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Publishing in Psychology: A description of the current situation in Germany

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Frey, Andreas
Herzberg, Philipp Yorck

Abstract / Description

This paper reviews the current publication situation in the German field of psychology from an author’s viewpoint and examines the authors’ acceptance regarding open access journals. The review is based on the answers of 28 authors to a questionnaire on official statistics about psychological journals and on information obtained from journal editors. The results show that accessibility to journals does not pose problems to authors in Germany. The authors are clearly oriented towards the Anglo-American branch of scientific psychology, writing mostly in the English language and submitting their manuscripts to international journals. The whole publication process takes rather long but could be substantially quicker if the publication lag was abbreviated. Most of the authors appreciate the general idea of open access journals but see serious challenges that need to be overcome when a new journal is to be established. The circumstances under which a new psychological open access journal could be successful are briefly discussed. Key words: psychology; scientific communication; information dissemination; journals; openaccess; publishing; trends; language; Germany

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Date of first publication

2009-06-24

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Workshop on European Psychology Publication Issues at the International Congress of Psychology 2008, Berlin, Germany

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ZPID (Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information)

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Frey, Andreas
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Herzberg, Philipp Yorck
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2017-10-18T08:23:03Z
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2017-10-18T15:31:49Z
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    2017-10-18T08:23:03Z
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    2017-10-18T15:31:49Z
  • Date of first publication
    2009-06-24
  • Abstract / Description
    This paper reviews the current publication situation in the German field of psychology from an author’s viewpoint and examines the authors’ acceptance regarding open access journals. The review is based on the answers of 28 authors to a questionnaire on official statistics about psychological journals and on information obtained from journal editors. The results show that accessibility to journals does not pose problems to authors in Germany. The authors are clearly oriented towards the Anglo-American branch of scientific psychology, writing mostly in the English language and submitting their manuscripts to international journals. The whole publication process takes rather long but could be substantially quicker if the publication lag was abbreviated. Most of the authors appreciate the general idea of open access journals but see serious challenges that need to be overcome when a new journal is to be established. The circumstances under which a new psychological open access journal could be successful are briefly discussed. Key words: psychology; scientific communication; information dissemination; journals; openaccess; publishing; trends; language; Germany
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  • ISSN
    1866-6140
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/544
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.752
  • Language of content
    eng
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  • Publisher
    ZPID (Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information)
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  • Is part of
    Workshop on European Psychology Publication Issues at the International Congress of Psychology 2008, Berlin, Germany
  • Is part of series
    Proceedings of the Workshop on European Psychology Publication Issues; Supplement I - 2009
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Publishing in Psychology: A description of the current situation in Germany
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  • DRO type
    article
  • DRO type
    conferenceObject
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