Counselling Journals

Counselling and psychology journals which are specific to Australia and New Zealand and journals with high rankings in leading indexing services like Scopus are included here. Under the Australia and New Zealand collection, other than journals directly related to counselling, interdisciplinary journals related to broad social science areas such as regional studies, Māori and indigenous studies are also included.
Open Access Journal Databases Aus and NZ-Counselling and Psychology
Aus and NZ-Other Social Sciences Journals with High Rankings
Journals with Physical Copies

Open Access Journal Databases

DOAJ Psychology Journals(external link)
A collection of Journals on Psychology and Counselling from the World’s leading open access journal indexing service, Directory of Open Access Journals. Users can search for journals in their subject areas using relevant keywords.

ROAD- ISSN- Psychology Collections(external link)
ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly collections is an initiative by International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) centre. This directory lists open access scholarly collection, which includes journals, conference proceedings, repositories, and blogs. Here the results are filtered down to English resources. More filters are available at the left-hand side. Though duplication can be found with DOAJ, ROAD has got a much bigger collection than DOAJ. By clicking on the link provided along with each journal in the results list, journal can be accessed. In the detailed record of each journal, more links are given, and the top one is the journal website link. Unlike DOAJ, article level search using key words is not available on ROAD.

Australia and New Zealand- Psychology and Counselling

Journals that are directly related to counselling and psychology are given as the first section of Australia and New Zealand Journals.

 Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand(external link)
This open access journal is published by the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies at Auckland University of Technology.

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies(external link)
Published by Massey University, AJDTS is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for collating and distributing original research into social aspects of natural hazards, disasters and related psychological trauma, with a focus on Australasia.

Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association Journal(external link)
This Open Access AANZPA Journal is published by the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association(external link) (AANZPA). AANZPA is an organisation of people trained in Dr J.L. Moreno’s psychodrama theory and methods, and their application and developments in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy(external link)
This journal is available with a 12 month delay through the EBSCO database.

Australian Community Psychologist(external link)
This official journal of the Australian Psychological Society College of Community Psychologists is fully downloadable from the issue archive.

Australian Counselling Research Journal(external link)
ACRJ is the official research publication of the Australian Counselling Association. The journal replaces Counselling Psychotherapy and Health (CPH) online journal.

Australian Journal of Psychology(external link)           
An open Access journal (it became fully OA from January 2022), published by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the Australian Psychological Society. Australasian Journal of Organisational Psychology is no longer publishing

Educational and Developmental psychologist(external link)
This official publication of the Australian Psychological Society's College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists is accessible through the ProQuest Database.

Gestalt Journal of Australia & New Zealand(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO database

International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work(external link)
Published by Dulvich Centre, Adelaide, this journal is available through the ProQuest database.

Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing(external link)
Though published in partnership with Canadian indigenous organisations, this open access, peer reviewed journal primarily focuses on issues related to New Zealand and Australian indigenous population. The previous name of this journal was Pimatiziwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health.

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is published by Sage, and it focuses on psychology research in the Pacific rim region.

New Zealand Journal of Counselling(external link)  
This official journal of New Zealand Association of Counsellors is available through the EBSCO ANZ database.

New Zealand Journal of Psychology(external link)
This  open access journal(external link),  which is published by the New Zealand Psychological Society(external link) is also available through the ProQuest(external link) database  and through EBSCO databases(external link).

Persona Studies(external link)
Published by Deakin University, Australia, Persona Studies is an academic open access journal that explores the construction of the public self.

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law(external link)
A hybrid journal published by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL) is accessible through the Academic Search Complete database with a 15 month delay and PubMed Central database(external link) with a 12-month delay.

Psychology Aotearoa(external link)
This journal replaced New Zealand Psychological Society biannual publication called Bulletin in 2009. All issues, except the latest one, are available for download.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia(external link)
Established by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, PACJA is an open access, peer reviewed journal that specifically focuses on questions related to theory and practice of psychotherapy, counselling and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing practices.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Today(external link)
Published in magazine format, PCT is the professional journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. The latest issues of this journal are accessible online.

Social Behaviour and Personality(external link)
Published from Palmerston North, this journal that started publishing in 1973 is accessible through the Gale Academic one file database.

Australia and New Zealand- Other Social Sciences

Australia and New Zealand Journals from behavioural and social sciences other than psychology and counselling are included in this section. 

Aboriginal History Journal(external link)
Published by the Australian National University, this interdisciplinary open access journal focuses on indigenous studies.

Access: Contemporary Issues in Education(external link)
A peer reviewed, open access Journal published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia(external link).

Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal, which specialises in public policy in Australia and New Zealand, is published by the College of Business and Economics and the Australian National University.

ANU Historical Journal II(external link)
A peer-reviewed academic history journal of The Australian National University.

Aotearoa New Zealand Education Gazette(external link)
Published by Ministry of Education, this journal is a source of education news and articles.

Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work (external link)
This open access journal is accessible both through the EBSCO database (title recorded as New Zealand Social Work Review) and the journal website(external link).

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies(external link)
Published on behalf of Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University, this journal is a peer reviewed, open access one that deal with public policy in Asia and the Pacific.

Asia Pacific Media Educator(external link)
Most of the articles in this hybrid Journal Published by the University of Wollongong of Australia is accessible through the journal website.

Australasian Journal of Regional Studies(external link)
A journal published by the Australia New Zealand Regional Science International(external link). Except the latest one, all back issues are fully accessible.

Australasian Parliamentary Review(external link)
This is an open access journal published by the Australasian Study of Parliament Group(external link). The online version of this journal becomes available publicly six months after its release.

Australasian Review of African Studies(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is the official publication of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific(external link).

Australian Educational Researcher(external link)
Published by Springer on behalf of the Australian Association for Research in Education, is a hybrid open access journal. Though officially not a fully open access journal, almost all articles are fully downloadable.

Australian Feminist Studies(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO databases.

Australian Geographer(external link)
This journal is accessible with a 15 month delay from EBSCO databases.

Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics(external link)
A quarterly open access journal published by Castledown, Australia.

Australian Journal of Biography and History(external link)
Published by Australian National University, AJBH is an open access, peer reviewed journal that specialises in political and feminist biography.

Australian Journal of Educational Technology(external link)
The (AJET) is the open access journal of ascilite, the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. It aims to promote research and scholarship on the integration of technology in tertiary education, promote effective practice, and inform policy.

Australian Journal of Indigenous Education(external link)
Published by Cambridge University press, this journal is available one year late on ProQuest. Being a hybrid journal, full text of some of the new articles are also available from CUP site(external link).

Australian Journal of Islamic Studies(external link)
An open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the scholarly study of Islam.

Australian Journal of Social Issues(external link)
This journal, which is published by Wiley on behalf of Australian Social Policy Association, is accessible with a one year delay through EBSCO databases and without delay from the journal website(external link). This Journal publishes most articles as open access from January 2022.

Australian Population Studies(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal on Australian population issues.

Bible and Critical Theory(external link)
A peer reviewed open access journal that explores the intersections between critical theory and biblical studies.

Bond Law Review(external link)
An open access law journal published by the Bond University Australia.

Canterbury Law Review(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is published by University of Canterbury Law School.

Cerae: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal published by University of Western Australia. For full download of the issues, click on the journal tab at the top righthand side of the homepage.

Commoning Ethnography(external link)
Published by Victoria University of Wellington, CE is a peer reviewed, open access, online journal dedicated to ethnographic research.

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that deals with local governance.

Continental Thought and Theory(external link)
This open access journal is published by Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy, University of Canterbury.

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies(external link)
This open access, refereed journal opens up debate about cosmopolitan engagement in civil societies, addressing a range of sites: social movements and collective action; migration, cultural diversity and responses to racism; the promotion of human rights and social justice.

Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy(external link)
A peer-reviewed, open access journal of natural and social philosophy published by Cosmos and History Publishing Co-op in Australia.

Dance Cult(external link)
Dance cult is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal for the study of electronic dance music culture.

East Asia Forum Quarterly(external link)
This open access journal published by Australian National University is a platform for Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region in world affairs.

eJournal of Catholic Education in Australasia(external link)
The University of Notre Dame Australia publishes this double peer reviewed, open access journal.

Ethnographic Edge(external link)
An open access journal published by Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato.

eTropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics(external link)
This open access journal based in Australia publishes new research from Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and allied fields on the variety and interrelatedness of nature, culture, and society in the Tropics.

Evidence Base(external link)
Published by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government is an open access, refereed journal that publishes reviews of the evidence informing decision-making in specific policy areas.

Fibreculture Journal(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that explores issues related to digital and networked media and emerging identities.

Fusion Journal(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is co-founded by the Faculty of Arts and Education, Charles Sturt University (Australia).

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement(external link)
Gateways, which is jointly managed by the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and the Office of the President, Albion College, Michigan, USA, deals with community engagement and public policy.

He Kupu-The Word(external link)
A fully refereed open access journal on early childhood education.

Historical Encounters(external link)
This double-blind peer reviewed, diamond open access journal is published by the Department of Education, University of New Castle, Australia.

Human Ecology Review(external link)
HER is an open access journal published by Australian National University that covers peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on all aspects of human–environment interactions.

Intercultural Communication Education(external link)
Published by Castledown, Australia, ICE is an open access, peer reviewed Journal.

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy(external link)
Published by the Queensland University of Technology, this open access, blind peer reviewed journal deals with criminal justice systems in a global perspective.

International Journal for Intersectional Feminist Studies(external link)
This journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal published by Project Monma, a research collaborative which aims to raise awareness about violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. This project includes researchers New Zealand, especially from University of Canterbury.

International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse(external link)
Published by English Language Education Journals, Australia, this journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal that integrates academic areas of law, linguistics, psychology and sociology.

International Review of Environmental History(external link)
This interdisciplinary journal on environmental history is an open access, peer reviewed journal published by the Australian National University.

Issues in Educational Research(external link)
Published jointly by Australia's Institutes for Educational Research in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.

Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies(external link)
A peer reviewed, open access journal published by Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Studies Network.

Journal of Criminology(external link)
Previously known as Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, this journal is now published by Sage on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology(external link). Their newsletter PacifiCrim(external link) is available for free download.

Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice(external link)
This official journal of the New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society is an open access one.

Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies(external link)
A fully peer reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the publishing of articles from practitioners of international, regional, area, migration and ethnic studies.

Journal of New Zealand Studies(external link)
Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies(external link) at Victoria University of Wellington publishes this peer reviewed, open access journal.

Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning(external link)
An open access journal that specialises in distance learning is published by the Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand.

Journal of Population Research(external link)
Published by Springer on behalf of Australian Population Association, this journal is accessible through EBSCO databases.

Journal of Samoan Studies(external link)
Published by the Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, this journal is devoted to the study of Samoa.

Journal of Social Inclusion(external link)
Published by School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal that deals with issues related to marginalised populations.

Journal of Sociology(external link)
Published by Sage on behalf of the Australian Sociological Association., a few articles in this hybrid OA journal are available for free download.

Journal of Spatial Information Science(external link)
An interdisciplinary open access journal that publishes peer reviewed research spanning  the theoretical foundations of spatial and geographical information science, through computation with geospatial information, to technologies for geographical information use.

Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability(external link)
Published by Deakin University, Australia, JTLGE is a scholarly forum for the dissemination of research and evidence-based practice in teaching and learning for graduate employability.

Journal of the Polynesian Society(external link)
Full text of this journal with an almost 18-month delay is available on this new website. The archive of this journal, which provides access to full-text articles up to 2016, is temporarily not available. You can send an inter-loan request for older articles.

Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue(external link)
Published by Otago Polytechnic Press, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes multidisciplinary articles on a theme selected for each issue.

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online(external link)
This open access journal published by Taylor and Francis specialises on research related to New Zealand. This journal is accessible through both EBSCO databases as well as through the
journal website(external link).

Law, Technology and Humans(external link)
An international, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research concerned with the humanity of law and technology.

Lilith: A Feminist History Journal(external link)
Published by Australian National University, this open access journal publishes research in all areas of feminist and gender history.

Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies(external link)
This open access, double peer reviewed journal is managed by the University of Western Australia.

Made in China Journal(external link)
Published by Australian National University, this open access journal focuses on Chinese politics and society.

MAI: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship(external link)  
This is an open access and peer reviewed journal published on behalf of Māori Association of Social Science that address indigenous and Pacific issues in the context of New Zealand. An earlier version of this journal, MAI Review, which was published from 2006 to 2011 is accessible from this archive(external link)

Matters of Substance(external link)
An online magazine published by the New Zealand Drug foundation. Its back issues before the introduction of  online only version are accessible from here(external link).

Museums Australia Magazine(external link)
This magazine, which is published by Australian Museums and Galleries Association, is accessible through EBSCO databases.

New Zealand Annual Review of Education(external link)
This collaborative venture of the Department of Education at Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is an open access journal.

New Zealand International Research in Early Childhood Education(external link)
published by the Office of Early Childhood Education.

New Zealand Journal of History(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO database.

New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law(external link)
A peer reviewed open access journal published by New Zealand Centre for Public Law(external link), Victoria University.

New Zealand Population Review(external link)
A peer reviewed, open access journal published by Population Association of New Zealand(external link).

New Zealand Sociology(external link)
This official journal of Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand is available through the EBSCO database as well as through the ProQuest database(external link).

Oceania(external link)
This journal which focuses on anthropology and aboriginal studies in the Oceania region is accessible with a 12-month delay through EBSCO databases.

Pacific Dynamics(external link)
An online open access journal published by the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies with the support of the UC Arts Digital Lab, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Pacific Journalism Review(external link)
Published by the Asia Pacific Network, in collaboration with Tuwhera at Auckland University of Technology PJR is a peer reviewed, open access journal that specialises in Pacific Journalism theory and practice.

Parergon(external link)
Official journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, ANZAMEMS.

PRism(external link)
Published by Centre for Culture-Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Massey University, this is a communications and public relations journal.

Provenance: The journal of Public Record Office Victoria(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed annual journal features general research papers based mainly on archival collections.

 Public History Review(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal specialises on interactions of history with the present.

Salus Journal: A journal of law enforcement, national security, and emergency management(external link)
An open access journal published by Charles Stuart University, Australia.

Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity(external link)
The archived copy of this journal, which was published by University of Otago, is available.

Scope: Kaupapa Kai Tahu(external link)
This open access journal, published by Otago Polytechnic Press, covers contemporary research topics from a Māori perspective.

Scope: Learning and Teaching(external link)
This open access, double peer reviewed journal is published by Otago Polytechnic Press.

Scope: Work-based Learning(external link)
Published by Otago Polytechnic Press, this open access journal’s earlier issues, which were published under a different name, Scope: Flexible Learning(external link), are also available for download.

Set: Research Information for Teachers(external link)
Being an open access hybrid journal, some articles are freely available, and the  print version is accessible through the library catalogue(external link).

Sexual Abuse in Australia & New Zealand(external link)
SAANZ is the journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse. 

Shima Journal(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal on culture studies, anthropology and history of communities integrated with aquatic environments.

Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies(external link)
This journal is a double-blind peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to publishing scholarly papers which explore aspects of Pacific societies and cultures. Accessible with a 12-month delay, this journal is published by the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand(external link)
Published by the Ministry of Social Development, this journal, which ceased its publication in 2011, is accessible through the EBSCO ANZ  and the MSD journal website(external link).

Spreadsheets in Education(external link)
This open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal provides a focus for advances in our understanding of the creative uses of spreadsheets in education.

Stimulus: The New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought and Practice(external link)
Published by the Laidlaw College, Stimulus is an academic journal on Christian thought.

Student Success(external link)
Published by the Queensland University of Technology, this open access, peer reviewed journal explores the experiences of students in tertiary education.

Te Reo(external link)
The official journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand(external link).

Te Tai Haruru Journal of Māori and Indigenous Issues(external link)
An open access law journal published Faculty of Law, University of Auckland.

Te wharenga: New Zealand Criminal Law Review(external link)
This open access journal is supported by academics at every Law School in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand.

Teachers and Curriculum(external link)
An open access journal published by Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato.

Technology in Language Teaching and Learning(external link)
Published by Castledown, Australia.

Training and Development in Australia(external link)
This magazine is accessible through EBSCO databases.

Transformations(external link)
Published by University of Sydney, this journal deals with the interdisciplinary space of media, culture and technology.

Translation and interpreting(external link)
An open access, refereed journal published by the Western Sydney University.

Victoria University Law and Justice Journal(external link)
Published by the College of Law and Justice, Victoria university, Melbourne this journal is aimed at promoting high quality legal scholarship.

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review(external link)
This open access journal is published by Victoria University of Wellington.

Women's Studies Journal(external link)
This peer reviewed, open access journal is the official publication of Women's Studies Association of New Zealand(external link).

Journals with High rankings

Among quartile one journals (top 25%), links from library databases are given only for the first 50 journals. After the top 50, only open access, quartile one journals are included. See social work journal list for more social science related journals.

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is published by the Biomed Central.

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science(external link)
Published by the Sage, this journal was tuned into an open access one in 2021.

Annual Review of Psychology(external link)
Published by the Annual Reviews, this is accessible through the ProQuest Database.

Anxiety and Depression(external link)
Published by Wiley, this journal is accessible with a 12-month delay through the EBSCO psychology collection database.

Behaviour Research Methods(external link)
Though not a fully open access journal, almost all the articles are fully downloadable.

Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation(external link)
Published by the Biomed Central, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Child Development(external link)
This official journal of the Society for Research in Child Development, is accessible with a 12-month delay through EBSCO psychology collection database.

Clinical Psychology Review(external link)
Though officially not an OA journal, most of the articles in this quartile one journal are fully downloadable.

Collabra: Psychology(external link)
Published by University of California Press, on behalf of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Comprehensive Psychiatry(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is accessible both through the Science Direct database and the
journal website(external link).

Campbell Systematic Reviews(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes systematic reviews, gap maps, and research methods research papers. This journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the Campbell Collaboration(external link), an international social science research network, that produces systematic reviews in the field of social sciences like Cochrane and Joanna Briggs Institute do in health related disciplines.

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is accessible both through the Science Direct database and the journal website(external link).

Contemporary Educational Psychology(external link)
This hybrid open access journal is accessible both through the Science Direct database and the
journal website(external link).

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research(external link)
Published by the Wily on behalf of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, CPR’s many articles are either open access or free to read.

Current Opinion in Psychology(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is one of the top ranked journals in conventional and altimetric indexes.

Developmental Review(external link)
Accessible through the Science Direct database.

Educational Psychological Review(external link)
Available with a 15-month delay from the EBSCO psychology collection database.

Educational Psychologist(external link)
Available with a 15-month delay from the EBSCO psychology collection database.

Educational Psychology Review(external link)
This journal is accessible through the ProQuest and the EBSCO psychology collection database.

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal features in the top ranked journal lists of most indexing services.

Frontiers in Psychology(external link)
A quartile 2 journal that comes at the top of Google Scholar impact score.

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies(external link)
Published Jointly by Wiley and Hindawi, this is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Human Resource Management Review(external link)
This journal that focuses on organisational psychology is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Journal of Vocational Behaviour(external link)
This journal that explores the psychological aspects of career choice, career development and work adjustment across the lifespan is available through the Science Direct database.

International Review of Social Psychology(external link)
This high ranked journal in the field of social psychology is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Journal of Anxiety Disorders(external link)
This journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Journal of Behavioral Addictions(external link)
A full member of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Journal of Business and Psychology(external link)
All recent issues are fully downloadable.

Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry(external link)
This leading journal in the field of adolescent psychology is accessible through the EBSCO psychology collection database.

Journal of Cognition(external link)
This official journal of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, is a peer reviewed, open access journal.

Journal of Criminal Justice(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is accessible both through the Science Direct database and the
journal website(external link).

Journal of Memory and Language(external link)
This open access peer reviewed journal is accessible through the Science Direct database and the
journal website(external link).

Leadership Quarterly(external link)
Published by the Elsevier, this journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Learning and Instruction(external link)
Published by the Elsevier on behalf of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, this journal is accessible either through the Science Direct database or through the
journal website(external link).

Nature Human behaviour(external link)
This journal is available with a one-year delay through the ProQuest database, but many of the articles are free to download from the
journal site(external link).

Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews(external link)
Almost all the articles in the latest issues of this journal are either open access or free to read.

Open Mind(external link)
Published by MIT Press, this is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Personality and Individual Differences(external link)
This Quartile one journal also features in the top journals list of Google Scholar. Though officially not fully OA, most articles are fully downloadable.

Personnel Psychology(external link)
Available with a 12-month delay through the EBSCO Psychology collection database.  

Psicothema(external link)
Published by the University of Oviedo, this is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Psychological Inquiry(external link)
Available with a 15-month delay from the EBSCO psychology collection database.

Psychological Science in the Public Interest(external link)
Published by the Association for Psychological Science, this OA journal features reviews of issues that are of direct relevance to the general public.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review(external link)
Published by the Springer on behalf of the Psychonomic Society, this journal is an open access peer reviewed journal.

Research in Organizational Behaviour(external link)
Accessible through the Science Direct database.

Schizophrenia Bulletin(external link)
Published by the Oxford University Press, this open access, refereed journal deals with psychoses and related mental health issues.

Trends in Cognitive Science(external link)
Published by the Elsevier, this quartile one journal that also comes in the top 20 Google scholar list is available through the Science Direct database.

World Psychiatry(external link)
This journal that consistently features among the top five journals of most journal impact factor lists in the field of psychiatry and medicine is a peer reviewed, open access journal published by the World Psychiatric Association. 

Journals with Physical Copies(external link)

Journals with subscription for physical copies can be accessed from here. You can also access  journals with ceased subscription but with old physical copies in the library collection from this link to the catalogue. Please note that the new issues of some of these titles, such as New Zealand Journal of Counselling(external link), can only be accessed online through databases or journal websites. These titles are included in the above lists meant for online journals.

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