Psychological Inquiry
Psychological Inquiry is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering psychology with a focus on theoretical work. Founded in 1990, it publishes challenging theoretical work to advance psychology and the study of personality and social psychology, with a 2025 impact factor of 4.3, indexed in SSCI.《心理学探究》（Psychological Inquiry, 简称 PI）是由 Taylor & Francis 出版的季刊同行评审期刊，涵盖以理论工作为重点的心理学。该刊创刊于 1990 年，发表推动心理学及人格与社会心理学研究的挑战性理论著作，2025 年影响因子为 4.3，被 SSCI 收录。
Scope
The journal's stated aim is to publish challenging theoretical work to advance psychology and the study of personality and social psychology, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表推动心理学及人格与社会心理学研究的挑战性理论著作，官方声明的征稿范围包括：
- Theoretical psychology: original theoretical articles that advance psychological theory across all subfields of psychology.理论心理学： 推进心理学各子领域心理学理论的原创理论文章。
- Personality and social psychology: theoretical work on personality processes, social cognition, attitudes, interpersonal relationships, and group dynamics.人格与社会心理学： 关于人格过程、社会认知、态度、人际关系与群体动力学的理论著作。
- Cognitive and affective processes: theoretical articles on cognitive processes, emotion, motivation, and the intersection of cognition and emotion.认知与情感过程： 关于认知过程、情绪、动机以及认知与情感交叉的理论文章。
- Developmental and cultural psychology: theoretical work on development across the lifespan, cultural influences on psychology, and the social construction of the self.发展与文化心理学： 关于毕生发展、文化对心理学的影响以及自我社会建构的理论著作。
- Article format: the journal publishes target articles accompanied by invited commentaries and author responses, fostering scholarly debate and theoretical advancement.文章形式： 该刊发表目标文章及特邀评论与作者回应，促进学术辩论与理论进步。
History
- Founding: the journal was established in 1990 as an international journal for the advancement of psychological theory.创刊： 该刊于 1990 年创刊，是推进心理学理论的国际期刊。
- Taylor & Francis publication: Psychological Inquiry is published by Taylor & Francis, ensuring high editorial standards and broad international distribution.Taylor & Francis 出版： 《心理学探究》由 Taylor & Francis 出版，确保高编辑标准与广泛的国际传播。
- Debate format: throughout its history, the journal has used a target article plus commentary format to stimulate critical discussion and theoretical development in psychology.辩论形式： 在其发展历程中，该刊采用目标文章加评论的形式，激发心理学的批判性讨论与理论发展。
- Publication frequency: the journal publishes quarterly, providing regular forums for theoretical debate in psychology.出版频率： 该刊每季出版，定期提供心理学理论辩论的论坛。
Editors
The journal is led by an editor supported by an editorial board:该刊由主编领导，编委会协助工作：
- Editor: Igor Grossmann of the University of Waterloo, Canada, serves as the editor.主编： 加拿大滑铁卢大学的伊戈尔·格罗斯曼（Igor Grossmann）担任主编。
- Editorial leadership: the editor is supported by editorial board members with expertise across major areas of theoretical psychology.编辑领导： 主编由具有理论心理学主要领域专长的编委会成员协助。
- Editorial board: the journal has a distinguished international editorial board comprising theoretical 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理论心理学家。
- 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。