The main purpose of the Journal of Educational Psychology® is to publish original, primary psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels. A secondary purpose of the journal is the occasional publication of exceptionally important meta-analysis articles that are pertinent to educational psychology. Please note, the journal does not typically publish reliability and validity studies of specific tests or assessment instruments.

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Published eight times, beginning in January
Average lag for online first 67 days
Average time to first decision 23 days
Rejection rate 90.9%
Impact factor 6.4
5-year impact factor 8.1
Psychology - Educational 4 of 74
Journal citation indicator 2.00
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ISSN 0022-0663
eISSN 1939-2176
Founded 1910