''Theory & Psychology'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

that publishes papers in the field of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

. The journal's founding editor is Henderikus J Stam. The journal's current

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is Kieran C O'Doherty. It has been in publication since 1991 and is currently published by

SAGE Publications SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California. It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 bo ...

Scope

''Theory & Psychology'' is a forum for theoretical and meta-theoretical analysis in Psychology. The journal publishes papers which focus on the emergent themes of contemporary psychological debate. ''Theory & Psychology'' is published six times a year and is aimed at a broad psychological audience, particularly those concerned with the evolution of Modern Psychology.

Abstracting and indexing

''Theory & Psychology'' is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases:

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, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2021

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is 1.553, ranking it 105 out of 147 journals in the category ‘Psychology, multidisciplinary’.

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