European Journal of Social Psychology

European Journal of Social Psychology
Title	European Journal of Social Psychology
Discipline	Social psychology
Abbreviation	EJSP
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Frequency	Monthly
History	1971–present
Impact	3.6
Impact-year	2023

European Journal of Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing empirical and theoretical work in social psychology, linking research traditions from University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Max Planck Society, University of Amsterdam, and London School of Economics laboratories. The journal circulates among scholars affiliated with institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Toronto, University College London, and Australian National University, and contributes to debates visible at conferences like the European Congress of Psychology, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meetings, and the International Congress of Psychology.

History

The journal was founded in the early 1970s amid expansions in social science publishing alongside outlets such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Social Psychological and Personality Science, reflecting intellectual currents present at events including the Helsinki Summit and the Paris Peace Conference–era shifts in scholarly collaboration. Early editorial leadership included scholars who had worked with centers like the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Institute of Social Science Research, and departments at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, positioning the journal within networks connected to funders such as the European Research Council and organizations like the British Academy. Over decades the journal witnessed methodological shifts influenced by practitioners from Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Michigan, and University of Chicago, and responded to landmark debates that also engaged commentators from Princeton Theological Seminary and policy forums in Brussels.

Scope and Aims

The journal aims to publish research on topics including intergroup relations that build on traditions from Contact hypothesis-informed work associated with scholars at University of California, Berkeley, social cognition studies resonant with work from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and collective behavior research connecting to groups at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It targets contributions that dialogue with theoretical frameworks advanced at European University Institute, Sciences Po, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Geneva, and University of Barcelona, and that engage applied concerns raised by agencies like World Health Organization and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The scope embraces empirical reports, computational modeling influenced by groups at Carnegie Mellon University, and integrative reviews comparable to pieces appearing in Annual Review of Psychology and thematic symposia presented at Royal Society meetings.

Editorial Board and Peer Review

The journal’s editorial board historically comprises editors and associate editors affiliated with institutions such as University of Zurich, KU Leuven, University of Warwick, Heidelberg University, and Trinity College Dublin, with advisory ties to researchers at Columbia University, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Edinburgh, and McGill University. Peer review follows standards similar to those practiced at Nature Human Behaviour and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, using double-blind procedures implemented by editorial teams drawn from networks including the European Association of Social Psychology and committees related to the British Psychological Society. Editorial decisions reflect input from reviewers who have published with presses like Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press and who serve on panels for funders such as the Wellcome Trust and National Institutes of Health.

Publication Details and Metrics

Published by Wiley-Blackwell in monthly issues, the journal shares production workflows with journals housed at publishing groups that manage titles for Springer Nature and Elsevier. It reports bibliometric indicators tracked alongside journals indexed with databases used by scholars at University of California, Los Angeles and New York University, and it communicates impact through metrics visible in assessments by panels like those convened by the Research Excellence Framework and citation analyses performed by teams at Institute for Scientific Information. The journal’s impact factor, CiteScore, and other altmetrics are monitored by researchers at Leiden University and analytics groups comparable to Clarivate Analytics.

Notable Articles and Impact

Notable articles published in the journal have been widely cited in work from laboratories at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Stanford University, and University of California, Los Angeles, and have influenced programs run by agencies including the European Commission and initiatives hosted by the Council of Europe. Influential papers engaged debates covered in essays by scholars associated with Johns Hopkins University, Imperial College London, University of Melbourne, and National University of Singapore, and inspired subsequent special issues that gathered contributors from University of Copenhagen, University of Helsinki, Stockholm University, and University of Oslo. These pieces have been used in syllabi at London School of Economics, cited in reports by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and discussed in keynote sessions at the American Psychological Association and European Congress of Psychology.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major services used by researchers at Cornell University, Brown University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington, and University of Sydney, and appears in databases maintained by organizations like ProQuest, EBSCO Information Services, SCOPUS, and the Web of Science platform overseen by Clarivate Analytics. It is discoverable through library catalogs at institutions such as British Library, Library of Congress, Bibliothèque nationale de France, National Library of Australia, and German National Library.

Category:Academic journals