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Online and offline, we are surrounded by recommendations on how to improve our health and extend our longevity. Ideally, this health advice is grounded in science. Health psychology plays a distinct role, complimenting research in public health and epidemiology to improve practical insights.

Self-promotional language may attract readers but is discouraged in Communications Psychology. Because style matters in fostering credibility.

Communications Psychology promotes psychological research that reaches beyond its boundaries. Empirical Work can speak to psychological theory and constructs or explore psychological processes using any of a vast array of data and analysis methods. Whether a study belongs in Communications Psychology does not depend on the type of data that are used; but on whether the data are of high quality, appropriately analyzed, and can answer the psychological research question.

Communications Psychology is celebrating its first birthday and has recently reached the publication of its 100th peer-reviewed paper. We mark our transition to toddlerhood by reflecting on publications, milestones, and development.

Communications Psychology celebrates the publication of the journal’s first two Stage-2 Registered Reports. We encourage researchers regardless of career stage to consider the format and highlight some considerations for PhD students and early career researchers.

Editorial work should not be a blackbox that leaves authors guessing for reasons. Here, we discuss what Communications Psychology’s evaluation criteria for research Articles are so authors can understand the decision-making surrounding when and why we send papers out for peer review.

The aim of Communications Psychology is to promote open research across all areas of psychology. We are looking forward to working with researchers to publish high-quality research; to offer the community an accessible platform for review and debate; and to shape our practices to serve a field embracing open science.