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Psychological Methods

Psychological Methods is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1996 and covers "the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data". The editor-in-chief is Fred Oswald.

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Psychological Methods
DisciplinePsychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byFred Oswald
Publication details
History1996-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
7.8 (2024)
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ISO 4Psychol. Methods
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ISSN1082-989X (print)
1939-1463 (web)
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Psychological Methods is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1996 and covers "the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data".1 The editor-in-chief is Fred Oswald (University of California, Irvine).

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. 2 The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. 3

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 7.8.4

References

References

  1. "Psychological Methods". American Psychological Association. November 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. "Transparency and Openness Promotion". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. "Psychological Methods". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.
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