Psychological Science (journal)

Psychological Science (journal)
Title	Psychological Science
Discipline	Psychology
Abbreviation	Psychol. Sci.
Editor	Patricia A. Bauer
Publisher	Association for Psychological Science
Country	United States
History	1990–present
Frequency	Monthly
Impact	8.6
Issn	0956-7976

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Psychological Science (journal) Psychological Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Association for Psychological Science that disseminates empirical research across the field of psychology. The journal has published work by scholars affiliated with institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, Yale University, and University of California, Berkeley, and it is read by practitioners at organizations including the American Psychological Association, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, World Health Organization, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its editorial decisions and policies have intersected with debates involving figures and entities like Daniel Kahneman, Elizabeth Loftus, Steven Pinker, Sigmund Freud (historical context), and institutions such as Princeton University and Columbia University.

History

Founded in 1990 by the Association for Psychological Science as part of a reorganization of publication outlets, the journal succeeded earlier efforts to create high-impact outlets tied to professional societies such as the American Psychological Society and to rival long-established titles like Journal of Experimental Psychology and Psychological Review. Early editors drew on networks spanning University of Michigan, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University to recruit research on cognition, development, social behavior, perception, and neuroscience. Over successive editorial tenures, including leadership from scholars connected to University College London and University of Toronto, the journal broadened its remit to include interdisciplinary work involving collaborators at MIT Media Lab, Max Planck Society, University of Cambridge, and the Salk Institute.

The journal publishes empirical studies, theoretical advances, methods papers, and brief reports covering subfields represented by faculty and research centers at Columbia University, Brown University, Duke University, Northwestern University, and Johns Hopkins University. Topics include cognitive processes investigated by researchers affiliated with Princeton Neuroscience Institute and New York University, developmental findings connected to University of Chicago and University of Minnesota, social psychology linked to University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and affective science associated with University of Pennsylvania and Washington University in St. Louis. The journal emphasizes empirical rigor acceptable to funders such as the Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

The editorial board comprises editors, associate editors, and editorial advisors drawn from institutions like Stanford University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, and University of Washington. Peer review policies align with standards advocated by organizations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics and have involved reviewers who are faculty at University of California, Los Angeles, Texas A&M University, University of Southern California, Rutgers University, and University of Florida. The journal has experimented with open data and transparency practices promoted by initiatives linked to Center for Open Science and advocates associated with NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.

Published monthly, the journal issues print and online editions produced in coordination with the Association for Psychological Science's publishing services and distribution partners in collaboration with university presses and library consortia including JSTOR holdings and subscription arrangements used by institutions such as Oxford University Press libraries. Formats include full-length articles, short reports, commentary pieces, and special sections; these formats mirror practices in outlets like Nature Human Behaviour, Science, PNAS, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Psychological Science is indexed in major bibliographic databases and indexing services used by scholars at Harvard Library, British Library, National Library of Medicine, and Library of Congress, and is included in citation indexes curated by Clarivate Analytics and databases produced by Elsevier such as Scopus. Its metadata are harvested by aggregators relied upon by researchers at Australian National University, University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, and University of São Paulo.

Cited in policy reports from entities such as the United Nations and the European Commission, the journal's articles have informed practice in clinical settings at hospitals like Massachusetts General Hospital and research programs at institutes such as the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. The journal's impact factor and citation metrics have been compared with those of titles affiliated with American Psychological Association journals and with multidisciplinary outlets at Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. Debates about replication and methodology involving commentators from Princeton University, University of Virginia, and University of California, San Diego have referenced work published in the journal.

Category:Psychology journals