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Journal of Personality Template

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About the Journal of Personality format

Journal of Personality is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Personality Traits and Psychology, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Personality 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inPersonality Traits and Psychology Social and Intergroup Psychology Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
ISSN0022-3506
Citation impact (2-yr)2.68
h-index267
i10-index3,065
Total citations342,541
Article processing charge$3,710
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of California, Berkeley
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Journal of Personality per year

84
2014
64
2015
79
2016
74
2017
88
2018
93
2019
84
2020
89
2021
115
2022
110
2023
101
2024
80
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Personality by publication year

6.8K
2014
3.7K
2015
3.1K
2016
3.9K
2017
3.7K
2018
4.1K
2019
2.8K
2020
2.2K
2021
1.3K
2022
1.1K
2023
491
2024
73
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Personality

An Introduction to the Five‐Factor Model and Its Applications

Robert R. McCrae, Oliver P. John · 1 Jun 1992

The five-factor model of personality is a hierarchical organization of personality traits in terms of five basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Research using both natural language adjectives and theoretically based personality questionnaires supports the comprehensiveness of the model and its applicability across observers and cultures. This article summarizes the history…

6,836 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
High Self‐Control Predicts Good Adjustment, Less Pathology, Better Grades, and Interpersonal Success

June P. Tangney, Roy F. Baumeister, Angie Luzio Boone · 23 Feb 2004

What good is self-control? We incorporated a new measure of individual differences in self-control into two large investigations of a broad spectrum of behaviors. The new scale showed good internal consistency and retest reliability. Higher scores on self-control correlated with a higher grade point average, better adjustment (fewer reports of psychopathology, higher self-esteem), less binge…

6,561 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
On Energy, Personality, and Health: Subjective Vitality as a Dynamic Reflection of Well‐Being

Richard M. Ryan, Christina M. Frederick · 1 Sep 1997

In this article, we examine subjective vitality, a positive feeling of aliveness and energy, in six studies. Subjective vitality is hypothesized to reflect organismic well-being and thus should covary with both psychological and somatic factors that impact the energy available to the self. Associations are shown between subjective vitality and several indexes of psychological well-being;…

2,736 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Facilitating Internalization: The Self‐Determination Theory Perspective

Edward L. Deci, Haleh Eghrari, Brian C. Patrick et al. · 1 Mar 1994

Self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985) posits that (a) people are inherently motivated to internalize the regulation of uninteresting though important activities; (b) there are two different processes through which such internalization can occur, resulting in qualitatively different styles of self-regulation; and (c) the social context influences which internalization process and regulatory style occur. The…

2,609 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Journal of Personality template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Personality format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Personality template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Personality use?
Journal of Personality uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Personality 12 (3): 45–58.
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