The ''Educational Psychologist'' is a quarterly

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published by

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on behalf of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

. It was established in 1963 and the current co-editors are Jeffrey A. Greene (

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) and Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia (

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). The journal publishes conceptual, theoretical and

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s (including meta-analyses), rather than

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, on all aspects of

educational psychology Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes, from both cognitive and behavioral perspectives, allows researchers to understand individual differences i ...

and learning in formal and informal educational environments. It is considered one of the "big five" educational psychology journals (along with ''Cognition and Instruction'', ''

Journal of Educational Psychology The ''Journal of Educational Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1910 and covers educational psychology. It is published by the American Psychological Association. The current editor-in-chief is Steve Graham ( ...

'', ''

Educational Psychology Review ''Educational Psychology Review'' is a peer reviewed academic journal on the topic of educational psychology started in 1989, published by Springer Science+Business Media. Between 1999 and 2014, its highest impact factor was 2.83 in 2013, with 20 ...

'', and ''

Contemporary Educational Psychology ''Contemporary Educational Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal on the topic of educational psychology. Its editor-in-chief is Patricia Alexander (University of Maryland). The journal was first published in 1976 for disseminating re ...

''). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a two-year impact factor of 8.209 and a five-year impact factor of 11.302 (as of June 2022), making it one of the top ranked journals in educational research and educational psychology. The journal practices double-blind peer review (since at least 1979).

Past editors

The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

References

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