Current Directions in Psychological Science
Current Directions in Psychological Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE Publications for the Association for Psychological Science, covering psychology. Founded in 1992, it publishes concise reviews by leading experts across all areas of scientific psychology, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.6, indexed in SSCI.《心理科学新方向》（Current Directions in Psychological Science, 简称 CDPS）是由 SAGE 出版公司为心理科学协会出版的双月刊同行评审期刊，涵盖心理学。该刊创刊于 1992 年，发表由顶尖专家撰写的科学心理学各领域简明综述，2025 年影响因子为 5.6，被 SSCI 收录。
Scope
The journal's stated aim is to publish reviews by leading experts covering all of scientific psychology and its applications, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表由顶尖专家撰写的涵盖科学心理学及其应用各领域的综述，官方声明的征稿范围包括：
- Cognitive psychology: concise review articles on perception, attention, memory, language, thinking, and decision making.认知心理学： 关于感知、注意、记忆、语言、思维与决策的简明综述文章。
- Developmental psychology: reviews on lifespan development, including cognitive, social, and emotional development across infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.发展心理学： 关于毕生发展的综述，包括婴儿期、儿童期、青少年期与成年期的认知、社会与情绪发展。
- Social and personality psychology: reviews on social cognition, attitudes, interpersonal relationships, personality traits, and individual differences.社会与人格心理学： 关于社会认知、态度、人际关系、人格特质与个体差异的综述。
- Clinical and affective psychology: reviews on psychopathology, emotion, motivation, psychological disorders, and evidence-based interventions.临床与情绪心理学： 关于精神病理学、情绪、动机、心理障碍与循证干预的综述。
- Article format: the journal publishes brief, accessible review articles that distill cutting-edge research for a broad psychological audience.文章形式： 该刊发表简明易懂的综述文章，为广大心理学读者提炼前沿研究。
History
- Founding: the journal was established in 1992 as the second journal of the Association for Psychological Science, following Psychological Science.创刊： 该刊于 1992 年创刊，是心理科学协会继《心理科学》之后的第二本期刊。
- APS publication: CDPS is published for the Association for Psychological Science, the leading organization dedicated to advancing psychological science.APS 出版： CDPS 为心理科学协会出版，该协会是致力于推动心理科学发展的首要组织。
- Review-focused mission: throughout its history, the journal has specialized in concise, authoritative reviews that make cutting-edge psychology accessible to researchers, students, and practitioners.综述聚焦使命： 在其发展历程中，该刊专注于简明权威的综述，使前沿心理学为研究者、学生与从业者所了解。
- Publication frequency: the journal publishes bimonthly, providing regular updates on important developments across all areas of scientific psychology.出版频率： 该刊每两个月出版一期，定期更新科学心理学各领域的重要进展。
Editors
The journal is led by an editor supported by associate editors and an editorial board:该刊由主编领导，副主编与编委会协助工作：
- Editor: June Gruber of the University of Colorado Boulder serves as the editor, beginning in January 2025.主编： 科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的琼·格鲁伯（June Gruber）自 2025 年 1 月起担任主编。
- Associate editors: the editor is supported by associate editors with expertise across major areas of scientific psychology.副主编： 主编由具有科学心理学主要领域专长的副主编协助。
- Editorial board: the journal has a distinguished international editorial board comprising psychologists from leading institutions worldwide.编委会： 该刊拥有杰出的国际编委会，成员为来自全球顶尖机构的心理学家。
- Open access option: authors can choose to publish open access in this journal, making their articles freely available to readers upon publication in exchange for an article processing charge.开放获取选项： 作者可选择在该刊发表开放获取文章，使论文发表后即向读者免费开放，并支付文章处理费。