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Psychological Sciences: Journals

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Top-Ranked Psychology Journals

  • American Journal of Psychiatry
    Indispensable journal for all psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who need to stay on the cutting edge of virtually every aspect of psychiatry.
  • American Psychologist
    Official peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the American Psychological Association, publishing current and timely high-impact papers of broad interest, including empirical reports, meta-analyses, and scholarly reviews covering science, practice, education, and policy.
  • Annual Review of Psychology
    The Annual Review of Psychology, in publication since 1950, covers the significant developments in the field of psychology.
  • Archives of General Psychiatry
    Publishes original, state-of-the-art studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians, scholars, and research scientists in psychiatry, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields. NOTE: Full-text coverage is from 1998-2012 only. Additional articles may be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
  • Child Development
    Includes published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930.
  • Clinical Psychology Review
    Publishes substantive reviews of topics germane to clinical psychology. Papers cover diverse issues including: psychopathology, psychotherapy, behavior therapy, cognition and cognitive therapies, behavioral medicine, community mental health, assessment, and child development.
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
    Publishes reviews by leading experts covering all of scientific psychology and its applications.
  • Developmental Psychology
    Publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span.
  • Development and Psychopathology
    Publishes original, empirical, theoretical and review papers which address the interrelationship of typical and atypical development in children and adults.
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
    Publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research that advances our understanding of the brain mechanisms supporting cognitive and social behavior in humans, in both healthy and diseased states.
  • Health Psychology
    Publishes peer-reviewed articles on psychological, biobehavioral, social, and environmental factors in physical health and medical illness, and other issues in health psychology.
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology
    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology publishes articles on basic research and theory in the broad field of abnormal behavior, its determinants, and its correlates.
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
    Publishes empirical and theoretical investigations that enhance understanding of cognitive, motivational, affective, and behavioral psychological phenomena in work and organizational settings, broadly defined.
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Publishes the highest quality clinically relevant research in psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines.
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
    Publishes original contributions on the following topics: - the development, validity, and use of techniques of diagnosis and treatment of disordered behavior; - studies that have a cross-cultural or demographic focus and are of interest for treating behavior disorders; - studies of personality and of its assessment and development.
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
    Publishes original, primary psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels.
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
    Publishes articles describing empirical work that is of broad interest or bridges the traditional interests of two or more communities of psychology.
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    Publishes original papers in all areas of personality and social psychology and emphasizes empirical reports, but may include specialized theoretical, methodological, and review papers.
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
    Publishing an eclectic mix of provocative reports and articles, including broad integrative reviews, overviews of research programs, meta-analyses, theoretical statements, and articles on topics such as the philosophy of science, opinion pieces about major issues in the field, autobiographical reflections of senior members of the field, and even occasional humorous essays and sketches.
  • Psychological Medicine
    Leading international journal in the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology and the related basic sciences.
  • Psychological Review
    Publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to any area of scientific psychology, including systematic evaluation of alternative theories.
  • Psychological Science
    Publishes cutting-edge empirical research of broad interest and theoretical significance across the field of psychology.
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
    Publishes papers that address issues of mental and physical health as they relate to social and affective processes (e.g., autism, anxiety disorders, depression, stress, effects of child rearing) as long as cognitive neuroscience methods are used.
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
    Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas. The journal brings together research in psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, computer science and neuroscience.

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Selected Journals

  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
    Provides comprehensive reviews of significant developments in the field of clinical psychology and psychiatry. The journal covers research, theory, and the application of psychological principles to address recognized disorders, including schizophrenia, mood, anxiety, childhood, substance use, cognitive, and personality disorders.
  • Annual Review of Psychology
    The Annual Review of Psychology, in publication since 1950, covers the significant developments in the field of psychology.
  • Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
    The journal will publish original and significant review articles dealing with all aspects of neuroscience, where the relationship to the study of psychological processes and behavior is clearly established.
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review
    Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) is the premiere outlet for original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles in all areas of personality and social psychology. You will find stimulating conceptual pieces that identify exciting new directions for research on the psychological underpinnings of human individuality and social functioning.
  • Personnel Psychology
    Personnel Psychology publishes applied psychological research on personnel problems facing public and private sector organizations.
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
    Publishing an eclectic mix of provocative reports and articles, including broad integrative reviews, overviews of research programs, meta-analyses, theoretical statements, and articles on topics such as the philosophy of science, opinion pieces about major issues in the field, autobiographical reflections of senior members of the field, and even occasional humorous essays and sketches.
  • Psychological Bulletin
    Psychological Bulletin publishes evaluative and integrative research reviews and interpretations of issues in scientific psychology.
  • Psychological Methods
    Psychological Methods is devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data.
  • Psychological Science in the Public Interest
    Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI) is a unique journal featuring comprehensive and compelling reviews of issues that are of direct relevance to the general public.
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
    Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas. The journal brings together research in psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, computer science and neuroscience.
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