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Health-service psychology trainees have a variety of research interests spanning rehabilitation psychology, health psychology, and clinical neuropsychology. Depending on the research design and clinical population, your research may be ideal for a number of peer-reviewed journals. This page provides a non-comprehensive list of target journals for your consideration. Some selected APA-affiliated journals are included below.

APA-AFFILIATED JOURNALS

Health Psychology

Health Psychology is the official scientific publication of APA's Division 38 (Health Psychology). Articles have significant theoretical or practical importance for understanding relations among behavior, psychosocial factors, and physical health, as well as their application. 

Health Psychology
 publishes original scholarly articles on topics such as:


- Advances in health-related theory.
- Assessment approaches in health.
- Child and adolescent health.
- Factors that may contribute to disease or its prevention.
- Couple and family relationships in health.
- Ethnicity, social class, gender and sexual orientation in health.
- Evaluation and dissemination of treatment approaches.
- Health disparities.
- Health promotion.
- Health risk and resilience behavior.
- Implications of research findings for health-related policy.
- Innovations in technology.
- Biological, psychosocial, social and behavioral factors in health.
- Prevention.
- Professional issues, including training and supervision.
- Lifespan approaches to health.
- Research methodology, measurement, and statistics.

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Rehabilitation Psychology

Rehabilitation Psychology is the official journal of APA's Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology). It is dedicated to the service of the Division and the broader fields of psychology and rehabilitation. Suitable submissions include:

- Theoretical formulations with implications for clinical practice
- Detailed case studies
- Evaluations of specific interventions
- Historical perspectives
- Outcome studies
- Papers describing experimental investigations
- Professional issues
- Reviews of empirical research
- Relevant public policy issues
- Survey research

Clinical Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology publishes original, empirical research on the relation between brain and human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral function. Neuropsychology focuses on basic research as well as on applied, clinical research that will stimulate systematic experimental, cognitive, and behavioral investigations as well as improve the effectiveness, range, and depth of clinical practice. Suitable submissions include:

- Experimental, cognitive, behavioral, and neuroimaging research with implications for theory, research, and practice.
- Articles that increase understanding of neuropsychological functions in both normal and disordered states and across the lifespan.
- Theoretical reviews, meta-analyses, and case reports with heuristic value
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OTHER RELEVANT JOURNALS

Health Psychology

The below list represents most of the health psychology-related publications in existence. However, health psychologists frequently publish in others such as The Journal of Health and Place, Health Promotion International, and Women's Health Issues. See a list of other related journals here and here.

Annals of Behavioral Medicine
British Journal of Health Psychology

Health Psychology Report

International Journal of Clinical & Health Psychology
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Journal of Health Psychology
Psychology & Health
Psychology, Health, and Medicine
Psychology Health Review

Rehabilitation Psychology

The below list represents most of the rehabilitation psychology-related publications in existence. However, rehabilitation psychologists frequently publish in others such as Journal of Sport Rehabilitation and Disability and Rehabilitation (Assistive Technology). See a list of other related journals here and here.

Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Disability & Rehabilitation
International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
NeuroRehabilitation
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinics

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Clinical Neuropsychology

The below list represents most of the clinical neuropsychology-related publications in existence. However, clinical neuropsychologists frequently publish in others such as The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Epilepsy, and the Journal of Aging and Health. You can see a list of other related journals here and here.
Applied Neuropsychology
Applied Neuropsychology: Child
Applied Neuropsychology: Adult

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Child Neuropsychology

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Journal of Neuropsychology
Pediatric Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology Review
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
The Clinical Neuropsychologist
The Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
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