The Journal of Positive Psychology

{{Infobox journal

| title = The Journal of Positive Psychology

| cover = Journal_of_Positive_Psychology.jpg

| editor = Robert A. Emmons

| discipline = Positive psychology

| abbreviation = J. Posit. Psychol.

| publisher = Routledge

| country =

| frequency = Bimonthly

| history = 2006-present

| license =

| impact = 4.197

| impact-year = 2020

| website = http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpos20/current

| link1 = http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpos20/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rpos20

| link2-name = Online archive

| ISSN = 1743-9760

| eISSN = 1743-9779

| OCLC = 64069779

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The Journal of Positive Psychology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering positive psychology, including measures of well-being such as life satisfaction, traits such as optimism, work life consequences of resilience, and methods to enhance positive psychological traits. It was established in 2006 and is published by Routledge. The editor-in-chief is Robert A. Emmons (University of California, Davis).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in CINAHL,{{cite web |url=http://www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/ccf-coverage.htm |title=CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List |publisher=EBSCO Information Services |work=CINAHL |access-date=2015-05-12}} Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences,{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2015-05-12}} PsycINFO,{{cite web |url=http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/coverage.aspx |publisher=American Psychological Association |title=PsycINFO Journal Coverage |access-date=2015-05-12}} Scopus,{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview |title=Content overview |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus |access-date=2015-05-12}} and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.197.{{cite book |title=2018 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics|year=2019|edition=Social Sciences|series=Web of Science |chapter=The Journal of Positive Psychology|title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

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