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Comparing Journal of Consumer Psychology and Journal of Consumer Research
Author(s) -
Alon Anat,
Morrin Maureen,
Bechwati Nada Nasr
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of consumer psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.433
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1532-7663
pISSN - 1057-7408
DOI - 10.1207/s15327663jcp1201_02
Subject(s) - positivism , consumer research , focus (optics) , psychology , accommodation , consumer behaviour , homogeneous , postmodernism , epistemology , social psychology , marketing , philosophy , physics , neuroscience , optics , business , thermodynamics
The Journal of Consumer Psychology ( JCP ) was created in 1992 partly in response to what was interpreted by some as a shift in the methodological focus of the Journal of Consumer Research ( JCR ). JCR began to increase its accommodation of postmodern approaches, compared to more positivistic approaches. JCP's mission was thus perceived by some to be more methodologically homogeneous, with a greater focus on traditional experimental psychology in the domain of consumer behavior. Is JCR really more methodologically diverse than JCP ? In what other ways are the two journals similar or different? This article attempts to answer these questions with an in‐depth analysis of the articles published in both journals from 1992 to 1998. The articles are reviewed in terms of overall output, authorship, content, research design, and data analysis. Conclusions and implications are included.