Focus and Scope
Research in Applied Psychology（RAP) is an open-access academic journal founded by a group of productive scholars in the applied psychology field。We intend to publish novel and high impact papers in a timely manner, to disseminate the most recent findings in applied psychology. We publish four issues each year (quarterly).
Scope:Submissions are encouraged from all areas of applied psychology including, but not limited to, industrial, organizational, political, cross-cultural, educational, and health psychology. We especially encourage submissions that examine the effects of different national and cultural contexts.
Reports of both laboratory and field research are accepted. Suggestions for application of research findings should be included. Theoretical and review papers are normally not accepted unless invited.
Features:
Peer Review： All submissions will be subject to peer reivews by competent and objective reviewers.
Constructive Feedback： We will provide helpful suggestions to improve the quality of the submissions.
High Impact： Once the submission is accepted, we will publish it immediatly on the website of Research in Applied Psychology、OBHRM Wiki Web, and our WeChat Account that connects to hundreds of researchers and practitioners.
Fast Decision： We aim to achieve the following deadlines: Desk review, 5 days; First-round review, 20 days; Second-round review, 20 days; Last-round review, 10 days.
Free： Submission and publication in our journal is completely free to authors for the time being, and our reviewers and editors are providing voluntary service without pay.
Copyright Policy:We publish open access articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We do not ask authors of journal articles to assign us their copyright. Authors (or their employers) retain their copyright in the article. All we require from authors is an exclusive licence (or, from government employees who cannot grant this, a non-exclusive licence) that allows us to publish the article in RAP (including any derivative products).
Section Policies
Articles
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
The action editor will seek peer reviewers’ feedback before considering your submission for publication. We seek to have 2 reviewers to evaluate each submission, and the typical reviewing time is 14 days. The reviewers are usually chosen from either the Editorial Board, or the Reviewers Panel.
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable independent referees when they submit their manuscript, but these suggestions may not be used by RAP. Authors may also request that RAP excludes a few (usually not more than two) individuals or laboratories. RAP sympathetically considers such exclusion requests and usually honours them, but the decision of the Editorial Board Member on the choice of referees is final.
Publication Frequency
We publish four issues each year (quarterly).
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.