Methodology (journal)


Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering social and behavioral science research methodology. It was established in 2005 by the merger of two other journals: Metodologia de las Ciencias del Comportamiento and Methods of Psychological Research-Online.
It was published from 2005-2019 by Hogrefe Publishing and since 2020 by PsychOpen GOLD as an open-access journal. Methodology is the official journal of the European Association of Methodology. The editors-in-chief are Tamás Rudas and Pablo Nájera.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 1.7.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:
  • 2005–2008 Michael Eid
  • 2005–2009 Manuel Ato
  • 2009–2013 Joop Hox
  • 2010–2011 Julio Sánchez-Meca
  • 2012–2015 Nekane Balluerka
  • 2014–2018 Peter Lugtig
  • 2016–2021 Jose-Luis Padilla
  • 2018–2021 Jost Reinecke
  • 2021–2023 Marcelino Cuesta
  • 2021–2024 Katrijn van Deun
  • 2023–2025 Isabel Benítez
  • 2024–present Tamás Rudas
  • 2026-present Pablo Nájera