[CogSci] New journal from the Swiss Psychological Society

[Angelo Pirrone]

Dear Colleagues,

Today, the Swiss Psychological Society is re-launching its journal under the new name Swiss Psychology Open (formerly: Swiss Journal of Psychology). Swiss Psychology Open (SPO) is a general open access journal and accepts submissions from all fields of psychology. SPO supports different types of scientific communications and publishes research articles, replication studies, registered reports, meta-analyses, literature reviews, methods papers, opinion papers, and commentaries.

Reasons to publish in SPO:
-	Publications in SPO are open access and can be accessed by anyone without any restrictions.
-	SPO is published online as a continuous volume throughout the year. All articles are made openly available as soon as they are ready.
-	Publications in SPO are in line with the open access regulations by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). 
-	For projects funded by the SNSF, article publication charges are covered by the SNSF.
-	Article publication charges will be waived for contributors lacking funding.
-	Article publication charges of SPO do not include hidden costs. Only effective costs of open access publishing are charged.
-	Articles published in SPO are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors of articles published in SPO remain the copyright holders of their work. 
-	SPO is aligned with and supports best open science practices (e.g., open data).
-	SPO guarantees fair peer-review by anonymizing manuscripts for the review process.
-	SPO aims to obtain peer-reviews within 3 to 4 weeks.
-	SPO helps you to increase the visibility of your research by giving you the opportunity to Guest Edit a Special Issue.

There are currently two Special Issues with open calls for contributions:
-	Careers in Times of Crisis: Consequences on Contemporary Careers and their Context
-	Digitization and Collaboration: Advancing Remote and Online Experimentation (ROE) and Big Team Science

We are looking forward to your contribution!

The editorial team

Michael Burtscher, Dario Cazzoli, Fernand Gobet, Gregory Mantzouranis, Julien Mayor, Angelo Pirrone, Sabine Raeder, Meike Ramon, Jérôme Rossier, Nicolas Rothen

Journal Website: https://swisspsychologyopen.com/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@SwissPsychOpen