About this journal
Aims and scope
Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP)
emphasizes the publication of outstanding research articles, but also considers literature reviews, criticism, and methodological or theoretical statements spanning the entire range of social psychological issues. The journal will publish basic work in areas of social psychology that can be applied to societal problems, as well as direct application of social psychology to such problems. The journal provides a venue for a broad range of specialty areas, including research on legal and political issues, environmental influences on behavior, organizations, aging, medical and health-related outcomes, sexuality, education and learning, the effects of mass media, gender issues, and population problems. This research should have important implications for basic social processes and often is some of the most exciting work in the field of social psychology. BASP aims to provide a forum for a rich mixture of experiments, non-experimental methods, field studies, and welcomes innovative design and analysis strategies. The journal aims to serve both as a resource for investigators interested in the application of complex human experimentation to various problems of health, environment, and society and to social psychologists committed to the advancement of theory and the understanding of basic social and social-cognitive processes.
Peer Review Policy: All papers published in this journal have undergone rigorous editorial screening and double anonymized peer review.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Readership:
Specialists interested in the problems that social psychologists study and investigators interested in the application of complex human experimentation to various problems of health, environment, and society.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 127K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.295 (2023) SNIP
- 0.709 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 9 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 53 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 8% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR
David Trafimow - New Mexico State University, US
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Michael Marks - New Mexico State University, US
EDITORIAL BOARD
Christopher L. Aberson - Humboldt State University, US
Rashmi Adaval - Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati,US
Shelley N. Aikman - University of North Georgia, US
Stephanie Baggio - University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Jamie Barden - Howard University, US
Manpal S. Bhogal - University of Wolverhampton, UK
Pablo Brinol - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Fred Bryant - Loyola University of Chicago, US
Brad J. Bushman - The Ohio State University, US
Luigi Castelli - University of Padova, Italy
Robert B. Cialdini - Arizona State University, US
Margaret S. Clark - Yale University, US
Catherine A. Cottrell - New College of Florida, US
Ralph Erber - DePaul University, US
Russell H. Fazio - The Ohio State University, US
Bruce Pfeiffer - University of New Hampshire , US
Roger Giner Sorolla - University of Kent, UK
Phillip Atiba Goff - University of California, Los Angeles, US
Melanie Green - University of North Carolina, US
James W. Grice - Oklahoma State University, US
Rosanna Guadagno - The National Science Foundation, US
Gregory M. Herek - University of California, Davis, US
Robert Josephs - University of Texas, Austin, US
Markus Kemmelmeier - University of Nevada, Reno, US
Rex B. Kline - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Alena Kostyk - University of Glasgow, Scotland
Virginia Kwan - Arizona State University, US
Mark Landau - University of Kansas, US
James R. Larson, Jr. - Loyola University Chicago, US
Robert Livingston - University of Sussex, UK
Justin A. MacDonald - New Mexico State University, US
Sean McCrea - University of Wyoming, US
Beth Morling - University of Delaware, US
Ian Newby-Clark - University of Guelph, Canada
Len Newman - Syracuse University, US
Cynthia Pickett - University of California, Davis, US
John B. Pryor - Illinois State University, US
Rohny Saylors - Washington State University, US
Alecia Santuzzi - Northern Illinois University, US
Tamera Schneider - Wright State University, US
James A. Shepperd - University of Florida, US
David Silvera - University of Texas, San Antonio, US
Linda J. Skitka - University of Illinois Chicago, US
Kristin Sommer - Baruch College, US
Tracie L. Stewart - Kennesaw State University, US
Jeff Stone - University of Arizona, US
Orit Tykocinski - The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel
Bert Uchino - University of Utah, US
Michael Wohl - Carleton University, Canada
Abstracting and indexing
- CSA
- Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
- Communication Abstracts Online
- Criminal Justice Abstracts
- FRANCIS
- PsycINFO
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
- Social Services Abstracts
- Sociological Abstracts - De Gruyter Saur
- Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
- IBZ – Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes – und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur - EBSCOhost
- Academic Search Alumni Edition
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Premier
- Business Source Alumni Edition
- Business Source Complete
- Business Source Corporate
- Business Source Premier
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies
- Communication Abstracts Online
- Current Abstracts
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
- SocINDEX
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- TOC Premier
- Women’s Studies International - Elsevier
- Scopus - National Library of Medicine
- PubMed - OCLC
- PsycFIRST
- Sociological Abstracts - ProQuest
Open access
Basic and Applied Social Psychology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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