Psychological Studies

Psychological Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Indian National Academy of Psychology. The editor-in-chief is Damodar Suar (IIT Kharagpur).[1] The special issue editor is Girishwar Misra (University of Delhi), who served as the editor-in-chief for 15 years through the end of 2015.[2][3]

Psychological Studies
DisciplinePsychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDamodar Suar
Publication details
History1956-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Psychol. Stud.
Indexing
ISSN0033-2968 (print)
0974-9861 (web)
LCCN83054911
OCLC no.433933791
Links

History

The journal was established in 1956 and first published by the University of Mysore, with Bangalore Kuppuswamy as editor.[4]:1[5] It was published twice per year through 1987.[6]

Beginning in July, 1978, Psychological Studies was published through the University of Calicut, with M. A. Faroqi as editor.[4]:1[6] From 1988 through 2003, the journal was published triannually.[6] In 1990, a UNESCO publication described Psychological Studies as important among Indian psychology journals published by university departments.[7]:114 In 1991, among journals operated by Indian psychologists to publish their research, Psychological Studies was noted as important.[8]:486

In 2000, the journal became the official journal of the National Academy of Psychology (India),[4]:1[9] which served as its publisher from 2004 to 2008.[6] In 2002, Psychological Studies was one of four Indian psychology journals (out of 44 total) described as having international standards.[10]:101 Beginning in 2004, the journal began to be published quarterly.[6] Starting in 2009, Psychological Studies is published by Springer India.[11]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Indian Citation Index,[12] Scopus,[13] PsycINFO,[14] and ProQuest databases.

References
  1. Damodar Suar (faculty page) (retrieved 20 September 2016)
  2. Misra, Girishwar (30 January 2016). "Editorial". Psychological Studies. 60 (4): 371–372. doi:10.1007/s12646-016-0352-z.
  3. Suar, Damodar (12 April 2016). "Editorial". Psychological Studies. 61 (1): 1. doi:10.1007/s12646-016-0353-y.
  4. Misra, Girishwar (2009). "Towards an inclusive psychology". Psychological Studies. 54 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s12646-009-0001-x.
  5. "Kuppuswami, B(angalore) (1907-)." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2015 from Encyclopedia.com
  6. "Psychological Studies". Library of Congress Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  7. Shouksmith, George; Shouksmith, Elizabeth A.; Unesco. Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (1990). Psychology in Asia and the Pacific: Status Reports on Teaching and Research in Eleven Countries (PDF). Bangkok, Thailand: Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. OCLC 23765301. "Many psychology departments of the country also publish psychology journals. Important among them are Psychological Studies from Mysore University..." (p. 114).
  8. Singh, Arun Kumar (1991). The Comprehensive History of Psychology (1st ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 978-81-208-0804-1. OCLC 26074362.
  9. OCLC 297290430
  10. Ajit K. Dalal (2002). "Psychology in India: A Historical Introduction" (pp. 79-108) in Misra, Girishwar; Mohanty, Ajit K. (Eds.) (2002). Perspectives on indigenous psychology. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co. ISBN 9788170229070. OCLC 50712858.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  11. Psychological Studies Worldcat listing OCLC 433933791
  12. "ICI works with its basic intent to cover all scholarly journals from India irrespective of their discipline (s)" (accessed 28 July 2015).
  13. "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  14. "PsychINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2015-07-27.


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