Journal of Personality is a 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 Wiley-Blackwell.

The editor-in-Chief is Howard Tennen.

Journal of Personality publishes research on personality –  particularly on personality and behavior dynamics, personality development, and cognitive, affective, and interpersonal individual differences.

According to the 2009 Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, its impact factor

Impact factor

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 is 2.892 (up from 2.491 in 2008) – 4/50 in Social Psychology category. It is abstracted in many of the leading abstracting services including Pubmed

PubMed

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, and Web of Science

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