Top 10 Social Psychology Journals In The World 2026

1. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

The Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, launched in March 2014, is devoted to publishing reviews of the I/O Psychology and HRM/OB literature. The Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior ranked in the top 5 of journals within 2 categories in the 2023 Edition of the Journal Citation Report (JCR) with an Impact Factor of 13.7. more...

2. Personality and Social Psychology Review

PSPR aims to publish theory that makes a difference in the real world. The journal is especially interested in theory that speaks to the experiences of people who are marginalized or oppressed by prevailing power structures. PSPR papers must be grounded in personality and social psychology, but the journal is welcoming to scholarship that demonstrate the ways in which these fields connect to other disciplines, both within psychology, and beyond to disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, arts, medicine, nursing, and life sciences. more...

3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology® publishes original papers in all areas of personality and social psychology and emphasizes empirical reports, but may include specialized theoretical, methodological, and review papers. The journal is divided into three independently edited sections. Attitudes and Social Cognition publishes articles concerning attitudinal and social cognitive processes (e.g., attitudes, beliefs, stereotyping and prejudice, cognition, emotion, and motivation) that take place in micro- and macrolevel social contexts. Topics include, but are not limited to, attitudes, persuasion, attributions, stereotypes, prejudice, person memory, motivation and more...

4. Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and debate of qualitative research within sport and exercise psychology, sport sociology, sports coaching, and sports and exercise medicine. Providing a forum for qualitative researchers within all the social scientific areas of sport, exercise, and health the journal offers researchers, practitioners, and students access to cutting edge empirical inquiry, scholarly dialogues, and the latest developments in qualitative methodologies and methods. more...

5. Psychology and Developing Societies

Psychology and Developing Societies provides a forum for psychologists from different parts of the world who are concerned with the problems of developing societies. The peer reviewed journal welcomes theoretical, empirical and review papers in different areas of psychology. Articles reflecting the unique sociocultural and historical experience of developing countries, which are different from those of Euro-American societies are also encouraged. Furthermore, the journal welcomes papers based on alternative paradigms, indigenous concepts and methods which have relevance for social policy in more...

6. Journal of Human Values

The Journal of Human Values provides an understanding of how in order for individuals, organizations and societies to endure and function effectively, it is essential that an individual's positive exalting forces be rediscovered and revitalized. The Journal of Human Values addresses the impact of human values along a variety of dimensions: the relevance of human values in today's world; human values at the organizational level; and the culture-specificity of human values. The journal provides an international forum for the exchange of ideas, principles and processes concerning more...

7. Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior

The journal will cover empirical and theoretical contributions studies related to mental health and addition, social support, socioeconomic inequality, behavior change techniques, health policy and clinical practice. The journal considers research across a range of disciplines including Public Health, Nursing, Anthropology, the Caring Sciences, Primary Care, Global Health, Community Medicine, health psychology, health policy, sociology, health economics and health services management. List of specialties the journals deals with Public Health Nursing Anthropology The Caring Sciences Primary Care Global Health Community Medicine more...

8. International Journal of Behavioral Sciences

The International Journal of Behavioral Sciences (IJBS) is a quarterly, international, peer-reviewed, and open access journal dedicated to various novel disciplines of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences including:   Clinical Psychology   Behavioral Neuroscience   Psychotherapy   Health Psychology   Marriage & Family Therapy   Psychiatry The IJBS is an official Journal of the Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran and is adhering to ICMJE and COPE recommendation. The Iranian Committee of Medical Science Journals of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has more...