Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Academic journal

Psychol. Pub. Pol'y & L.ISO 4Psychol. Public Policy LawIndexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · ScopusISSN1076-8971 (print)
1939-1528 (web)
LCCN95658604OCLC no.635218700Links

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It publishes original empirical papers, reviews, and meta-analyses on the contribution of psychological science to law and public policy.

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. ^[1] The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. ^[2]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Criminal Justice Abstracts, Current Contents, Family Index, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.078.^[3]

Editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of this journal:

Michael Lamb (2013–present), University of Cambridge
Ronald Roesch (2008–2012), Simon Fraser University
Steven Penrod, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Charles Sturt University
Bruce Sales, University of Arizona

References

^ "Transparency and Openness Promotion". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
^ "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
^ "Psychology, Public Policy, and Law". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.