Journals of the Century in Psychology

Abstract

More than any other social science discipline, psychology relies on journals as its primary mechanism for the communication of research findings. Psychology journals grew along with the field itself, beginning the century closely allied with a few key individuals and laboratories and evolving into well structured and tightly defined publications. As psychology diverged from its roots in philosophy, the twentieth century witnessed an explosion of psychological research and publication. Not surprisingly, a related explosion took place in the number and type of journals devoted to publishing research results. At the end of the twentieth century, psychologists find themselves in

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