International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology

Now accepted in Scopus

The International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology (IAPP) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to promoting and integrating evidence into practice from the scientific field of positive psychology. The knowledge stemming from positive psychology can be applied across the lifespan in contexts such as health care, education, working life, communities and societies, and social relationships. The journal emphasizes the scientific understanding of flourishing and well-being and the theoretical and practical conditions that relate to and enhance well-being and flourishing.

We welcome studies that are conducted and reported according to well-accepted guidelines in the research community, such as the CONSORT statement (randomized controlled trials), the PRISMA statement (systematic reviews and meta-analyses), STROBE (observational studies), SRQR (qualitative research), and CARE (case reports). The journal strongly encourages open science practices and research transparency, including making the data, materials, and syntaxes underlying research available.  To prevent publication bias, we encourage the authors to preregister their study before execution, for example in http://www.controlled-trials.com/ or via the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/). At OSF researchers can register their research design and analysis plan (by ‘freezing’ the page, this page cannot be changed). The IAPP welcomes well-powered replication studies and reports of null findings.

Authors are recommended to read the recent editorial that gives an overview of recent developments of the journal and outlines recommendations for future submissions.

Editor-in-Chief

• Jesus Alfonso Datu PhD

Submission to first decision (median)

6 days

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