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Journals in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

263 established journals that publish mainly in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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263 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. 85 of them are fully open access, and at least 2 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 2 510 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology Review, Perspectives on Psychological Science.

263 journals

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Sleep Medicine ReviewsElsevier BV45 %1218.60227Subscription; open access option 5 950 USD
Creativity Research JournalTaylor & Francis57 %566.17144Subscription
Journal of Sleep ResearchWiley45 %2963.69176Subscription; open access option 4 340 USD
Sleep HealthElsevier BV55 %1372.5968Subscription; open access option 3 000 USD
The Journal of Creative BehaviorWiley52 %714.31109Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Thinking Skills and CreativityElsevier BV36 %2325.68114Subscription; open access option 3 730 USD
Educational Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media32 %10116.03215Subscription; open access option 4 790 USD
IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers36 %1617.14137Subscription; open access option 2 645 USD
Gifted Child QuarterlySAGE Publishing68 %303.20107Subscription; open access option 1 400 USD
Nature and Science of SleepDove Medical Press44 %1813.42692 836 USD
Journal of Clinical Sleep MedicineAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine40 %2853.14156Subscription
Sleep MedicineElsevier BV42 %8461.41193Subscription; open access option 4 350 USD
Journal of CreativityElsevier BV48 %227.92231 560 USD
IntelligenceElsevier BV51 %572.85157Subscription; open access option 3 530 USD
Learning and Individual DifferencesElsevier BV32 %1246.96153Subscription; open access option 3 640 USD
Behavioral Sleep MedicineTaylor & Francis56 %571.9084Subscription
Clocks & SleepMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute47 %552.91311 930 USD
SLEEPOxford University Press44 %1 4450.84308Subscription; open access option 4 388 USD
Phenomenology and the Cognitive SciencesSpringer Nature46 %822.1680Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Journal of Anxiety DisordersElsevier BV37 %973.67189Subscription; open access option 4 650 USD
Gifted Child TodaySAGE Publishing67 %411.2843Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Philosophy and Phenomenological ResearchWiley44 %1011.91201Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Journal of IntelligenceMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute32 %1433.39523 137 USD
SLEEP AdvancesOxford University Press45 %2601.15222 054 USD
Cognitive Therapy and ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media40 %1022.12176Subscription; open access option 4 090 USD
Metaphor and SymbolRoutledge54 %212.5782Subscription
Gifted Education InternationalSAGE Publishing56 %281.7935Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Behaviour Research and TherapyElsevier BV31 %1512.98328Subscription; open access option 3 580 USD
Sleep Medicine XElsevier BV51 %262.33182 890 USD
Nature Reviews PsychologyNature Portfolio24 %1048.1360Subscription
Current Sleep Medicine ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media42 %303.3241Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
Frontiers in SleepFrontiers Media44 %412.26142 353 USD
Sleep And BreathingSpringer Science+Business Media30 %2592.30106Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD
Contemporary Educational PsychologyElsevier BV29 %754.61189Subscription; open access option 4 720 USD
Chronobiology InternationalTaylor & Francis32 %1512.22147Subscription
American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association25 %2183.69482Subscription
Clinical Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing30 %783.86100Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
Roeper ReviewRoutledge57 %341.2881Subscription
Depression and AnxietyWiley29 %1033.65208Subscription; open access option 2 490 USD
Learning and InstructionElsevier BV22 %1306.79201Subscription; open access option 4 580 USD
Behavior TherapyElsevier BV25 %1044.86212Subscription; open access option 3 600 USD
Sleep and Biological RhythmsSpringer Science+Business Media45 %661.2650Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
journal for the education of the giftedSAGE Publishing53 %172.1668Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Sleep Medicine ClinicsElsevier BV39 %771.6081Subscription; open access option 2 950 USD
Perspectives on Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing20 %859.43245Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
Evolution and Human BehaviorElsevier BV34 %762.15167Subscription; open access option 4 330 USD
Sleep EpidemiologyElsevier BV54 %241.42142 660 USD
Minds and MachinesSpringer Science+Business Media24 %419.2280Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Journal of PhoneticsElsevier BV37 %522.03167Subscription; open access option 3 210 USD
Cognitive Behaviour TherapyTaylor & Francis33 %492.77100Subscription
Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical ScienceAmerican Psychological Association30 %1321.9529Subscription
Philosophical PsychologyTaylor & Francis32 %1361.6693Subscription
Language and CognitionCambridge University Press36 %581.88503 550 USD
Cognitive PsychologyElsevier BV24 %368.43278Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
British Journal of Educational PsychologyWiley23 %934.60174Subscription; open access option 3 760 USD
Cognition & EmotionTaylor & Francis26 %1332.52218Subscription
Social Psychology of EducationSpringer Science+Business Media23 %1133.57100Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Recherches linguistiques de VincennesPublisher unknown24 %7102.0024Subscription
CognitionElsevier BV20 %2833.15353Subscription; open access option 3 910 USD
Creativity Theories – Research – ApplicationsDe Gruyter55 %151.4924Subscription
Sleep Science and PracticeBioMed Central46 %221.62202 790 USD
Journal of Consciousness StudiesRoutledge42 %671.0764Subscription
Chronobiology in MedicinePublisher unknown42 %321.5710Open access, fee unknown
Cognitive ScienceWiley26 %1741.78237Subscription; open access option 4 000 USD
Review of Cognitive LinguisticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company49 %350.9933Subscription
Sleep ScienceBrazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep Societies43 %1910.6143Open access, fee unknown
Annual Review of Clinical PsychologyAnnual Reviews20 %2220.24187Subscription
Journal of Educational PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association24 %1242.62394Subscription
Affective ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media27 %632.6933Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
Gifted and Talented InternationalTaylor & Francis64 %131.0641Subscription
Journal of CognitionUbiquity Press24 %613.69341 240 USD
Mind & LanguageWiley35 %541.50136Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Anxiety Stress & CopingTaylor & Francis27 %522.89121Subscription
Sleep Medicine ResearchPublisher unknown43 %351.1918Open access, fee unknown
High Ability StudiesTaylor & Francis63 %81.4258Subscription
Sleep and VigilanceSpringer Science+Business Media49 %420.8218Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
Evolutionary Behavioral SciencesAmerican Psychological Association38 %381.4535Subscription
International Journal of Clinical and Health PsychologyElsevier BV20 %774.60662 970 USD
Neuroscience of ConsciousnessUniversity of Oxford25 %403.94522 544 USD
Speech CommunicationElsevier BV22 %933.24153Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Cognitive SemanticsBrill53 %171.1214Subscription
Evolutionary Psychological ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media39 %371.3234Subscription; open access option 2 390 USD
Consciousness and CognitionElsevier BV23 %1172.43165Subscription; open access option 3 210 USD
Philosophical StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media23 %1692.03157Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Journal of Advanced AcademicsSAGE Publishing38 %261.6463Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Educational PsychologyTaylor & Francis23 %713.03133Subscription
Cognitive Linguistic StudiesJohn Benjamins Publishing Company49 %231.0317Subscription
Human NatureSpringer Science+Business Media34 %252.14113Subscription; open access option 2 190 USD
Memory & CognitionSpringer Science+Business Media23 %1412.03232Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Educational PsychologistRoutledge22 %218.91236Subscription
Aging Neuropsychology and CognitionTaylor & Francis26 %422.7484Subscription
EmotionAmerican Psychological Association20 %2531.93218Subscription
British Journal of PsychologyWiley23 %782.71187Subscription; open access option 3 800 USD
Cognitive Linguisticsdiamond OADe Gruyter Mouton42 %241.25114None (diamond OA)
Philosophy and the Mind SciencesPublisher unknown36 %261.6919Open access, fee unknown
British Journal of Clinical PsychologyWiley25 %662.11146Subscription; open access option 3 760 USD
Metaphor and the Social WorldJohn Benjamins Publishing Company50 %250.8132Subscription
Journal of Dance Medicine & ScienceSAGE Publishing36 %421.1549Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Review of Philosophy and PsychologySpringer Science+Business Media30 %541.4767Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
Somnologie - Schlafforschung und SchlafmedizinSpringer Science+Business Media40 %460.8836Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersElsevier BV26 %502.0657Subscription; open access option 3 490 USD
Journal of Cognitive PsychologyTaylor & Francis25 %642.0161Subscription
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric ResearchWiley22 %483.401134 070 USD
Human StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media28 %521.6968Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
Journal of Cognitive EnhancementSpringer Science+Business Media33 %281.6041Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
PsyCh JournalWiley20 %1032.52401 750 USD
Journal of Mood and Anxiety DisordersElsevier BV28 %252.54122 700 USD
New Ideas in PsychologyElsevier BV23 %482.6785Subscription; open access option 3 600 USD
Constructions and FramesJohn Benjamins Publishing Company24 %147.0930Subscription
Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive TherapyElsevier BV29 %381.7020Subscription; open access option 1 500 USD
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral AssessmentSpringer Science+Business Media26 %831.47118Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Neuropsychological RehabilitationTaylor & Francis24 %721.76111Subscription
Evolutionary Human SciencesCambridge University Press24 %472.22333 550 USD
Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the ArtsAmerican Psychological Association23 %1321.44110Subscription
Behavioral and Brain SciencesCambridge University Press24 %2670.99303Subscription
Research in Dance EducationRoutledge31 %541.1140Subscription
MemoryTaylor & Francis22 %1131.70133Subscription
Clinical Psychology in EuropeLeibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)22 %403.1326Open access, fee unknown
Evolutionary PsychologySAGE Publishing38 %360.89781 000 USD
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental PsychiatryElsevier BV26 %611.36139Subscription; open access option 3 140 USD
Cognitive ProcessingSpringer Science+Business Media23 %631.7874Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
Studies in African LinguisticsGeorge A. Smathers Libraries28 %172.9465Open access, fee unknown
Instructional ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media20 %483.03129Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Zeitschrift für PsychologieJohann Ambrosius Barth Verlag21 %373.3662Subscription
Emotion ReviewSAGE Publishing21 %303.92127Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
Behavioural and Cognitive PsychotherapyCambridge University Press26 %561.51103Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Laboratory Phonology Journal of the Association for Laboratory PhonologyUbiquity Press38 %251.0148551 USD
Australasian Journal of PhilosophyRoutledge22 %731.73111Subscription
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive ScienceWiley21 %402.83102Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Possibility Studies & SocietySAGE Publishing23 %312.7715Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
NPP—Digital Psychiatry and NeuroscienceSpringer Science+Business Media26 %105.6592 190 USD
Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and CognitionAmerican Psychological Association21 %1761.28279Subscription
Journal of Turkish Sleep MedicineGalenos Yayinevi43 %350.6313Open access, fee unknown
Creativity StudiesVilnius Gediminas Technical University31 %431.0523Open access, fee unknown
Multisensory ResearchBrill35 %310.9445Subscription
Language and SpeechSAGE Publishing31 %431.04137Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior TherapySpringer Science+Business Media24 %501.6761Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Cognitive and Behavioral PracticeElsevier BV22 %641.78101Subscription; open access option 3 600 USD
Adaptive Human Behavior and PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media31 %231.4931Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Philosophical IssuesWiley25 %242.3076Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
npj Biological Timing and SleepSpringer Science+Business Media24 %124.67102 590 USD
Meta-PsychologyLinnaeus University21 %243.3521Open access, fee unknown
Body Movement and Dance in PsychotherapyRoutledge35 %350.8225Subscription
Australasian Journal of Gifted EducationPublisher unknown60 %110.6215Subscription
Motivation and EmotionSpringer Science+Business Media20 %661.83154Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
NoûsWiley22 %491.88169Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian RhythmsElsevier BV26 %152.60282 510 USD
Journal of Nonverbal BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media22 %282.55115Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Australasian Philosophical ReviewTaylor & Francis20 %412.2219Subscription
MindOxford University Press20 %821.45163Subscription; open access option 4 002 USD

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.