News & Updates
Registration for IMPS 2025 is now open!
The Psychometric Society is pleased to announce that you are now able to register for IMPS 2025.
Pre-conference Short Courses will be held Monday, July 14, and the full conference will run from July 15 through July 18. The presenter registration deadline is May 15, 2025, and early bird discounted registration will end on May 15, 2025.
Congratulations to 2025 Award Winners!
Winners of the Career Award, Early Career Award, and Dissertation Prize were recently announced
The 2025 winners are listed below. Histories and photos of all previous award winners can be found via links on the Awards page or the links at the top and right of this post.
Call for Presidential Nominations (2026-2027)
Each year, Regular and Student Members of the Psychometric Society elect a new President. This call for nomination allows you to nominate up to five candidates for the position.
IMPS 2024 Group Photo
Thanks to all for a wonderful IMPS 2024!
A high resolution version of the group photo taken during the conference can be accessed at the following link:
Psychometrika Converting to Open Access!
New agreement with Cambridge University Press for 2025
The Psychometric Society and Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce that Psychometrika will transition to publication by Cambridge University Press and convert to a fully gold open access publication model for all authors in 2025. Volume 90 (2025) will be the first published entirely open access. By removing barriers to access Psychometrika, articles will be able to reach a wider audience of global researchers, furthering the Society’s mission to advance theory and methodology for data analysis throughout the social and behavioral sciences.
Registration for IMPS 2024 is now open!
The Psychometric Society is pleased to announce that you are now able to register for IMPS 2024.
Join the Psychometric Society in person at the Prague University of Economics and Business, for its 89th Annual Meeting. The conference is hosted by the Czech Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the Prague University of Economics and Business, the Charles University, and the Psychometric Society. The meeting will feature all of the keynote speakers, symposia, oral sessions, poster presentations, and networking events that the IMPS community has come to know and love.
Call for Papers: Psychometrika, Applications and Case Studies (ARCS)
Integrating and analyzing complex high-dimensional data in social and behavioral sciences research
Psychometrika is seeking submissions for a forthcoming Special Section on Integrating and analyzing complex high-dimensional data in social and behavioral sciences research. To advance social and behavioral science research in this era of digitalization, we invite submissions on models and practical considerations for complex high-dimensional data in the social and behavioral sciences. To be considered for this special section, manuscripts should center around an application to high-dimensional data in the psychological, educational, or social
IMPS 2024 Graduate Research Competition
The 2024 IMPS Graduate Student Research Competition calls for proposals on the use of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, to advance psychometric research. The competition is open to all graduate students who can form teams of up to 5 people. Each team is required to submit a proposal outlining their study design, research questions, data sources or collection plan, and analysis methods.
Congratulations to 2024 Award Winners!
Winners of the Career Award, Early Career Award, and Dissertation Prize were recently announced
The 2024 winners are listed below. Histories and photos of all previous award winners can be found via links on the Awards page or the links at the top and right of this post.
IMPS 2024 Abstract Submission Now Open!
Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
The Psychometric Society Invites You to Submit an Abstract for IMPS 2024!
- Individual Oral Presentation
- Individual Poster Presentation
- Symposium
Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
The IMPS 2024 is scheduled to be an in-person meeting. The meeting will feature the keynote speakers, symposia, individual oral sessions, poster presentations, and networking events that the IMPS community has come to know and love.
President’s Newsletter
Please see the pdf file on this page to read an important letter from the President of the Psychometric Society, David Kaplan.
2023 Election
Members of the Psychometric Society are invited by the Board of Trustees to cast their ballot for the following positions:
- President-elect
- Treasurer
- Board of Trustee members
- Editorial Council member
Ballots have been sent via e-mail to society members. Please check your email for biographies for all candidates and for voting instructions.
Please vote by Friday, November 17, 2023
IMPS 2023 Group Photo
Thanks to all for a wonderful IMPS 2023!
A high resolution version of the group photo taken during the conference can be accessed at the following link:
New Executive Editor for Psychometrika
After a highly successful and extended term as Executive Editor of Psychometrika, Dr. Matthias von Davier will transition out of the role as Dr. Sandip Sinharay becomes Executive Editor. Dr. Sinharay began handling new submissions July 1, 2023 and will assume full responsibilities as Executive Editor January 1, 2024. Dr. Sinharay is a Distinguished Presidential Appointee in the Research & Development division at Educational Testing Service and comes to the position of Executive Editor with a wealth of editorial experience.
IMPS 2023 Graduate Research Competition
The 2023 IMPS Graduate Student Research Competition calls for proposals on the use of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, to advance psychometric research. The competition is open to all graduate students who can form teams of up to 4 people. Each team is required to submit a proposal outlining their study design, research questions, data sources or collection plan, and analysis methods.
Call for Papers
Model Identification and Estimation for Longitudinal Data in Practice
Psychometrika is seeking submissions for a forthcoming Special Section on Model Identification and Estimation for Longitudinal Data in Practice. In particular, we invite submissions for a special section on model identifiability and estimability in the context of analyzing realistic educational, psychological, and more generally, social and behavioral sciences longitudinal data.
IMPS 2023 Registration Now Open!
The Psychometric Society is pleased to announce that you are now able to register for IMPS 2023.
Join the Psychometric Society in person at the University of Maryland, College Park, for its 88th Annual Meeting. The meeting will feature all of the keynote speakers, symposia, oral sessions, poster presentations, and networking events that the IMPS community has come to know and love.