A peer-reviewed, open-access journal of LOVE AND BLISS, published by LAB Press.
LAB Press · JPPAS
About Journal of Positive Psychology, Agapology and Spirituality
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal for the interdisciplinary study of human flourishing — the science of bliss across positive psychology, agapology and spirituality.
Mission
Journal of Positive Psychology, Agapology and Spirituality advances rigorous, compassionate scholarship on how people and communities come to flourish. The journal publishes empirical, theoretical and applied work on agape (self-giving love), spirituality, adversity and bliss — profound and lasting fulfilment in which material, emotional, psychological, relational and spiritual needs are abundantly met.
JPPAS gives particular attention to knowledge produced with and for Afro-descendant and marginalised communities worldwide, and welcomes decolonial, critical and community-based approaches alongside quantitative and mixed-methods science.
Scope and themes
- Positive Psychology
- Agapology
- Spirituality
- Human Flourishing
- Afro-descendant Communities
- Marginalised Communities
- Resilience
- Decolonial Thinking
- Critical Race Studies
- Political Economy
- Community Transformation
- Applied Research
Publisher
JPPAS is published by LAB Press, the publishing arm of LOVE AND BLISS (LAB). Company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (No. 16147606), 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom. Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.54825/ZQYD9910.
Publication timeline
- Acknowledgement of submission
- Within 5 working days
- Editorial assessment decision
- 2–3 weeks
- Double-blind peer review
- 6–8 weeks
- Revision window for authors
- 4 weeks
- Final editorial decision
- 2 weeks after resubmission
- Production and publication
- 4–6 weeks, with DOI registration
Indicative windows for a standard research article; special issues follow their own published schedule.
Editorial team
Dr Noel Maturlu
Editor-in-Chief, JPPAS
Raziah Quallatein Mwawanga
Managing Editor, JPPAS
Dr Charles Kachitsa
Associate Editor, JPPAS
Dr Philip Nukpe
Associate Editor, JPPAS
Contact
- Editorial office: editor@loveandbliss.org
- Journal enquiries: journal@loveandbliss.org
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