Occasionally, I compile data for various reports (and also for Wikipedia) that turn out to be interesting or generally useful. This page is a growing collection of those data.
Citation/Cited By Analysis of the journal, Law and Human Behavior
Top journals cited by L&HB Articles:
1. Law and Human Behavior
2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
3. Psychology, Public Policy and Law
4. Journal of Applied Social Psychology
5. Journal of Applied Psychology
6. Behavioral Science and the Law
7. Psychological Bulletin
8. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
9. American Psychologist
10. Psychological ReviewTop journals that cite L&HB:
1. Law and Human Behavior
2. Behavioral Sciences and the Law
3. Applied Cognitive Psychology
4. Psychology, Public Policy and Law
5. Psychology, Crime and Law
6. Journal of Applied Social Psychology
7. Wisconsin Law Review
8. Legal and Criminological Psychology
9. Criminal Justice and Behavior
10. Journal of Forensic PsychologySource: Social Science Citation Index, 2006
Ten highest impact-factor journals, social psychology (updated through 2007)
Note: This list is limited to general social psychology journals that are published at least quarterly.
1. Personality and Social Psychology Review (4.8)
2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (4.5)
3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2.6)
4. Social Psychology Quarterly (sociological) (2.1)
5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2.1)
6. British Journal of Social Psychology (2.0)
7. European Journal of Social Psychology (1.6)
8. Journal of Social Psychology (0.9)
9. Basic and Applied Social Psychology (0.8)
10. Journal of Applied Social Psychology (0.7)Source: 2007 Social Science Citation Index
Psychology subfields ranked by number of Ph.D. degrees awarded, 2005
Area (raw number of degrees / percentage of all psychology degrees)
1. Clinical Psychology (1,158/34.8%)
2. Counseling Psychology (469/14.1%)
3. Developmental / Child Psychology (223/6.7%)
4. "General Psychology" (187/5.6%)
5. Industrial & Organizational Psychology (184/5.5%)
6. Social Psychology (183/5.5%)
7. Cognitive Psychology (147/4.4%)
8. Experimental Psychology (120/3.6%)
9. School Psychology (108/3.2%)
10. Physiological Psychology (85/2.5%)
Remaining Subfields (463/14%)
Total Degrees Awarded (3327/100%)Source: 2005 Survey of Earned Doctorates, Appendix B-1
Rejection rates among psychology journals, ten most restrictive, 2004-2005 average
These are the journals with the ten highest manuscript rejection rates taken from the 2004-2005 average reported rejection rates of 54 psychology journals (includes all APA-published journals and most, but not all divisional psychology journals).
1. American Journal of Community Psychology (88.5%)
2. Journal of Applied Psychology (88%)
3. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology (87.5%)
4. Health Psychology (86.5%)
5. Journal of Educational Psychology (84.5%)
6. Psychology, Public Policy and Law (84.5%)
7. Journal of Abnormal Psychology (84%)
8. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (84%)
9. Psychological Assessment (83.5%)
10. Psychology of Women Quarterly (82.5%)Source: 2004 and 2005 APA Summary Report of Journal Operations / Divisional Journal Operations
Journals receiving the most manuscript submissions, 2005
These are the journals with the ten highest manuscript submission counts taken from the 2005 reported submissions of 54 psychology journals (includes all APA-published journals and most, but not all divisional psychology journals).
1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (825)
2. Journal of Applied Psychology (656)
3. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (462)
4. Journal of Abnormal Psychology (453)
5. Developmental Psychology (439)
6. Health Psychology (377)
7. Journal of Educational Psychology (359)
8. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (351)
9. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition (345)
10. Psychological Assessment (344)Source: 2005 APA Summary Report of Journal Operations / Divisional Journal Operations