Psychological Methods- Impact Score, Overall Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher, ISSN, and Other Important Metrics

Aim and Scope

Psychological Methods is devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data. Its purpose is the dissemination of innovations in research design, measurement, methodology, and quantitative and qualitative analysis to the psychological community; its further purpose is to promote effective communication about related substantive and methodological issues.

The audience is expected to be diverse and to include those who develop new procedures, those who are responsible for undergraduate and graduate training in design, measurement, and statistics, as well as those who employ those procedures in research.

About Psychological Methods

Psychological Methods is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to History and Philosophy of Science (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1). It is published by American Psychological Association. The overall rank of Psychological Methods is 237. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 5.295. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 162. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.

The ISSN of Psychological Methods journal is 1082989X, 19391463. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Psychological Methods is cited by a total of 1821 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2021).

Psychological Methods Impact Score 2021-2022

The impact score (IS) 2021 of Psychological Methods is 8.31, which is computed in 2022 as per its definition. Psychological Methods IS is decreased by a factor of 1.08 and approximate percentage change is -11.5% when compared to preceding year 2020, which shows a falling trend. The impact score (IS), also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data.

Psychological Methods Impact Score 2022 Prediction

IS 2021 of Psychological Methods is 8.31. If the same downward trend persists, impact score may fall in 2022 as well.

Psychological Methods h-index

 

Psychological Methods has an h-index of 162. It means 162 articles of this journal have more than 162 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times.

Psychological Methods ISSN

The ISSN of Psychological Methods is 1082989X, 19391463. ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number.

An ISSN is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic.

Psychological Methods Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

The overall rank of Psychological Methods is 237. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 5.295. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

Psychological Methods Publisher

Psychological Methods is published by American Psychological Association. It's publishing house is located in United States. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 1996-2021. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.

Call For Papers

Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.

Abbreviation

The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Psychological Methods is Psychol. Methods. This abbreviation ('Psychol. Methods') is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals. It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard.

ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals.

How to publish in Psychological Methods

If your research field is/are related to History and Philosophy of Science (Q1); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1), then please visit the official website of this journal.

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.

• The demand or interest of researchers/scientists in publishing in a specific Journal/Conference.
• Peer review complexity and timeline.
• The mix of unsolicited and invited submissions.
• The time it takes from manuscript submission to final publication.
• And Many More.

It is essential to understand that the acceptance rate/rejection rate of papers varies among journals. Some Journals considers all the manuscripts submissions as a basis of acceptance rate computation. On the other hand, few consider the only manuscripts sent for peer review or few even not bother about the accurate maintenance of total submissions. Hence, it can provide a rough estimation only.

The best way to find out the acceptance rate is to reach out to the associated editor or to check the official website of the Journal/Conference.

Credits and Sources

• Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), https://www.scimagojr.com/
• Journal Impact Factor, https://clarivate.com/