Translational Issues in Psychological Science® (TPS) is a critical issues translational journal, with each issue on a different topic representing multiple viewpoints on psychological science.

Each issue of TPS concentrates on a single important, timely, and/or potentially controversial theme in translational science that is of broad interest to scientists, practitioners, and the general public. Each article reports or reviews research spanning quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches and concludes with an application section. Periodically, TPS issues also include a separate section with non-themed, general topic articles

The format of TPS has four characteristics that make the journal unique:

  • Each issue is based on a different theme within psychological science, broadly defined, that is edited by a different special issue editor.
  • Each issue has a different guest editor working with a team of associate editors who are advanced predoctoral or early postdoctoral scholars.
  • Each article will have at least one senior scientist author and one student author.
  • Each article will focus on extending findings in psychological science to a broader audience including, but not limited to, public interest, practitioners, and scientific scholars.

Disclaimer: APA and the editors of Translational Issues in Psychological Science assume no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by the authors of its articles.



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Published quarterly, beginning in March
Average lag for online first 61 days
Average time to first decision 65 days
Rejection rate 37.3%
Impact factor 2.0
5-year impact factor 2.5
Psychology - Multidisciplinary 90 of 222
Psychology 50 of 93
Journal citation indicator 0.83
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  • Journal diversity statement
  • Reviewer recognition via ORCID
  • Publishes impact statements
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ISSN 2332-2136
eISSN 2332-2179
Founded 2015