The shape of aviation psychology: A review of articles published in the first 5 years of The International Journal of Aviation Psychology

The International Journal of Aviation Psychology became the first journal d evoted solely to aviation psychology with the appearance of its first issue in 1991. In the first 5 years (1991-1995 inclusive), 20 issues containing 104 articles have been published. This study was designed to illuminate the nature of aviation psychology by an examination of the material published in its flagship journal. In addition to basic author and institutional deta ils, each article was coded in terms of topic, participants, methodological approach, and types of analysis undertaken. The results provide a picture of the shape of aviation psychology in the first half of the 1990s and prov ide the basis for tracking the development of aviation psychology in the en suing years.