Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is a fully open access journal published by SAGE for the Association for Psychological Science, launched in 2018, covering research methods, practices and conduct across the whole of psychological science, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.6（Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science）是（SAGE Publications）为（Association for Psychological Science）出版的完全开放获取期刊，2018 年创刊，涵盖心理科学整体的研究方法、实践与规范，2025 年影响因子为 14.6。

Scope

• It is the home for innovative developments in research methods, practices and conduct across psychological science该刊是心理科学研究方法、实践与规范创新进展的发表平台。
• Its Research Practices section covers best practices, statistics tutorials and new research tools其研究实践栏目涵盖最佳实践、统计教程与新研究工具。
• It also covers simulation studies for new techniques and debates about best practices该刊还涵盖新技术的模拟研究与关于最佳实践的论辩。
• Its Empirical section covers methodological articles and policy-oriented empirical studies其实证栏目涵盖方法学论文与面向政策的实证研究。
• It publishes large-scale studies with innovative methods and registered reports该刊发表采用创新方法的规模化研究与注册报告。
• It serves as the home for APS Registered Replication Reports该刊是（APS）注册重复性报告的发表平台。^[1]

History

• It was launched in 2018 by the Association for Psychological Science and SAGE该刊由（Association for Psychological Science）与（SAGE Publications）于 2018 年创办。
• Its founding Editor-in-Chief was Daniel J. Simons of the University of Illinois其创刊主编为（University of Illinois）的（Daniel J. Simons）。
• In 2021 it became fully open access and moved to online-only continuous publication该刊 2021 年转为完全开放获取，并改为纯在线连续出版。
• It follows a full Transparent Peer Review model and publishes review records该刊实行完全透明的同行评审模式，并公开评审记录。
• Its impact factor was 15.817 in 2022, 13.4 in 2024 and 14.6 in 2025其影响因子 2022 年为 15.817，2024 年为 13.4，2025 年为 14.6。
• It is indexed in Web of Science and is a member of COPE该刊被（Web of Science）收录，且为（COPE）成员。^[2]

Editors

• Its current Editor is Felix J. Thoemmes of Cornell University其现任主编为（Cornell University）的（Felix J. Thoemmes）。
• Felix J. Thoemmes chairs the Department of Psychology at Cornell University（Felix J. Thoemmes）任（Cornell University）心理学系主任。
• He received his PhD from Arizona State University in 2009他于 2009 年取得（Arizona State University）博士学位。
• Its founding editor Daniel J. Simons led the journal from its first issue其创刊主编（Daniel J. Simons）自首期起主持该刊。
• Its editorial board spans universities worldwide across psychological science其编委会汇集了全球各地心理科学领域的学者。
• It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of APS该刊由（SAGE Publications）代表（APS）出版。