Rich Lucas (Michigan State University)  began as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Research in Personality in January 2009. He is joined by Associate Editors, M. Brent Donnellan (Michigan State University), Phebe Cramer (Williams College, MA) and Peter Borkenau (Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany). Elsevier would like to thank outgoing Editor-in-Chief Laura King and outgoing Associate Editors William Fleeson, Barbara Woike and Kennon Sheldon for their fantastic work over the last 3 years.

Field-leading rapid publication in Elsevier’s Personality and Social Psychology journals.

Elsevier’s journals Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Research in Personality, and Personality and Individual Differences all offer extremely rapid publication post-acceptance. By having flexibly sized issues, articles will now usually be published in the next available issue after acceptance, and not have to wait for when there is budgeted space in future issues.

All 3 journals have multiple submission types (including briefer reports). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has launched a new type of report – FlashReports - to further aid rapid and succinct reporting. Please see specific information about the individual journals here.

The Latest Impact Factors in Social Psychology

We are delighted to bring you the latest impact factors for our social psychology journals. All of them increased their scores and rose in the rankings. Congratulations to all involved with the journals.

• Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Now 2.740, ranked #4/50 in Social Psychology JCR category

• Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Now 2.500, ranked #5/50 in Social Psychology JCR category

• Journal of Research in Personality Now 2.020, ranked #10/50 in Social Psychology JCR category

• Personality and Individual Differences Now 1.598, ranked #18/50 in Social Psychology JCR category

Journal of Research in Personality
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 117-290 (April 2009)
Personality and Assessment at Age 40: Reflections on the Past Person–Situation Debate and Emerging Directions of Future Person-Situation Integration - Personality and Assessment at Age 40

Edited by M. Brent Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas and William Fleeson

Personality and Individual Differences
Volume 46, Issue 8, Pages 749-838 (June 2009)
Personality, Psychopathology, and Original Minds

Edited by Gordon Claridge

Endorsing Obama licenses favoring Whites
Daniel A. Effron, Jessica S. Cameron, Benoît Monin

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 45, Issue 3, May 2009, Pages 590-593

How terrorism news reports increase prejudice against outgroups: A terror management accou
Enny Das, Brad J. Bushman, Marieke D. Bezemer, Peter Kerkhof, Ivar E. Vermeulen

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 45, Issue 3, May 2009, Pages 453-459

From Personality and Assessment (1968) to Personality Science, 2009
Walter Mischel

Journal of Research in Personality, Volume 43, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 282-290

Rephrasing the madness and creativity debate: What is the nature of the creativity construct?
Emilie Glazer

Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 46, Issue 8, June 2009, Pages 755-764

Hidden consequences of the group-serving bias: Causal attributions and the quality of group decision making
Jack A. Goncalo, Michelle M. Duguid

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 107, Issue 2, November 2008, Pages 219-233

Bullying in different contexts: Commonalities, differences and the role of theory
Claire P. Monks, Peter K. Smith, Paul Naylor, Christine Barter, Jane L. Ireland, Iain Coyne

Aggression and Violent Behavior, Volume 14, Issue 2, March-April 2009, Pages 146-156