Association For Psychological Science - Publications

Publications

• APS launched its flagship journal Psychological Science in 1989. Psychological Science publishes authoritative articles of interest across all of scientific psychology’s sub-disciplines, including the behavioral, clinical, cognitive, neural, and social sciences. Psychological Science is among the most widely cited journals in the field of psychology.

• In 1992, APS established the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, which publishes concise reviews written by leading experts, and spans all of scientific psychology and its applications. The articles in Current Directions in Psychological Science are written in terms that are accessible outside of the realm of research subspecialties.

• APS launched its third journal, Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI) in 2000. PSPI provides assessments of topics where psychological science may have the potential to inform and improve the well-being of society. Topics addressed in this journal include the validity of projective techniques such as the Rorschach inkblot test; the impact of classroom size on student achievement; and whether herbal supplements, like Ginkgo biloba, can enhance cognitive abilities. Recent reports have included issues such as lie detection, the efficacy of preschool education, the current status and future prospects of clinical psychology, giftedness and gifted education, mentoring, psychopathy, and organizational training and development.

• A fourth journal, Perspectives on Psychological Science was launched in March 2006. More eclectic in its scope, Perspectives presents a lively mix of theoretical statements, literature reviews, viewpoints and opinions, research presentations, and scholarship. Perspectives contains both invited and submitted articles.

• The newest APS journal — Clinical Psychological Science (CPS) — will launch in 2013 (with advance articles published online in 2012). CPS will publish advances in clinical science and provide a venue for cutting-edge research across a wide range of conceptual views, approaches, and topics. The journal encompasses many core domains that have defined clinical psychology, but also boundary-crossing studies that integrate and make contact with diverse disciplines.

• The monthly Observer magazine educates and informs Members on matters affecting research, academia, and applied disciplines of the field. Within the “”Observer”” is the column entitled Student Notebook, which is dedicated to issues of interst to graduate student in psychology written by APS Student Caucus members on a variety of topics.