Journal of Health Psychology

The Journal of Health Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of health psychology. The editor-in-chief is David Marks. The journal publishes reports of empirical studies, critical reviews of the literature, contributions related to theory, and editorials on what are deemed to be significant issues. The journal was established in 1996 and is published by Sage Publications.

Journal of Health Psychology
DisciplineHealth psychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDavid F. Marks
Publication details
History1996-present
Publisher
Frequency14/year
2.503 (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Health Psychol.
Indexing
CODENJHPSFC
ISSN1359-1053 (print)
1461-7277 (web)
LCCN96659556
OCLC no.41385030
Links

Special issue on the PACE trial

In July 2017, the Journal of Health Psychology published an entire issue devoted to the controversial PACE trial for ME/chronic fatigue syndrome.[1] The articles were mostly critical of the PACE trial, and the journal concluded that "the results are, at best, unreliable, and at worst manipulated to produce a positive-looking outcome". However, three editorial board members of the journal, all of whom were alleged to have conflicts of interest, resigned in protest, claiming that the articles were biased and one-sided. In response, an associate editor of the journal James C. Coyne attacked the three resigning board members, calling one a "disgusting old fart neoliberal hypocrite", and telling another to "f*** off...you ol’ sleazebag".[2] Coyne left the editorial board as a consequence.

In a Parliamentary debate on ME (#MEDebate) on 21 June 2018, the Journal of Health Psychology was referred to by Sir Edward Davey MP as a source of critical evidence on ME treatment.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 2.182.[3]

See also

References
  1. Marks, David F. (2017). "Special issue on the PACE Trial". Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (9): 1103–1105. doi:10.1177/1359105317722370. PMID 28805511.
  2. Whipple, Tom (1 August 2017). "Scientists trade insults over myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) study". The Times.
  3. "Journal of Health Psychology". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.
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