The Psychological Inquiry (PI) is a quarterly psychology journal

Scientific journal

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 published by Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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. It aims to be a forum for the discussion of theory and meta-theory, primarily in social psychology and personality. It aims to publish ideas and theories that are broad, provocative, and debatable, while discouraging purely empirical, applied, or review articles. Each issue typically includes a target article followed by peer commentaries and a response from the target author.

PI is indexed in PsycINFO

PsycINFO

PsycINFO is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology. It is produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's and through third-party vendors. It is the electronic version of the now-ceased Psychological Abstracts...

. Sociological Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

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, Scopus

Scopus

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, and elsewhere.