Psychological Bulletin

Psychological Bulletin ® publishes evaluative and integrative research reviews and interpretations of issues in scientific psychology. Both qualitative (narrative) and quantitative (meta-analytic) reviews will be considered, depending on the nature of the database under consideration for review. Integrative reviews or research syntheses focus on empirical studies and seek to summarize past research by drawing overall conclusions from many separate investigations that address related or identical hypotheses. A research synthesis typically presents the authors' assessments of the state of knowledge concerning the relations of interest;critical assessments of the strengths and weaknesses in past research; andimportant issues that research has left unresolved, thereby directing future research so it can yield a maximum amount of new information. Both cumulative and historical approaches (i.e., ones that organize a research literature by highlighting temporally unfolding developments in a field) can be used. Integrative research reviews that develop connections between areas of research are particularly valuable. Manuscripts dealing with topics at the interface of psychological sciences and society are welcome, as are evaluations of applied psychological therapies, programs, and interventions. Expository articles may be published if they are deemed accurate, broad, clear, and pertinent. Methodological articles that previously were submitted to Psychological Bulletin should now be submitted to Psychological Methods. Original theoretical articles should be submitted to Psychological Review, even when they include summaries of research. Research syntheses should be submitted to Psychological Bulletin even when they develop integrated theoretical statements.

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Category	Year	Quartile
History and Philosophy of Science	1999	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2000	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2001	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2002	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2003	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2004	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2005	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2006	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2007	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2008	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2009	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2010	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2011	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2012	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2013	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2014	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2015	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2016	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2017	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2018	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2019	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2020	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2021	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	5.412
2000	5.274
2001	4.969
2002	5.350
2003	5.571
2004	5.542
2005	5.513
2006	6.019
2007	5.965
2008	6.592
2009	7.890
2010	7.021
2011	7.328
2012	8.786
2013	8.686
2014	7.645
2015	8.354
2016	9.348
2017	8.793
2018	9.276
2019	9.231
2020	10.737
2021	7.504

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	41
2000	48
2001	41
2002	43
2003	40
2004	51
2005	51
2006	44
2007	50
2008	40
2009	52
2010	56
2011	56
2012	53
2013	62
2014	59
2015	43
2016	47
2017	48
2018	43
2019	45
2020	33
2021	43

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	7.932
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	9.557
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	9.723
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	8.860
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	11.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	11.017
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	12.709
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	13.897
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	14.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	15.429
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	16.827
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	17.323
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	17.838
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	18.216
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	18.691
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	17.458
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	16.100
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	17.935
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	18.517
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	21.102
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	20.254
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	20.530
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	29.598
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	7.932
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	8.721
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	8.415
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	8.069
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	9.818
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	10.540
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	11.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	12.852
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	12.658
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	14.028
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	16.134
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	15.408
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	15.608
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	16.555
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	16.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	13.573
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	14.793
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	16.817
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	18.013
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	17.471
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	18.543
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	20.926
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	22.017
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	7.029
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	6.973
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	7.236
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	6.719
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	8.976
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	9.169
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	9.890
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	10.853
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	10.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	12.745
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	13.689
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	12.141
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	13.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	14.089
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	12.193
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	11.757
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	13.132
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	16.294
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	13.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	14.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	19.022
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	13.170
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	21.282

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	16
Self Cites	2000	21
Self Cites	2001	29
Self Cites	2002	28
Self Cites	2003	27
Self Cites	2004	12
Self Cites	2005	25
Self Cites	2006	24
Self Cites	2007	26
Self Cites	2008	22
Self Cites	2009	30
Self Cites	2010	28
Self Cites	2011	23
Self Cites	2012	33
Self Cites	2013	41
Self Cites	2014	23
Self Cites	2015	22
Self Cites	2016	28
Self Cites	2017	22
Self Cites	2018	55
Self Cites	2019	18
Self Cites	2020	20
Self Cites	2021	21
Total Cites	1999	928
Total Cites	2000	968
Total Cites	2001	1035
Total Cites	2002	1049
Total Cites	2003	1296
Total Cites	2004	1307
Total Cites	2005	1494
Total Cites	2006	1825
Total Cites	2007	1848
Total Cites	2008	2034
Total Cites	2009	2162
Total Cites	2010	2188
Total Cites	2011	2310
Total Cites	2012	2715
Total Cites	2013	2750
Total Cites	2014	2321
Total Cites	2015	2574
Total Cites	2016	2758
Total Cites	2017	2684
Total Cites	2018	2411
Total Cites	2019	2559
Total Cites	2020	2846
Total Cites	2021	2664

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	8.071
External Cites per document	2000	8.850
External Cites per document	2001	8.314
External Cites per document	2002	7.854
External Cites per document	2003	9.614
External Cites per document	2004	10.444
External Cites per document	2005	10.963
External Cites per document	2006	12.683
External Cites per document	2007	12.566
External Cites per document	2008	14.070
External Cites per document	2009	16.152
External Cites per document	2010	15.429
External Cites per document	2011	15.772
External Cites per document	2012	18.625
External Cites per document	2013	19.489
External Cites per document	2014	17.149
External Cites per document	2015	17.128
External Cites per document	2016	18.958
External Cites per document	2017	18.746
External Cites per document	2018	18.123
External Cites per document	2019	19.852
External Cites per document	2020	22.976
External Cites per document	2021	23.184
Cites per document	1999	7.932
Cites per document	2000	8.721
Cites per document	2001	8.415
Cites per document	2002	8.069
Cites per document	2003	9.818
Cites per document	2004	10.540
Cites per document	2005	11.149
Cites per document	2006	12.852
Cites per document	2007	12.658
Cites per document	2008	14.028
Cites per document	2009	16.134
Cites per document	2010	15.408
Cites per document	2011	15.608
Cites per document	2012	16.555
Cites per document	2013	16.667
Cites per document	2014	13.573
Cites per document	2015	14.793
Cites per document	2016	16.817
Cites per document	2017	18.013
Cites per document	2018	17.471
Cites per document	2019	18.543
Cites per document	2020	20.926
Cites per document	2021	22.017

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	29.27
2000	4.17
2001	19.51
2002	6.98
2003	12.50
2004	17.65
2005	23.53
2006	29.55
2007	32.00
2008	40.00
2009	25.00
2010	39.29
2011	28.57
2012	22.64
2013	24.19
2014	22.03
2015	25.58
2016	31.91
2017	22.92
2018	39.53
2019	24.44
2020	30.30
2021	30.23

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	4
Non-citable documents	2000	4
Non-citable documents	2001	2
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	20
Non-citable documents	2013	26
Non-citable documents	2014	37
Non-citable documents	2015	25
Non-citable documents	2016	20
Non-citable documents	2017	7
Non-citable documents	2018	8
Non-citable documents	2019	10
Non-citable documents	2020	13
Non-citable documents	2021	7
Citable documents	1999	113
Citable documents	2000	107
Citable documents	2001	121
Citable documents	2002	130
Citable documents	2003	132
Citable documents	2004	124
Citable documents	2005	134
Citable documents	2006	142
Citable documents	2007	145
Citable documents	2008	143
Citable documents	2009	132
Citable documents	2010	140
Citable documents	2011	145
Citable documents	2012	144
Citable documents	2013	139
Citable documents	2014	134
Citable documents	2015	149
Citable documents	2016	144
Citable documents	2017	142
Citable documents	2018	130
Citable documents	2019	128
Citable documents	2020	123
Citable documents	2021	114

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	10
Uncited documents	2000	8
Uncited documents	2001	13
Uncited documents	2002	12
Uncited documents	2003	11
Uncited documents	2004	10
Uncited documents	2005	11
Uncited documents	2006	14
Uncited documents	2007	17
Uncited documents	2008	14
Uncited documents	2009	11
Uncited documents	2010	11
Uncited documents	2011	5
Uncited documents	2012	12
Uncited documents	2013	10
Uncited documents	2014	21
Uncited documents	2015	26
Uncited documents	2016	14
Uncited documents	2017	5
Uncited documents	2018	4
Uncited documents	2019	5
Uncited documents	2020	11
Uncited documents	2021	6
Cited documents	1999	107
Cited documents	2000	103
Cited documents	2001	110
Cited documents	2002	118
Cited documents	2003	121
Cited documents	2004	114
Cited documents	2005	123
Cited documents	2006	128
Cited documents	2007	129
Cited documents	2008	131
Cited documents	2009	123
Cited documents	2010	131
Cited documents	2011	143
Cited documents	2012	152
Cited documents	2013	155
Cited documents	2014	150
Cited documents	2015	148
Cited documents	2016	150
Cited documents	2017	144
Cited documents	2018	134
Cited documents	2019	133
Cited documents	2020	125
Cited documents	2021	115