The Journal of Individual Differences is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 covering personality psychology

Personality psychology

Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and individual differences. Its areas of focus include:* Constructing a coherent picture of the individual and his or her major psychological processes...

 published by Hogrefe Publishing. The editor in chief

Editor in chief

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 is Juergen Hennig. The Journal of Individual Differences publishes research on individual differences in behavior, emotion, cognition, and their developmental aspects. According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports

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, its impact factor

Impact factor

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 will be known in 2011.

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Individual Differences is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents

Current Contents

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/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index

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, PsycINFO

PsycINFO

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, and PSYNDEX.