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Guest Editors
Javier Martín Babarro, PhD, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira, PhD, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil


Submission Status: Open until 23 June 2025

Cognitive and neural mechanisms of creativity

Guest Editors
Linden J. Ball, PhD, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Radwa Khalil, PhD, Constructor University, Germany
Yadan Li, PhD, Shaanxi Normal University, China


Submission Status: Open until 8 August 2025

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Hookup culture and online dating

Guest Editors:
Cassandra Alexopoulos, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA 
Ángel Castro, PhD, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Cross-national Positive Youth Development Research and Intervention Evidence for Mental Health Promotion in Diverse Adolescents and Youth from Secondary and Higher Education

Guest Editors:

Diego Gomez-Baya, PhD, University of Huelva, Spain
Marina Hirnstein, PhD, University of Bergen, Norway
Ana Kozina, PhD, Educational Research Institute, Slovenia
Nora Wiium, PhD, University of Bergen, Norway

Psychosomatic disorders

Guest Editors:
Johanna Graf, PhD, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
Paweł Larionow, PhD, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
Andreas Stengel, MD, PhD, Klinikum Stuttgart and University Hospital Tübingen, Germany

Climate change and mental health

Guest Editor:
Fanli Jia, PhD, Seton Hall University, USA
 

Gender differences in mental health

Guest Editor:
Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi, MSc, MD, FECSM, Cairo University Hospital, Egypt

Emerging research in industrial and organizational psychology

Guest Editors:
Ahsan Ali, PhD, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
Hussain Tariq, PhD, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Cross-national research and practice evidence for mental health interventions in diverse educational contexts

Guest Editors:
Aleksandra Maria Rogowska, PhD, University of Opole, Poland

Psychological consequences of war and other conflicts

Guest Editors:
Dominic Murphy, PhD, King's College London, United Kingdom
Victoria Williamson, PhD, King's College London, United Kingdom

 

Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Research and Care

Guest Editors:
Linda Antonucci, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Hirokazu Doi, PhD,
 Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Mental health, discourse, and stigma

Guest Editors:
David Matthew Edmonds: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Zoë FortuneUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Olga Zayts-Spence: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 

Impacts of Social Media on Mental Health

Guest Editors:
Marc Eric S. ReyesUniversity of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Ágnes Zsila: Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary
 

Psychology of Diversity: The Road from Racism to Inclusion

Guest Editor:
Fanli Jia, PhD, Seton Hall University, USA

Cross-journal collection
Promoting youth mental health
Collection published: 7 October 2021

Thematic series
Results-free peer review
BMC Psychology
Collection published: 1 December 2016

Thematic series
Psychology: replication and beyond
BMC Psychology
Edited by: Keith R Laws
Collection published: 31 May 2016


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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: N/A
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.182
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.954

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 9
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 160

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 4,454,669
    Altmetric mentions: 2,481

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