Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
2.0
SJR
0.921
CiteScore
4.5
Categories
Law
Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology
Areas
Psychology
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1995-2025
journal names
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
PSYCHOL PUBLIC POL L
Publications
1 063
Citations
28 232
h-index
74
Publications
302
Citations
10 582
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (3 publications)
Griffith University
Griffith University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (555 publications)
Canada (62 publications)
United Kingdom (50 publications)
USA (27 publications)
Australia (5 publications)
Canada (5 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
877 citations, 3.11%
Law and Human Behavior
707 citations, 2.5%
Psychology, Crime and Law
684 citations, 2.42%
Behavioral Sciences and the Law
628 citations, 2.22%
Applied Cognitive Psychology
597 citations, 2.11%
Criminal Justice and Behavior
522 citations, 1.85%
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
435 citations, 1.54%
SSRN Electronic Journal
393 citations, 1.39%
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
358 citations, 1.27%
Frontiers in Psychology
276 citations, 0.98%
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
262 citations, 0.93%
Child Abuse and Neglect
250 citations, 0.89%
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
243 citations, 0.86%
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
236 citations, 0.84%
Legal and Criminological Psychology
228 citations, 0.81%
Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment
222 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
191 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
189 citations, 0.67%
PLoS ONE
185 citations, 0.66%
Aggression and Violent Behavior
165 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Criminal Justice
155 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
155 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
131 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Experimental Criminology
129 citations, 0.46%
Memory
127 citations, 0.45%
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
125 citations, 0.44%
Child Maltreatment
124 citations, 0.44%
Advances in Psychology and Law
124 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice
123 citations, 0.44%
Intelligence
115 citations, 0.41%
Family Court Review
112 citations, 0.4%
Children and Youth Services Review
106 citations, 0.38%
Psychological Assessment
105 citations, 0.37%
Crime and Delinquency
105 citations, 0.37%
Justice Quarterly
96 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Criminal Psychology
96 citations, 0.34%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
94 citations, 0.33%
Perspectives on Psychological Science
89 citations, 0.32%
Psychological Injury and Law
86 citations, 0.3%
Criminal Justice Policy Review
82 citations, 0.29%
Scientific Reports
81 citations, 0.29%
Visual Cognition
79 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
77 citations, 0.27%
Assessment
76 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Sexual Aggression
73 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
70 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Child Custody
69 citations, 0.24%
American Psychologist
68 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Applied Psychology
68 citations, 0.24%
Policing and Society
67 citations, 0.24%
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
67 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
67 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Forensic Sciences
66 citations, 0.23%
Criminology and Public Policy
66 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Personality Assessment
65 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
64 citations, 0.23%
Psychological Science
62 citations, 0.22%
Police Practice and Research
61 citations, 0.22%
Victims and Offenders
59 citations, 0.21%
Perception
58 citations, 0.21%
Sex Roles
58 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
58 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
57 citations, 0.2%
Psychological Reports
57 citations, 0.2%
Criminal Justice Review
56 citations, 0.2%
Personality and Individual Differences
54 citations, 0.19%
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
53 citations, 0.19%
British Journal of Psychology
52 citations, 0.18%
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
50 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
50 citations, 0.18%
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
49 citations, 0.17%
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
48 citations, 0.17%
American Journal of Criminal Justice
47 citations, 0.17%
Cognition
46 citations, 0.16%
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
46 citations, 0.16%
British Journal of Criminology
44 citations, 0.16%
Policing
44 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
44 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Police Science & Management
43 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Crime and Justice
42 citations, 0.15%
Behavioral Sciences
41 citations, 0.15%
CNS Spectrums
40 citations, 0.14%
Punishment and Society
40 citations, 0.14%
Acta Psychologica
39 citations, 0.14%
Current Psychology
39 citations, 0.14%
The Journal of Psychiatry & Law
39 citations, 0.14%
Vision Research
38 citations, 0.13%
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
38 citations, 0.13%
Policing (Oxford)
38 citations, 0.13%
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
37 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
37 citations, 0.13%
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
37 citations, 0.13%
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
36 citations, 0.13%
Gifted Child Quarterly
36 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Family Violence
35 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
35 citations, 0.12%
Psychology of Women Quarterly
35 citations, 0.12%
Memory and Cognition
35 citations, 0.12%
Law and Social Inquiry
34 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Evidence and Proof
33 citations, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
4496 citations, 15.93%
Wiley
4336 citations, 15.36%
SAGE
3802 citations, 13.47%
Elsevier
3196 citations, 11.32%
Springer Nature
2918 citations, 10.34%
American Psychological Association (APA)
2751 citations, 9.74%
Cambridge University Press
863 citations, 3.06%
Emerald
490 citations, 1.74%
Frontiers Media S.A.
434 citations, 1.54%
Oxford University Press
369 citations, 1.31%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
350 citations, 1.24%
MDPI
243 citations, 0.86%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
212 citations, 0.75%
Annual Reviews
181 citations, 0.64%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
81 citations, 0.29%
IGI Global
79 citations, 0.28%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
74 citations, 0.26%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
68 citations, 0.24%
CAIRN
66 citations, 0.23%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
66 citations, 0.23%
University of Chicago Press
45 citations, 0.16%
Consortium Erudit
45 citations, 0.16%
Walter de Gruyter
44 citations, 0.16%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
40 citations, 0.14%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
36 citations, 0.13%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
33 citations, 0.12%
BMJ
31 citations, 0.11%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
28 citations, 0.1%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
27 citations, 0.1%
British Psychological Society
27 citations, 0.1%
Guilford Publications
27 citations, 0.1%
Springer Publishing Company
25 citations, 0.09%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
24 citations, 0.09%
The Royal Society
22 citations, 0.08%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
21 citations, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
19 citations, 0.07%
Johann Ambrosius Barth
19 citations, 0.07%
Academy of Management
18 citations, 0.06%
University of Illinois Press
17 citations, 0.06%
Ubiquity Press
17 citations, 0.06%
Forensic Science Society
16 citations, 0.06%
SLACK
16 citations, 0.06%
Equinox Publishing
15 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
14 citations, 0.05%
Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid
14 citations, 0.05%
American Accounting Association
13 citations, 0.05%
IOS Press
12 citations, 0.04%
American Public Health Association
12 citations, 0.04%
American Educational Research Association
12 citations, 0.04%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
12 citations, 0.04%
MIT Press
11 citations, 0.04%
SciELO
11 citations, 0.04%
OpenEdition
11 citations, 0.04%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
11 citations, 0.04%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
10 citations, 0.04%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
10 citations, 0.04%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
10 citations, 0.04%
Brookings Institution Press
9 citations, 0.03%
American Medical Association (AMA)
9 citations, 0.03%
IntechOpen
9 citations, 0.03%
University of Oklahoma Libraries
9 citations, 0.03%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
7 citations, 0.02%
Research Square Platform LLC
7 citations, 0.02%
University of California Press
6 citations, 0.02%
Brill
6 citations, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
6 citations, 0.02%
Revue Sante Mentale au Quebec
6 citations, 0.02%
China Science Publishing & Media
6 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
6 citations, 0.02%
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
6 citations, 0.02%
F1000 Research
6 citations, 0.02%
The Japanese Psychological Association
6 citations, 0.02%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
5 citations, 0.02%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
5 citations, 0.02%
American Economic Association
5 citations, 0.02%
Duke University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
4 citations, 0.01%
Carl Heymanns Verlag KG
4 citations, 0.01%
Society for Neuroscience
4 citations, 0.01%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
4 citations, 0.01%
Human Kinetics
4 citations, 0.01%
AOSIS
4 citations, 0.01%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Maney Publishing
4 citations, 0.01%
American Marketing Association
3 citations, 0.01%
World Scientific
3 citations, 0.01%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
3 citations, 0.01%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
3 citations, 0.01%
American Academy of Pediatrics
3 citations, 0.01%
Masaryk University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Unisa Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
National Association of School Psychologists
3 citations, 0.01%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.01%
S. Karger AG
3 citations, 0.01%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.01%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
3 citations, 0.01%
Bristol University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
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Publishing organizations

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University of California, Irvine
28 publications, 2.63%
Arizona State University
27 publications, 2.54%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
24 publications, 2.26%
Simon Fraser University
19 publications, 1.79%
Iowa State University
18 publications, 1.69%
University of Virginia
17 publications, 1.6%
Cornell University
16 publications, 1.51%
University of Arizona
16 publications, 1.51%
University of Miami
16 publications, 1.51%
University of Alabama
15 publications, 1.41%
University of Cambridge
13 publications, 1.22%
Drexel University
13 publications, 1.22%
University at Albany, State University of New York
13 publications, 1.22%
Yale University
12 publications, 1.13%
Florida International University
12 publications, 1.13%
Sam Houston State University
12 publications, 1.13%
University of Southern California
11 publications, 1.03%
Michigan State University
11 publications, 1.03%
University of Liverpool
10 publications, 0.94%
University of Illinois at Chicago
10 publications, 0.94%
George Mason University
10 publications, 0.94%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9 publications, 0.85%
New York University
9 publications, 0.85%
Indiana University Bloomington
9 publications, 0.85%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
9 publications, 0.85%
University of California, Berkeley
8 publications, 0.75%
Harvard University
8 publications, 0.75%
Southern Methodist University
8 publications, 0.75%
University of South Florida
8 publications, 0.75%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
8 publications, 0.75%
Griffith University
7 publications, 0.66%
Georgetown University
7 publications, 0.66%
University of Minnesota
7 publications, 0.66%
University of Texas at El Paso
7 publications, 0.66%
University of Florida
7 publications, 0.66%
University of North Texas
7 publications, 0.66%
University of Haifa
6 publications, 0.56%
University of Sydney
6 publications, 0.56%
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
6 publications, 0.56%
Virginia Commonwealth University
6 publications, 0.56%
Temple University
6 publications, 0.56%
Carleton University
6 publications, 0.56%
Texas Tech University
6 publications, 0.56%
Portland State University
6 publications, 0.56%
Albany State University
6 publications, 0.56%
University of New South Wales
5 publications, 0.47%
Johns Hopkins University
5 publications, 0.47%
University of Otago
5 publications, 0.47%
Deakin University
5 publications, 0.47%
Flinders University
5 publications, 0.47%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.47%
Central Michigan University
5 publications, 0.47%
Fordham University
5 publications, 0.47%
Saint Mary's University
5 publications, 0.47%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 0.47%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
5 publications, 0.47%
University of Portsmouth
5 publications, 0.47%
University of Massachusetts Lowell
5 publications, 0.47%
University of Nevada, Reno
5 publications, 0.47%
Monash University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Tasmania
4 publications, 0.38%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Chicago
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Michigan
4 publications, 0.38%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.38%
Augsburg University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
4 publications, 0.38%
Texas A&M University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Missouri
4 publications, 0.38%
Augusta University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Pittsburgh
4 publications, 0.38%
London School of Economics and Political Science
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Birmingham
3 publications, 0.28%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.28%
Victoria University of Wellington
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Melbourne
3 publications, 0.28%
Swinburne University of Technology
3 publications, 0.28%
Charles Sturt University
3 publications, 0.28%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.28%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 0.28%
University of California, San Diego
3 publications, 0.28%
University of California, San Francisco
3 publications, 0.28%
DePaul University
3 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Santa Cruz
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Central Florida
3 publications, 0.28%
Vanderbilt University
3 publications, 0.28%
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
3 publications, 0.28%
Roger Williams University
3 publications, 0.28%
University of British Columbia
3 publications, 0.28%
Dartmouth College
3 publications, 0.28%
Justus Liebig University Giessen
3 publications, 0.28%
Cardiff University
3 publications, 0.28%
Emory University
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Maryland, College Park
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 0.28%
York University
3 publications, 0.28%
Western University
3 publications, 0.28%
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University of California, Irvine
4 publications, 1.32%
Griffith University
3 publications, 0.99%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.99%
Temple University
3 publications, 0.99%
University of Virginia
3 publications, 0.99%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.66%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.66%
Iowa State University
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Tasmania
2 publications, 0.66%
Flinders University
2 publications, 0.66%
Simon Fraser University
2 publications, 0.66%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.66%
Portland State University
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Twente
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.33%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.33%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.33%
Drexel University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.33%
Victoria University of Wellington
1 publication, 0.33%
Swinburne University of Technology
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.33%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.33%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.33%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.33%
Towson University
1 publication, 0.33%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.33%
New York University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.33%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.33%
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
1 publication, 0.33%
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
1 publication, 0.33%
Oakland University
1 publication, 0.33%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.33%
Metropolitan State University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.33%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.33%
Augsburg University
1 publication, 0.33%
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.33%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.33%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Texas at El Paso
1 publication, 0.33%
Brock University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.33%
Indiana University School of Medicine
1 publication, 0.33%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.33%
Texas State University
1 publication, 0.33%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Memphis
1 publication, 0.33%
Sam Houston State University
1 publication, 0.33%
Bath Spa University
1 publication, 0.33%
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
1 publication, 0.33%
Gustave Eiffel University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
1 publication, 0.33%
Université de Montréal
1 publication, 0.33%
Lille Catholic University
1 publication, 0.33%
Washburn University
1 publication, 0.33%
Hunter College
1 publication, 0.33%
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USA, 555, 52.21%
USA
555 publications, 52.21%
Canada, 62, 5.83%
Canada
62 publications, 5.83%
United Kingdom, 50, 4.7%
United Kingdom
50 publications, 4.7%
Australia, 34, 3.2%
Australia
34 publications, 3.2%
Germany, 10, 0.94%
Germany
10 publications, 0.94%
Israel, 9, 0.85%
Israel
9 publications, 0.85%
Netherlands, 9, 0.85%
Netherlands
9 publications, 0.85%
New Zealand, 9, 0.85%
New Zealand
9 publications, 0.85%
South Africa, 3, 0.28%
South Africa
3 publications, 0.28%
Argentina, 2, 0.19%
Argentina
2 publications, 0.19%
Italy, 2, 0.19%
Italy
2 publications, 0.19%
Sweden, 2, 0.19%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.19%
Japan, 2, 0.19%
Japan
2 publications, 0.19%
Russia, 1, 0.09%
Russia
1 publication, 0.09%
China, 1, 0.09%
China
1 publication, 0.09%
Austria, 1, 0.09%
Austria
1 publication, 0.09%
Denmark, 1, 0.09%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.09%
Spain, 1, 0.09%
Spain
1 publication, 0.09%
Poland, 1, 0.09%
Poland
1 publication, 0.09%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.09%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.09%
Montenegro, 1, 0.09%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.09%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 27, 8.94%
USA
27 publications, 8.94%
Australia, 5, 1.66%
Australia
5 publications, 1.66%
Canada, 5, 1.66%
Canada
5 publications, 1.66%
United Kingdom, 4, 1.32%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 1.32%
New Zealand, 2, 0.66%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.66%
Israel, 1, 0.33%
Israel
1 publication, 0.33%
Netherlands, 1, 0.33%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.33%
South Africa, 1, 0.33%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.33%
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