There has been an exciting growth in global Community Psychology publishing venues over the past years, with a range of online and print journal, book, and web-based outlets - traditional and open-access - available for practitioners, researchers, and communities. This growth comes as the world of publishing is simultaneously seeing an explosion of ways to share information along with threats to traditional models and means. For those trying to operate outside the traditional system, there is conflict over the meaning and value of traditional and new impact measures, databases, and the like. And, even with all the new ways of reaching audiences, we see a competition for eyeballs and a difficulty for editors to keep people informed about opportunities to both contribute to and gain from what is being produced and published in the field. Relatedly, researchers and practitioners, particularly those new to publishing, still have questions, concerns, and misconceptions about getting their work out to the world.
This symposium will bring together global Community Psychology editors to talk in global perspective about publishing in community psychology and the various processes, interests, and opportunities that they offer for your work, as well as hear your questions, concerns, and most importantly suggests for what you’d like to see in Community Psychology publishing in the future.
Please join the editors/representatives of traditional and open-access journals, including: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry; The American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP); The Australian Community Psychologist; Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice; Community Psychology in Global Perspective (CPGP); Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice (GJCPP); The Italian Journal of Community Psychology and The Community Psychologist (TCP) for a lively conversation to share context, tips, pet peeves, editor suggestions, underrepresented voices and themes in publishing, and your ideas and accomplishments to improve how we spread our work and the field of Community Psychology with the world.