''Psychological Review'' is a bimonthly

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that covers

psychological Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

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. It was established by

James Mark Baldwin James Mark Baldwin (January 12, 1861 – November 8, 1934) was an Americans, American philosophy, philosopher and psychologist who was educated at Princeton University, Princeton under the supervision of Scottish philosopher James McCosh and who ...

(

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) and James McKeen Cattell (

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) in 1894 as a publication vehicle for psychologists not connected with the laboratory of

G. Stanley Hall Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1844 – April 24, 1924) was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard University in the nineteenth century. His ...

( Clark University), who often published in his '' American Journal of Psychology''. ''Psychological Review'' soon became the most prominent and influential psychology journal in

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, publishing important articles by William James,

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, James Rowland Angell, and many others. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 8.934. The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.

History

In the early years of the 20th century, Baldwin purchased Cattell's interest in the journal, but was forced to sell the journal to Howard Warren in 1908 when scandal forced him out of his professorship at

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(where he had moved in 1903). Editorship of the journal fell to Baldwin's newly hired young colleague John B. Watson, who used the journal to advance his school of

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. ''Psychological Review'' was eventually sold by Warren to the

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, which has owned it ever since.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been

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of the journal:

References

External links

* Psychology journals Academic journals established in 1894 English-language journals Bimonthly journals American Psychological Association academic journals 1894 establishments in New Jersey {{psych-journal-stub