American Psychologist

American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
ISSN: 0003066X, 1935990X

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
12.3
SJR
3.357
CiteScore
18.5
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Psychology
Years of issue
1946-1954, 1965-2025
journal names
American Psychologist
AM PSYCHOL
Publications
15 112
Citations
684 154
h-index
358
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Top-3 organizations
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Top-3 countries
USA (4100 publications)
Canada (186 publications)
United Kingdom (111 publications)

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USA, 4100, 27.13%
Canada, 186, 1.23%
United Kingdom, 111, 0.73%
Australia, 50, 0.33%
Netherlands, 35, 0.23%
Germany, 27, 0.18%
Italy, 23, 0.15%
Israel, 21, 0.14%
Switzerland, 20, 0.13%
France, 18, 0.12%
New Zealand, 18, 0.12%
Republic of Korea, 15, 0.1%
China, 13, 0.09%
Mexico, 9, 0.06%
Singapore, 8, 0.05%
Norway, 7, 0.05%
Turkey, 7, 0.05%
Belgium, 6, 0.04%
India, 5, 0.03%
Spain, 5, 0.03%
South Africa, 5, 0.03%
Japan, 5, 0.03%
Brazil, 4, 0.03%
Colombia, 4, 0.03%
Greece, 3, 0.02%
Ireland, 3, 0.02%
Poland, 3, 0.02%
Finland, 3, 0.02%
Sweden, 3, 0.02%
Estonia, 2, 0.01%
Portugal, 2, 0.01%
Denmark, 2, 0.01%
Egypt, 2, 0.01%
Nigeria, 2, 0.01%
Philippines, 2, 0.01%
USSR, 2, 0.01%
Ukraine, 1, 0.01%
Austria, 1, 0.01%
Antigua and Barbuda, 1, 0.01%
Argentina, 1, 0.01%
Hungary, 1, 0.01%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.01%
Indonesia, 1, 0.01%
Iraq, 1, 0.01%
Iceland, 1, 0.01%
Cameroon, 1, 0.01%
Panama, 1, 0.01%
Slovenia, 1, 0.01%
Fiji, 1, 0.01%
Montenegro, 1, 0.01%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.01%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.01%
Jamaica, 1, 0.01%
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USA, 243, 21.58%
Canada, 17, 1.51%
United Kingdom, 13, 1.15%
Germany, 12, 1.07%
Switzerland, 11, 0.98%
Australia, 7, 0.62%
Italy, 5, 0.44%
Republic of Korea, 5, 0.44%
China, 4, 0.36%
Israel, 4, 0.36%
Netherlands, 4, 0.36%
New Zealand, 3, 0.27%
France, 2, 0.18%
Mexico, 2, 0.18%
Norway, 2, 0.18%
Singapore, 2, 0.18%
Turkey, 2, 0.18%
Brazil, 1, 0.09%
Denmark, 1, 0.09%
India, 1, 0.09%
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