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Communications Psychology is a selective open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research, reviews and commentary across all areas of psychological research.

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  • We are inviting submissions of research articles across all areas of psychology and closely neighbouring fields. Click the link above to find out more about the journal.

  • The editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions of research manuscripts on the Psychology of Resilience. Submissions may come from any field of psychology or neighbouring disciplines, such as social work, education, and psychiatry.

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  • The Editors at Communications Psychology and Nature Communications invite submissions of direct replication and generalization studies in psychology. These may come from any subdiscipline of psychology, and be submitted as standard research Articles or Registered Reports.

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  • On this dedicated figshare space, you find Stage 1 Registered Report protocols accepted in principle at Communications Psychology.

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