The Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, for which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Updesh Kumar (DIPR, DRDO).
The journal primarily publishes empirical research on applied psychology in different domains of life, and contains sections that include case studies, book reviews, and letters to the editor.
History The journal was established in 1964, two years after the founding of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) in 1962.Home page of journal (accessed 2 July 2016) In 2012, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the IAAP, the journal began publishing articles online in advance of print publication. The print edition currently consists of two issues per year, published in January and July.
Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in PsycINFO, Scopus, IndMED, Page lists "Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (1991-2001; 2006-14)" and NCERT Educational Abstracts. Page lists "Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology"
The journal's website also lists it as indexed in Indian Psychological Abstracts & Reviews,Home page of journal (see bottom of page for list of abstracting databases) (accessed 2 July 2016) an abstracting service published as a journal through 2011.ICSSR Indian Psychological Abstracts and Reviews (journal homepage) (ISSN 0973-0885) (Retrieved 2016-07-03). The current publishing status of this journal and database is difficult to determine from the website (3 July 2016). However, it was possible to verify that JIAAP is listed as indexed several places, such as here (2011) and here (2012), with coverage claimed to extend past 2011. However, extent and nature of current indexing was difficult to determine.
References
External links