Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

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Overall Confidence Score 97/100

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97%

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JIF Standing

Q1 JIF Quartile

6/221 Category Rank

325 Overall JIF Rank

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Journal Information

Publisher SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC

Subject Psychology

Start Year 2018

Medium Hybrid

Country United States

Access Type Hybrid

Frequency Quarterly

Website journals.sagepub.com

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ISSN 2515-2459

eISSN 2515-2467

Journal ID 325

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