BMC Psychology

New Collection - Call for papers

Psychology of Diversity: The Road from Racism to Inclusion

BMC Psychology is calling for submissions to our new Guest Edited Collection which aims to bring together research regarding the implications of racism and prejudice for interpersonal and psychological outcomes as well as broader social functioning.

Open to submissions until July 2022

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Promoting youth mental health

A new cross-journal collection of reviews on youth mental health, focusing on "active ingredients" that underpin clinical efficacy of interventions for anxiety and depression

Featured articles

The relationship sabotage scale

A novel scale measures how people employ self-defeating attitudes and behaviors in sabotaging romantic relationships. Read here

Gratitude can increase motivation

An intervention to increase awareness and feelings of gratitude has been found to boost academic motivation in a sample of university students. Read here

Mother–child pretend play

Maternal anxiety and depression is associated with less pretend play in mother-child interactions, which may affect behavioural development. Read here

Moral injury and the effect on military veterans

Being exposed to experiences that violates one’s moral or ethical code may be associated with adverse mental health outcomes in military veterans. Read here

BMC Series Focus Issues

October: Focus on Stem Cells

With Stem Cell Awareness day on the 13th October this year we have compiled an article collection from across different BMC Series journals covering aspects of basic stem cell biology; in vitro differentiation studies; stem-cell based therapy studies for various conditions in animal models; technical advancements and ethical issues.

Healthcare professionals engaging with authors

September: Patient and public involvement in research

In recognition of World Patient Safety Awareness day on 17th September, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research. We have collated free-to-read content from across our journals - showcasing patient perspectives, research into the study of PPI, and engaging public partners as co-authors in research.

Latest Collections

Results-free peer review
Collection published: 1 December 2016

Psychology: replication and beyond
Collection published: 31 May 2016

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Aims and scope

BMC Psychology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of psychology, human behavior and the mind, including developmental, clinical, cognitive, experimental, health and social psychology, as well as personality and individual differences. The journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research methods, including animal studies.

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Peer Review Taxonomy

This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.

The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

We welcome your feedback on this Peer Review Taxonomy Pilot. Please can you take the time to complete this short survey.

BMC Psychology is Recruiting new Editorial Board Members

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Learn about the role and requirements here
Complete an Application Form here

Editor

Darren Byrne, BMC

Assistant Editor

Maire Clayton, BMC

Get credit for your data!

Valuable data often go unpublished when they could be helping to progress science. Hence, the BMC Series introduced Data notes, a short article type allowing you to describe your data and publish them to make your data easier to find, cite and share.

You can publish your data in BMC Genomic Data (genomic, transcriptomic and high-throughput genotype data) or in BMC Research Notes (data from across all natural and clinical sciences).

More information about our unique article type can be found on the BMC Genomic Data and BMC Research Notes journal websites.

Announcement

As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.