
Figure 1
Initially, the International Review of Social Psychology (IRSP) came from the fusion of two journals: Research of Social Psychology, published by the laboratory of social psychology of Université Paris 7, and Psychology and Education, published by the CNRS laboratory n°259 of Toulouse le Mirail Université.

Figure 2
Last issue of Psychology and Education, published by the CNRS laboratory n°259 of Toulouse le Mirail Université in 1987.

Figure 3
Timeline of the successive chief editors of the IRSP and successive developments.
Table 1
Years of publication, titles and editors of the special collections.
| Year | Volume | Name | Editor(s) of the special collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1(1) | Interaction and Social Distance | Robert Pagès, Alain Trognon |
| 1988 | 1(2) | Personal Dynamics and Social Identities | Jean Paul Codol, Pierre Tap |
| 1989 | 2(1) | Social Interactions During Early Childhood | Roger Lécuyer, H. Rudolph Schaffer, Janine Beaudichon |
| 1989 | 2(3) | Racism: Domination, Exclusion, Identity | James S. Jackson, Gérard Lemaine |
| 1990 | 3(1) | Psycho-Social Analysis of Transitions Situations | Jacques Curie |
| 1990 | 3(3) | Representations in the Social Field | Denise Jodelet, Serge Moscovici |
| 1991 | 4(1–2) | Psycho-Social Approach to Organizational Behaviors | Jean Marc Monteil |
| 1991 | 4(3–4) | Social Psychology of Political Life | Piero Amerio, Janine Larrue |
| 1992 | 5(1) | Work Socialization of Youth | Hubert Touzard |
| 1997 | 10(2) | Sex, Gender and Power | Marie-France Pichevin, Marie-Claude Hurtig |
| 1998 | 11(2) | Social Perception and Intergroup Relations | Jacques Phillipe Leyens |
| 2000 | 13(3) | Social Influences | Gabriel Mugny |
| 2000 | 13(4) | Communication Contracts | Rodolphe Ghiglione, Claude Chabrol |
| 2001 | 14(2) | Social Abilities of Children | Monique Allès-Jardel |
| 2001 | 14(4) | Social Comparison and Risk Perception | Jean-François Verlhiac, Olivier Desrichard, Isabelle Milhabet |
| 2002 | 15(3–4) | Self and Identity: Let One Thousand Flowers Bloom | Constantine Sedikides |
| 2003 | 16(3) | Nondirect Aggression | Deborah South Richardson, Georgina S. Hammock |
| 2004 | 17(2) | Aggressive Behavior | Farzaneh Pahlavan |
| 2005 | 18(1–2) | Culture and Social Psychology | Dario Paez, Peter B. Smith |
| 2006 | 19(1) | Special Issue on Social Justice | Rémi Finkelstein, Didier Truchot |
| 2007 | 20(1) | Special Issue on Social Comparison | Hans Kuyper, Bram Buunk |
| 2008 | 21(1–2) | Toward a Clarification of the Effects of Achievement Goals | Céline Darnon, Fabrizio Butera, Judith M. Harackiewicz |
| 2009 | 22(3–4) | Social Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism: Processes, Causes and Consequences | Thomas Arciszewski, Jean-François Verlhiac, Isabelle Goncalves, Arie Kruglanski |
| 2010 | 23(2–3) | Social Issues and Social Psychology: Distinctive Pathways in Applying Social Psychology to Resolve Major Social Problems | Fabrice Buschini, Serge Guimond, Glynis Breakwell |
| 2012 | 25(3–4) | Organizational Citizenship Behaviors | Pascal Paillé, Adalgisa Battistelli |
| 2013 | 26(3) | Science, Technology and Society: The Social Representations Approach | Nikos Kalampalikis, Martin W. Bauer, Thémistoklis Apostolidis |
| 2014 | 27(3–4) | Stereotype Threat in Children: Past and Present | Isabelle Régner, Jennifer R. Steele, Pascal Huguet |
| 2015 | 28(1) | Objectifying others: Social psychological perspectives | Olivier Klein, Sarah J. Gervais |
| 2016 | – | « Je suis Charlie »: New Findings on the Social and Political Psychology of Terrorism | Armelle Nugier, Serge Guimond |
| 2016 | – | Socio-Cognitive Elaborations and Reactions to Economic Crisis | Stamos Papastamou, Pascal Marchand, Silvia Mari, Joaquim Pires Valentim |
| 2017 | – | Methodological Resources for Social Psychologists | Olivier Klein, Céline Darnon |
| 2017–2018 | – | Conflicts in Social Influence: A Festschrift in Honour of Gabriel Mugny | Fabrizio Butera, Juan Manuel Falomir Pichastor |
| 2018 | – | Immigration: How Minority and Majority Members Deal With Cultural Diversity | Constantina Badea, Eva G.T. Green |
| 2018 | – | Cognitive Dissonance and Change | Joel Cooper, Fabien Girandola, Séverine Halimi-Falkowicz, Daniel Priolo, Cécile Sénémeaud |

Figure 4
Percentages of French and English articles published in the IRSP per year.

Figure 5
Institutional affiliation of authors over time.
Table 2
Number of articles published in French or English depending on the country of affiliation (French or mixed affiliation versus non-French affiliation) of the authors over 3 time periods (1988–1997; 1998–2007; 2008–May 2018).
| 1988–1997 | 1998–2007 | 2008–May 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Authors | N French articles | 104 | 111 | 41 |
| N English articles | 10 | 23 | 62 | |
| Non-French Authors | N French articles | 38 | 16 | 7 |
| N English articles | 49 | 67 | 93 |
Table 3
Publications per year: Number and mean of their citations. Indexes = SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC.
| Year | N publications | N citations | M citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 22 | 126 | 5.73 |
| 2007 | 24 | 185 | 7.71 |
| 2008 | 19 | 214 | 11.26 |
| 2009 | 20 | 56 | 2.80 |
| 2010 | 18 | 89 | 4.94 |
| 2011 | 20 | 25 | 1.25 |
| 2012 | 18 | 35 | 1.94 |
| 2013 | 24 | 41 | 1.71 |
| 2014 | 21 | 51 | 2.43 |
| 2015 | 20 | 55 | 2.75 |
| 2016 | 13 | 83 | 6.38 |
| 2017 | 20 | 113 | 5.65 |
| M (2006–2017) | 19.92 | 89.42 | 4.55 |

Figure 6
Evolution of IRSP CiteScore per document from 2006 to 2017 (from Scimago Journal & Country Rank).
