Frontiers in Psychology
| Discipline | Psychology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Axel Cleeremans |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2010–present |
| Publisher | |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution |
| 2.463 (2015) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Front. Psychol. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1664-1078 |
| OCLC no. | 701805890 |
| Links | |
Frontiers in Psychology is an open-access peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of psychology. It was established in 2010 and is published by Frontiers. The 2015 Journal Citation Reports found Frontiers in Psychology to be the world's largest and second most cited psychology journal, with an impact factor of 2.463.[1] The editor-in-chief is Axel Cleeremans (Université libre de Bruxelles).
Sections
The journal comprises 27 specialty sections.[2]
- Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cognition
- Cognitive Science
- Comparative Psychology
- Consciousness Research
- Cultural Psychology
- Decision Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Disaster Communications
- Eating Behavior
- Educational Psychology
- Emotion Science
- Environmental Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Neuroscience
- Gender, Sex and Sexuality Studies
- Human-Media Interaction
- Language Sciences
- Movement Science and Sport Psychology
- Organizational Psychology
- Perception Science
- Performance Science
- Personality and Social Psychology
- Psychoanalysis and Neuropsychoanalysis
- Psychology for Clinical Settings
- Psychopathology
- Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
- Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in PubMed Central, Scopus, and PsycINFO.
Controversy
In February 2013, Frontiers published a study by Stephan Lewandowsky and co-authors which analysed conspiracy theory explanations given in blog responses to an earlier paper about conspiracy theories and support for free-market economics as indicators of a climate change denial stance. In March 2014, Frontiers retracted the study, and made a statement that they had received "a small number of complaints". Their detailed investigation "did not identify any issues with the academic and ethical aspects of the study. It did, however, determine that the legal context is insufficiently clear and therefore Frontiers wishes to retract the published article." There were public concerns about the "chilling effect" of the decision on research. One of the reviewers of the paper said that the withdrawal was unwarranted, and she would no longer carry out reviews for the journal.[3][4][citation needed] On 4 April 2014 Costanza Zucca, Editorial Director of the journal, and Fred Fenter, Executive Editor, issued a statement saying that Frontiers did not cave in to threats, and it in fact received no threats. The statement gave the main reason for retraction as insufficient protection for the rights of the studied subjects.[5] There was public discussion about apparent contradictions between the statements issued by the journal. And the authors of the paper disputed points raised in the second statement.[6]
Frontiers was included in Jeffrey Beall's list of "potential, possible, or probable predatory publishers"[7], though both COPE and OASPA have stated that they have no concerns with Frontiers' membership of their organizations.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Quality and Impact Analysis: Frontiers in Psychology". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Frontiers in Psychology". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Hannam, Peter (2 April 2014). "'Conspiracist' climate change study withdrawn amid legal threats". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Osborne, Hannah (2 April 2014). "Study Linking Climate Sceptics and Conspiracy Theorists Pulled on Legal Threats". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Zucca, Constanza (4 April 2014). "Retraction of Recursive Fury: A Statement". Frontiers in Psychology. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Timmer, John (8 April 2014). "Legal or privacy problems? Journal changes its tune on climate paper". Ars Technica. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Beall, Jeffrey (2012-01-15). "LIST OF PUBLISHERS". Scholarly Open Access. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ COPE (2015-11-12). "COPE statement on Frontiers". Committee on Publication Ethics.
- ^ Claire Redhead (2015-12-24). "Frontiers membership of OASPA". Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association.
External links
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