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| Journal of Consumer Psychology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Consumer Psychology |
| Discipline | Consumer Psychology |
| Abbreviation | JCP |
| Editor | Rik Pieters |
| Publisher | Association for Consumer Research |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1992–present |
| Impact | 4.000 |
Journal of Consumer Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic periodical focusing on psychological aspects of consumer behavior, decision-making, and marketplace interactions. It publishes empirical research, theoretical articles, and integrative reviews that bridge psychological theory with marketing practice and policy. The journal serves as a venue for scholars from psychology, marketing, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to present findings relevant to firms, regulators, and consumer advocacy organizations.
The journal addresses topics at the intersection of Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Herbert Simon, Richard Thaler, and George Akerlof-style inquiry into judgment and decision-making, connecting work by researchers such as Antonio Damasio, Elizabeth Loftus, Mahzarin Banaji, Eldar Shafir, and Daniel Gilbert. It situates contributions alongside traditions from Edward C. Tolman, B.F. Skinner, John B. Watson, Leon Festinger, and Solomon Asch to illuminate preference formation and persuasion dynamics. The journal often cites methods and concepts influenced by laboratories and centers like Stanford University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Princeton University, and University of California, Berkeley.
Founded in the early 1990s, the journal emerged as an outlet complementing outlets such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, and Psychological Review. Early editorial leadership drew on scholars affiliated with institutions including University of Michigan, Cornell University, Duke University, London Business School, INSEAD, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, and National University of Singapore. Its formation paralleled growth in behavioral fields spurred by awards and recognition like the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the MacArthur Fellowship, and discipline-defining conferences such as Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Association for Consumer Research, and Academy of Management. Milestones include broadened methodological pluralism embracing tools from fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking, scale development, and field experiments advocated by scholars connected to Carnegie Mellon University, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Penn State University, Georgetown University, Columbia Business School, and Sloan School of Management.
The journal's stated aims align with promoting integration across traditions exemplified by Prospect Theory, Cognitive Dissonance, Self-Perception Theory, and Social Identity Theory as developed by figures linked to Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kellogg School of Management, Fuqua School of Business, Booth School of Business, and Columbia Business School. It solicits manuscripts on consumer judgment, preference construction, emotion in consumption, branding, advertising effects, and consumer welfare, drawing on theoretical lineages traceable to Sigmund Freud-era psychoanalytic influence in historical critiques, through experimentalists like Wilhelm Wundt and William James, to contemporary behavioralists including Cass Sunstein, E.O. Wilson, and Robert Cialdini. The scope encourages interdisciplinary submissions from centers like Becker Friedman Institute, Max Planck Institute, National Bureau of Economic Research, Institute for Fiscal Studies, and think tanks such as Brookings Institution.
The editorial board comprises scholars affiliated with universities and institutes such as University of California, Los Angeles, University of Texas at Austin, University of Maryland, University of Washington, University of Southern California, Michigan State University, London School of Economics, HEC Paris, Rotman School of Management, and Melbourne Business School. The publisher collaborates with professional associations including Association for Consumer Research and interfaces with indexing services run by entities like Clarivate Analytics, Elsevier, and ProQuest. The journal follows peer review norms shared with periodicals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Cognition, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in major bibliographic databases and citation indices affiliated with Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCOhost, PsycINFO, EconLit, and ABI/INFORM. Libraries and consortia at institutions including British Library, Library of Congress, OCLC, WorldCat, JSTOR, and CrossRef facilitate discovery. Citation metrics are tracked alongside comparable outlets such as Psychological Science, Management Science, Journal of Consumer Research, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Scholars and practitioners reference the journal in contexts involving regulatory debates influenced by publications in venues like Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, European Commission, World Health Organization, and policy discussions connected to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Its articles inform corporate strategy at firms such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestlé, Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Amazon (company), Apple Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft, and Facebook. Academic impact is evidenced by citations alongside works by laureates and awardees including Richard H. Thaler, Daniel Kahneman, Amartya Sen, Angus Deaton, and Paul Samuelson. Reception includes coverage in media outlets like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Financial Times, and The Washington Post.
Notable contributions have advanced understanding of heuristics and biases associated with figures such as Kahneman and Tversky while also integrating insights from Neuroscience researchers affiliated with MIT, Harvard Medical School, UCL, and Yale School of Medicine. Influential papers have explored topics resonant with scholars from Behavioural Insights Team, RAND Corporation, NBER, and IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and have been cited in policy reports by OECD and UNESCO. Landmark empirical studies have informed practice in contexts related to retail innovations at Walmart, pricing strategies at Airbnb, choice architecture at Uber Technologies, and persuasion tactics used in campaigns by Procter & Gamble and Unilever.
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