Health Psychology Open
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States

Journal ISSN: 20551029

Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.

History: 2014-2021

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Scope/Description:

Health Psychology Open HPO is an international peerreviewed open access onlineonly journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cuttingedge research in health psychology from around the world.HPO seeks to provide a platform for both traditional empirical analyses and more qualitative andor critically oriented approaches to health psychology. All areas of health psychology are covered but these topics are of particular interestClinical health psychologyCritical health psychologyCommunity health psychologyHealth psychology practiceHealth psychology through a social cultural or regional lensThe journal particularly favours papers that focus on health psychology in practice including submissions concerning community andor clinical applications and interventions. Review articles are also welcomed.There is no fixed limit to the length of manuscripts which is normally strictly limited in other journals for example HPOs sister journal Journal of Health Psychology JHP.Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.