Social Behavior and Personality

Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering social, developmental, and personality psychology. It was established in 1973 and is now published monthly by Scientific Journal Publishers Limited. The founding and current editor-in-chief is Robert A. C. (Bob) Stewart (Society for Personality Research). Dr Stewart was previously the editor of Personality: An International Journal. Social Behavior and Personality is hosted on its own website and on Ingenta Connect. It is currently produced in print and electronic versions. The journal publishes on general topics of social psychology with a strong focus on how these topics link with the areas of health, education and organizations.

Social Behavior and Personality
DisciplineSocial psychology, developmental psychology, personality psychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRobert A. C. (Bob) Stewart
Publication details
History1973–present
Publisher
Scientific Journal Publishers Limited
FrequencyMonthly
0.548 (2016)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Soc. Behav. Pers.
Indexing
CODENSBHPAF
ISSN0301-2212 (print)
1179-6391 (web)
Links

History

The number of issues per year has grown progressively from two (1973-1990), four (1991-1988), eight (2001-2005), ten (2006-2017), to twelve in 2018. In January 2018, the journal announced to authors that it would move from print and electronic publication to electronic only from 2019.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents – Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Scopus.

Social Behavior and Personality is archived in Portico and CLOCKSS, and distributed through the Research4Life programs (Hinari, AGORA, OARE) from the World Health Organization. Reviewers are given recognition through a partnership with Publons, a service that tracks and verifies peer reviews for

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.548.[1] Scopus reports that the journal has a Citescore of 0.64.[2]

Distribution and business model

Although distributed by subscription model, SBP Journal has hybrid open access options. Authors can place their published work into an institutional repository after an embargo period of one year, or they can deposit their accepted and edited manuscript as soon as it has been prepared. Short research notes are available open access. And authors whose funding requires open access can request it to be applied immediately upon publication.

In 2017, Social Behavior and Personality started to offer advance online publication through the Ingenta Connect Fast Track service.

Social Behavior and Personality both charges authors substantial article processing charges (US$495 per 500 words or part thereof)[3] and also charges readers to access articles (e.g., USD1249 for a one-year institutional subscription).[4] The website Stop Predatory Journals lists Social Behavior and Personality as a "hijacked" journal.[5]

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References
  1. "Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.
  2. "Journal Metrics - Scopus.com". journalmetrics.scopus.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. "Social Behavior and Personality: Submissions". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. "Social Behavior and Personality: Subscriptions". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. "List of hijacked journals". Stop Predatory Journals. Retrieved 22 March 2020.


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