Journal of Health Psychology

Academic journal

Journal of Health Psychology

Discipline| Health psychology
Language| English
Edited by| Rachel Annunziato, Abigail Locke, Gareth Treharne
Publication details
History| 1996–present
Publisher|

SAGE Publishing

Frequency| 14/year

Open access

| Hybrid

Impact factor

| 3.2 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| J. Health Psychol.
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus * W&L
ISSN| 1359-1053 (print)
1461-7277 (web)

LCCN| 96659556
OCLC no.| 41385030
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access
* Online archive

The Journal of Health Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of health psychology. The editors-in-chief are Rachel Annunziato (Fordham University), Abigail Locke (Keele University), and Gareth Treharne (University of Otago). The founding editor-in-chief was David Marks, who served from 1996 to 2021. The journal publishes reports of empirical studies, critical reviews of the literature, contributions related to theory, open peer commentary articles, and editorials on what are deemed to be significant issues. It was established in 1996 and is published by SAGE Publishing.

## Special issue on the PACE trial

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In July 2017, the journal published an entire issue devoted to the controversial PACE trial for ME/chronic fatigue syndrome.[1] The articles were mostly critical of the PACE trial, and the journal concluded that "the results are, at best, unreliable, and at worst manipulated to produce a positive-looking outcome". However, three editorial board members of the journal, all of whom were alleged to have conflicts of interest, resigned in protest, claiming that the articles were biased and one-sided. In response, an associate editor of the journal, James C. Coyne, attacked the three resigning board members, calling one a "disgusting old fart neoliberal hypocrite", and telling another to "f*** off...you ol' sleazebag".[2][3] Coyne left the editorial board as a consequence.[citation needed]

Following the publication of the PACE trial special issue, a debate was secured in the UK Parliament by Carol Monaghan, then MP for Glasgow North West, concerning the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) continued promotion of the PACE trial. Monaghan stated "from the very start the PACE trial was flawed,"[4] echoing the sentiment of Dr Keith Geraghty, the author of the journal article "'PACE-Gate': When clinical trial evidence meets open data access."[5]

## Eysenck controversy content

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In 2019, the journal published a review article by Anthony J. Pelosi that delivered a significant criticism of the work of the late Hans Jürgen Eysenck, referring to it as "one of the worst scientific scandals of all time" and calling for a "long-overdue formal investigation."[6] Much of the work that was criticized found strong associations between certain personality types and cancer development. Pelosi’s article was backed up by an editorial by the then editor-in-chief of the journal, David Marks, that argued for a "correction of the scientific record."[7] Following Pelosi's review and then an enquiry by the late psychologist's institution, King's College London, 26 of Eysenck's articles were concluded to be "unsafe."[8] In a later interview with The Guardian newspaper,[9] Pelosi stated that Eysenck "seemed to relish getting involved in controversial topics" and that once he had read Eysenck's arguments on personality and cancer he was "left with a firm impression that this was fraudulent." These revelations were made more significant given that on his death Eysenck was the third most cited psychologist of all time, behind Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget.[10]

## Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

* CINAHL[11]
* Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences[12]
* EBSCO databases[13]
* Embase[14]
* Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[15]
* PsycINFO[16]
* Scopus[17]
* Social Sciences Citation Index[12]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.2.[18]

## See also

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* Occupational health psychology

## References

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1. ^ Marks, David F. (2017). "Special issue on the PACE Trial". Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (9): 1103–1105\. doi:10.1177/1359105317722370. PMID 28805511.
2. ^ Whipple, Tom (1 August 2017). "Scientists trade insults over myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) study". The Times.
3. ^ Mathews, Stephen (August 1, 2017). "Angry scientists throw insults at each other over". Daily Mail. United Kingdom.
4. ^ "PACE Trial: People with ME - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
5. ^ Geraghty, Keith J (2017-08-01). "'PACE-Gate': When clinical trial evidence meets open data access". Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (9): 1106–1112\. doi:10.1177/1359105316675213. PMID 27807258.
6. ^ Pelosi, Anthony J (2019-03-01). "Personality and fatal diseases: Revisiting a scientific scandal". Journal of Health Psychology. 24 (4): 421–439\. doi:10.1177/1359105318822045. PMC 6712909. PMID 30791726.
7. ^ Marks, David F (2019-03-01). "The Hans Eysenck affair: Time to correct the scientific record". Journal of Health Psychology. 24 (4): 409–420\. doi:10.1177/1359105318820931. PMID 30791728.
8. ^ Boseley, Sarah; editor, Sarah Boseley Health (2019-10-11). "Work of renowned UK psychologist Hans Eysenck ruled 'unsafe'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-12-06. `{{cite news}}`: `|last2=` has generic name (help)
9. ^ Devlin, Hannah; Boseley, Sarah; Sanderson, Max; Sanderson, Presented by Hannah Devlin with Sarah Boseley Produced by Max (2019-11-08). "Taking on Eysenck: one man's mission to challenge a giant of psychology – Science Weekly podcast". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
10. ^ Rushton, J. Philippe (2001-06-05). "A scientometric appreciation of H. J. Eysenck's contributions to psychology". Personality and Individual Differences. 31 (1): 17–39\. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00235-X.
11. ^ "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL. EBSCO Information Services. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
12. ^ a b "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
13. ^ "Journal of Health Psychology". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
14. ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
15. ^ "Journal of Health Psychology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
16. ^ "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
17. ^ "Source details: Journal of Health Psychology". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
18. ^ "Journal of Health Psychology". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2023 - via Web of Science.

## External links

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* Official website