Personality and Social Psychology Review

Personality and Social Psychology Review
Title	Personality and Social Psychology Review
Discipline	Social psychology; personality psychology
Abbreviation	Pers. Soc. Psychol. Rev.
Publisher	SAGE Publications on behalf of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Country	United States
Frequency	Quarterly
History	1997–present
Impact	12.4
Impact-year	2023
Issn	1088-8683

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Introduction

Personality and Social Psychology Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology that synthesizes research across personality and social psychology and connects findings to broader conversations in science and practice; its articles engage debates tied to figures such as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Gordon Allport, Kurt Lewin, and Solomon Asch while citing work linked to institutions like Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, Yale University, and University of Michigan and referencing projects associated with organizations such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Max Planck Society. The journal's reviews and meta-analyses often address topics that intersect literature from scholars at Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Chicago and draw on methods developed in collaboration with centers like the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, RAND Corporation, and Brookings Institution.

Scope and Aims

The journal aims to publish integrative reviews, theoretical syntheses, and meta-analytic work that bridge strands from research by Henry Murray, Donald Broadbent, Elliot Aronson, Philip Zimbardo, and Stanley Milgram while informing policy and practice linked to agencies such as the World Health Organization, United Nations, European Commission, US Department of Defense, and UK Research and Innovation. It seeks contributions that engage empirical traditions represented at laboratories like the Stanford Prison Experiment site, Milgram's lab, Asch's conformity studies, and contemporary centers at MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Toronto, and University of California, Los Angeles and that dialogue with major works including The Interpretation of Dreams, Man and His Symbols, The Authoritarian Personality, Group Dynamics: Research and Theory, and Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

History and Development

Established in 1997 amid disciplinary shifts influenced by historical moments such as the post-Cold War expansion of social science funding and events like the Internet Archive's rise and the growth of digital scholarship, the journal evolved from conversations at annual meetings of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, cross-disciplinary symposia at American Psychological Association conventions, and research programs sponsored by bodies including the National Academy of Sciences and Royal Society. Over time editorial direction has responded to methodological revolutions linked to pioneers like John Tukey, Jacob Cohen, Gene Glass, Robert Rosenthal, and Andrew Gelman and to theoretical advances connected to authors such as Albert Bandura, Walter Mischel, Eleanor Maccoby, Henri Tajfel, and John Turner.

Editorial Board and Publication Process

The editorial board comprises scholars affiliated with universities and institutes including Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, New York University, University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Northwestern University, Cornell University, Oxford Brookes University, King's College London, Australian National University, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Heidelberg University, University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, Peking University, Tsinghua University, National University of Singapore, Seoul National University, University of Hong Kong, and University of Melbourne. Submission and review follow policies informed by standards set by organizations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, CrossRef, and ORCID; manuscripts undergo peer review managed through platforms akin to those used by Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Oxford University Press with decisions rendered by editors in consultation with associate editors and external referees drawn from the global community of social and personality psychologists.

Abstracting and Indexing

Articles are indexed in major services including Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, PubMed, Google Scholar, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, JSTOR, CrossRef, DOAJ, Current Contents, Social Sciences Citation Index, Academic Search Premier, Sociological Abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded, and databases maintained by institutions like Library of Congress, British Library, National Library of Medicine, and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

Impact and Reception

The journal has achieved a high impact factor and is frequently cited alongside classic works by scholars such as Gordon Allport, Kurt Lewin, Leon Festinger, Muzafer Sherif, Henri Tajfel, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Richard Nisbett, and Elliot Aronson; it influences citation patterns at centers including Harvard University, Stanford University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Yale University, University of Michigan, and policy documents from World Health Organization, United Nations, and European Commission. Reception among scholars has prompted dialogues at symposia hosted by Society for Personality and Social Psychology meetings, panels at the American Psychological Association annual convention, and citations in handbooks like Handbook of Social Psychology and edited volumes published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, and SAGE Publications.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

Notable contributions include meta-analyses and theoretical reviews that synthesize research traditions of Albert Bandura's social learning, Walter Mischel's personality processes, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky's judgment and decision making, and social identity theories advanced by Henri Tajfel and John Turner; special issues have addressed themes connected to global crises and institutions such as the 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, European Union, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and debates linked to technological change at Google, Facebook, Apple Inc., Microsoft, and Amazon (company), while spotlighting methodological innovations from scholars at Princeton University, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michigan.

Category:Psychology journals