Social Psychological and Personality Science

Scope

SPPS is a unique short reports journal in social and personality psychology. Its aim is to publish concise reports of empirical studies that provide meaningful contributions to our understanding of important issues in social and personality psychology. SPPS strives to publish innovative, rigorous, and impactful research. It is geared toward a speedy review and publication process to allow groundbreaking research to become part of the scientific conversation quickly. SPPS now also accepts submissions of replication studies. Articles cannot exceed 5,000 words (excluding tables, figures, and references) and they may present new theory, new data, new methods, or any combination of these. Preference will be given to articles that: represent an advance to social psychological or personality science are methodologically rigorous have theoretical and practical significance help build interdisciplinary bridges among areas in social and personality psychology are written to be accessible to a wide range of audiences, including science writers for the popular press and the public at large.