The Society's Journals

As well as organising many conferences where new research is presented, the Society publishes 11 scientific journals, each offering the latest research in psychology to academics, researchers, practitioners, students and of course journalists. The international peer-reviewed journals are published quarterly and often contain newsworthy research.

The Media Centre can provide journalists, on request, with copies of any papers printed in the Society's journals. Unfortunately this service is only available to the media and not other organisations or individuals. If you are a journalist and would like to receive a contents sheet for the latest volume of each journal, via e-mail and ahead of the embargo date, please contact the Media Centre (tel: +44 (0)116 252 9500 or e-mail: mediacentre@bps.org.uk).

Journalists can also search online for research published in previous volumes of the Society's journals. Abstracts of all papers can be viewed for free online and, again, full papers are available on request from the Media Centre.

British Journal of Psychology

Publishes reports of empirical studies likely to further the understanding of psychology, critical reviews of the literature and theoretical contributions.

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Publishes original contributions to scientific knowledge in clinical psychology. Topics reflect the broad role of clinical psychologists and include descriptive studies as well as studies of disorders of all kinds, in all settings and amongst all age groups.

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Covers all aspects of developmental psychology at all ages. Also covers abnormal and atypical development, including developmental disorders and learning difficulties/disabilities; factors which impact upon psychological development and theories of psychological development.

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Publishes psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels. Its breadth of coverage includes cognition, learning, motivation, literacy, numeracy and language, behaviour, social-emotional development and developmental difficulties linked to educational psychology or the psychology of education.

British Journal of Health Psychology

Publishes high quality research relating to health and illness. Topics include: the management of acute and chronic illness, responses to ill-health, screening and medical procedures, research on health behaviour and psychological aspects of prevention.

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Publishes articles relating to any areas of psychology which have a greater mathematical or statistical or other formal aspect of their argument than is usually acceptable to other journals. No advanced contents page is available for the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology.

British Journal of Social Psychology

Publishes original papers in all areas social psychology. Topics covered include social cognition, attitudes, group processes, social influence, intergroup relations, self and identity, nonverbal communication, and social psychological aspects of affect and emotion, and of language and discourse.

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Publishes empirical and conceptual papers which aim to increase understanding of people and organizations at work. Papers include: industrial, organizational, engineering, vocational and personnel psychology, as well as behavioural aspects of industrial relations, ergonomics, human factors and industrial sociology.

Journal of Neuropsychology

Publishes original research on all aspects in the field of neuropsychology. The journal's central brief is to learn more from patients with brain dysfunctions to gain a better understanding of brain-behaviour relationships and to help future patients.

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Publishes original papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge in the field of legal and criminological psychology broadly defined. Topics include: role of expert witness, new legislation, management of offenders, crime prevention, victimology, mental health and the law, impact of the law on behaviour.

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Publishes original theoretical and research contributions on psychodynamic, interpersonal and other psychological aspects of mental health and the psychological therapies.