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Publications and Communications Board: 2015 Annual Report

The Publications and Communications Board (P&C) and the Office of Publications and Databases (OPD) addressed challenges and opportunities surrounding changes in the scholarly publishing and current economic climates to finish the year meeting its publishing goals for electronic resources, books, videos, and journals.

Under the direction of the P&C Board and to fulfill APA's global mission of disseminating psychological science, the Office of Publications and Databases maintained a solid performance in terms of production and improved services for print and electronic alike. Total revenue for APA's core scholarly and professional publishing program (APA Journals, APA Books, Publication Manual, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycTESTS, PsycTHERAPY, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, PsycCRITIQUES, and the PsycNET platform) totaled slightly nearly $90 million in 2015.

Editors

The P&C Board is pleased to have announced these editorial appointments in 2015, naming the following Editors to six-year terms, beginning as the Editor-elect year (and 2017 as the debut masthead year). Drs. Kazak and Reynolds will start their masthead year in 2016:

  • American Psychologist – Anne E. Kazak, PhD
  • Archives of Scientific Psychology – Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD
  • Developmental Psychology – Eric F. Dubow, PhD
  • International Perspectives in Psychology – Stuart Carr, PhD
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology – Joanne Davila, PhD
  • School Psychology Quarterly – Richard C. Gilman, PhD
  • Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology – Maria Kavussanu, PhD

The P&C Board opened 10 searches in 2015 for the following journals:

  • Emotion
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Rehabilitation Psychology

APA Journals

  • APA Journals published more than 52,300 pages in 2015 in 87 journals.
  • APA Journals published a total of more than 4,700 articles in 402 journal issues.
  • APA Journals published more than 125 special issues or sections of journals. The following are some examples of special issues and sections:
    • Psychology of Popular Media Culture (January 2015)—"Gender Stereotypes in Media"
    • Developmental Psychology (January 2015)—Special Section on "Mindfulness, Compassion and Human Development"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (January 2015)—Special Section on "More Mentalizing"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (January 2015)—Special Section on "Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual—Second Edition"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (January 2015)—Special Section on "Intrepid Clinical Interventions"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (January 2015)— Special Section on "Posttraumatic Beliefs and Cognitions"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (January 2015)— Special Section on "Trauma Sequelae"
    • American Psychologist (February–March 2015)—"Cancer and Psychology"
    • Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice (February 2014)—"Behavior Analysis: Brazil Special Edition"
    • Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (February 2015)—"Psychology and Human Rights"
    • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (February 2015)—"Special Section: Stress Sensitivity in Psychopathology: Mechanisms and Consequences"
    • Health Psychology (February 2015)—"Special Section: Health Disparities in Genomic Medicine"
    • Psychological Services (February 2015)—"Special Section: The Prediction of Violence in America"
    • Qualitative Psychology (February 2015)—"Special Section: The Listening Guide"
    • Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne (February 2015)—"Special Section: CPA Awards- 2014/Les prix de la SCP- 2014"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology (February 2015)—"Special Section: Pre-Practicum Education and Training"
    • Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (February 2015)—"Special Section: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals: Issues for Professional Psychologists"
    • Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice (March 2015)—"Special Section: Phenomenology and Natural Science"
    • Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale (March 2015)—"Immediate Memory"
    • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration (March 2015)—"Personality Disorders and Psychotherapy Integration"
    • Psychological Methods (March 2015)—"Longitudinal Topics"
    • Psychomusicology (March 2015)—"Musical Imagery"
    • Translational issues in Psychological Science (March 2014)—"The Science of Sleep"
    • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (March 2015)—"Special Section: Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System"
    • Psychotherapy (March 2015)—"Special Section: Future Directions in Psychotherapy Research"
    • Psychotherapy (March 2015)— "Special Section: Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy"
    • Psychotherapy (March 2015)— "Special Section: Festschrift for Charles Gelso"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (March 2015)—Special Section on "Posttraumatic Growth"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (March 2015)—Special Section on "Personality and Trauma"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (March 2015)—Special Section on "Responses to War and Mass Violence"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (March 2015)—Special Section on "Training"
    • International Journal of Play Therapy (April 2015)—"Clinical Supervision in Play Therapy: Research, Practice, and Application"
    • Health Psychology ( April 2015)—"Qualitative Research in Health Psychology"
    • Behavioral Development Bulletin (April 2015)—"Stage and Value"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (April 2015)—Special Section on "Research"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (April 2015)—Special Section on "Psychoanalysis Through a New Lens"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (April 2015)—Special Section on "Mitchell Award 2013"
    • Psychology of Men & Masculinity (April 2015)—"Special Section: Forum on the Measurement of Masculinity Ideologies"
    • Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment (April 2015)—"Special Section: Target Conceptual Articles and Commentaries"
    • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (April 2015)—"Special Section: Gender Equity in the Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences"
    • Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (April 2015)—"Special Section: Research on Psychological Issues and Interventions for Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families, Part II"
    • Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (May 2015)—"Ethics in Psychology: Historical and Philosophical Grounding"
    • Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne (May 2015)—"Personality/personnalité"
    • Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts ( May 2015)—"Creativity and Education"
    • History of Psychology (May 2015)—"History and Material Culture in Psychology and Psychiatry"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology (May 2015)—"Special Section: Postdoctoral Training in Professional Psychology"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology (May 2015)— Special Section on "Training in Health Policy"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology (May 2015)— Special Section on "Issues for the Education Community"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology (May 2015)— Special Section on "Supervision in Education for Professional Psychology"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (May 2015)— Special Section on "First Responders"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (May 2015)— Special Section on "Health Effects"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (May 2015)— Special Section on "Predictors of Trauma Symptoms"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (May 2015)— Special Section on "Linguistic Factors in Trauma"
    • Journal of Applied Psychology (May 2015)—"Special Section: Integrative Conceptual Reviews"
    • Psychological Services (May 2015)—"Special Section: Psychological Services with Indigenous Americans"
    • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (May 2015)—"Special Section: Gun Violence"
    • American Psychologist (May–June 2015)—"School Bullying and Victimization"
    • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (June 2015)—"Self-Stigma and Mental Illness"
    • Translational Issues in Psychological Science ( June 2015)— "How Psychological Science Can Help Improve Our Classrooms"
    • Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale ( June 2015)— "Special Section: The Embodied Cognition Debate"
    • Psychotherapy (June 2015)—"Special Section: Supervision Process"
    • Psychotherapy (June 2015)—"Special Section: Personality and Psychotherapy"
    • School Psychology Quarterly (June 2015)—"Special Section: Mental Health Intervention and Assessment within a Multi-Tiered Problem-Solving Framework"
    • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration (June 2015)—"Special Section: Practice Friendly Research"
    • Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research ( June 2015)— "Special Section: Technology and the Consulting Psychologist"
    • Families, Systems, & Health (June 2015)—"Special Section: Donald Bloch's Vision, CFHA History, and the Future"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy ( July 2015)—Special Section on "Developmental Trajectories of Trauma and PTSD"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy ( July 2015)—Special Section on "Cognitive Factors and Trauma"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (July 2015)—Special Section on "Research"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (July 2015)—Special Section on "Supervision"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (July 2015)—Special Section on "Pluralism"
    • Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment ( July 2015)—Special Section on "Aggression in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Multidimensional Model"
    • History of Psychology (August 2015)—"Feminism and/in/as Psychology"
    • Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne ( August 2015)— "Positive Psychology/ La psychologie positive"
    • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology ( August 2015)—"Sex Differences in Drug Abuse: Etiology and Implications for Prevention and Treatment"
    • Qualitative Psychology (August 2015)—"Special Section: Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiry: Are there Foundational Differences?"
    • Behavioral Neuroscience (August 2015)—"Special Section: Behavioral Neuroscience at 30"
    • Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology ( August 2015)—"Special Section: Collective Harmdoing"
    • Psychological Services (August 2015)—"Special Section: Military/Veteran Children and Families"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology ( August 2015)—"Special Section: Forum on Innovative and Creative Training Strategies"
    • Traumatology (September 2015)—"Trauma, Aging, and Well-Being"
    • Translational Issues in Psychological Science (September 2015)—"Psychological Advances in Obesity"
    • Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice (September 2015)— "Sense of Agency: Theory, Methods, and Application"
    • Psychological Methods (September 2015)—"Meta-Analysis Topics"
    • Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (September 2015)—"Work–Life Balance in Higher Education"
    • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity ( September 2015)—"Resilience in Minority Stress of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgender People"
    • Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology (September 2015)—"Best Training Practices in Pediatric Psychology"
    • Psychomusicology (September 2015)—"Honoring Leo Beranek: Performance Spaces for Music: Acoustical and Psychological Measurements and Their Interactions"
    • Psychotherapy (September 2015)—"Special Section: Diversity and Psychotherapy"
    • Psychotherapy (September 2015)—"Special Section: Therapist Effects"
    • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (September 2015)—"Special Section: Marijuana Legalization: Emerging Research on Use, Health, and Treatment"
    • Journal of Applied Psychology (September 2015)—"Special Section on Motivation and Self-Regulation"
    • Families, Systems, & Health (September 2015)—"Special Section: Teamwork in Health Care"
    • Review of General Psychology (September 2015)—"Special Section: Metatheorizing in Psychology: Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Perspectives"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (September 2015)—Special Section on "Measurement of Trauma"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (September 2015)—Special Section on "Partners and Trauma Survivors"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (September 2015)—Special Section on "Policy"
    • AJO: the community, A special supplement to American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (September 2015)—"Generations in Conflict: Responding to Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Trends"
    • Behavioral Development Bulletin (October 2015)—"Special Section: Standard Celeration Charting"
    • Behavioral Development Bulletin (October 2015)—"Special Section: Speech–Language Pathology"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (October 2015)—Special Section on "Research"
    • Psychoanalytic Psychology (October 2015)—Special Section on "Forward to Freud?"
    • Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment (October 2015)—Special Section on "Mentalization in Borderline Personality Disorder"
    • Psychology of Popular Media Culture (October 2015)— "Video Games and Youth"
    • Psychology of Violence (October 2015)—"Protective Factors, Resilience, and Violence"
    • American Psychologist (October 2015)—"The Emergence of Mindfulness in Basic and Clinical Psychological Science"
    • Psychology of Men & Masculinity (October 2015)—"Special Section: Forum on College Male Sexual Assault of Women and the Psychology of Men and Masculinity"
    • Psychological Services (November 2015)—"Military Sexual Trauma"
    • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (November 2015)—"Nature and Evolution of Totemism, Shamanism, Religions, and Spirituality"
    • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (November 2015)—"Special Section: Ontogenic Process Models of Psychopathology"
    • Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (November 2015)— "Special Section: Managing Diversity"
    • Psychology, Public Policy, and Law (November 2015)—"Special Section: A Child ‘Speaks' to the U.S. Supreme Court"
    • Training and Education in Professional Psychology (November 2015)—"Special Section: Education and Training Issues Related to the Conscience Clause"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (November 2015)—Special Section on "Treatment of Trauma"
    • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (November 2015)—Special Section on "Cognitions and Trauma"
    • AJO: the community, A special supplement to American Journal of Orthopsychiatry ( November 2015)—"Finding Meaning in Community: Trust in and by Young People"
    • Translational Issues in Psychological Science (December 2015)— "Prejudice and Discrimination"
    • Psychotherapy (December 2015)—"Progress Monitoring and Feedback"
    • Psychomusicology (December 2015)— "Neurosciences and Music: Part 2"
    • Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology (December 2015)— "Special Section: Ethics and Pediatrics
    • School Psychology Quarterly (December 2015)—"Special Section: The Importance of Teachers in Facilitating Student Success"
    • Health Psychology (December 2015 supplement)— "eHealth/mHealth

APA Books

  • In 2015, APA Books released the following 43 scholarly titles:
    • Forensic Evaluation and Treatment of Juveniles: Innovation and Best Practice by Randall T. Salekin
    • Personality Disorders: Toward Theoretical and Empirical Integration in Diagnosis and Assessment , edited by Steven K. Huprich
    • Using the MMPI-2 in Forensic Assessment by James N. Butcher, Giselle A. Hass, Roger L. Greene, and Linda D. Nelson
    • The Psychology of Law: Human Behavior, Legal Institutions, and Law by Bruce D. Sales and Daniel A. Krauss
    • Transcultural Competence: Navigating Cultural Differences in the Global Community by W. Gerald Glover and Harris L. Friedman
    • Using Feedback in Organizational Consulting by Jane Brodie Gregory and Paul E. Levy
    • Violent Offenders: Appraising and Managing Risk, Third Edition by Grant T. Harris, Marnie E. Rice, Vernon L. Quinsey, and Catherine A. Cormier
    • Handbook of Adolescent Drug Use Prevention: Research, Intervention Strategies, and Practice , edited by Lawrence M. Scheier
    • Implementation of Mental Health Programs in Schools: A Change Agent's Guide by Susan G. Forman
    • Studying Ethnic Identity: Methodological and Conceptual Approaches Across Disciplines , edited by Carlos E. Santos and Adriana J. Umana-Taylor
    • A Concise Guide to Personality Disorders by Joel Paris
    • Person-Centered Care for Mental Illness: The Evolution of Adherence and Self-Determination , edited by Patrick W. Corrigan
    • Self-Regulated Learning Interventions With at-Risk Youth: Enhancing Adaptability, Performance, and Well-being , edited by Timothy J. Cleary
    • Pediatric Sleep Problems: A Clinician's Guide to Behavioral Interventions by Lisa J. Meltzer and Valerie McLaughlin Crabtree
    • Psychological Testing of Hispanics, Second Edition: Clinical, Cultural, and Intellectual Issues, edited by Kurt F. Geisinger
    • Psychotherapy Case Formulation by Tracy D. Eells
    • Your Practicum in Psychology: A Guide for Maximizing Knowledge and Competence, Second Edition edited by Janet R. Matthews and C. Eugene Walker
    • ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Frances Prevatt and Abigail Levrini
    • Emotion-Focused Therapy: Coaching Clients to Work Through Their Feelings, Second Edition by Leslie S. Greenberg
    • Ethical Dilemmas in Psychotherapy: Positive Approaches to Decision Making by Samuel J. Knapp, Michael C. Gottlieb, and Mitchell M. Handelsmann
    • Not So Abnormal Psychology: A Pragmatic View of Mental Illness by Ronald B. Miller
    • Behavioral Interventions in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Practical Guidelines for Putting Theory Into Action, Second Edition by Richard F. Farmer and Alexander L. Chapman
    • Clinical Decision Making in Mental Health Practice , edited by Jeffrey J. Magnavita
    • Empirically Based Play Interventions for Children, Second Edition, edited by Linda A. Reddy, Tara M. Files-Hall, and Charles E. Schaefer
    • Forgiveness and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Steven J. Sandage
    • Graduate Study in Psychology, 2016 Edition (American Psychological Association)
    • The Psychologically Healthy Workplace: Building a Win-Win Environment for Organizations and Employees , edited by Matthew J. Grawitch and David W. Ballard
    • Managing Therapy-Interfering Behavior: Strategies From Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Alexander L. Chapman and M. Zachary Rosenthal
    • The Expert Expert Witness: More Maxims and Guidelines for Testigying in Court, Second Edition by Stanley L. Brodsky and Thomas G. Gutheil
    • The Human Elements of Psychotherapy: A Nonmedical Model of Emotional Healing by David N. Elkins
    • Caribbean Psychology: Indigenous Contributions to a Global Discipline, edited by Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Derek Chadee
    • College Teaching: Practical Insights From the Science of Teaching and Learning by Donelson R. Forsyth
    • Play Therapy in Middle Childhood , edited by Athena A. Drewes and Charles E. Schaefer
    • Supervision Essentials for Psychodynamic Psychotherapies by Joan E. Sarnat
    • The Myth of Racial Colorblindness: Manifestations, Dynamics, and Impact, edited by Helen A. Neville, Miguel E. Gallardo, and Derald Wing Sue
    • A Student's Guide to Assessment and Diagnosis Using the ICD-10-CM: Psychological and Behavioral Conditions by Jack Schaffer and Emil Rodolfa
    • School-Centered Interventions: Evidence-Based Strategies for Social, Emotional, and Academic Success by Dennis J. Simon
    • Service Learning in Psychology: Enhancing Undergraduate Education for the Public Good by Robert G. Bringle, Roger N. Reeb, Margaret A. Brown, and Ana I. Ruiz
    • Executive Function in Preschool-Age Children: Integrating Measurement, Neurodevelopment, and Translational Research , edited by James A. Griffin, Peggy McCardle, and Lisa Freund
    • Humanistic Psychotherapies: Handbook of Research and Practice, Second Edition , edited by David J. Cain, Kevin Keenan, and Shawn Rubin
    • Methodological Issues and Strategies in Clinical Research, Fourth Edition , edited by Alan E. Kazdin
    • Supervision Essentials for the Integrative Developmental Model by Brian W. McNeill
    • The Psychology of Democracy by Fathali M. Moghaddam
  • APA LifeTools, APA's self-help imprint released 2 new titles:
    • Happy Together: Thriving as a Same-Sex Couple in Your Family, Workplace, and Community by Sharon Scales Rostosky and Ellen D. B. Riggle
    • Teaching Life Skills to Children and Teens With ADHD: A Guide for Parents and Counselors by Vincent J. Monastra
  • APA Books' Reference Program released 6 new titles, including:
    • APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2nd Edition (about 26,000 entries; Gary R. VandenBos, Editor-in-Chief)
    • APA Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology (2 volumes; Peter A. Lichtenberg and Benjamin T. Mast, Editors-in-Chief)
    • APA Handbook of Human Systems Integration (1 volume; Deborah A. Boehm Davis, Francis T. Durso, and John D. Lee, Editors-in-Chief)
    • APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities (1 volume; Y. Joel Wong and Stephen R. Wester, Editors-in-Chief)
    • APA Handbook of Psychology and Juvenile Justice (1 volume; Kirk Heilbrun, Editor-in-Chief)
    • APA Handbook of Nonverbal Communication (1 volume; David Matsumoto, Hyisung C. Hwang, and Mark G. Frank, Editors-in-Chief)
  • Magination Press, APA's children's book imprint, released 13 new titles, including:
    • Stickley Sticks To It! A Frog's Guide to Getting Things Done by Brenda S. Miles, PhD
    • Don't Put Yourself Down In Circus Town: A Story About Self-Confidence by Frank J. Sileo, PhD
    • All My Stripes: A Story for Children With Autism by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer
    • Asperger's Teens: Understanding High School for Students on the Autism Spectrum by Blythe Grossberg, PhD
    • Bounce Back: How to Be A Resilient Kid by Wendy L. Moss, PhD
    • Lucy in the City: A Story About Developing Spatial Thinking Skills by Julie Dillemuth, PhD
    • The Tween Book: A Growing-Up Guide for the Changing You by Wendy L. Moss, PhD and Donald A. Moses, MD
    • What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake: A Kid's Guide to Accepting Imperfection by Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD and Jacqueline B. Toner, PhD
    • 1-2-3 A Calmer Me: Helping Kids Cope When Emotions Get Out of Control by Colleen A. Patterson, MA and Brenda S. Miles, PhD
    • The Hugging Tree: A Story About Resilience by Jill Neimark
    • Ouch Moments: When Words Are Used in Hurtful Ways by Michael Genhart, PhD
    • The Moment You Were Born: A Story for You and Your Premature Baby b y Sandra Lane, SLP and Brenda S. Miles, PhD
    • Learning to Be Kind and Understand Differences: Empathy Skills for Kids With AD/HD by Judith Glasser, PhD and Jill Menkes Kushner
  • Magination Press won the following awards in 2015:
    • This Day in June by Gayle Pitman, PhD -- Notable Book for a Global Society from Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (CL/RSIG)
    • This Day in June by Gayle Pitman, PhD – Stonewall Book Award, American Library Association
    • This Day In June by Gayle Pitman, PhD – Top Ten Title, Rainbow List, American Library Association
    • Not Every Princess by Jeffrey Bone, PsyD and Lisa Bone, PhD – Top Ten Title, Rainbow List, American Library Association
    • All My Stripes by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer – Mom's Choice Awards, Gold Medal
    • Asperger's Teens by Blythe Grossberg, PsyD – Mom's Choice Awards, Gold Medal
    • Not Every Princess by Jeffrey Bone, PsyD and Lisa Bone, PhD – IndieFab Book of the Year Award, Foreword Reviews, Silver
    • School Made Easier by Wendy Moss, PhD – Moonbeam Awards, Silver
    • Stickley Sticks To It by Brenda S. Miles, PhD – Moonbeam Awards, Gold
    • Bounce Back: How to Be A Resilient Kid by Wendy Moss, PhD - Gelett Burgess Childrens Book Award, honors
  • In 2015, APA Books released 46 titles to ebrary, the primary platform for hosting e-book content and providing access to academic libraries.
  • APA Books also released 323 titles to Ebsco ebooks, 365 titles to OverDrive, and 67 titles in Amazon Kindle editions.
  • The Video division of APA Books released 33 videos into PsycTHERAPY,® APA's database of streaming psychotherapy videos.
  • In 2015, APA Books' Subsidiary Rights Office negotiated 79 licenses in Arabic, Complex Chinese, Czech, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Turkish.
  • APA PsycNET introduced several new features in 2015, including language localization (e.g., Portuguese), ORCID IDs, and PubMed IDs.
  • 226, 057 records were released into the PsycINFO database in 2015, bringing the total number of records in the database to more than 4 million. The 4 millionth entry indexed was "The Effect of Unpredictable Early Childhood Environments on Parenting in Adulthood"by Ohad Szepsenwol, Jeffry A. Simpson, Vladas Griskevicius and K. Lee Raby, in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 109(6), Dec. 2015. In addition, 8,264,094 cited references were released, bringing the total number of cited references in the database to 82,950,547. The number of journals covered by PsycINFO at the end of 2015 was 2,570.
  • The PsycTESTS database grew by 7,518 new records, totaling 32.750 records by the end of the year. Because PsycTESTS has seen tremendous growth in the market, a decision was made to shift resources from PsycEXTRA to PsycTESTS and implement new strategies that would grow both content and revenues.
  • PsycARTICLES includes "Online First Publication"articles within 30 days after the accepted manuscripts have been received at APA, and these are designated as the "versions of record." More than 3,400 articles were released as Online First Publication between January and December 2015, and approximately 3,500 articles "graduated"to bound issues in this same time frame.
  • APA continued to add both classic and APA books to PsycBOOKS, including the new addition of the APA Handbooks. There are now 1,100 APA books plus 3,175 classic books on psychology in the database. At the end of the year, PsycBOOKS contained 4,261 books and 63,835 chapters.
  • Re-evaluation of the PsycEXTRA database to identify opportunities for greater utility of resources resulted in the decision to make that database an archive for APA and APA-related content only. 16,602 records were added to PsycEXTRA in 2015.
  • The PsycCRITIQUES database featuring book and film reviews ended the year with 42,009 records in total, having added 521 records in 2015.
  • PsycINFO staff indexed approximately 4,400 website pages in 2015 for APA's public website, www.apa.org. Much of this content is also archived in the PsycEXTRA database.
  • PsycINFO staff continued to expand the use of social media to inform the world about APA's electronic databases and the APA PsycNET platform. The staff have posted regular comments on Facebook© (https://www.facebook.com/APAPsycNETopens in new window) and Twitter© (https://www.twitter.com/APAPsycNETopens in new window).
  • Customer Relations launched the APA Databases & Electronic Resources Blog (https://blog.apapubs.orgopens in new window) on November 30, 2015. The blog, which replaces the PsycINFO News newsletter, had more than 1,500 views in December 2015. Staff are using it to promote training opportunities and materials, new publications and database features, and other information of interest to librarians, students, faculty and individual database subscribers.
  • Customer Relations maintains two YouTube© channels, one dedicated to APA PsycNET and the other dedicated to our vendor platforms. YouTube views of the APA database training videos jumped to an all-time high of 58,462 in 2015 – an increase of about 10 percent compared to 2014.
  • Staff continued to expand the database training program with webinars and on-site training at conferences. By the end of the year, staff had provided direct training to 537 participants, most of whom were librarians, students, and faculty. Participants represented more than 400 institutions.
  • The APA Librarian Conference Travel Awards were created in 2015 to help librarians defray the cost of attending conferences. The first award cycle (for conferences in 2016) opened on September 1, 2015. Eight librarians applied and one was selected to receive a $750 cash award to partially fund attendance at the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference in April. This was the first of three travel awards that will be presented during 2016.
  • Customer Relations staff collaborated with APA Books, Marketing, and ITS to support the continuing development efforts and planned spring 2016 launch of the APA Style® CENTRAL (ASC). Customer Relations staff planned, coordinated, and executed all user-testing related activities of the ASC Alpha-Testing effort that was conducted in December 2015. The user-centric ASC alpha-testing effort enabled the Office of Publications & Databases (OPD) to more effectively reach its goal of designing and delivering innovative electronic products that will be successful in a highly competitive marketplace.
  • Customer Relations staff developed and coordinated APA Style® CENTRAL training for the APA Marketing and Sales staff prior to the soft launch at the ALA Midwinter meeting in January, gave demonstrations of the application, and also began preparations for the ASC Beta-Testing effort schedule for January 2016.
  • The APA Library Advisory Council met twice in 2015. Among their discussion items were the current state of the academic library; institutional directives impacting product acquisition; working with faculty; changes roles in librarianship; use of data mining at academic institutions; use of video in research and instruction; online piracy; and PsycINFO journal coverage. The group also provided actionable feedback on the new APA Style® CENTRAL.

Sales, Licensing, Marketing and Exhibitions

  • As of year-end 2015, the marketing programs for electronic products, books, and journals contributed to and supported product sales efforts by collectively producing 92 direct mail campaigns, 8 catalogs, 112 email campaigns, 304 paid advertisements, 1,683 house advertisements, 1 telemarketing campaign, 10 press releases, 990 book publicity mailings, more than 900 promotional messages included in PsycALERT notifications, and booth displays at on-site exhibitions and product displays handled by outside vendors at additional conferences. In combination, all such efforts resulted in more than 20,000,000 promotional exposures for the year.
  • Through year-end 2015, the Exhibitions Marketing program has organized booth displays at 55 conferences, both in the US and internationally, with a combined attendance of about 1,450,000. Books and journals were promoted at an additional 58 conferences handled by outside vendors, with an estimated combined attendance of nearly 230,000.
Date created: 2017

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