Ecological Psychology is the official journal of the International Society for Ecological Psychology. Membership in the society includes a subscription to the journal.
The journal publishes theoretical, experimental and methodological articles that address the processes underlying behavior from an ecological point of view. The intent of the journal is to provide a forum for investigations that expand the boundaries of cognitive systems to include not only the brain but the body and the environment as well. Of particular interest are studies that illuminate perception, action and cognition in terms of the lawful dynamical principles that underlie the organization of nature at multiple scales. Articles from disciplinary domains beyond psychology are encouraged. Topics can include perception, control and coordination of action, cognition, neuroscience, communication, learning, development, and social perception and interaction, whether in humans or other species. In addition to basic research, contributions from applied fields (e.g., rehabilitation, sports, human factors, robotics, machine learning) and philosophy (e.g., ontology, epistemology) are also welcome.
Peer Review Policy:
Unless noted otherwise, all articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and review by two or more referees.
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Readership:
Professionals with an interest in the understanding of psychological problems arising from the study of animal-environment systems.
Journal metrics
Usage
30K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
2.2 (2023) 5 year IF
3.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.334 (2023) SNIP
0.598 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
8 days avg. from submission to first
decision
42 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
11 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
17% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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
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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.
EDITOR MICHAEL J. RICHARDSON Psychology Department Macquarie University, Australia
ASSOCIATE EDITORS PAULA L. SILVA Department of Psychology University of Cincinnati, USA
JEFFREY B. WAGMAN Department of Psychology Illinois State University, USA
FRANK ZAAL Center for Human Movement Sciences University of Groningen, the Netherlands
KERRY L. MARSH Department of Psychological Science, University of Connecticut, USA
FOUNDING EXECUTIVE EDITOR WILLIAM M. MACE Department of Psychology Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS EMERITI KAREN E. ADOLPH- New York University, USA BENOÎT G. BARDY- Montpellier University, France HARRY HEFT -Denison University, USA CLAIRE MICHAELS- University of Connecticut, USA EDWARD REED -Drexel University, USA CLAES VON HOFSTEN -Uppsala University, Sweden
CONSULTING EDITORS KAREN E. ADOLPH -Department of Psychology, New York University, USA THOMAS ALLEY -Department of Psychology, Clemson University, USA POLEMNIA AMAZEEN -Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA DUARTE ARAUJO -Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal BENOIT G. BARDY -EuroMov, Montpellier University, France PETER J. BEEK -Department of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands GEOFFREY BINGHAM -Department of Psychology, Indiana University, USA JULIA BLAU- Central Connecticut State University, USA PABLO COVARRUBIAS- University of Guadalajara, Mexico TEHRAN DAVIS- University of Cincinnati, USA JAMES A. DIXON -Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, USA BRETT R. FAJEN- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA CAROL FOWLER -Haskins Laboratories, USA SIMONE V. GILL- Boston University, USA EUGENE C. GOLDFIELD -Center for Behavioral Science, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, USA ROBERT GRAY -Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, USA HERRY HEFT -
Denison University, USA
DAVID M. JACOBS - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain RACHEL W. KALLEN -Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, USA CHRIS KELLO -Cognitive & Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, USA NAM-GYOON KIM -Department of Psychology, Keimyung University, Korea DAVID N. LEE -Perception-Movement-Action Research Centre (PMARC), University of Edinburgh, Scotland JEFFREY J. LOCKMAN -Department of Psychology, Tulane University, USA STEVEN NEUBERG -Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA KARL M. NEWELL -Department of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University, USA TETSUSHI NONAKA -Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Japan CHRISTOPHER PAGANO -Department of Psychology, Clemson University, USA ANNE PICK -Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, USA ERIK RIETVELD- Univeristy of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ELLIOT SALTZMAN -Department of Physical Therapy, Boston University, USA ROBERT E. SHAW -Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, USA THOMAS STOFFREGEN- School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, USA MICHAEL TURVEY -Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, USA AUDREY VAN DER MEER -Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway RIK WARREN -Air Force Research Laboratory, OH, USA ANDREW D. WILSON- Leeds School of Social Sciences, UK DANIELA VAS- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil WILLIAM H. WARREN, JR. -Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, USA ROB WITHAGEN -Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands LESLIE ZEBROWITZ -Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, USA
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