Psychological Methods

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Psychological Methods  
|Subject |Discipline}}Psychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byFred Oswald
Publication details
History1996-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
7.8 (2024)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Psychol. Methods
Indexing
ISSN1082-989X (print)
1939-1463 (web)
Links

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 founding editor was Mark I. Appelbaum.[2]

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. [3] The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. [4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Psychological Methods". American Psychological Association. November 1, 2012. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/met/index.aspx. 
  2. ↑ Ornstein, Peter A.; Burchinal, Margaret R. (2021-07-01). "Mark I. Appelbaum (1941–2020)." (in en). American Psychologist 76 (5): 811–811. doi:10.1037/amp0000876. ISSN 1935-990X. https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/amp0000876. 
  3. ↑ "Transparency and Openness Promotion". American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/transparency-openness-promotion. 
  4. ↑ "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/top-guidelines-interview. 
  5. ↑ "Psychological Methods". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025.