Introduction and some Ideas as well as Visions on an Open Access European Psychology Publication Platform

After a short description of the organization, tasks, and activities of the Institute for PsychologyInformation (ZPID – Leibniz-Institute/Germany) possibilities of enhancing European cooperation onpsychology publication issues are stressed upon. Arguments for its necessity refer to some turningpoints of history in the languages of science and to some problems of Anglo-American dominance in psychology publications, which are illustrated by bibliometric results on authors’ affiliations andpublication languages represented in the PsycINFO database. The vision of a European PsychologyPublication Platform (EPPP) is developed including some considerations about its objectives and scope,principles, submission procedure and guidelines as well as review process and evaluation. Key words: scientific communication; psychology; Europe; bibliometrics; informationdissemination; databases; open access; online publishing publishedVersion