Call for reviewers for Translational Issues in Psychological Science ^®

If you are a graduate student or an early career investigator interested in gaining more experience as a peer reviewer, or a seasoned scientist interested in peer-review mentoring, we invite you to register to serve as a reviewer for Translational Issues in Psychological Science^® (TPS), a peer-reviewed journal co-sponsored by APAGS and the APA journals program.

TPS is a unique mentoring journal that guides psychologists-in-training through the stages of the peer review process. Graduate students and early career psychologists co-author articles, serve as reviewers, and have the opportunity to serve as associate editors. Graduate students who register are provided with in-depth training, templates, and guidance on how to complete an effective and impactful peer review.

Every 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 covers a body of basic scientific research and concludes with an application section. In addition, TPS also publishes general topics that fall outside of the central theme of each issue.

Each issue is edited by a team consisting of the special issue editor, who is an expert in the topical area, and mentored associate editors, who are psychologists in advanced stages of training (i.e. advanced doctoral students or post-doctoral fellows).

TPS is particularly interested in applicants with the below areas of expertise, but we also welcome reviewers from across all areas of psychology:

• Advances in parenting interventions: Mechanisms and contexts of care
• Perinatal mental health
• Psycholinguistics
• Psychological impact of lifestyle factors

• Receive structured training and exposure to the peer review process;
• Work with leading experts in the field on cutting edge topics;
• Receive mentorship and valuable experience during the peer review process;
• Add experience as “Ad-Hoc Reviewer” to your CV;
• Opportunity to serve as an associate editor for the journal (for interested advanced doctoral students or post-doctoral fellows that have successfully completed peer reviews for TPS).

Reviewers should

• be enrolled in a doctoral program or serving as a postdoctoral scholar in the field of psychology; and
• have experience with writing or reviewing peer reviewed journal articles, by serving either as a reviewer or an author on a submitted manuscript to a peer reviewed journal. Experience may look different based on your career stage and can include:
  • serving as an Ad-Hoc peer-reviewer for a journal or conference submission;
  • assisting a mentor with a peer-review; or
  • co-authoring a submitted manuscript to a peer reviewed journal.

Requests to join as a peer reviewer are reviewed by the editor of TPS. Individuals that meet the eligibility criteria listed above will complete an online reviewer training and assessment.

Reviewing

All eligible reviewers will be entered into the reviewer pool for TPS. If selected to review a manuscript, you will be credited within the journal, and we encourage you to indicate your service on your CV.

To start the process to become a reviewer for TPS, please click the “become a reviewer” button below. You will be asked to upload a two-page CV highlighting your peer review experience.

Your CV should clearly include:

• your institutional affiliation, program, and year of training;
• any service you have completed as a peer reviewer for journals or conference submissions; and
• any manuscripts that you have submitted to a peer reviewed outlet;

Become a reviewer