Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
The Society's official journal is the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (JARMAC). The journal was originally published by Elsevier but starting in Jan 2022 it will be published by APA Publishing. The current Editor is Qi Wang, Cornell University.
Members who purchase a JARMAC journal subscription will be sent details on how to access JARMAC online. If you have any questions about your JARMAC subscription or haven’t received paper issues (if you purchased a paper subscription) please email the Executive Director.
The Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (JARMAC) publishes the highest-quality applied research in memory and cognition, in the format of empirical reports, review articles, and target papers with invited peer commentary. The goal of this unique journal is to reach psychological scientists and other researchers working in this field and related areas, as well as professionals and practitioners who seek to understand and apply research on memory and cognition. In pursuit of these aims, we encourage submissions of original and rigorous work that examines memory and cognitive processes and mechanisms and that informs policies and practices. We further encourage brevity and crisp, lively prose that appeals to a wide audience. Each paper also includes a general audience summary, clearly describing the paper and its practical implications in language accessible to non-specialists.
Empirical reports should convey significant experimental findings. For single-study reports, the combined number of words in the introduction and discussion sections should not normally exceed 2,200 words (3,000 words for multiple studies). These are upper bounds, and authors are strongly encouraged to keep the report as succinct as possible. This limit is not set for the entire manuscript because the journal seeks to encourage a detailed description of method and a results section that reports outcomes from all tasks.
Target articles should not exceed 10,000 words. Authors considering a target article should contact the editor prior to submission.
"articles that run the gamut from explicating basic cognitive process, to dissecting real-world phenomena in terms of their cognitive components, to revealing new experimental paradigms that create novel methods of exploration. The one constant in all articles is that they advance our knowledge significantly. Readers should be struck with the beauty and power to enlighten that is found in great science." —Ron Fisher, First Editor in Chief of JARMAC