Educational Psychology Review

Educational Psychology Review (commonly abbreviated as ''Educ. Psychol. Rev.') is a review journal in educational psychology published by Springer. Founded in 1989 by the educational psychologist Arthur C. Graesser, it exists to publish integrative theoretical and research reviews in educational psychology, with a 2025 impact factor of 11.9.Educational Psychology Review（常用缩写 Educ. Psychol. Rev.）是 Springer 出版的教育心理学综述期刊，1989 年创刊，由教育心理学家 Arthur C. Graesser 创办，以刊发教育心理学领域的综合性理论与研究综述为宗旨，2025 年影响因子为 11.9。^[1]

Scope

Genre: the journal is a review title. It publishes integrative and critical reviews of theory and research rather than original research papers, as both the word Reviews in its title and the editors' public statements make clear.体裁定位：本刊是综述刊，以刊发综合性、批判性的理论与研究综述为主，不刊发原创研究论文，这一点在其书名中的 Reviews 一词与编辑部的公开说明中均有体现。
Subject coverage: the journal covers the foundational theoretical branches of educational psychology, including learning theory, cognitive development, motivation, social development, classroom management and instructional design, and educational measurement and assessment.收录领域：覆盖教育心理学的基础理论分支，包括学习理论、认知发展、动机、社会发展、课堂管理与教学设计，以及教育测量与评价。
Problem orientation: cross-tradition reviews are especially welcome, meaning papers that place theoretically or methodologically distant traditions that have long lacked dialogue side by side and compare and synthesise them within a single framework.问题取向：特别欢迎跨传统的综述，即把彼此长期缺少对话的理论流派或研究范式放在同一框架中加以比较与综合的稿件。
Audience: the readership comprises faculty and students in educational psychology, education administrators and policy researchers, and the institutions responsible for teacher education, all of whom need an authoritative account that makes the whole field legible.读者：读者为教育心理学专业教师与研究生、教育行政与政策研究者，以及承担教师教育任务的各类机构，需要一份能够把握全貌的权威梳理。
Open access, indexing and metrics: the journal is a hybrid title. Subscribers read the full text free of charge and authors may opt for paid immediate open access. It is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, ranks in the first quartile in the Psychology, Educational category, and with a 2025 impact factor of 11.9 is among the most influential review titles in educational psychology.开放获取与收录指标：期刊属混合开放获取刊物，订阅者可免费阅读全文，作者可选择付费立即开放；期刊收录于社会科学引文索引，在心理学：教育类别中分区为第一区，2025 年影响因子为 11.9，是教育心理学影响力最大的综述刊物之一。^[2]

History

1989: the journal was founded by Arthur C. Graesser, then a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and an influential figure in cognitive psychology. He served as editor-in-chief for more than two decades.1989年：期刊由 Arthur C. Graesser 创办。Graesser 当时是美国弗吉尼亚大学的心理学教授，也是认知心理学阵营中有影响力的学者，主编本刊长达二十余年。
Background to the founding: reviews in educational psychology were at the time scattered across journals of every kind. Graesser judged that the field lacked a dedicated vehicle for theoretical integration and founded the journal on that basis.创刊背景：当时教育心理学领域的综述文章分散在各类刊物中，Graesser 感到学科内部缺少一份专门用于理论整合的载体，遂创办本刊。
The 1990s: the journal quickly established a reputation in educational psychology and became a first-choice venue for reviews in the field. Its impact factor rose past 1.5 within a few years, placing it ahead of comparable review titles.1990年代：期刊在教育心理学界迅速建立声誉，成为该领域综述文章的首选投稿去处，其影响因子很快超过 1.5，在同期同类综述刊中处于领先位置。
2000: the publisher changed from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates to Taylor & Francis, which had acquired Erlbaum in 1998 and thereafter published the journal.2000年：出版社由 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 转为 Taylor & Francis 出版，该社于 1998 年收购 Erlbaum，此后成为期刊的出版方。
2005: Graesser stood down as editor-in-chief and was succeeded by Robert J. Sternberg, who held the post for more than twenty years.2005年： Graeser 卸任主编，由 Robert J. Sternberg 接任，主编任期超过二十年。
2024: Taylor & Francis sold the journal, together with its education science list, to Springer, and the publisher became Springer Nature. This is the most recent change of publisher in the journal's history.2024年： Taylor & Francis 将本刊与其教育科学系列期刊一并转售予 Springer，出版方由此变为 Springer Nature，这是本刊历史上最近一次出版方变更。
Frequency and indexing: the journal has been published quarterly since its founding and is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index rather than the Science Citation Index Expanded, an indexing position consistent with its educational subject orientation.刊期与收录：期刊自创刊起即按季出版，收录于社会科学引文索引而非科学引文索引，这一收录取向与其教育学属性相一致。^[3]

Editors

Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Dr Jaana Viljonen of the Department of Educational Psychology and Research Methods at Florida State University in the United States. She is among the most frequently cited scholars in learning and motivation research and a leading representative of the empirical tradition in educational psychology.现任主编：主编为 Jaana Viljonen 博士，来自美国佛罗里达州立大学教育心理与研究方法系，是学习与动机研究领域被引最多的学者之一，也是教育心理学界实证取向的代表性人物。
Associate editors: the associate editors are based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, covering learning, cognitive development, motivation, instructional design and assessment.副主编：副编辑由来自美国、英国、德国、荷兰、澳大利亚与新西兰等国的研究者担任，分属学习、认知发展、动机、教学设计与测量评价等方向。
Composition of the board: the board is large and covers experimental psychology, developmental psychology, educational technology applications and comparative education, reflecting the fact that a review journal must accommodate several methodological traditions.编委构成：编委成员规模较大，覆盖实验心理学、发展心理学、教育技术应用与比较教育学，体现综述刊需要兼顾多个方法传统的特点。
Collections and review mechanics: alongside regular reviews the journal organises themed collections, normally led by a guest editor who identifies a theoretical dispute or a methodological focus, with a group of authors invited to write from differing positions. Review of a review article concentrates on whether the argument is adequately supported and the literature adequately covered rather than on the reproducibility of experimental detail. Review therefore takes longer than at a research journal, and manuscripts are normally sent to several referees.专题与特约：除常规综述外，期刊另组织专题专辑，通常由客座主编就某一理论争议或方法焦点牵头，约请一批作者从不同立场分别撰文；综述稿的评审侧重论点是否被充分支撑与文献是否覆盖充分，而非实验细节的可重复性，因此评审周期较原创研究刊为长，编辑部对送审稿通常指定多位评审。
Submission system: manuscripts are lodged through the publisher's online submission system. Authors are asked at submission to state how the manuscript overlaps with their own prior publications, which lets the editors judge whether it is an updating or a wholly new review.投稿系统：稿件通过出版方在线投稿系统递交，作者需在投稿时说明稿件是否与作者此前已发表的内容重叠，编辑部据此判断该文属于更新性综述还是全新综述。^[4]

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