Psychometrika

Psychometrika

Discipline	Psychometrics
Language	English
Edited by	Sandip Sinharay
Publication details
History	1936-present
Publisher	Cambridge University Press  (United States)
Frequency	5 issues per year
Impact factor	3.1 (2024)
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ISO 4	Psychometrika
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CODEN	PSMTA2
ISSN	0033-3123  (print) 1860-0980  (web)
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Psychometrika is the official journal of the Psychometric Society, a professional body dedicated to psychometrics and quantitative psychology. The journal focuses on quantitative methods for the measurement and evaluation of human behavior, including statistical methods and other mathematical techniques. ^[1] Past editors include Marion Richardson, Dorothy Adkins, Norman Cliff, and Willem J. Heiser. According to Journal Citation Reports , the journal had an impact factor of 3.1 in 2024. ^[2]

History

In 1935, LL Thurstone, EL Thorndike and JP Guilford founded Psychometrika and also the Psychometric Society.

Editors-in-chief

The current editor of the journal is Sandip Sinharay of Educational Testing Service. The complete list of editor-in-chief of Psychometrika can be found at:

https://www.psychometricsociety.org/content/past-psychometrika-editors

The following is a subset of persons who have been editor-in-chief of Psychometrika:

• Paul Horst
• Albert K. Kurtz
• Dorothy Adkins
• Norman Cliff
• Roger Millsap
• Shizuhiko Nishisato
• Willem J. Heiser
• Irini Moustaki
• Matthias von Davier

Some notable papers

• Rashevsky, Nikolas (1936). "Mathematical biophysics and psychology". Psychometrika. 1 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1007/BF02287921. S2CID   8824637.
• Hotelling, Harold (1936). "Simplified calculation of principal components". Psychometrika. 1 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1007/BF02287921. S2CID   8824637.
• Eckart, Carl; Young, Gale (1936). "The approximation of one matrix by another of lower rank". Psychometrika. 1 (3): 211–218. doi:10.1007/BF02288367. S2CID   10163399.
• Thurstone, Louis L. (1945). "The prediction of choice". Psychometrika. 10 (4): 237–253. doi:10.1007/BF02288891. PMID   21007982. S2CID   34975753.
• Guttman, Louis (1945). "A basis for analyzing test-retest reliability". Psychometrika. 10 (4): 255–282. doi:10.1007/BF02288892. PMID   21007983. S2CID   17220260.
• Cronbach, Lee J. (1951). "Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests". Psychometrika. 16 (3): 297–334. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.452.6417 . doi:10.1007/BF02310555. S2CID   13820448.
• Kaiser, Henry F. (1958). "The varimax criterion for analytic rotation in factor analysis". Psychometrika. 23 (3): 187–200. doi:10.1007/BF02289233. S2CID   120450249.
• Kruskal, J. B. (1964). "Multidimensional scaling by optimizing goodness of fit to a nonmetric hypothesis". Psychometrika. 29 (1): 1–27. doi:10.1007/BF02289565. S2CID   48165675.
• Horn, John L. (1965). "A rationale and test for the number of factors in factor analysis". Psychometrika. 30 (2): 179–185. doi:10.1007/BF02289447. PMID   14306381. S2CID   19663974.
• Tucker, Ledyard R. (1966). "Some mathematical notes on three-mode factor analysis". Psychometrika. 31 (3): 279–311. doi:10.1007/BF02289464. PMID   5221127. S2CID   44301099.
• Tucker, Ledyard R.; Lewis, Charles. (1973). "A reliability coefficient for maximum likelihood factor analysis". Psychometrika. 38 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1007/BF02291170. S2CID   50680436.
• Bentler, Peter M. (1980). "Linear structural equations with latent variables". Psychometrika. 45 (3): 289–308. doi:10.1007/BF02293905. S2CID   120921766.
• Akaike, Hirotugu (1987). "Factor analysis and AIC". Psychometrika. 52 (3): 317–332. doi:10.1007/BF02294359. S2CID   186239616.

See also

• List of scientific journals in statistics

References

1. "Psychometrika: About this journal". cambridge.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
2. "Psychometrika". 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2025.

External links

• Psychometrika
• The Psychometric Society