About APA Publishing

Setting the standard. Shaping the future.

As the publishing arm of the nonprofit American Psychological Association, APA Publishing is supported by more than 125 years of research and publication. During that time, we have set the standards for research, writing and publishing in psychology. These standards, combined with our scientific integrity, ensure the quality and impact of the information we curate and disseminate—helping to amplify the voice of psychology to our community of scholars, practitioners, librarians, and students. Together, we are able to advance the science and application of psychology to shape its future, benefit society, and improve lives.

APA Publishing content and resources span the full breadth and depth of the discipline and include our journals, books, databases, and new digital learning tools. We invite you to learn more about our resources:

APA digital learning

APA developed two digital learning tools—PsycLearn® and Academic Writer®—to support undergraduate psychology instruction and empower students entering our discipline. These tools were designed using learning science to enhance traditional teaching methods, engage students more deeply in course content, and help to build excitement about our discipline.

PsycLearnopens in new window provides instructors with a complete, all-digital course curriculum. It immerses students in a personalized learning experience to enrich psychology instruction.

Academic Writer provides an institution-wide environment to support learning, research, writing, and collaboration in courses that require APA Style®. It supports students who have questions about how to conduct research, structure their papers, and format what they write.

APA Journals

APA is proud to publish 90 peer reviewed journals spanning the breadth and depth of psychology. These journals reflect the psychological community at large, and many are published in partnership with APA’s specialty divisions and other organizations and societies worldwide.

Reading or publishing with APA journals connects you to a community of hundreds of editors and associate editors, more than 70,000 editorial board members and reviewers, and the association’s work to help shape the future of the field and improve lives.

At APA Journals, our core values include providing opportunities for equity, diversity, and the advancement of science. We strive to be standard-setters in psychology by providing journal article reporting standards and ethical principles for psychologists, and we work to increase our open science initiatives by publishing author contributor roles, offering open science badges, and expanding the visibility of publicly posted data. Learn more about why you should publish with APA Journals.

APA Databases

As the leading publisher in the field, APA is committed to ensuring researchers, students, educators, and clinicians have access to vital resources needed to address society’s most pressing issues. We offer institutional and individual subscription options to our suite of APA Databases including A&I resources, full-text journals, scholarly and professional e-books, test and measurement instruments for research, and streaming demonstration videos to teach and learn therapeutic techniques. With over 5.2 million records, our goal is to provide essential and comprehensive resources to support your research needs.

APA Books and Videos

Offering award-winning and bestselling professional, academic, and scholarly books and videos that are written and recorded by esteemed experts, APA Books and Videos has an impressive library of titles that guide practitioners, advance research, and support the next generation of psychologists. Our books are widely adopted in undergraduate and graduate courses. The APA LifeTools imprint brings content supported by psychological science to a general audience.

APA children’s books from Magination Press

The critically acclaimed and award-winning children’s book imprint of the American Psychological Association shares mental health expertise and psychological knowledge with young readers, and their parents and caregivers, to make navigating the challenges of growing up a little easier. From the bestselling What to Do Series, to books on identity, mindfulness, anxiety, and more, Magination Press offers trusted resources, enhanced by the free online resources available through individual book additional resources tab.

APA Style

APA Style is one of the most widely used academic writing styles in the world. APA Style products include the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestselling seventh edition of the Publication Manual and the Concise Guide to APA Style as well as the Mastering APA Style Student Workbook (a digital workbook for learning APA Style). These books provide students, instructors, authors, and editors with up-to-date guidance on inclusive and effective scholarly writing. Visit the APA Style website for style and grammar guidelines, helpful tips, and free instructional resources.

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