Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in Internet-related research,

it is our great pleasure to present the special issue on Health and Technology, guest edited by Michal Molcho (NUI Galway), Christine Pellegrini (University of South Carolina), and Jana Holubcikova (PJ Safarik University). We would like to thank the editors, reviewers, and authors for their cooperation and we hope the readers will find the articles as interesting as we do.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

We keep an eye on our readers' interests and regularly monitor the most viewed pages in our journal. If you are interested, here are top ten viewed articles from January to August 2018.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in Internet-related research,

The first issue of this 2018 volume is now published. The collection of articles includes six articles of various topics and designs, including three experimental studies. All articles are available here.  

Next, let us share good news regarding the journal. You may have already noticed that a month ago, Web of Science released new journal citations records based on 2017 data, that for the first time also included our journal. We received an impact factor of 1.400, getting category rank of 60 out of 135 journals in "multidisciplinary psychology". Scopus released their report even before Web of Science. In this database, Cyberpsychology is included in three categories: Psychology miscellaneous (category rank 76/241), Communication (54/427), and Social Sciences miscellaneous (82/497). See more details in our journal profile here.

We are very proud to see these numbers and thankful to all who contributed to this achievement: authors, reviewers, and the readers, as well as the editorial team behind the journal and our publisher.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in Internet-related research,

it is our pleasure to announce a new call for papers. The special issue "Digital Advertising and Consumer Empowerment" will be prepared by Liselot Hudders (Ghent University), Karolien Poels (University of Antwerp) and Eva van Reijmersdal (University of Amsterdam). Guest editors accept abstract submissions till July 1, 2018. The issue will be published in March 2019.

Click here to find more information about the special issue.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in Internet-related research,

We are happy to announce a new call for papers. The special issue on Bystanders of Online Aggression will be published in October 2018 and accepts abstracts for consideration till February 18. The guest editors of the issue are Hana Machackova (Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia), Jan Pfetsch (Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany), and Georges Steffgen (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg). See the Call for Papers here.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in Internet-related research,

We are honored to present the fourth issue of the 11th volume of Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. The issue contains five article with various methods and designs. In the editorial, we summarize the year 2017- that has been a very successful for the journal. We are growing in terms of readership, submissions, citations, and also international recognition.

We would like to thank you for being with us in 2017 and wish you a fruitful year 2018!

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in internet-related research,

We are very proud to present the special issue “Young children’s use of digital media and parental mediation“ guest-edited by Bieke Zaman and Charles Mifsud.

The issue contains six articles surrounding children’s use of the internet, mainly from the perspective of the parents. We would like to thank the guest editors as well as the authors and reviewers for their hard work. We believe their combined efforts resulted in an interesting collection of article full of new insights.

We are announcing the new call for a special issue: Health and Technology. The special issue invites papers that extend our understanding of the role of technology in the health and behaviour change of children, adolescents and adults. It will be edited by Michal Molcho (NUI Galway), Christine Pellegrini (University of South Carolina), and Jana Holubcikova (PJ Safarik University) and published in April 2018. For more information, deadlines and contacts see the full Call here.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in internet-related research,

We are happy to present the second issue of this year. The issue includes five high quality articles from authors from four continents. We would also like to share journal-related exciting news: with newly published SJR scores Cyberpsychology made it to Q2 in Scopus. Our number of citations is constantly raising and we are very proud to see this trend. This, of course, would not be happening without the effort of authors, reviewers, readers, and editorial board – to whom we owe our gratitude and thanks.

See the whole issue here.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in internet-related research,

we are proud to present the new special issue guest-edited by Emma Sorbring and Martin Molin from Centre for Child and Youth Studies, University West, Sweden. The issue contains eleven articles organized in three main themes: (1) Accessibility – risks and opportunities, (2) Vulnerability and victimization and (3) Identity and user perspectives. We would like to thank guest editors as well as authors and reviewers for their hard workon the issue and wish you pleasant summer!

Lenka Dedkova, David Smahel & Kristian Daneback

See the whole issue here.

Dear researchers, colleagues, and readers interested in internet-related research,

We are delighted to present the fourth and final issue of 2016, which comprises of seven articles that cover a variety of topics, theoretical perspectives, and methodological approaches. Besides an article from the U.S., the research presented in this issue is primarily conducted by researchers in Europe. What we especially like to see is the international collaborations between researchers across nations – one of the studies, for example, brings together researchers from Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands. As internet researchers, we sometimes find ourselves alone in our departments, either because of being sort of aliens in relation to our academic discipline or because we run out of funding and have to dissolve our groups. Combining perspectives across disciplines and nations are, of course, other sound reasons for collaboration. Therefore, finding and/or inviting colleagues internationally may keep us in business and able to continue to investigate the different corners of cyberspace in the most fruitful ways.

Read the full editorial here.

We are honored to present the special issue (3-2015) of Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace - Experience and Benefits of Game Playing. This special issue reflects the efforts of a range of European, American and Australian researchers who place the experience of playing video games at the core of their reflective work. Studies on video gaming can be differentiated on the basis of the extent to which the research positions games at the heart of their work, in addition to the extent to which research gives attention to the capacities and thinking of the game player to be able to offer perspectives on player experience. This approach to research is evident in all articles included in this special issue.

Read the full editorial here.

Guest editors of the special issue:
Pascaline Lorentz, Christopher J. Ferguson, Gareth Schott

New call for papers for a special issue of Cyberpsychology:
Online self-disclosure and privacy: Unravelling individuals’ motivations and behaviors"

Guest editors of the special issue:
Michel Walrave, Sonja Utz, Alexander Schouten, Wannes Heirman