You might also want to look at my reply to the Adair & Vohra article: "On (Not) Trimming One's Toenails with a Bazooka" at http://www.yorku.ca/christo/papers/adair-reply.htm
I think that your question implies that there is a single status hierarchy in psychology, but there are, of course, many status hierarchies. Psych. Rev. and Psych. Bull. are still at the top, but soon after that, it breaks down along subdisciplinary lines: Cog journals, Perception journals, Child/development journals, animal behavior journals, social journals, personality journals, clinical, counseling, a whole whack of applied psychologies, etc. Impact factor might give you a VERY rough idea of the relative status of journals but, as a statistic, impact factor is highly contaminated by the raw size of the subdiscipline. For instance, history of psychology journals have TINY impact factors because the area itself is so small - there just aren't that many reference to go around. But everyone in history of psych knows that the best journals, even though they may have impact factors smaller than many 3rd-rung cognitive journals. Regards, Chris Green York U. Toronto ============= Tarner, Prof. Nina L. wrote: > > > Thank you for responding. I guess I was thinking there would be a > site, perhaps by the APA, with a list of the Psychological journals > and their rank amongst the others listed. And since there are so many > journals now handled electronically that perhaps there would be > something more recent than 2004. Perhaps I'll check on the APA > website. Anything else helpful or suggestions? > > > > Thank you > > Nina > > > > *From:* Blaine Peden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:53 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* Re: [tips] Tier or Prestige of Journals > > > > > > *following Paul's suggestion I looked at > http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Impact_factor and found these* > > > > References of relevance to psychologists > > * Adair, J. G., & Vohra, N. (2003). The explosion of knowledge, > references, and citations: Psychology's unique response to a > crisis. American Psychologist > <http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/American_Psychologist>, 58, > 15--23. > * Anseel,F., Duyck,W.,De Baene,W., and Brysbaert, M. (2004) > Journal Impact Factors and Self-Citations: Implications for > Psychology Journals. American Psychologist > <http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/American_Psychologist>, ,49-51 > Full text > > <http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/staff/M.Brysbaert/marcbrysPDF/24_Anseel_Duyck_De_Baene_%20Brysbaert_%282004%29.pdf> > > * Boor, M. (1982). The citation impact factor:Another dubious > index of journal quality.American Psychologist, 37, 975--977. > * Gottfredson, S. D. (1978). Evaluating psychological research > reports: Dimensions, reliability, and correlates of quality > judgments. American Psychologist, 33, 920--934. > * McGarty, C. (2000). The citation impact factor in social > psychology: A bad statistic that encourages bad science? Current > Research in Social Psychology > > <http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Current_Research_in_Social_Psychology>, > 5(1), 1--16. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Paul C Bernhardt <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:39 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [tips] Tier or Prestige of Journals > > > > > A search on 'impact factor' and a journal name or discipline will > get you there. Also, acceptance rates of journals can be found. > Depending on your perspective, either can be considered measures > of prestige of a journal. > > -- > Paul Bernhardt > Frostburg State University > Frostburg, MD, USA > > > > On 11/18/08 1:13 PM, "Tarner, Prof. Nina L." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if there is a tier or hierarchy of journals in > Psychology? For example, are there some journals that are rated as > better or more prestigious than others? I am pretty sure there > are, but does anyone know what that tier is or where it is located? > > Thank you, > Nina > > Nina L. Tarner, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor in Psychology > HC 219 > Department of Psychology > Sacred Heart University > Fairfield, CT. 06825 > (203) 371-7915 > (203) 371-7995 Fax > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
