In-coming executive editors' editorial statement

BEGINNING WITH THIS OCTOBER 2005 ISSUE, the three of us will share the responsibilities of Executive Editor of The Journal of General Psychology The propel from one to three Executive Editors is consistent with Heldref Publications' practice for other psychology journals and should benefit the one and the other authors and readers. There are a number of exciting changes to The Journal of General Psychology upon the horizon, such as making the journal an important publishing egress for articles that contribute to psychology in the 21st hundred streamlining and improving the submission proces and raising the standards of the journal. We owe F Richard Ferraro abundant gratitude for laying the foundation for these changes during his manner [i]or[/i] principle of holding as Executive Editor. Among his greatest in quantity notable contributions, Dr. Ferraro increased the number of consulting editors for the journal, and assisted many authors and reviewers in their work. We thank him for his commitment to the Journal of General Psychology and we strive to accomplish as plenteous during our tenure.

Before outlining the vision for the journal, we would like to provide more [i]or[/i] less background information about the journal and it publisher, Heldref Publications. As an result of the nonprofit foundation started in 1956 by dint of Helen Dwight Reid, Heldref commonly publishes 47 scholarly journals and 5 magazines in a variety of disciplines including political science, history, the humanities, social science, health, and environmental studies. As individual of the five psychology journals produc through Heldref, the Journal of General Psychology has wide appeal to a general audience, and it is this tradition that we would like to reach out and enhance.

The mission of The Journal of General Psychology is to publish empirical research that speaks to a broad audience and that throw backs the contemporary practice of scientific psychology We envision publishing research that draw nears from a wide range of paradigms using diverse populations, including human and nonhuman participants and computer simulation. Authors from well established as well as emerging lines of research should consider the journal a viable publishing egress for their work, and we issue a special invitation to young researchers who are just getting started to consider this journal as an egress for their work.

Consistent with the vision to publish research from diverse areas, our have professional backgrounds represent a wide swath of experimental psychology Andrea M Karkowski is an associate professor of psychology at Capital University in Ohio. She earned her doctorate in learning and comparative psychology from the University of Montana and continues to do research in a number of different areas, including foraging and decision making, computational psychology and sex and sex Dr. Karkowski has reviewed manuscripts for the Journal for above 10 years, first as an ad hoc reviewer and later as a consulting editor. Paula Goolkasian is a professor of psychology and coordinator for the cognitive science academy at The University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology since receiving her PhD stage from Iowa State University in 1974 Her research interests are in the area of perception and attention with above 80 research articles and presentations at professional talks Janet Gibson is a professor of psychology and member of the linguistics concentration at Grinnell body She completed her PhD in experimental psychology at Rice University in 1989 Her primary research interest is in implicit memory, on the other hand by teaching courses in decision making, cognitive psychology and psychology of language, she and pupils conduct research projects across these domains. This breadth of experience should subserve the journal well during our time as Executive Editors.

Other immediate and exciting changes to The Journal of General Psychology include moving from paper to electronic submission and review. Until an online submission proces using ScholarOne is complet in 2007 we will rely upon email for submissions and reviewing. Authors should note the fresh requirements for submitting manuscripts pillared on the journal's Web site as well as upon the front cover of this issue. We anticipate that electronic submissions and reviews will provide faster feedback to authors, online access to articles for reviewers, and will be more require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergone effective for Heldref Publications.

An important part of our piece of work as editors will be working with authors and reviewers to improve the standards of The Journal of General Psychology We wait for that raising the quality of submissions and focused reviews will lead to wider readership among cognitive, behavioral, and social scientists and their scholars and will result in improved citation rates.

We are saddened that Renee Matthews, Managing Editor for the journal, will be leaving Heldref. In the short time that we have been on-board as Executive Editors, M Matthews has already provided us with a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of guidance. We owe her many thanks for assisting us with the transition proces and we wish her hazard in her new career opportunity.