Psychological Methods

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| title = Psychological Methods

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| editor = Lisa Harlow (Outgoing), Douglas Steinley (Incoming)

| discipline = Psychology

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| abbreviation = Psychol. Methods

| publisher = American Psychological Association

| country = United States

| frequency = Quarterly

| history = 1996-present

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| impact = 11.302

| impact-year = 2020

| website = http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/met/index.aspx

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| ISSN = 1082-989X

| eISSN = 1939-1463

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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".{{cite web |date=November 1, 2012 | url=http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/met/index.aspx |title=Psychological Methods|publisher=American Psychological Association |access-date=2012-11-01}} The editor-in-chief is Lisa Harlow (University of Rhode Island).

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. {{cite web|url=https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/transparency-openness-promotion|title=Transparency and Openness Promotion|website=APA.org|publisher=American Psychological Association|access-date=2021-09-30}} The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. {{cite web|url=https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/top-guidelines-interview|title=What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?|website=APA.org|publisher=American Psychological Association|access-date=2021-09-30}}

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 2020 impact factor of 11.302.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Psychological Methods |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

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