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BMC Psychology

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Overview

BMC Psychology is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that welcomes articles on a broad range of topics related to psychology, human behavior, and the mind. 

  • Encourages submissions using a variety of research methods, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches, as well as basic and translational research
  • Welcomes submissions in a wide range of interdisciplinary topics
Lead Editor
  • Menglu Yang PhD
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Journal Impact Factor
3.0 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
3.6 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
11 days
Downloads
8.1M (2025)

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Collection

Psychological consequences of human-robot interaction

As robots are expected to move, in the near future, from industrial isolation into domestic, professional, healthcare, educational, and broader...

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
22 February 2027

Collection

Mindfulness in the digital era

As digital devices become increasingly integrated into daily life, the landscape of mental health care and self-regulation is changing.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
01 February 2027
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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
2050-7283
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BFI List
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  7. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  8. DOAJ
  9. Dimensions
  10. EMCare
  11. Gale
  12. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Medline
  16. Naver
  17. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Ovid Discovery
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. PsycINFO
  23. Psyndex
  24. PubMedCentral
  25. SCImago
  26. SCOPUS
  27. Social Science Citation Index
  28. TD Net Discovery Service
  29. Wanfang
  30. eLibrary.ru
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