Journal of Applied Psychology

Last updated ISSN 0021-9010

Journal of Applied Psychology is published by American Psychological Association in business, management and accounting. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.

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What it publishes

Recent work in Journal of Applied Psychology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Emotional Intelligence and Performance
Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
Gender Diversity and Inequality
Team Dynamics and Performance
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Personality Traits and Psychology
Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Employment and Welfare Studies

Key facts

Publisher	American Psychological Association
ISSN	0021-9010, 1939-1854
Subject area	Business, Management and Accounting
Access	Subscription
Article processing charge	Not published
Indexed in	Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus
Articles published	13,644
Publishing since	1800
Journal website	www.apa.org/pubs/journals/apl/index.aspx

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