Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Overview

Impact Factor

3.078

H Index

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Impact Factor

3.088

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 10768971
Publisher: American Psychological Association
History: 1995-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law ® provides a forum in which to critically evaluate the contributions of psychology and related disciplines (hereinafter psychology) to public policy and legal issues, and vice versa. It is read by legal scholars and professionals and public policy analysts as well as psychology researchers and practitioners working at the interface of the three fields. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical articles that critically evaluate the contributions and potential contributions of psychology to public policy and legal issues;assess the desirability of different public policy and legal alternatives in light of the scientific knowledge base in psychology;articulate research needs that address public policy and legal issues for which there is currently insufficient theoretical and empirical knowledge;present empirical work that makes a significant contribution to the application of psychological knowledge to public policy or the law; andexamine public policy and legal issues relating to the conduct of psychology and related disciplines (e.g., human subjects, protection policies; informed consent procedures).

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
SCR Impact Factor

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
SCR Journal Ranking

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly 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.

1.037

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    2.375 2.602 2.864
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    3.088 3.275 3.331
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    2.528 2.46 2.966
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    1.987 2.155 2.218
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    2.527 2.322 2.719
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    1.933 2.888 2.918
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    2.514 2.464 2.493
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    2.725 2.677 3.017
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    2.109 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    2.638 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    3.395 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    2.467 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    2.52 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    2.091 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    2.76 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    3.25 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    2.065 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.526 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    1.258 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    2.128 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.761 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.464 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.469 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
H-Index History