EJP seeks to promote the development of empirical and theoretical work in personality psychology.

EJP also publishes work on methodological advances in research on personality.

It is abstracted inservices including PsycINFO and Social Sciences Citation Index.

[1][2] In a registered report, "authors create a study proposal that includes theoretical and empirical background, research questions/hypotheses, and pilot data (if available).

Upon submission, this proposal will then be reviewed prior to data collection, and if accepted, the paper resulting from this peer-reviewed procedure will be published, regardless of the study outcomes".