Fastest Review Journals in Psychology, Social

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Quick answerAmong 27 journals in Psychology, Social that publish their review dates, Deviant Behavior has the shortest review time: a median of 128 days from submission to acceptance.
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#JournalMedian daysSpread of review timesImpact factor*Indexed inAccess
1Deviant Behavior128 89–1872.17SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
2Personality and Mental Health132 68–1811.84SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
3Social and Personality Psychology Compass168 113–2603.06SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
4Journal of Applied Social Psychology168 109–2341.58SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
5Journal of Nonverbal Behavior182 140–2172.57SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
6Journal of Social Issues189 113–2364.95SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
7Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour199 122–2781.72SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
8Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy208 150–2981.80SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
9Journal of Loss and Trauma213 149–2912.42SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
10British Journal of Social Psychology217 154–2994.06SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
11Journal of Personality220 162–2903.02SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
12Social Influence222 166–3101.94SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
13Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology224 151–3131.89SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
14Journal of Personality Assessment236 145–3162.56SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
15European Journal of Social Psychology242 176–3452.47SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
16Asian Journal Of Social Psychology248 192–3331.48SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
17Sex Roles258 198–3303.54SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
18Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology278 214–3421.33ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
19The Journal of Social Psychology281 224–3922.17SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
20Personal Relationships296 227–3812.06SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
21Self and Identity303 208–3902.07SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
22Journal of Trust Research316 236–3584.54ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
23Motivation and Emotion325 194–4061.84SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
24Social Issues and Policy Review334 134–3922.82SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
25KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie337 275–4331.77SSCIHybrid / subscription
26Social Justice Research356 290–4061.80SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
27European Review of Social Psychology362 202–5436.71SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription

The box shows the middle half of each journal's papers and the dark line its median. *Impact factor: 2-year citedness from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value.

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Source, method and date. Source: the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, the days from received to accepted for its research articles of the last 24 months (at least 10 articles), then the median; journals whose publisher does not deposit these dates are not listed. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Only accepted papers carry these dates, so rejections are not counted, and a journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with these journals.

Frequently asked questions

Which Psychology, Social journals have the fastest review?

By median days from submission to acceptance: Deviant Behavior (128 days); Personality and Mental Health (132 days); Social and Personality Psychology Compass (168 days). Source: dates deposited by the publishers in Crossref, updated 29 October 2026.

Is a fast review journal in Psychology, Social a good choice?

Review time is one factor. Check the journal’s scope, indexing and impact factor too, and confirm it is not predatory: a very short review with no real reviewer comments is a warning sign. Journal pages on ScholarsColab show all of these together.

Where do these review times come from?

From the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit in Crossref, the scholarly publication registry. ScholarsColab takes the median for each journal over its research articles of the last 24 months. Updated 29 October 2026.

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