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Journal of Applied Psychology
Psychology and social sciences
Among the 50 psychology and social sciences journals in this index it has the 5th highest h-index and the 18th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 467 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 60% |
| China | 16% |
| Singapore | 8% |
| Canada | 6% |
| Hong Kong | 6% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 72% |
| Reviews | 3% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior | 25% |
| Team Dynamics and Performance | 6% |
| Social and Intergroup Psychology | 5% |
| Gender Diversity and Inequality | 4% |
| Psychometric Methodologies and Testing | 4% |
| Work-Family Balance Challenges | 4% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- No person is an island: Unpacking the work and after-work consequences of interacting with artificial intelligence. (2023, 214 citations)
- How well can an AI chatbot infer personality? Examining psychometric properties of machine-inferred personality scores. (2023, 97 citations)
- How perceived lack of benevolence harms trust of artificial intelligence management. (2024, 81 citations)
- How and for whom using generative AI affects creativity: A field experiment. (2025, 55 citations)
- Integrating organizational climate theory: A domain-independent explanation for climate formation and function. (2023, 52 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0021-9010):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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