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Journal overview

Educational and Developmental Psychologist is the official journal of the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists. Educational and Developmental Psychologist is a highly respected peer reviewed journal that publishes peer-reviewed research within the field of educational and developmental psychology and its applications to a range of populations, contexts, and settings.

The journal has growing international attention and aims to provide a vehicle for dissemination of research that is of national and international significance to researchers, practitioners and students of educational and developmental psychology.

Methodological rigour is essential for all published papers. Educational and Developmental Psychologist publishes empirical and conceptual work that advances the practice and theoretical base of educational and developmental psychology and reviews (e.g., systematic, scoping, narrative) of areas of relevance to the readership. The journal welcomes papers with either an international focus or Australian focus.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Educational and Developmental Psychologist operates a double anonymized peer review policy.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

The manuscript and peer-review reports may be transferred to one of the other journals of the Australian Psychological Society ( Australian Journal of Psychology, Australian Psychologist, or Clinical Psychologist) if the scope of the paper is not found suitable for publication in Educational and Developmental Psychologist, but is suitable for these other journals. Authors will receive a notification if their manuscript is being considered for transfer, and at that time can decide if they want to pursue the transfer. If authors do NOT wish to be considered for transfer to an alternative journal after rejection for this journal, this should be noted in the cover letter.

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