Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Academic journal

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Discipline| Psychology, Forensic psychology, Legal psychology, Law
Language| English
Edited by| Michael Lamb
Publication details
History| 1995–present
Publisher|

American Psychological Association (United States)

Frequency| Quarterly

Impact factor

| 2.3 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
Bluebook| Psychol. Pub. Pol'y & L.
ISO 4| Psychol. Public Policy Law
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus * W&L
ISSN| 1076-8971 (print)
1939-1528 (web)

LCCN| 95658604
OCLC no.| 635218700
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It publishes original empirical papers, reviews, and meta-analyses on the contribution of psychological science to law and public policy.

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. [1] The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. [2]

## Abstracting and indexing

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PPPL is abstracted and indexed by Criminal Justice Abstracts, Current Contents, Family Index, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.3[3]

## Editors

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The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of this journal:

* Tess Neal, (incoming, 2025-present) Iowa State University
* Michael Lamb, (2013–2024) University of Cambridge
* Ronald Roesch, (2008–2012) Simon Fraser University
* Steven Penrod, (2007) John Jay College of Criminal Justice
* Jane Goodman-Delahunty, (2001-2006) Charles Sturt University
* Bruce Sales, (1995-2000) University of Arizona

## References

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1. ^ "Transparency and Openness Promotion". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
2. ^ "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
3. ^ "Psychology, Public Policy, and Law". 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2024.

## External links

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* Official website