Personal. Individ. Differ. | |
Discipline | Personality psychology |
Language | English |
Edited by | Donald H. Saklofske |
Publication details | |
Publisher | |
Publication history
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1980–present |
Frequency | 16/year |
1.946 | |
Indexing | |
ISSN |
0191-8869 |
LCCN | 85647765 |
CODEN | PEIDD9 |
OCLC no. | 04965018 |
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Personality and Individual Differences is a peer-reviewed academic journal published 16 times per year by Elsevier. It was established in 1980 and is the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. The editor-in-chief is Donald Saklofske. Previous editors include Philip A. Vernon and Sybil B. G. Eysenck. The founding editor was Hans Jürgen Eysenck.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.946, ranking it in the top 15 of over 60 journals in the category "Psychology, Social". WIth an h5-index of 55, it is ranked second-equal among personality journals for five year h-ranked impact
The journal covers individual differences, broadly conceived, with articles on social psychology, processes, personality, intelligence, specific facets of human nature such as creativity, and aggression as well as clinical, economic and HR applications. Articles often use techniques such as structural equation modeling and psychometric analysis of scales, or behavior genetic and evolutionary psychology approaches.