Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology

	Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology Official Journal of the International Society for the Psychology of Science and Technology Gregory J. Feist, PhD, Editor
	Biannual; First Issue May 15, 2008 ISSN: 1939-7054

	Description \| Editorial Board \| Call for Papers \| Submit a Manuscript In PDF format: Guidelines for Authors

Description

Visit Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology Online on IngentaConnect to view tables of contents or to subscribe. The Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology is the only peer-reviewed journal devoted to the scientific study of scientific thought and behavior.

JPST is of interest to academics and researchers in psychology and the cognitive sciences--anyone with an interest in psychological forces behind scientific and technological thought and behavior. The journal explores the cognitive processes involved in the way that humans think about, reason, and form theories to describe the way the world works, as well as how those processes differ in scientists and non-scientists, and in infants, children, adolescents, and adults. The psychology of science and technology is unique among the studies of science in its application of experimental methods (i.e. random assignment and manipulation of variables). Thus, JPST encourages the submission of experimental research. The submission of theoretical articles, review articles, applied research, book reviews, and occasional commentaries are also strongly encouraged.

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Editorial Board

Editor

Gregory J. Feist, PhD
Department of Psychology, San Jose State University

Associate Editors

Michael E. Gorman, PhD
Department of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Virginia
Sofia Liberman, PhD
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Dean Simonton, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis

Book Review Editor

Sofia Liberman, PhD
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Editorial Board Members

Carl Martin Allwood, PhD
Department of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden
Gary L. Bradshaw, PhD
Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University
William Brewer, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Susan Carey, PhD
Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Christine Charyton, PhD
Department of Psychology, Ohio State University
Kevin Dunbar, PhD
Universitiy of Toronto, Canada
Eric Freedman, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan-Flint
Steve Fuller, PhD
Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
David Gooding, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Sven Hemlin, PhD
Department of Psychology and The Sahlgrenska Academy, Medical School Göteborg University, Sweden
James C. Kaufman, PhD
Department of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino
Frank Keil, PhD
Department of Psychology, Yale University
David Klahr, PhD
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Barbara Koslowski, PhD
Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Cornell University
Deanna Kuhn, PhD
Department of Psychology and Education, Columbia University, New York
Neelam Kumar, PhD
National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS), India
Nancy J. Nersessian, PhD
Department of Cognitive Science Interactive and Intelligent Computing Division, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lisa Osbeck, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of West Georgia
Ping Li, MA
Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Katarina Prpic, PhD
Institute for Social Research, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Robert Rosenwein, PhD
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lehigh University
Annedora Schulze, PhD
Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Christian Schunn, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Jeff Shrager, PhD
Department of Plant Biology and Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University
Michael Siegal, PhD,
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK
Paul Thagard, PhD
Departments of Psychology and Cognitive Science and Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Canada
J. Gregory Trafton, PhD
Intelligent Systems Section for the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Ryan Tweney, PhD
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University
Stella Vosniadou, PhD
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Athens
Gregory D. Webster, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ron Westrum, PhD
Department of Science, Technology & Society, College of Technology, Eastern Michigan University
Corinne Zimmerman, PhD
Department of Psychology, Illinois State University

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Call for Papers

Journal of Psychology of Science & Technology is now accepting manuscripts for consideration. The Journal aims to encourage and promote research and publication in the field of psychology of science and technology (PST). Science and technology are defined both broadly and narrowly. Broadly defined science, math, and technology consist of constructing theories of how our world operates and reasoning about how this is so. This includes the study of infants, children, adolescents and non-scientists, for whom these cognitive processes are largely implicit. Narrowly defined, science, math and technology consist of the thought and behavior of professional scientists, mathematicians, and technologists.

JPST will publish seven types of articles:

Theoretical Articles present novel perspectives on meta-scientific theory pertaining to the psychology of science and technology.
Review Articles provide a comprehensive integration of the extant research literature on one or more topics pertaining to the psychology of science and technology. Review Articles can be either qualitative (narrative) or quantitative (meta-analytic) in nature.
Empirical Articles report new scientific findings on topics relevant to the psychology of science and technology.
Empirical Reports are brief versions of Empirical Articles and have a 3,000-word limit. The standard for Empirical Reports will be the same as that for Empirical Articles, but the review process will typically take less time.
Commentaries on articles published in JPST are occasionally published and have a strict 1,000-word limit. Commentaries are subjected to peer review and the authors of the target article have the option of submitting a brief reply.
Book Reviews relevant to the psychology of science and technology will be published on a semi-regular basis. Book reviews have a 1,500 word limit.
News and Announcements relevant to the International Society for the Psychology of Science & Technology (ISPST) will regularly be published: announcements, news, upcoming conferences relevant to the psychology of science and technology.

Authors should prepare manuscripts in accordance with the 5th edition (2001) of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. An abstract of no more than 150 words should be included. Authors should also supply a list of between four and six keywords, not appearing in the title, which will be used for indexing.

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