Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

The Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology is an academic journal that publishes papers dealing with social behaviour in the context of community problems and strengths. The journal is international in scope and is aimed at a worldwide readership of community practitioners and community/social psychology professionals and researchers. The journal is published bi-monthly in English.

Aims and scope

The journal emphisizes some common concerns of community:

• Addiction
• AIDS
• Crime
• Deviance and delinquency
• Education and Social services
• Families, children and care for the elderly
• Health (mental and physical)
• Homelessness, deprivation and poverty
• Organization of treatment environments
• Police and legal processes in communities
• Stress
• Social competence
• Violence

The journal emphasizes an interest in:

• Innovative concepts and interventions
• Evaluation of methods and experience
• The promotion of well being and social justice
• Dialogue between researchers, practitioners and lay members of the community.

Readership

The Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology is published primarily to serve a readership consisting of social psychologists, clinical psychologists, social workers, administrators, community practitioners, health professionals, social scientists and psychiatrists. The journal is also open and available to lay members of the community and, as stated in its aims, maintaining less formal dialog with such through its Communications and commentary sections.

Peer review

Main article: Academic publishing

The journal uses blind peer review. Articles are initially screened by the Editor for relevance to the journal, and, if judged relevant, are subsequently passed on to an Associate Editor to manage the review process. Generally two blind reviews are sought. The journal aims to provide reviews to authors within 12 weeks of initial submission.

Subscribers are "warmly welcomed and encouraged" to review and comment on all content which includes:

• Research papers • reports on quantitative and qualitative studies (or applications of case study methods)
• Review articles • surveys of theoretical developments or topics of major interest
• Innovations in practice • brief reports by practitioners which describe interesting new developments and interventions
• Communications and commentary • informal accounts of new ideas, initiatives, or interventions in progress, and commentaries on social, legal, medical, educational or administrative developments from the community psychology perspective.
• Book and other media reviews • attention to relevant literature that deals with topics of interest
• Calendar of events • conferences relevant to Community & Applied Social Psychology

Editorial board

Sandra Schruijer from the Utrecht School of Governance at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands is the Editor of the Journal. She leads a team of five Associate Editors (Ian Albery, Arjan Bos, Flora Cornish, Christopher Sonn and Esther Wiesenfeld) and a Book Review Editor (Darrin Hodgetts).

Jim Orford and Geoffrey Stephenson were the founding editors, and Geoffrey Stephenson continues his association with the journal in his role as Advisory Editor. The interdisciplinary and international editorial board of 42 members has representatives from around the world, including Australia, Chile, China, Germany, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Samoa, Spain, The UK and The USA.

Submission and subscription

The Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology is available by subscription only through Wiley InterScience, a division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc..

Submissions to the journal are made online through the ScholarOne Manuscripts website. Copyright Transfer Agreements transfer copyright to Wiley, as a condition of publication.

See also

Category:Academic publishing

List of community topics:

• Social psychology
• Community psychology

Sources

Online ISSN 1099-1298 | Print ISSN 1052-9284

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