''American Psychologist'' is a
peer-reviewed academic journal
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published by the
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It has ...
. The journal publishes articles of broad interest to
psychologists, including empirical reports and scholarly reviews covering science, practice, education, and policy, and occasionally publishes special issues on relevant topics in the field of
psychology. The
editor-in-chief is Harris Cooper (
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jame ...
).
The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 16.358.
See also
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''Developmental Psychology''
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Journal of Abnormal Psychology''
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Journal of Experimental Psychology''
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
The ''Journal of Personality and Social Psychology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Psychological Association that was established in 1965. It covers the fields of social and personality psychology. The ed ...
''
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/amp/index.aspx
English-language journals
Publications established in 1946
American Psychological Association academic journals
Psychology journals
9 times per year journals