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| Journal of Military Psychology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Military Psychology |
| Abbreviation | J. Milit. Psychol. |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Language | English |
Journal of Military Psychology is a peer-reviewed periodical addressing psychological research, practice, and policy affecting armed forces and veterans. It disseminates empirical studies, reviews, and applied analyses that intersect with clinical, social, cognitive, and organizational psychology as they relate to service members, veterans, and defense institutions. The journal serves clinicians, researchers, and policymakers engaged with operational stress, resilience, leadership, and rehabilitation across multinational contexts.
The journal originated amid late 20th-century expansions in military behavioral science influenced by developments at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Naval Medical Research Center, and Veterans Affairs research programs. Early contributors included investigators affiliated with United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, Queen's University Belfast research into combat trauma, and teams from Royal Air Force psychology branches. Institutional milestones parallel initiatives such as the post-Cold War restructuring exemplified by the NATO research agenda, and high-profile field studies tied to operations like Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom. Editorial leadership often comprised psychologists with ties to Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, McLean Hospital, Kings College London, and national military academies including United States Military Academy and École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. Over time the journal expanded from case reports and clinical notes toward randomized trials, systematic reviews, and multinational cohort studies informed by conferences such as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies meetings.
The journal's scope encompasses assessment and intervention for post-traumatic stress evaluated in cohorts returning from deployments to regions such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Balkans. It covers leadership selection and training validated against outcomes in units comparable to those in British Army, United States Marine Corps, Canadian Forces, and Australian Defence Force. Research topics include resilience models tested in partnership with centers like RAND Corporation, psychometric validation of instruments originally from American Psychological Association guidelines, and neurocognitive effects studied alongside institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. The focus extends to social network analyses of peer support observed in veterans' organizations like Royal British Legion, rehabilitation strategies informed by teams at Cleveland Clinic, and ethical considerations debated at forums hosted by Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Harvard Kennedy School.
Editorial boards have historically drawn members from academic institutions including Stanford University, Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Toronto, and clinical centers such as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center. Publishers collaborating with the journal have ranged from specialist presses to major academic publishers with distribution networks reaching libraries at Pentagon, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), and national research councils like National Institutes of Health. The peer review process typically involves external reviewers who serve in affiliation with organizations such as American Psychiatric Association, British Psychological Society, and multinational research consortia like European Defence Agency. Special issues have been guest-edited in conjunction with symposia at Royal Society venues and panels at American Psychological Association conventions.
The journal is abstracted and indexed alongside allied periodicals in major bibliographic services used by researchers at PubMed, PsycINFO databases maintained by American Psychological Association, and multidisciplinary indexes accessed through Web of Science. Library holdings include national repositories such as Library of Congress, British Library, and university systems at Columbia University and University of Melbourne. Citation tracking and bibliometrics are monitored in systems run by Clarivate Analytics and Scopus managed by Elsevier. Institutional access is common across military medical libraries at United States Navy, French Armed Forces Health Service, and international defense research centers.
The journal's influence is evident in citations within doctrine development documents produced by defense entities such as North Atlantic Treaty Organization working groups and clinical practice guides from Department of Veterans Affairs. It has informed training curricula at academies like United States Air Force Academy and Australian Defence Force Academy, and contributed evidence cited in public inquiries and commissions examining veteran care in jurisdictions including Canada, United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Reception among clinicians and policymakers often references cross-disciplinary dialogues with authorities at World Health Organization and research syntheses in outlets like The Lancet and BMJ. Debates around methodological standards have engaged methodologists from Cochrane Collaboration and measurement experts from National Institute of Mental Health.
Notable contributions include longitudinal cohort studies linking deployment exposures to outcomes measured in consortia involving Duke University, University College London, and Monash University; randomized controlled trials of cognitive therapies implemented at Massachusetts General Hospital and King's College London; and psychometric innovations developed in collaboration with National Center for PTSD. Reviews synthesizing evidence on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation featured collaborations among teams from Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Policy-oriented papers shaped screening protocols adopted by Veterans Health Administration and informed cross-national veterans' benefit reforms debated in parliaments such as Canadian House of Commons and House of Commons (United Kingdom). The journal published methodological guidelines referenced by funders including National Science Foundation and Wellcome Trust for ethical research with service populations.
Category:Psychology journals