Aims
Nesne Journal of Psychology aims to publish original research that contributes to psychological knowledge and reviews that critically evaluate the literature. The journal gives priority to studies that are methodologically sound, ethically conducted and transparently reported. By publishing in Turkish and English, it seeks to make psychological knowledge produced in Türkiye and internationally freely and permanently available in both languages.
Scope
The journal publishes original articles from all theoretical, experimental and applied fields of psychology and from interdisciplinary areas that intersect with psychology. Its main subject areas are:
- Clinical psychology and psychopathology
- Developmental psychology
- Social psychology
- Cognitive and experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience
- Industrial and organizational psychology
- Educational psychology
- Health psychology and neuropsychology
- Psychometrics; scale development and adaptation
- Counselling and psychotherapy research
- Applied fields such as traffic, environmental and cross-cultural psychology
Quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies, meta-analyses, systematic reviews and replication studies are within scope. Work derived from graduate theses or from unpublished papers presented at scholarly meetings is considered, provided that this is stated in the article.
Article types
- Research article (including meta-analyses and scale development or adaptation studies)
- Review article (including systematic reviews)
- Case report
- Book review
- Interview
- Letter to the editor
Lengths and the type of review for each article type are given in the Author Guidelines.
Readership
The journal addresses researchers, academic staff and graduate students in psychology and related fields, practitioners working in clinical, educational, organizational and health settings, and decision-makers who draw on psychological research.
Language
Articles may be written in Turkish or English. Every article carries a title, abstract and keywords in both Turkish and English. Articles in Turkish must also include an extended English abstract of 750–1,000 words.
Out of scope
- Studies without a psychological research question or theoretical framework
- Studies whose methods and data are not reported in enough detail to be evaluated or replicated
- Work that has been published before or is under review at another journal
- Personal opinion pieces, essays or popular science writing