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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology® seeks to advance the psychological science of culture, ethnicity, and race through the publication of empirical research, as well as theoretical, conceptual, and integrative review articles that will stimulate further empirical research, on basic and applied psychological issues relevant to racial and ethnic groups that have been historically subordinated, underrepresented, or underserved.

Especially welcome are articles that

  • contribute to the psychological understanding of issues related to culture, race, and ethnicity through theory-driven or community-driven research. These issues may include (but are not limited to) developmental processes, family relationships, intergroup relations, mental health and well-being, disparities in mental health, health, and education/employment, and treatment and intervention;
  • involve new, innovative or underutilized research and statistical methods and paradigms. These approaches may include development or cultural adaptation of psychological measures, laboratory experiments, community-based participatory research, meta-analyses, mixed-methods and qualitative, longitudinal, cross-national, and biological and genetic approaches;
  • apply psychological science to the education and training of psychologists in matters regarding persons from diverse cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, including delivery of evidence-based interventions to racial and ethnic groups that have been underrepresented and underserved; and
  • critique and promote better science, public policy, and service delivery through appropriate application of psychological theory and research on culture, ethnicity, and race. These articles may involve new theory or conceptualization and integrative reviews.

Disclaimer: APA and the editors of Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology assume no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by the authors of its articles.

(Formerly Cultural Diversity and Mental Health)



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Open access offered
Published quarterly, beginning in January
Average lag for online first 49 days
Average time to first decision 68 days
Rejection rate 88.3%
Impact factor 2.4
5-year impact factor 3.8
Ethnic Studies 6 of 40
Psychology - Social 36 of 77
Journal citation indicator 1.20
Features
  • Author contribution statements using CRediT
  • Journal diversity statement
  • Reviewer recognition via ORCID
  • Publishes impact statements
  • Adheres to TOP Guidelines
  • Publishes Registered Reports
  • Publishes Open Science Badges
  • Replication studies encouraged
  • Impact factor
More information is in the submission guidelines
ISSN 1099-9809
eISSN 1939-0106
Founded 1995