Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It publishes original empirical papers, reviews, and meta-analyses on the contribution of psychological science to law and public policy.

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by Criminal Justice Abstracts, Current Contents, Family Index, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.078.

Editors
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of this journal:
 * Michael Lamb (2013–present), University of Cambridge
 * Ronald Roesch (2008–2012), Simon Fraser University
 * Steven Penrod, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
 * Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Charles Sturt University
 * Bruce Sales, University of Arizona