About this journal
Aims and scope
Psychology Research and Behavior Management is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal with a focus on the science of psychology and its application in behavior management and learning.
Specific topics covered by the journal include:
- Behavioral, cognitive and social neuroscience
- Psychophysiology and behavioral endocrinology
- Behavioral economics and decision making
- Positive psychology
- Business and sports performance processes
- Social and developmental aspects
The journal accepts papers in the form of original research, including clinical and laboratory animal studies, along with surveys, reviews, expert opinions, commentaries, case series and case reports.
All meta-analyses require a pre-submission check prior to submitting to Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Please complete the pre-submission check form here.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 576K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.974 (2023) SNIP
- 0.812 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Professor Igor Elman, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, United States
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
Professor Mei-Chun Cheung, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Zhenhao Shi, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dr Einar Thorsteinsson, Psychology, University of New England, Australia
Professor Gabriela Topa, Faculty of Psychology, National University of Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain
Dr Bao-Liang Zhong, Department of Psychiatry, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Editorial Board:
Professor Kenneth Blum, Division of Addiction Research and Education, Center for Sports, Exercise & Mental Health, Western University Health Sciences, pomona., CA., USA
Professor SH Annabel Chen, Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr Stella Christie, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Mainland (PRC)
Dr Terry A Cronan, Psychology, Department of Sciences, San Diego State University, United States
Dr George DuPaul, School Psychology, Department of Education and Human Services, Lehigh University, United States
Professor Palmira Faraci, Psychometrics, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Italy
Professor Richard Ferraro, Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, United States
Professor Peter Hancock, Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
Professor Raphiq Ibrahim, Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, Department of Learning, University of Haifa, Israel
Dr Valentina Lucia La Rosa, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Italy
Dr Daniel D Langleben, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, United States
Dr Donato Liloia, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy
Dr Natasha Loi, Psychology, University of New England, Australia
Dr Ruth Mark, Cognitive Neuropsychology, University of Tilburg, Netherlands
Professor Gianluca Serafini, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Dr Phakkharawat Sittiprapaporn, School of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
Dr Panayotis (Peter) K. Thanos, Senior Research Scientist, Research Professor, Director of Behavioral Neuropharmacology & Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions (BNNLA), Clinical Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, USA
Professor Jaye Van Kirk, Behavioral Sciences, San Diego Mesa College, United States
Professor Stephen Weiss, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States
Abstracting and indexing
Psychology Research and Behavior Management is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
American Psychological Association's 'PsycINFO' database
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Psychology Research and Behavior Management is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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