About Journal Articles
Library databases (also known as "indexes") identify journal articles published on a particular topics. In addition to journal articles, many databases will also include records for book chapters, dissertations, and other reports.
Topics in Psychology may overlap with other complementary subjects. It may be useful to search within a multidisciplinary database/index, or other subject specific databases.
Academic Search Ultimate boasts an extensive collection of 10,033 active full-text journals, a significant portion of which undergo peer review and are featured in prominent citation indexes. It covers a wide range of subject areas offering thousands of international journals to provide global context to research as well as videos to support and enhance the research experience.
PEP (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing) Web is the most authoritative source of peer-reviewed, psychoanalytic literature available. Mixing full-text access to journals (over 40 full-text titles, in full runs to the present), books (includes the complete 24 volumes of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, as well as core texts by Winnicott, Meltzer, Klein, and others), book reviews, commentaries, and letters; this is a unique and uniquely useful resource for access to psychoanalytic thought.
The following are journals that publish literature reviews in psychology. Also consult reference books and encyclopedias to find articles that review the literature on a topic.
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
In addition to the above resources, use PsycINFO to find literature review articles. Limit you search under "Methodology" on the Advanced Search page:
Or, use the keywords "Literature Review" or "Review" in your search if using other databases without this limiter.
According to Scimago JCR the following journals are ranked with the highest "impact factor" in Psychology:
According to Scimago JCR the following journals are ranked with the highest "impact factor" in Clinical Psychology:
