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Summary Report of Journal Operations, 2016

Printed pages
Average lag
Manuscripts in monthsd Print subscriptions
No. No. No. Rejection Items Total pages Online Member/
Journal received accepted pendinga rateb publishedc published first Print nonmember Institutional

American Psychologiste,f 204 62 39 71% 142 925 1.5 3.2 73,722 223
Behavioral Neuroscience 156 55 21 56% 65 639 1.1 2.4 40 71
Developmental Psychologyf 815 200 355 70% 177 2,189 1.6 2.5 175 331
Emotion 670 116 223 81% 118 1,198 2.1 4.8 97 23
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Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology 90 42 19 39% 48 493 1.2 2.4 53 11

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History of Psychology 76 26 27 52% 30 370 1.2 3.1 384 26

Journal of Abnormal Psychology 593 106 86 79% 94 1,207 1.0 2.5 204 295
Journal of Applied Psychology 1,050 106 286 88% 108 1,733 1.3 4.1 334 308
Journal of Comparative Psychology 97 36 36 49% 44 409 1.7 3.8 42 71
Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychologyf 535 101 97 76% 102 1,139 1.6 3.2 331 243
Journal of Counseling Psychology 370 54 53 83% 67 742 1.3 3.9 457 290
Journal of Educational Psychology 725 69 93 90% 66 1,194 1.8 6.6 215 463
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal
Learning and Cognition 87 32 24 58% 39 429 1.6 2.4 40 94
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 207 39 30 81% 39 508 1.5 3.3 236 48
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 782 123 73 84% 125 1,731 1.2 2.3 35 164
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human
Perception and Performance 637 174 124 71% 168 2,099 1.5 4.2 26 173
Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory, and Cognition 619 142 217 75% 142 2,000 1.6 5.7 48 189
Journal of Family Psychology 500 55 107 84% 101 1,008 1.1 3.9 156 69
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 938 102 224 87% 104 1,862 1.6 4.4 186 334
Neuropsychology 247 83 60 56% 91 1,006 1.4 4.9 424 61
Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice 120 60 50 47% 50 424 1.9 2.9 1,436 66
Psychological Assessment 715 150 106 75% 172 1,707 1.6 7.1 474 92
Psychological Bulletin 309 49 69 81% 48 1,398 2.0 3.9 207 323
Psychological Methods 255 63 69 78% 38 633 3.2 6.2 844 65
Psychological Review 308 33 75 88% 40 767 1.7 3.8 165 345
Psychology and Aging 374 77 73 78% 84 978 1.4 2.6 150 102
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 383 93 56 75% 103 966 1.4 3.3 955 30
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 158 41 18 73% 36 456 1.5 3.0 487 49
Rehabilitation Psychology 146 36 96 49% 48 439 2.1 3.3 1,251 45
Total or average 12,166 2,325 2,806 71% 2,489 30,649 1.6 3.8 83,174 4,604

Note. This summary is compiled from the 2016 annual reports of the Council of Editors and from Central Office records. Corresponding figures for 2015
can be found in the July–August 2016 issue of American Psychologist. Numbers are rounded off to the nearest whole number.
a
Includes manuscripts for which final editorial decisions had not been made as of December 31, 2016. By the date of this report, decisions will have been
reached on most of these manuscripts. b The rejection rate indicates the percentage of submitted manuscripts not accepted for publication in a journal.
For example, a rejection rate of 76% means that manuscripts submitted to a journal have a 24% chance of acceptance. c Includes articles, brief reports,
case reports, discussions, monographs, and brief substantive items. d “Average lag in months” is calculated using the acceptance and publication dates
for all manuscripts published in 2016. As available, this lag is reported for manuscripts published first online then in print. e Excludes award addresses,
award biographies, comments, editorials, obituaries, and correction notices. f Data for the editors and incoming editors were combined in order to reflect
activity for the journal as a whole.

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Summary Report of Division Journal Operations, 2016

Printed pages
Average lag
Manuscripts in monthsd Print subscriptions
No. No. No. Rejection Items Total pages Online Member/
Journal and division received accepted pendinga rateb publishedc published first Print nonmember Institutional

Review of General Psychology (1) 121 32 26 62% 31 449 0.9 2.3 998 11
Teaching of Psychology (2) 172 66 6 62% 54 355 N/A 8.2 NR NR
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin (8) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Personality and Social Psychology Review (8) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Journal of Social Issues (9) N/A N/A N/A N/A NR NR N/A N/A NR NR
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Analyses of Social Issues and Public

Policy (9) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the

Arts (10) 149 57 62 42% 46 500 2.0 4.5 618 12
Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice (12) 100 41 5 59% 49 NR 3.5 N/A NR NR
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice &
Research (13) 56 25 9 48% 18 322 1.8 3.4 953 9
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (14) 167 110 24 35% 111 830 8.0 9.0 NR NR
Educational Psychologist (15) 88 22 14 77% 27 405 2.0 2.5 NR NR
School Psychology Quarterly (16)b 165 44 31 75% 49 585 1.3 6.5 1,868 42
The Counseling Psychologist (17) 158 33 5 75% 49 1,194 4.6 5.7 NR NR
Psychological Services (18) 183 67 64 56% 50 433 1.5 5.2 781 4
Military Psychology (19) 162 46 140 59% 41 504 1.4 3.5 1,229 58
Journal of Consumer Psychology (23) 494 46 144 91% 59 451 1.5 8.3 NR NR
Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical
Psychology (24) 93 21 17 74% 25 260 1.2 2.1 400 5
American Journal of Community
Psychology (27) 295 93 4 71% 83 989 0.9 1.7 NR NR
Psychotherapy (29) 222 58 4 73% 57 464 2.5 3.6 1,716 92
The Humanistic Psychologist (32) 85 32 13 29% 35 419 1.5 4.9 NR NR
Psychology of Women Quarterly (35) 299 36 60 88% 62 496 1.5 8.0 NR NR
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (36) 219 18 55 87% 39 374 2.0 8.1 NR NR
Health Psychology (38)b 782 131 114 81% 161 1,395 2.3 5.0 2,966 109
Psychoanalytic Psychology (39) 107 70 25 41% 53 674 2.1 10.2 2,917 21
Law & Human Behavior (41) 263 56 53 80% 61 730 1.1 3.8 3,002 82
Practice Innovations (42) 25 21 5 16% 25 282 0.9 2.3 3,209 204
Couple and Family Psychology: Research and
Practice (43) 33 15 22 25% 19 255 0.9 1.6 864 1
Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender
Diversity (44) 125 54 28 58% 57 499 1.1 3.4 1,196 3
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority
Psychology (45) 336 50 108 82% 59 600 2.3 7.8 1,232 31
Sport, Exercise, and Performance
Psychology (47) 204 18 20 90% 29 395 1.8 4.7 932 8
Peace & Conflict: The Journal of Peace
Psychology (48) 129 53 56 43% 72 425 2.0 3.8 375 25
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, &
Practice (49) 83 21 26 70% 22 323 1.7 3.3 319 23
Psychology of Men and Masculinity (51) 172 60 53 57% 37 386 1.3 6.3 463 8
International Perspectives in Psychology:
Research, Practice, Consultation (52)b 52 16 33 64% 18 267 1.3 2.1 629 3
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent
Psychology (53) 372 116 34 78% 62 836 2.8 17.3 NR NR
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology (54) 106 42 51 52% 41 424 1.4 2.4 2,078 1
Journal of Pediatric Psychology (54) 318 109 64 64% 101 1,043 1.2 7.0 NR NR
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research,
Practice, and Policy (56) 316 136 94 58% 94 750 1.7 5.7 1,620 4
Total or average 6,651 1,815 1,469 62% 1,796 18,314 1.9 5.3 1,380 34

Note. This summary is compiled from the 2016 annual reports of the division journal editors. NR ⫽ not reported; N/A ⫽ data not applicable to journal.
a
Includes manuscripts for which final editorial decisions had not been made as of December 31, 2016. By the date of this report, decisions will have been
reached on most of these manuscripts. b Data for the editors and incoming editors were combined in order to reflect activity for the journals as a
whole. c Online First data reflect only articles for which data were available.