American Psychologist

American Psychologist is the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association, publishing articles that integrate psychological knowledge across areas of research and practice and addressing contemporary issues of interest to psychologists.《美国心理学家》（American Psychologist）是美国心理学会旗舰刊，发表整合心理学各研究与实践领域知识并触及心理学家所关注当代议题的文章。

Scope

The journal's stated aim is to present integrative articles of broad significance to psychology as a science and profession, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表对心理学这一科学与专业具有广泛意义的整合性文章，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Integrative reviews and theoretical contributions: articles that synthesize findings across psychological subdisciplines, develop broad theoretical frameworks, and address fundamental questions about mind, behavior, and mental processes.整合性综述与理论贡献： 综合心理学各分支学科研究成果、发展宏观理论框架、回答关于心灵、行为与心理过程基本问题的文章。
• Contemporary psychological issues: work that addresses current social, ethical, and public policy issues relevant to psychology, including diversity, equity, technology, mental health, and the role of psychology in society.当代心理学议题： 涉及心理学相关社会、伦理与公共政策议题的研究，涵盖多样性、公平、技术、心理健康以及心理学在社会中的角色等。
• Research across domains: empirical and theoretical contributions spanning cognitive, developmental, social, clinical, educational, industrial-organizational, and biological psychology, where the work is of interest to a broad psychological audience rather than a narrow subfield.跨领域研究： 跨越认知、发展、社会、临床、教育、工业—组织与生物心理学的实证与理论贡献，面向广泛的心理学读者而非狭窄子领域。
• Psychology in public life: articles on the application of psychological knowledge to education, health, work, law, and other public contexts, and on the history and philosophy of psychology as a discipline.公共生活中的心理学： 心理学知识在教育、健康、工作、法律及其他公共情境中应用的文章，以及作为学科的心理学历史与哲学方面的文章。
• Article types: integrative articles, theoretical and review articles, empirical articles of broad interest, comments and replies, and special sections on topics of contemporary significance to psychology.栏目设置： 接受整合性文章、理论与综述文章、广泛关注的实证文章、评论与回应以及关于心理学当代重要议题的特别栏目。

History

• Founding: the journal was founded in 1946 by the American Psychological Association, replacing and absorbing the association's earlier periodical, the Psychological Bulletin, as a general-interest journal for the discipline.创刊： 该刊 1946 年由美国心理学会创刊，取代并整合了学会早期期刊《心理学通报》，成为该学科的综合期刊。
• APA flagship: throughout its history the journal has served as the official flagship journal of the American Psychological Association, providing a venue for work of significance to the entire discipline.APA 旗舰刊： 在整个历史中该刊一直是美国心理学会的官方旗舰期刊，为对整个学科具有重要意义的工作提供平台。
• Editorial tradition: the journal has been edited by leading psychologists appointed by the association, with editors including Kenneth E. Clark, Raymond D. Fowler, and other senior figures in the discipline. In recent years editors have served single five-year terms.编辑传统： 该刊由学会任命的知名心理学家担任主编，历任包括肯尼斯·克拉克、雷蒙德·福勒等学科资深人物；近年主编任期为单届五年。

Editors

The journal is led by an editor appointed by the American Psychological Association, supported by associate editors and an editorial board:该刊由美国心理学会任命的主编领导，副编辑与编委会协助工作：

• Editor: Harris Cooper, Hugo L. Blomquist Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, whose research focuses on research synthesis, meta-analysis, and the psychology of education, and who has served as president of the American Psychological Association.主编： 哈里斯·库珀（Harris Cooper），杜克大学心理学与神经科学荣誉退休教授，研究方向为研究综合、荟萃分析与教育心理学，曾任美国心理学会主席。
• Associate editors: associate editors represent the broad scope of the journal, from theoretical and review work to empirical and applied psychology, and support the handling of manuscripts across the discipline.副编辑团队： 副编辑覆盖刊物从理论与综述到实证与应用心理学的广泛范围，协助处理学科范围内的稿件。
• Review model: submissions are screened by the editor for fit and significance, and those that fall within scope are sent for external peer review before a final editorial decision is rendered.评审模式： 投稿由主编筛选适配性与重要性，符合范围者送外部同行评审后再做最终编辑决定。