American Journal of Psychology

Call for Papers

There are currently two Calls for Papers for upcoming special issues of American Journal of Psychology:

Special Issue: A Festschrift of Professor Gordon Logan's Lifetime Contribution to Cognitive Psychology

On behalf of the American Journal of Psychology (AJP), which has published original research in experimental psychology covering the science of mind and behavior continuously since 1887, we are honored to invite submissions for a 2025 AJP special issue: a Festschrift of Professor Gordon Logan's lifetime contribution to cognitive psychology. 

Currently Vanderbilt University's Centennial Professor of Psychology, Prof. Logan earned his PhD in Experimental Psychology at McGill University in 1975. The 50th anniversary of his doctorate also marks 50 years of outstanding scientific contributions to our knowledge of automaticity, attention, cognitive control, and serial memory. Thus, AJP is pleased to call on researchers who can speak to the influence of Prof. Logan's work on their own work, especially on automaticity and cognitive control. 

Submitted manuscripts should indicate in the cover letter the intent to be included in this special issue and should align with the focal areas above. They may be reviews linking the authors’ work to Prof. Logan's, may discuss methodology/experimental paradigms the authors use due to Prof. Logan's influence, or may introduce new experimental data in a pursuit directly related to the theme of the issue.

Deadline for manuscript submission is January 20, 2025. Manuscripts must be submitted via Scholastica:

Editors

Editor
Fábio P. Leite 
Ohio State University, Lima

AJPsychEditor@gmail.com

Book Review Editor
Dominic W. Massaro
Psychology Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831)-229-1666
massaro@ucsc.edu 

History of Psychology Editor
David Robinson
davidrobinson19732@gmail.com

Associate Editor
Jeanette Altarriba
University at Albany, State University of New York

Consulting Editors

• Gisa Aschersleben, Universität des Saarlandes
• Jing Chen, Rice University
• Benjamin A. Clegg, Colorado State University
• Amedeo D'Angiulli, Carleton University, Canada
• Adele Diederich, Jacobs University, Germany
• Donelson E. Dulany, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Lisa R. Fournier, Washington State University
• Kathleen Galotti, Carleton College
• Peter Gollwitzer, New York University and Universität Konstanz
• Paula Goolkasian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
• Brian Haig, University of Canterbury
• Matthew Heath, University of Western Ontario (Canada)
• Ronald T. Kellogg, Saint Louis University
• John F. Kihlstrom, University of California, Berkeley
• Joachim Krueger, Brown University
• Mei-Ching Lien, Oregon State University
  
• James D. Miles, California State University, Long Beach
• Jeffrey Mounts, State University of New York College at Geneseo
• Henry L. Roediger III, Washington University
• Kim-Phuong L. Vu, California State University, Long Beach

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Submissions

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Manuscripts of research and theory articles should be submitted as follows:

Articles should be submitted electronically to the AJP online manuscript submission system. This secure, personalized resource will allow you to track your manuscript through each step of the review and acceptance process. To begin, click on the link below to set up your personal account and upload your submission. Your transmitted material will be reviewed as soon as possible.

Contributors are asked to follow the style in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed., 2020, and to consult Appendix A, Checklist for Manuscript Submission, in the Manual as a guide. One exception to the style in the 7th edition is that AJP will continue to use the style from the previous edition for multiple (but fewer than six) authors in a citation:

For 3–5 authors: list all names on first use, then First author last name et al.

Everything should be double-spaced—abstract, text, references, notes, captions.

Please include all statistical indices, descriptive and inferential, required for evaluation of your experimental findings.

The abstract should not exceed 250 words.

Special mathematical symbols and abbreviations should be identified.

All elements in a figure should be large enough to be readable when the drawing is reduced to fit the maximum width of 11 cm. Figures should be submitted as .TIF or .JPG files with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

All titles in the reference list should be spelled out rather than abbreviated.

References cited in the text should agree with those in the reference list.

A copy of the letter of permission for the use of previously published material (e.g., long extracts and reproductions of figures) should be included.

The submitted manuscript should not be under concurrent review elsewhere.

Books intended for review and proposals for book reviews should be sent to:

Dominic W. Massaro 
Department of Psychology
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
massaro@ucsc.edu

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