Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

*Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition*
Discipline	Experimental Psychology
Language	English
Edited by
Publication details
Former name(s)	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory
History	1975-present
Publisher	American Psychological Association (United States)
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	3.051 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Exp. Psychol. Learn. Mem. Cogn.
Indexing;
ISSN	0278-7393 (print); 1939-1285 (web);
OCLC no.	7949766
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1975 as an independent section of the Journal of Experimental Psychology and covers research in experimental psychology. More specifically, the journal "publishes original experimental studies on basic processes of cognition, learning, memory, imagery, concept formation, problem solving, decision making, thinking, reading, and language processing".^[1] The current editor-in-chief is .

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]

History[]

The journal was formerly titled the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory. In 1980, the editor of Human Learning and Memory, Richard M. Shiffrin, announced that he intended to "broaden the scope of the journal to include a more general set of topics in human cognition", and that the journal would be renamed Learning, Memory, and Cognition.^[4] The last issue of Human Learning and Memory was 1981 volume 7 issue 6. Learning, Memory, and Cognition started in 1982 as volume 8, issue 1.

Abstracting and indexing[]

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 3.051.^[5]

References[]

^ "Journal of Experimental Psychology: General". American Psychological Association. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
^ "Transparency and Openness Promotion". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
^ "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
^ Richard M. Shiffrin (1980). "Editorial". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory. 6 (4): 439–440.
^ "Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Journal of Experimental Psychology: General". American Psychological Association. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-27.

[2] "Transparency and Openness Promotion". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.

[3] "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.

[4] Richard M. Shiffrin (1980). "Editorial". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory. 6 (4): 439–440.

[WoS-5] "Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.

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