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Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) is an official journal of SPSP, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. It is the premiere outlet for original theoretical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology. In the pages of PSPR, you will find stimulating conceptual pieces that identify exciting new directions for research on the psychological underpinnings of human individuality and social functioning, as well as those that provide new, integrative frameworks for innovating existing research programs. The journal welcomes submissions that center personality and social psychology, but is especially interested in submissions that demonstrate the ways in which these fields connect to other disciplines, both within psychology, and beyond to disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, arts, medicine, nursing, education, and life sciences. The journal wants to publish theory that makes a difference in the real world and is especially interested in theory that speaks to the experiences of people who are marginalized or oppressed by prevailing power structures.. Occasionally PSPR publishes other pieces of particular interest to members of the Society, such as special topical issues, selected symposia, and invited addresses. All papers are reviewed with respect to their scholarly merit. View full journal description

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

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Senior Editorial Team

PSPR is overseen by Editor Jonathan Adler and Associate Editors Kathleen Bogart, Cindy McPherson Frantz, Phia Salter, and Amber Gayle Thalmayer. Each member of the senior editorial team is a hyphenated academic: a personality or social psychologist and something else (clinical, health, environmental, cultural), representing the interconnections of the field. The senior editorial team works in close collaboration to oversee the journal.

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Authors will enjoy:

  • Rigorous peer review of your research
  • Prompt publishing
  • Multidisciplinary audience
  • High visibility for global exposure

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board aims to represent the diversity and breadth of the field, comprised by scholars from every continent except Antarctica, from a wide variety of institutions, and from both within and outside academia. They are the journal’s go-to reviewers for manuscripts and are absolutely central to the success of the journal.

Author, editor & reviewer resources

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Creating Editorial Pathways

PSPR has several initiatives aimed at creating pathways for future editors. The journal has an Emerging Editor Board, composed of advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who provide reviews for the journal and receive developmental feedback on their work. The journal also has supported an Editorial Fellowship aimed at preparing scholars in the Global South for editorial leadership in the Western publishing ecosystem.

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Please provide feedback about any aspect of your review process that currently upholds historical and systemic inequalities, or a practice that helps enhance inclusivity in publishing.