| Psychological Methods | |
| Cover: | Psychological Methods journal cover.gif |
| Editor: | Lisa Harlow (Outgoing), Douglas Steinley (Incoming) |
| Discipline: | Psychology |
| Abbreviation: | Psychol. Methods |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| History: | 1996-present |
| Impact: | 11.302 |
| Impact-Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/met/index.aspx |
| Link1: | http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=met |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Issn: | 1082-989X |
| Eissn: | 1939-1463 |
Psychological Methods is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1996 and covers "the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data".[1] The editor-in-chief is Lisa Harlow (University of Rhode Island).
The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. [2] The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. [3]
The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 11.302.[4]