Publications
The BPS produces a wide variety of publications and, through arrangements with various partner organisations, makes available to its members an excellent selection of other useful publication resources.
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Quick links to BPS Explore
BPS Explore is our easy-to-access central location for you to read and download a wide range of psychological content from practitioners, researchers and working groups.
Here are some popular BPS Explore publications to get you started:
- Assessment and Development Matters
- Clinical Psychology Forum
- Counselling Psychology Review
- DECP Debate
- Educational and Child Psychology
- Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities (FPID Bulletin)
- Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP Bulletin)
- Health Psychology Update
- International Coaching Psychology Review
- Psychology Teaching Review
- Sport and Exercise Review
- The Coaching Psychologist
Institutional subscriptions of BPS periodicals
BPS periodicals changed from print delivery to digital-only downloads in March 2020.
If you bought a print subscription in 2020 or 2021 you're eligible for a refund for issues you didn’t receive – please contact our customer support team.
Institutional subscribers can download digital issues by visiting our BPS online shop and purchasing individual PDFs.
As a gesture of goodwill, we’d like to give you permission to download your usual content at the individual licence price, but use the content as you would with an institutional licence.
We recognise this is a time to support higher education providers, so this arrangement will remain in place until we have online subscriptions available.
We’re developing a new digital publication system which will allow organisations (like universities) to subscribe to a digital version of our titles, using their usual access methods for their students.
The new system will also offer a print-on-demand service. When the new system is ready to launch, we will contact all previous subscribers with details on purchasing online subscriptions.
Journals
The aim of the society is to promote, advance and disseminate psychological knowledge. To help us achieve this, we not only publish journals but also facilitate free and discounted access to our journals and related articles for our members.
BPS journals
We publish eleven academic journal titles in partnership with Wiley, which can be accessed via PsychHub.
Access to the abstracts is free to all, while online access to the full text is free to BPS members (Student, Affiliate, Graduate, Full and Chartered).
Learn more about BPS journals.
Print on demand for members
From 2024, BPS members are eligible to order print copies at a discounted rate.
View the ordering process and discount details.
Wiley journals
As part of our ongoing publishing partnership with Wiley, BPS members enjoy full access to an additional 32 related Wiley journals, plus a variety of related media, via PsychHub.
Non-members are also able to search and view abstracts.
Browse the Wiley journals available to our members via PsychHub.
EBSCO Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection
This collection includes over 300 (non-open access) journal titles covering psychology and adjacent disciplines, plus a further 140 peer-reviewed magazines.
Online access to this content is free for Student, Associate, Graduate, Full and Chartered members.
View the full list of available titles on the EBSCO website.
BMJ Mental Health (formerly Evidence-Based Mental Health)
From 2023, the journal Evidence-Based Mental Health has transitioned to a fully open access model and been re-named BMJ Mental Health.
Until this time, the journal was owned jointly by the BPS, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the BMJ. As part of the transition process, the BMJ has purchased the other organisations’ shares in the journal.
To continue the collaborative relationship BPS members benefit from a 15 per cent discount code on the journal’s Article Publishing Charge (APC) to publish in the journal. Visit our Resources and benefits page and view ‘Discounts’ (sign-in required).
Visit BMJ Mental Health for more information about the journal.
BJEP Monographs
The British Journal of Educational Psychology Monograph Series features contributions from key annual conferences.
This series is a must-have for all those concerned with the psychological aspects of teaching and learning.
Download the digital copies of BJEP Monographs.
Annual Reviews
The Annual Review of Psychology covers significant developments in many areas of psychological study, such as research methodology.
The Annual Review of Clinical Psychology provides comprehensive reviews of significant developments in clinical psychology.
BPS members are eligible for a 30% discount on all AR journals.
New book release - Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World
1st Edition. By Linden J. Ball, Laurie T. Butler, Susan M. Sherman, Helen St Clair-Thompson.
Copyright 2024. 680 Pages 154 Color & 68 B/W Illustrations
Available for pre-order on 9 November 2023.
Item will ship after 30 November 2023.
To place an order, request an inspection copy and view shipping options, visit the Routledge page. BPS members are entitled to a 25 per cent discount - please make sure you are logged in to the BPS portal and scroll down this page for the code to enter at checkout.
Book description
This unique textbook explores core cognitive psychology topics from an innovative new perspective, focusing on key real-world issues to show how we understand and experience the world.
The book examines compelling topics such as creativity, problem-solving, reasoning, rationality and language, all within the context of modern 21st century life. Each chapter demonstrates how this vibrant and constantly evolving discipline is at the heart of some of the biggest issues facing us all today. The last chapter discusses the future of cognitive psychology, which includes guidance on conducting rigorous, replicable research and how to use skills from cognitive psychology to be an effective student. Packed with pedagogical features, each chapter includes boxed examples of cognitive psychology in the real world and engaging ‘try it yourself’ features. Each chapter also includes objectives, a range of illustrative figures, chapter summaries, key readings and a glossary for ease of use. The book is fully supported by original online resources for students and instructors.
Offering a new model for the study of cognitive psychology that brings the subject alive, the book is essential reading for all students studying psychology and related disciplines.
This book belongs to the BPS Core Textbook Series.
BPS and Routledge offer members exclusive book discounts
The 25 per cent discount gives BPS members discounted access to thousands of books each year from one of the leading global publishers of academic books, journals and online resources in the humanities and social sciences.
In a change to previous years, the discounts now apply across all Routledge titles, not just BPS psychology titles.
To get your Routledge member discount, make sure you are logged in. The code will then appear below.
The BPS have established six new series with Routledge for a range of audiences including students, trainees, researchers, practitioners and the general public.
If you have any ideas for new books, please feel welcome to share them with us by emailing the academic publications team.
Oxford University Press
Society members receive a 20% discount on books purchased through the OUP British Psychological Society Book Club (sign in required).
To receive this offer, visit the OUP British Psychological Society Book Club.
The Psychologist
The Psychologist is the society's publication which provides a forum for communication and discussion among members.
All BPS members have exclusive online access to The Psychologist, including in our app version.
Research Digest
Research Digest The British Psychological Society's Research Digest delivers accessible summaries of the latest peer-reviewed psychological research as an integral part of The Psychologist website, and via its Routledge-sponsored PsychCrunch Podcast
For further information and updates subscribe free to our weekly email.
The aim of Research Digest is to provide engaging, accurate reports on the latest psychological research and studies that are timely, novel, thought-provoking and relevant to real life, and which make an important contribution to our expanding knowledge of the world.
You can also follow the Research Digest on Twitter and Facebook.
Periodicals
All of the society’s periodical can be purchased through BPS Explore.
Many are entirely free to members.
Divisions
- DARTP - Psychology Teaching Review
- DCP - Clinical Psychology Forum
- DoCP - International Coaching Psychology Review
- DoCP - The Coaching Psychologist
- DCoP - Counselling Psychology Review
- DECP - DECP Debate
- DECP - Educational and Child Psychology
- DFP - Forensic Update
- DHP - Health Psychology Update
- DoN - The Neuropsychologist
- DOP - Occupational Psychology Outlook
- DOP - OP Matters
- DOP - Work-Life Balance Bulletin
- DSEP - Sport and Exercise Psychology Review
- SDEP - Educational Psychology in Scotland