Journal of Research in Personality

Aims & Scope

Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality.

The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects.

Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.374

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	144

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2794

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	904

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains

  Citation: 5580

  Authors: Samuel D, Peter J, William B

• The Dark Triad of personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy

  Citation: 3505

  Authors: Delroy L, Kevin M

• The general causality orientations scale: Self-determination in personality

  Citation: 3111

  Authors: Edward L., Richard M.

• Measuring personality in one minute or less: A 10-item short version of the Big Five Inventory in English and German

  Citation: 2985

  Authors: Beatrice, Oliver P.

• The international personality item pool and the future of public-domain personality measures

  Citation: 2075

  Authors: Lewis R., John A., Herbert W., Robert, Michael C., C. Robert, Harrison G.

• At what sample size do correlations stabilize?

  Citation: 1647

  Authors: Felix D., Marco

• Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire

  Citation: 1350

  Authors: Rod A., Patricia, Gwen, Jeanette, Kelly

• Evidence for a three-factor theory of emotions

  Citation: 1308

  Authors: James A, Albert

• Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People's Relations to Their Work

  Citation: 1084

  Authors: Amy, Clark, Paul, Barry

• Self-compassion and adaptive psychological functioning

  Citation: 1067

  Authors: Kristin D., Kristin L., Stephanie S.

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