Research Lab
Publish with the Lab
The Lab publishes original research on happiness, consciousness, peace and human flourishing. Here is what we look for and how work reaches us.
Scope
Empirical studies, systematic and narrative reviews, measurement instruments, datasets, policy reports and theoretical work — from psychology, contemplative science, education, public policy, economics of wellbeing and adjacent fields. Work in Spanish is welcome alongside English.
What a submission needs
- A title, abstract of up to 300 words, and keywords.
- Full author details: given name, surname, ORCID iD, and affiliation for each author.
- A declaration of financial and intellectual conflicts of interest.
- A clear statement of limitations, and of what the work does not claim.
- Data and code availability, where the work is empirical.
- Agreement to publish open access under CC BY 4.0, or a stated alternative licence.
How review works
1 · Editorial reading
The Lab's editors check scope, integrity and completeness, and confirm the declarations.
2 · Peer or expert review
Where the field requires it, the work goes to external reviewers. Reviewer comments come back to the author with a decision.
3 · Revision and acceptance
The author revises; the editors confirm the record is accurate, including every citation.
4 · DOI registration
On publication the work receives a DOI on the Foundation's prefix, 10.68220, registered with Crossref and resolving to a permanent landing page on this site.
Licence and rights
Authors keep copyright. The Lab publishes under CC BY 4.0 unless a different licence is agreed in writing, so the work can be read, translated and built upon anywhere with attribution.
DOI 10.68220 · CC BY 4.0
Send us your work
Send the Lab your manuscript or a one-page proposal through the Foundation's contact form, marking it for the Research Lab. We reply with a decision on scope before asking for a full submission.
World Happiness Foundation Research Lab · DOI prefix 10.68220 · Content licensed CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise stated.