Journals
General
Nature
citation: 28.8
turnaround: 3 wks, cycles: 1-2,
ingredients: novelty, broad applicability, best, newsworthy, concise
formula: (note: submission letters must explicitly state importance, novelty, readership, and applications)
Science
citation: 26.4
turnaround: 3 wks, cycles: 1-2,
ingredients: novelty, broad applicability, best, high tech/computational, newsworthy, multimodal
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PNAS (Brian's translation: Publications Not Accepted in Science)
citation: 9.6
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PLoS ONE
citation: 4.4 (!)
turnaround: 3 wks, cycles 2
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Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience
citation: 15.7
turnaround: 3 wks, cycles: 3
ingredients: novelty, newsworthy, simplicity, style
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Neuron
citation: 13.4
turnaround: 3 wks, cycles: 2
ingredients: novelty, newsworthy, replicability, controls
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Brain
citation: 8.6
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J Neuroscience
citation: 7.5
turnaround: 3 wks, cycles: 3
ingredients: replicability, controls, incremental contribution
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Cerebral Cortex
citation: 6.5
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Neuroimage
citation: 5.5
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Neurobio of Aging
citation: 5.6
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J Cog Neuro
citation: 5.0
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Neuropsychologia
citation: 3.6
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Cortex
citation: 3.1
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Neuroreport
citation: 2.1
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Psychiatry
Arch Gen Psychiatry
citation: 16.0
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Am J Psychiatry
citation: 9.1
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Bio Psychiatry
citation: 8.5
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Neuropsychopharm
citation: 6.2
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Psychology
JEP General
citation: 5.6
ingredients: many studies
formula: bridges 2 or more subfields of psychology
Psych Science
citation: 4.3
turnaround: 6-8 weeks, cycles: 2
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J Abnormal Psych
citation: 4.7
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
citation: 4.5
turnaround: 12 wks, cycles: 4
ingredients: many studies, conceptual replication
formula: phenomenon, mediator, moderator
Emotion
citation: 3.1
turnaround: months
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Psych and Aging
citation: 2.5
turnaround: months
ingredients: 1 or more studies
Reviews
Annual Rev Neuro
citation: 26.1
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ingredients: review
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Nat Rev Neuro
citation: 24.5
turnaround:
ingredients: review
Annual Rev Psych
citation: 13.4
ingredients: review
TINS
citation: 12.5
turnaround:
ingredients: review
Psych Bull
citation: 10.9
ingredients: review
TICS
citation: 9.4
ingredients: review
Psych Review
citation: 7.8
ingredients: review
Curr Dir Psych Sci
citation: 2.8
ingredients: minireview, theory
(based on 2007 ISI)