Health Psychology Open
Health Psychology Open (HPO) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in health psychology from around the world. Please see the Aims and Scopes tab for further information.
Why publish in Health Psychology Open?
- Rapid, rigorous peer review
- Authors retain copyright under a Creative Commons license
- Inclusion in SCOPUS
- Inclusion in PubMed Central
- Inclusion in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- No word limit
Open access article processing charge (APC) information
The article processing charge (APC) for this journal is currently 2100 USD.
The APC is only payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
Submission information
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hpo
Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit an article to the journal.
Early Career Researcher (ECR) review opportunity
The Editors of Health Psychology Open have an exciting opportunity for Early Career Researchers (ECR) to become reviewers for the journal. An ECR is someone who is completing postgraduate training such as a PhD or postdoctoral training or is someone who has completed their training in the last few years. ECRs who have not yet been awarded their PhD or doctoral qualification should be supported by a supervisor when completing their review. Training and resources on completing the review process will be made available. If you would like to become an ECR reviewer for the journal, please email the journal editors (hpoeditor@gmail.com) with a short expression of interest outlining your current position in relation to career development and your expertise in relation to health psychology topics and methodological approaches. We will be in touch to invite you to a meeting where further information will be provided.
Contact
Please direct any queries to HPOEditor@gmail.com
Health Psychology Open (HPO) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in health psychology from around the world.
HPO seeks to provide a platform for both traditional empirical analyses and more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches to health psychology. All areas of health psychology are covered, but these topics are of particular interest:
- Clinical health psychology
- Critical health psychology
- Community health psychology
- Health psychology practice
- Health psychology through a social, cultural or regional lens
The journal particularly favours papers that focus on health psychology in practice, including submissions concerning community and/or clinical applications and interventions. Review articles are also welcomed.
There is no fixed limit to the length of manuscripts, which is normally strictly limited in other journals, for example HPO’s sister journal, Journal of Health Psychology (JHP).
Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.
| David F. Marks | Arles, France |
| Lindsey Burns | Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
| Joanna McParland | Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
| Ronan Conroy | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland |
| Seth Kalichman | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Carla Willig | City University, London, UK |
| Rachel A. Annunziato | Fordham University, USA |
| Abigail Locke | Keele University, UK |
| Gareth Treharne | University of Otago, New Zealand |
| Nancy E Adler | University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| Suzanne Bennett Johnson | University of Florida, Gainesville, USA |
| Glynis M. Breakwell | University of Bath, UK |
| Catherine Campbell | London School of Economics, London, UK |
| Kerry Chamberlain | Massey University, Albany, New Zealand |
| Sabrina Cipolletta | University of Padova, Italy |
| Cecilia G. Conaco | University of the Phillipines, Phillipines, Philippines |
| Emee Vida Estacio | Athens, Greece |
| Brian Evans | Middlesex University, UK |
| Uwe Flick | Freie Universtität Berlin, Germany |
| Paul Flowers | University of Strathclyde, UK |
| Keith Geraghty | University of Manchester, UK |
| M. Graça Pereira | University of Minho, Portugal |
| Charlotte Hilton | Hilton Health Consultancy, UK, University of Derby, UK and University of Florida, USA |
| Stevan E Hobfoll | Rush Medical College, USA |
| Cheryl L. Holt | University of Maryland, USA |
| David Ingledew | Bangor University, UK |
| Leonard A. Jason | DePaul University, USA |
| Ashraf Kagee | Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Elizabeth A. Klonoff | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Feng Kong | Shaanxi Normal University, China |
| Gary L Kreps | George Mason University, USA |
| Christina Liossi | University of Southampton, UK |
| Luo Lu | National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| Aleksandra Luszczynska | University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland and University of Colorado, USA |
| Antonia C. Lyons | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Kareena McAloney-Kocaman | Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
| Chris McManus | University College London, UK |
| Michael Murray | University of Keele, UK |
| Paul Nussbaum | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Doug Oman | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Chandra Y. Osborn | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| James O. Prochaska | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA |
| Tina Rochelle | City University of Hong Kong, China |
| Jesus Rodriguez-Marin | Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain |
| Jason Seacat | Western New England College, USA |
| Jonathan Smith | Birkbeck College, London, UK |
| Mark R. Somerfield | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA |
| Mary-Jane Paris Spink | Pontificia Catholic University, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Wendy Stainton-Rogers | The Open University, UK |
| Penny Standen | University Hospital, Nottingham, UK |
| Christine Stephens | Massey University, New Zealand |
| Stephen Sutton | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Catherine Marie Sykes | City University London, UK |
| Catherine S-K Tang | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Carl E. Thoresen | Stanford University, USA |
| Claudia Unikel-Santoncini | National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico |
| Jan Vinck | Hasselt University, Belgium |
| Stephen M Weiss | University of Miami, USA |
| Jelte M. Wicherts | Tilburg University, Netherlands |
| Richard A Winett | Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA |
| Xiaofei Xie | Peking University, China |
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