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. 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 2.9 in 2023.

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:

Some notable papers