Journal of Personality and Social Psychology's reputation crashed hardest during the replication crisis, with Daryl Bem's 2011 precognition study and over 80% of its classic priming experiments failing to replicate. As ground zero of psychology's credibility shock, it outperforms #7 New England Journal of Medicine in per-paper retractions — a dubious honor. A 2024 meta-analysis showed that only 36% of its published results reproduce, 30% lower than the field-average replication rate. Despite this, it remains the most cited social psychology venue, feeding a cycle where shaky findings gain undeserved authority.
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