Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
The Australian Journal of Psychology is the flagship publication of the Australian Psychological Society aimed at researchers in the field of psychological science. It is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes empirical research across the full range of pure and applied topics in psychological science, including:
Cognition
Perception and Awareness
Developmental Psychology
Motivation and Emotion
Social and Personality Psychology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Research Methodology
Health Psychology
Psychology Education
Topics which are of interest to researchers from more than one specialist area
The Australian Journal of Psychology offers a variety of formats for paper submission, including full articles, brief articles, registered reports, and theory papers. Methodological rigour is essential for all published papers and research that is based on cutting-edge methodological techniques is particularly encouraged.
Australian Journal of Psychology operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
Read the Instructions for Authors .
The manuscript and peer-review reports may be transferred to one of the other journals of the Australian Psychological Society ( Australian Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, or Educational and Developmental Psychologist) if the scope of the paper is not found suitable for publication in the Australian Journal of Psychology, but is suitable for these other journals. Authors will receive a notification if their manuscript is being considered for transfer, and at that time can decide if they want to pursue the transfer. If authors do NOT wish to be considered for transfer to an alternative journal after rejection for this journal, this should be noted in the cover letter.
*Please note that Australian Journal of Psychology converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 74 (2022).
Journal metrics
Usage
575K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.6 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.4 (2023) 5 year IF
5.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.378 (2023) SNIP
1.096 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
40 days avg. from submission to first
decision
66 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
20 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
31% 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.
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.
Editor-in-Chief Justin Kenardy, University of Queensland, Australia
Associate Editors Belinda Craig, University of New England, Australia Guy Curtis, University of Western Australia, Australia John Dunn, University of Adelaide, Australia Helene Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Darren Haywood, University of Technology, Australia Morgana Lizzio-Wilson, University of Exeter, UK Camilla Luck, Curtin University, Australia Janine Lurie, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (Methodological Consultant) Mia McLanders, Metro North Health, Australia John Reece, Australian College of Applied Psychology, Australia Eric Vanman, University of Queensland, Australia Amanda Wood, Deakin University, Australia
Advisory Board Nigel Bond, Western Sydney University, Australia Anna Chur-Hansen, University of Adelaide, Australia Simon Crowe, La Trobe University, Australia James Dimmock, James Cook University, Australia Kyra Hamilton, Griffith University, Australia Alex Haslam, University of Queensland, Australia Jolanda Jetten, University of Queensland, Australia Norman Li, Singapore Management University, Singapore Anna Ma-Wyatt, University of Adelaide, Australia Daryl O'Connor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Miranda Olff, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstracting and indexing
Australian Journal of Psychology is indexed in the following services:
Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing)
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing)
APAIS: Australian Public Affairs & Information Service (National Library of Australia)
ArticleFirst (OCLC)Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (EBSCO Publishing)
Australian Education Index/EdResearch Online (Australian Council for Educational Research)
Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO Publishing)
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
Criminology Collection (ProQuest)
Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Electronic Collections Online (OCLC)
Ergonomics Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing)
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO Publishing)
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO Publishing)
Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest)
Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest)
IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur)
Periodical Index Online (ProQuest)
ProQuest Central (ProQuest)
ProQuest Central K-62
Psychology Database (ProQuest)
PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA)
SCOPUS (Elsevier)
Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)
Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
SocINDEX (EBSCO Publishing)
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO Publishing)
Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts (T&F)
Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
Women's Studies International (EBSCO Publishing)
Open access
Australian Journal of Psychology is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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)
To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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