IDRP Ltd Co is an independent academic publisher in Austin, Texas, United States, dedicated to advancing research in psychology. As a registered entity in the State of Texas, IDRP Ltd Co provides a transparent and ethically grounded platform for disseminating high-quality scholarly work.

Journals Published

IDRP Ltd Co is the publisher of:

• Individual Differences Research (IDR) — a fully open access journal dedicated to the scientific study of individual differences in personality, social behavior, cognition, emotion, development, and related domains.

Publishing Mission

IDRP Ltd Co is committed to supporting rigorous and accessible psychological research through:

• Free and global open access to scientific knowledge
• Double-blind peer review
• Ethical, transparent, and reproducible publishing practices
• Metadata, DOI assignment, and digital discoverability
• Long-term preservation and accessibility of scholarly publications
• Support for interdisciplinary and international scholarship in psychology

The publisher is a signatory to the Budapest Open Access Initiative and fully endorses its commitment to unrestricted access to scholarly literature.

Open Access Policy

All publications released by IDRP Ltd Co are fully open access.
Content is freely available to readers worldwide without subscription or paywall barriers.
All work is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Authors retain full copyright and grant the publisher a license to distribute their work in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license.

Digital Preservation & Archival Stewardship

IDRP Ltd Co supports long-term preservation of scholarly content through multiple discoverability and archiving pathways. Current preservation strategies include:

• Zenodo (permanent article archiving).  
• Permanent DOI registration through Crossref (prefix 10.65030)
• Internal secure backups and long-term metadata stewardship

These measures ensure that published materials remain accessible, citable, and preserved across multiple repositories.

Archival Collections Stewarded by the Publisher

IDRP Ltd Co is the steward of journals originally managed by predecessor organizations, including Psychological Publishing, Individual Differences Association, and Individual Differences Research Group. These archival holdings include:

• Psychology Journal — ISSN: 1931-5694
• Counseling and Clinical Psychology Journal — ISSN: 1931-2091
• Journal of Worry and Affective Experience — ISSN: 1546-0924

Ethical Standards & Publishing Governance

IDRP Ltd Co adheres to internationally recognized standards for scholarly publishing, including:

• Double-blind peer review
• Editorial independence
• Ethical guidelines aligned with COPE principles
• Transparent procedures for corrections, retractions, and republication
• Clear expectations regarding conflicts of interest and authorship
• Commitment to accuracy, metadata quality, and long-term access

Contact Information

IDRP Ltd Co
Austin, Texas, United States
Email: admin@idrjournal.com