Personality and Individual Differences

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.6. [1]

Notable papers

In 1985 the journal published "A revised version of the psychoticism scale", which described a revised version of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. [2] This paper has been cited over 4100 times. [3]

Retractions

On 17 June 2020 Elsevier announced it was retracting a 2012 article by J. Philippe Rushton and Donald Templer. [4] The article falsely claimed that there was scientific evidence that skin color was related to aggression and sexuality in humans. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Personality and Individual Differences". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.
  2. ↑ Eysenck, Sybil B. G.; Eysenck, Hans Jürgen; Barrett, Paul (1985). "A revised version of the psychoticism scale" (PDF). Personality and Individual Differences. 6 (1): 21–29. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.463.9614 . doi:10.1016/0191-8869(85)90026-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  3. ↑ citations of Eysenck, Eysenck, and Barrett 1985
  4. ↑ "Personality and Individual Differences Retracts Rushton and Templer Article". Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Elsevier journal to retract 2012 paper widely derided as racist". 17 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.