"Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest among social psychologists in the self - a development that has spawned the birth of the International Society of Self and Identity, and now its flagship journal, Self and Identity. This new journal fills a need in the social psychological literature for a journal that not only provides a focus for self and identity researchers, but also very excitingly connects this focus with neighbouring disciplines and sub-disciplines that have similar interests. The editorial line-up is simply superb, and of course "self" has lain at the core of social psychology ever since the days of William James. Given recent developments in social psychology, it is high time there was a journal dedicated to the scientific study of self and identity."

Professor Michael A. Hogg, University of Queensland, Australia

"Few concepts in social science have had the sustained interest and flood of innovative research and scholarship that has been devoted to the self and identity in recent years. It is therefore timely - and indeed overdue - to have a journal devoted to concepts so central for understanding human nature, and with an editorship and board likely to attract much of the best work in the field. It is a pleasure to welcome Self and Identity with high enthusiasm and excitement: may it long flourish!"

Professor Walter Mischel, Columbia University, USA