''Psychological Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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published by

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. It is the official journal of the Indian

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. The

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is Purnima Singh (

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).Damodar Suar (faculty page)
(retrieved 20 September 2016) The special issue editor is Girishwar Misra (

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), who served as the editor-in-chief for 15 years through the end of 2015.

History

The journal was established in 1956 and first published by the

University of Mysore The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore. The university is recognised by the University Grants Commission ...

, with Bangalore Kuppuswamy as editor."Kuppuswami, B(angalore) (1907-)."
''Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology''. 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2015 from Encyclopedia.com It was published twice per year through 1987. Beginning in July, 1978, ''Psychological Studies'' was published through the

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, with M. A. Faroqi as editor. From 1988 through 2003, the journal was published triannually. In 1990, a

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publication described ''Psychological Studies'' as important among Indian psychology journals published by university departments. "Many psychology departments of the country also publish psychology journals. Important among them are ''Psychological Studies'' from Mysore University..." (p. 114). In 1991, among journals operated by Indian psychologists to publish their research, ''Psychological Studies'' was noted as important. In 2000, the journal became the official journal of the

(India), which served as its publisher from 2004 to 2008. In 2002, ''Psychological Studies'' was one of four Indian psychology journals (out of 44 total) described as having international standards.Ajit K. Dalal (2002). "Psychology in India: A Historical Introduction" (pp. 79-108) in Beginning in 2004, the journal began to be published quarterly. Starting in 2009, ''Psychological Studies'' is published by Springer India.''Psychological Studies'' Worldcat listing

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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,"ICI works with its basic intent to cover all scholarly journals from India irrespective of their discipline (s)"
(accessed 28 July 2015).

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, and ProQuest databases.

References

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