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
241

241 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate11.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
5,894articles/year
99.93% Gold OA•91.99% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.8)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.8)
🔵 Computed
20252.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.9)
🔵 Computed
20242.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.6)
🔵 Computed
20232.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.8)
🔵 Computed
20222.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.232)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Psychology97.3%Medicine69.1%Biology65.3%Philosophy59.9%Computer science58.7%Social psychology51.5%Psychiatry49.5%Mathematics45.6%Neuroscience45.2%Political science43.5%Law42.4%Sociology42.1%Economics39.2%Cognitive psychology37.9%Epistemology36.7%Developmental psychology33.7%Linguistics32.9%Physics32.3%Artificial intelligence30.2%Psychotherapist29.6%Statistics28%Cognition26.5%Clinical psychology25.3%Geography23.4%Management20.6%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #5,413Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2010-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Psychology
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.941

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
241

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.94

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,248 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations75,438
3-Year Documents16,990
Citable Documents16,029

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)9

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate50.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Psychology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A.
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusDOAJPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JCRSSCI
34/222Q1
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JCISSCI
59/222Q2

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—5,7352,305
20252.94,27617,246
20242.63,56830,652
20233.85,01066,728
20224.2328,548144,874
2021—6,450162,596
2020—3,864144,709
2019—3,022126,750
2018—2,796117,360
2017—2,323109,716
2016—2,30797,217
2015—2,185103,188
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Frontiers in Psychology

WoS Q1
124520222023202420252.90
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:2.9

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 11.5%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01