Psychological Review
Last updated ISSN 0033-295X
Psychological Review is published by American Psychological Association in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Psychological Review concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Cognitive Science and Mapping
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Neural dynamics and brain function
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0033-295X, 1939-1471 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 7,459 |
| Publishing since | 1802 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rev/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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