Search for a New Editor of
Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications

The search closed on February 15, 2025 

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CR:PI) is an Open Access journal that publishes new empirical and theoretical work covering all areas of Cognition, with a special emphasis on use-inspired basic research: fundamental and theoretically relevant research that grows from hypotheses about real-world problems. For any submission, we expect that authors will be able to explain in a Significance section how their basic research serves to advance our understanding of the cognitive aspects of a problem with real-world applications. The Editor in Chief is charged with ensuring that CR:PI continues to fulfill its mission of strengthening psychological science with applied implications.  Indicators include attracting high-quality submissions and recruiting working well with Associate Editors, reviewers, editorial staff, and the Psychonomic Society Governing Board to publish high-quality, timely research that has impact.

The Psychonomic Society has undertaken a broad range of initiatives over the past decade. Consequently, exciting opportunities exist for bold and creative innovations that will build on (but not be limited by) the solid foundation established by the present and former editorial teams to take Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications to the next level.

Appointment/Term/Transition
The term of the editorship is four years. The new incoming Editor will begin receiving new submissions January 1, 2026. The outgoing Editor’s team will continue to receive and act on revisions in 2026 for several months, and their names will continue to appear on the masthead. Toward the end of the incoming Editor's third year of service, the Publications Committee may invite the Editor to extend the term by an additional one to two years beyond the initial four years.

See https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/ for more information about this high-impact, peer-reviewed journal. Here are a few details not provided on that page:

Submissions
These are the numbers of new submissions in each of the last three years:

CR:PI publishes throughout the year. The journal is fully open access. The Editor will appoint an Editorial Board of Consulting Editors, whose names will appear on the masthead.

Open Access Fees currently rage from $860 to $11,890 (see Fees and funding | Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications for details including information about open access funding and support services).

CR:PI aspires to act on 99% of new submissions within 60 days (and to act on many of them more quickly than that). The Editor typically triages a non-trivial minority of submissions (i.e., rejects without external review manuscripts that clearly are inappropriate for the journal).

Emoluments
The Editor receives a yearly honorarium of $20,000, paid in two installments per year (July/December) The Editor’s travel (per the PS travel policy) to the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society (including a meeting with the Publications Committee) is also covered (note that accommodations are not covered). No additional budget is available for secretarial assistance or course releases (although Editors can negotiate with their universities for reduced teaching loads). Up to four full-time Associate Editors receive an honorarium of $5,000/year paid in two installments per year (July/December).

Publisher/Support
Springer is the society’s publisher. The journal uses Research Square, a Springer product, to process and track submissions, select reviewers, file reviews, and so forth. PA Editorial, our submissions administrator, provides Editors with support in use of Research Square. The Publications Committee and Executive Director provides support as well.

Copy editing, and other aspects of the production/printing/distributing process are handled by Springer. Articles are published online within two weeks of acceptance.

Current Editorial Team
The current Editor is Sarah Creem-Regehr, University of Utah, USA, and the Associate Editors are: Jason Chan, Lisa Fournier, Beatrice G. Kuhlmann, Daniel T. Levin, Stephen Mitroff, Carolyn Semmler, and Jennifer Trueblood.

Search Committee
The search committee will be led by Nora Newcombe, Temple University, USA; D. Stephen Lindsay, University of Victoria, British Columbia; Gordon Pennycook, Cornell University, USA; and others to be named prior to the deadline.

Information about the Search
Nominations are now being solicited and will be considered until February 15, 2025. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Please send the following via email to Nora Newcombe, chair of the Search Committee (newcombe@temple.edu) and/or Claudia von Bastian, Chair, Publications Commitee (c.c.vonbastian@sheffield.ac.uk):

• A brief message expressing interest in the editorship

• The nominee’s current curriculum vitae

• Names and email addresses of three referees who could speak to the nominee’s qualifications for the position. [Note that nominees and self-nominees identified through this initial process are not obligated to follow through and accept the editorship.]

In April, the Search Committee will select a short list from among the nominees, invite those individuals to provide additional information (in particular, a statement of their vision for CR:PI), and solicit input from their referees.

Consider Diversity
The Psychonomic Society is committed to scientific merit, which entails the inclusion of scientists of all genders, races, sexual orientations, countries of origin, geographical locations, and disciplinary expertise. Please critically examine your deliberations to eliminate biases that detract from our commitment to merit. The nominee should have strong scientific credentials, relevant editorial experience, and the wide range of skills requisite to leading the journal in creative and effective ways. Our hope is that the new Editor will not only maintain CR:PI’s strong record of scholarship and impact but will raise the journal’s profile in exciting new ways.

Questions
Please send any additional questions via email to email to Nora Newcombe, chair of the Search Committee (newcombe@temple.edu).