American Psychological Association
scientific and professional organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C.
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Summary
American Psychological Association is a regulatory college[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of regulatory college entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,683 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: psychology[3]
- Member of: ORCID, Inc.[4], Consortium of Social Science Associations[5], American Council on Education[6], Committee on Publication Ethics[7], Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers[8], CHORUS[9], International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers[10], Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics[11], Conference of NGOs[12], Book Industry Study Group[13]
- Country: United States[14]
- Instance of: publishing house[15], open-access publisher[16], school accreditor[17], professional association[18], nonprofit organization[19]
- Official language: English[20]
- Founder: G. Stanley Hall[21]
- Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[22]
- Chief executive officer: Norman B. Anderson[23]
- Commons category: American Psychological Association[24]
- Inception: July 1, 1892[25]
- Official website: https://www.apa.org/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:American Psychological Association[27]
- Short name: APA[28]
- Different from: American Psychiatric Association[29]
- Member count: 146,000[30]
- Total revenue: 132,993,882 US dollars[31], 130,673,415 US dollars[32], 118,809,697 US dollars[33], 127,538,836 US dollars[34], 130,402,290 US dollars[35], 117,818,738 US dollars[36], 124,399,386 US dollars[37], 128,004,100 US dollars[38], 131,782,896 US dollars[39], 131,891,890 US dollars[40], 129,606,409 US dollars[41], 143,908,467 US dollars[42]
- Position held by head of the organization: President of the American Psychological Association[43]
- Total assets: 258,989,765 US dollars[44], 193,166,631 US dollars[45], 236,941,077 US dollars[46], 257,045,386 US dollars[47], 260,756,298 US dollars[48]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for American Psychological Association include APA style[49], a style guide[50], founded in 1929[51].
Why It Matters
American Psychological Association has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Works attributed to it include APA style[54], a style guide[55], founded in 1929[56]. Entities named for it include APA style[49], a style guide[50], founded in 1929[51].