History of Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal and a publication of Division 26 of the American Psychological Association: Society for the History of Psychology.[1] The journal was established in 1998 and covers research on the history of psychology. The current Editor is Christopher D. Green (York University).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 0.8.[2]

Notable articles

The three most-cited articles published in the journal are:

  1. Nicolas, Serge; Murray, David J. (1999). "Théodule Ribot (1839–1916), founder of French psychology: A biographical introduction". History of Psychology. 2 (4): 277. doi:10.1037/1093-4510.2.4.277.
  2. Nicholson, Ian A. M. (1998). "Gordon Allport, character, and the "culture of personality," 1897–1937". History of Psychology. 1 (1): 52–68. doi:10.1037/1093-4510.1.1.52. PMID 11620320.
  3. Hsueh, Yeh (2002). "The Hawthorne experiments and the introduction of Jean Piaget in American industrial psychology, 1929-1932". History of Psychology. 5 (2): 163–89. doi:10.1037/1093-4510.5.2.163. PMID 12096759.

References

  1. "History of Psychology". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  2. "History of Psychology". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025 via Web of Science.