[1] It was established in 1923[2] as The Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, obtaining its current title in 1947.

Continuously published since its foundation in 1923 – with all members of the Australasian Association of Psychology and Philosophy receiving copies of the journal free of charge as a perquisite of their membership (it was also available to non-members at a cost of three shillings an issue, or ten shillings a year)[4] – it was published quarterly (in March, June, September and December) from 1923 until 1937, and triannually from 1938 to 1978, except for the period from 1943 to 1947, when limited war-time supplies restricted the publication to only two issues a year.

[6] According to the Web of Science, the following three articles have been cited most frequently (>150 times): The most published authors were J.J.C.

Smart, David Lewis and John Mackie, reflecting the generally analytic focus that the Journal has maintained since its early idealist days.

[7] Since 2007, an annual prize of A$1,000 is awarded for the best paper published in the journal in the previous year.