Issue 1, vol. 19

30.01.2025

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

We are happy to announce the publication of the first issue of 2025 and our 19th volume. This issue features five insightful articles covering a range of pertinent topics-internet gaming disorder, digital citizenship, online experience sharing, online hate speech, and internet adaptability.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. We wish you an enjoyable reading and a good start to the new year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 5, vol. 18

29.11.2024

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

We are pleased to present our last issue of this year, featuring ten insightful articles on a wide range of topics, including body image and self-objectification, reducing transphobia through YouTube narratives, motivations and personality traits in online dating or parental mediation and adolescent online sexual experiences.

As always, all articles are open access, and you can explore them here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2664

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the authors, reviewers, and editors for their dedication and effort in bringing this issue to life. Wishing you a great rest of the year and Happy Holidays ahead!

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 4, vol. 18

18.09.2024

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

We are excited to present our autumn issue, featuring ten insightful articles on a wide range of topics, including problematic smartphone use, online risks, flow, interactive games, and many more.

As always, all articles are open access, and you can explore them here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2643

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the authors, reviewers, and editors for their dedication and effort in bringing this issue to life. Wishing you a smooth start to the academic semester and enjoyable reading!

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

 

Issue 3, vol. 18

24.06.2024

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

We are thrilled to announce the release of the third and summer issue of Cyberpsychology for 2024.

This issue features nine insightful articles covering a range of pertinent topics, including TikTok, online dating, problematic social media use, cyberaggression, and the role of media in education.

All articles are available as open access and can be accessed through the following link: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2635

We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers and editors for their hard work on the issue. We hope our readers find the articles thought-provoking and enjoyable, and we wish everyone a wonderful summer.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 2, vol. 18

11.04.2024

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

We are pleased to announce our second issue of 2024. This time the issue includes a broad range of topics and eight high-quality articles. The articles focus on cyber aggression bystanders, cybergossip, stress, health influencers, gaming addiction, news consumption, chatbots, and social media use during COVID-19.

All articles are open-access, and they can all be found here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2453

We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish all our readers a pleasant reading.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

First issue of 2024 – Issue 1, vol. 18

01.02.2024

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

We are happy to announce the publication of the first issue of our 18th volume. The issue consists of seven excellent articles. The articles are all open access, and they cover a variety of subjects. You can find the whole issue on our website.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. We wish you an enjoyable reading and a good start to the new year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Last issue of 2023 – Issue 5, vol. 17

16.11.2023

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

We are happy to announce we just published the last issue of 2023. The issue is filled with seven high-quality articles which present a thought-provoking read for the end of the year. As always, all articles are open access. You can find the whole issue on our website.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. We wish you an enjoyable reading and a nice rest of the year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 4, vol. 17

18.09.2023

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

We are happy to publish our autumn issue with eight high-quality articles covering the topics such as online interactions, healthy aging, or online pornography. You can find other interesting topics in the articles.

All articles are open-access as always, and they can all be found here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2546

We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers and editors for their hard work on the issue. We wish you a nice start of the academic semester and a pleasant reading.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 3, vol. 17

30.06.2023

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

We are pleased to announce our third and summer issue of 2023. The issue consists of ten articles about smartphone usage, gaming, perceptions of AI, and other interesting topics.

All articles are open-access, and they can all be found here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2453

We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish our readers a pleasant reading and enjoyable summer.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 2, vol. 17

18.04.2023

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

We are pleased to announce our second issue of 2023 which features eight high-quality articles covering a wide range of topics, such as cybervictimization and cyberaggression, gaming, online shopping, or videoconferencing.

All articles are open-access and they can all be found here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2312

We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish our readers a pleasant reading.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

First issue of 2023 (Issue 1, Vol. 17)

30.01.2023

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

We are happy to present the first issue of 2023. The issue contains seven articles covering research on smartphone usage and problematic Internet use, social media, or digital multitasking. All articles are open-access, as always. The issue content can be found here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2302

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish you an enjoyable reading and a good start to the new year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Last issue of 2022: Issue 5, Vol. 16

29.11.2022

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

We are happy to announce we just published the fifth and last issue of 2022. The issue is filled with eleven excellent articles about a wide range of topics and they present a thought-provoking read for the end of the year. All articles are open access. You can find the full list on our website.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish you an enjoyable reading and peaceful rest of the year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 4, vol. 16

19.09.2022

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

We are pleased to announce that our fourth issue of 2022, which has eleven high-quality articles, was just published. The articles are all open access, as always, and they cover a variety of subjects.

We wish you pleasant reading and a nice start of the academic semester.

We also thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Kristian Daneback is leaving Cyberpsychology

01.08.2022

Kristian Daneback is leaving Cyberpsychology to focus on his academic duties. Kristian was our first international associate editor. Since joining Cyberpsychology in 2011, he has been in charge of more than 200 articles, and he had a large impact on the whole journal and our work.


Thank you & we wish you all the best!

Issue 3, vol. 16 and new Impact Factor of 3.708

30.06.2022

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

We are happy to announce that we just published our third issue of 2022. The issue contains eleven excellent articles on a wide range of topics. All of them are open access, as always. 

We are also very glad to announce that our Impact Factor has been increased to 3.708!

We wish you a nice summer reading and we thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Decision Statistics for 2021

03.05.2022

In this post, we present some statistics related to the journal - you will find out the number of submissions, the desk reject rates, the acceptance rates, the decision length, and the reviewer statistics. 

Vol.16, No. 2 is published

14.04.2022

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

We just published the second issue of 2022. The issue contains ten excellent articles covering a wide range of topics –from inspiration on social media and its connection to well-being, implications of selfie-related behavior for body image, and links between parental mediation and adolescent’s risk online experiences to cyber aggression and victimization among high-schoolers, or psychological impacts of ghosting. We believe this thematically diverse issue will make for a thought-provoking read. See the complete list of articles on our website. All of them are open access, as always. 

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

The first Cyberpsychology issue in 2022 is published

02.02.2022

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

We are excited to start this year with seven high-quality articles. They focus on various topics, including an association between SNS use and mental illness, compulsive Instagram use, moral disengagement in cyber aggression, or intentions to donate online. See the whole issue content here: https://cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/1566 

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish you a pleasant reading.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

System outage

09.01.2022

Dear authors, reviewers, and readers,

Due to maintenance, our submission system will be closed from Jan 10 to Jan 14.

We have redesigned our web page and will be switching to a new and updated submission system.

Thank you for your patience,
The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 4, vol. 15

18.11.2021

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

With the upcoming end of the year, we are also publishing our last issue of 2021. We are happy to finish 2021 strongly, with 10 high-quality articles. The articles cover a wide range of topics, ranging from problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic, selfie-production, disinformation, to collective action participation. These are just a few of the areas explored in the articles, more interesting topics can be found in the issue.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. And we wish you a pleasant reading and peaceful rest of the year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 3, vol. 15

24.08.2021

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

The end of the summer also brings our third issue of this year. As our journal is growing, our issues are as well, and we are happy to present to you 11 new articles. All are high-quality articles with a various range of topics. To name a few, you can read about a longitudinal study about MMORPG players, sexting during the COVID-19 pandemic, or exercise in virtual reality.

We wish you a pleasant reading and an enjoyable start of the upcoming semester.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

New impact factor and SJR

01.07.2021

There is another exciting news for our journal. We gained a new impact factor of 2.905 and we are currently in Q2 in Communication and multidisciplinary Psychology categories.

Our SCImago Journal Rank is currently 0.85 and we rank Q1 in Communication category and Q2 in Psychology and Social sciences miscellaneous categories.

We are very happy to see that our journal is improving and we hope that with the increased quality of articles we publish, this trend will continue.

Thank you to all our collaborators and readers.

New associate editors

02.06.2021

We are very excited to share news about our two new associate editors. We want to offer a warm welcome to Fabio Sticca from Marie Meierhofer Institut für das Kind in Switzerland and Jan Šerek from Masaryk university in the Czech Republic. Fabio is working with us since January; his dominant research focus is on digital technologies and early childhood, and he did also substantial research on bullying and cyberbullying. Jan’s focus is on civic and political socialization of adolescents and political psychology in general.

Both are highly skilled researchers and we are truly happy that they agreed to join us, guide authors through the publication process, and help to improve our journal. We are looking forward to our cooperation and they are looking forward to your new submissions.

Issue 2, vol. 15

26.04.2021

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

Our second issue of 2021 is now published. For this issue, we are excited to present you with more reading than usual. The issue contains 10 high-quality articles, containing but not limited to several systematic reviews and meta-analyses. To name just a few, you can read about problematic Internet use, media multitasking, or concerns about appearance on social media.

We want to thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

We wish you a pleasant reading.
The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

First issue of 2021: Issue 1, vol. 15

16.02.2021

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

The first issue of 2021 is now published. We are happy to present you eight quality articles which explore a wide range of topics – social media and romantic relationships or professional networking, selective exposure in online news feeds or product evaluation, virtual reality and trauma or high contamination fear, and adolescent cyberbullying and problematic technology use.

 

We want to thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

We wish you a pleasant reading and a great start of the new semester.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 4, vol. 14

18.11.2020

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

We are excited to present you the last issue of 2020. We are happy to finish this year strong, with seven high-quality articles with a wide range of topics – dealing with video games, problematic smartphone use, selfie-posting, adolescent alcohol use, online video enjoyment, and religious counselling.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue. 

We wish you a pleasant reading and a great rest of the year!

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 3, vol. 14

10.08.2020

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

We are happy to present you the summer issue of Cyberpsychology. The issue contains seven articles with a wide range of topics and designs, including experiments, a meta-analysis, and a qualitative study – to name a few.

We wish you a pleasant reading and a relaxing rest of the summer!

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 2, vol. 14

13.05.2020

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

We hope you are well despite the current situation. We would like to present to you the second issue of 2020. This time the issue contains seven high-quality and interesting articles with a variety of topics. They are all available here.

We want to thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

We wish you a pleasant reading.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

First issue in 2020

21.02.2020

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

We are excited to present you the first issue in 2020 with 6 interesting articles. The articles cover a wide range of topics, and they are all available here.

We thank all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their hard work on the issue.

We wish you a pleasant reading and a fruitful start of the academic year.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

 

Autumn issue of 2019

07.11.2019

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

the last issue of 2019 is now published. We are happy to finish this year strong, with six high-quality articles.
We also updated our site - at the very end of each article, you can now find a list of references that cite the respective article provided by Crossref's Cited-by service as well as PlumX Metrics that shows the article's impact in a range of other services (EBSCO, Mendeley, social media, etc.).

We wish you a pleasant reading.

Summer issue of 2019

12.07.2019

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

We are happy to present a summer issue of Cyberpsychology. It includes seven articles with a wide range of topics - from the exploration of the effect of an online simulation game on attitudes about poverty, through adolescents' perceptions of digital's media potential to elicit conflict in romantic relationships, to passive social networking site use effect on well-being - to name a few.

We wish you a pleasant reading and a relaxing summer!

the editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Special issue on digital advertising and consumer empowerment

23.05.2019

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

We are excited to present you a new special issue about digital advertising and consumer empowerment. We would like to thank the guest editors Liselot Hudders (Ghent University), Eva A. van Reijmersdal (University of Amsterdam), and Karolien Poels (University of Amsterdam) for their hard work on the issue. We also thank the authors and reviewers of the articles. Their joint efforts led to an interesting collection of four articles that each bring new insight into the timely issue of digital advertising.

We hope you will find the articles as interesting as we do and we wish you a pleasant reading.

See the guest editor's editorial note on the digital advertising and consumer empowerment here. The whole issue can be found here.

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

 

First issue in 2019

21.02.2019

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

The first issue of 2019 was just published. It contains four articles, all surrounding social networking sites. Besides the articles, we also summarized the previous year in our journal's life. You can learn about the visitors of our webpage, the decisions times for submitted manuscripts,  and much more current information about our journal in the Editorial.

We wish you a pleasant reading!

The editorial team of Cyberpsychology

New associate editor

02.01.2019

We are happy to welcome new associate editor in Cyberpsychology's team, Alexander Schouten from Tilburg University. With him aboard, the journal now has five editors to take care of submitted articles. The new year brought another change - we have set up the new submission system to make the submission and review process smoother.

We are looking forward to this year's submissions!

Special issue on bystanders in online aggression

29.12.2018

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

We are excited to present you the last issue of 2018 - a special issue devoted to a timely topic of bystanders in online aggression. We would like to thank the guest editors - Hana Machackova (Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia), Jan Pfetsch (Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany), and Georges Steffgen (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), the authors and the reviewers for their excellent work on the issue. The joint effort of all involved scholars led to a highly interesting issue with six articles which bring new insights and expand our knowledge in this research area.

We wish you a pleasant reading and fruitful year 2019.

the editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Issue 3, vol. 12

11.12.2018

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

the second regular issue of 2018 was just published. With the increase in submissions that the journal received this year, we are happy to announce that we are planning to publish three regular issues in 2019. More high-quality articles are therefore on their way. We are also thrilled to announce that Alexander Schouten (Tilburg University) will join the journal's team in January and will become our fourth associate editor.
The year is, however, not over yet and you may also look forward to the publication of the special issue on bystanders of online aggression at the end of December.

Enjoy the reading of the new issue,
the editorial team of Cyberpsychology

Special Issue on Health and Technology

30.11.2018

 

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

Issue 1 (Vol. 12) and citation records

25.07.2018

 

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.

Call for papers: Digital Advertising and Consumer Empowerment

16.05.2018

 

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.

Call for papers: Bystanders of Online Aggression

18.01.2018

 

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.

Issue 4, vol. 11

31.12.2017

 

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!

Special issue: Young children’s use of digital media and parental mediation

23.11.2017

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.

Call for papers: Special issue on health and technology

19.07.2017

 

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.

Issue 2, vol. 11

18.07.2017

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.

Special issue: Internet use and disability

31.05.2017

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.

Editorial: How to get your manuscript accepted

21.12.2016

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.

SPECIAL ISSUE: CHILDREN'S USES OF DIGITAL MEDIA

16.11.2016

Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace invites papers on the theme of children’s uses of digital media. This is an open call for papers on topics related to children’s reading, writing, play, learning and communication with digital technologies, including tablets, smartphones, desktops and emerging technologies. The special issue will be published in October 2017 and will be edited by Natalia Kucirkova (University College London, UK), Charles Mifsud (Centre for Literacy, Malta), Bieke Zaman (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Cristina Ponte (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal).

Special issue (3-2015)

23.10.2015

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