Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

When creating my OJS user, I have uploaded my institutional affiliation and summarized CV of up to 200 words.
My manuscript is original, unpublished, and is not subject to simultaneous evaluation in another publication.
There are no conflicts of interest related to the sending of this article. Otherwise, I have made them known to the Editor through an email (nicolas.alessandroni@uam.es).
I have deleted the names of the authors from the first page of the manuscript to preserve the evaluation process.
The file extension of the manuscript is .doc, .docx or .odt. The page size is A4. I have used margins of 2.54 cm (lower, upper, left and right).
I have used Times New Roman font size 12, and I have aligned the text to the left (I have not justified it). The line spacing of the text is double (even for bibliographic references).
The writing style, titles, references in the text and the list of references at the end of the manuscript follow the APA guidelines (7th Edition) (2020). In the list of references, I have included the DOI numbers of articles that have one. I have also checked that the use of capitals in the references is correct.
If there are tables or figures, I declare to have permission to reproduce them, either by cession of rights, by being my property, by being protected by a "Creative Commons" license or by being of public domain [if your article does not have tables or illustrations , mark this item anyway].
I have followed the format guidelines by type of contribution (article, report, micro-article, narrated report, translation, interview, review or graduation dissertation). The number of words and the structure of the manuscript coincide with what is requested there.
If there are tables or figures, I have included them following the requirements that are included in the shipping guidelines [if your article does not have tables or illustrations, mark this item anyway].

Author Guidelines

PROCEDURE FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

Registration in the OJS system and files required for all contributions

Submissions are made through this OJS web platform OJS. Authors wishing to publish in the Journal of Psychology may create a user account by clicking here. When doing so, they must upload all the requested data in the system, including institutional affiliation and a reduced CV of no more than 200 words.

In all cases, submitted manuscripts must be original and unpublished. Manuscripts being simultaneously considered by other publications will not be accepted.

Authors must declare during the submission process the authenticity of the manuscript and the absence of conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest exists when an author (or institution), reviewer or editor has a financial or personal relationship that inappropriately influences (i.e. biases) their actions (relationships known as double commitment, conflict of interest or loyalties in competition). Reviewers should also declare the absence of conflicts of interest when reviewing a presentation.

How to submit an article on OJS.

General guidelines

a. File extension and margins: All manuscripts must be .doc, .docx, or .odt files. Page size should be set to A4. Margins should be set to 2,54 cm.

b. Font, line spacing, and alignment: Manuscripts must use the Times New Roman 12 font, and be left-aligned. Line spacing should be double (even for the references). Spacing before and after paragraphs should be set to 6 pt.

c. Anonymity: Given that this journal uses a double-blind review system, authors must avoid including their names or institutions under the title of the manuscript. However, they are allowed to cite previous articles of their own normally. The final version of accepted manuscripts will show the CV and institutional affiliation included when uploading the manuscript files to OJS.

Manuscript structure

a. Title: It may have up to 15 words. On the first page, authors must include a running title that will be included in the upper-right margin of the final version. Running titles can have up to 6 words.

b. Heading levels: Authors must follow APA guidelines (6th edition) (2009). More information can be found in APA Purdue Owl.

c. Tables: Tables are included at the end of the manuscript, after the references. They should be numbered (with Arabic numbers) following the order in which they appear in the text. Authors are asked to include a legend under every table. Tables cannot repeat the information mentioned in the main text and will follow the APA guidelines (6th edition). They should look as authors want them to appear in the final version. Authors have to provide information regarding the placing of each table in the main text through the text "Insert Table X here". Tables that are images will not be accepted. Each table should be prepared and formated within the text processor.

d. Figures: Figures should be uploaded to OJS through the additional files option. They should be numerated using Arabic numbers. This journal accepts figures in the following formats: .png, .tif, .jpeg (in order of preference). Image quality has to be of, at least, 300 dpi. Authors are required to provide information regarding the placing of each figure in the main text through the text "Insert Figure X here". Figures can be coloured, but they should also be understandable in black and white. At the end of the manuscript, after references and tables (if there were any), authors must include a legend for each figure (without including figures itself) (e.g. "Figure 1. Micro-genetic graphic of gestures and actions of the child during interaction").

e. Other multimedia files: Apart from tables and figures, this journal accepts other multimedia files, such as audio or video files. These data should be mentioned in the main text. Should authors require further assistance uploading this kind of files, they might contact the Editor of the Journal.

Writing style

General writing style, references and citations have to comply with APA guidelines (6th edition) (2009). More information can be found in the Purdue Online Writing Lab website. When articles do have a DOI assigned, authors must include it in the references section. Authors are asked to be very careful regarding style, grammar and orthographic issues. The use of italics should be reduced to the minimum. They should be only used then highlighting important concepts (only the first time they are mentioned) and to introduce expressions from other languages that are not common (e.g. italics should not be used with expressions such as "a priori" or "et al."). The Journal does not recommend the use of footnotes. In case there are footnotes, authors are asked to place them at the end of the manuscript, before the references section (and not as footnotes at the end of each page).

Copyright

Figures, tables and multimedia files should preferably be original. However, already published material may be included. In this case, authors are responsible for obtaining the permission of the copyright holders for the reproduction of any illustration, musical example, tables, figures or extensive quotations (exceeding those established by copyright laws) that have been previously published. In all cases, tables, illustrations and multimedia files will be accompanied by a statement ensuring that authors have permission to reproduce them, either by assignment of rights or by being covered by a "Creative Commons" licence.

Format guidelines by type of contribution

This Journal accepts the following types of contributions:

Research articles: Original research articles, both theoretical and empirical, with no restrictions on methodological approaches.

Research reports: Brief reports that detail the most important advances of empirical research.

Micro-articles: Very brief articles in which a key theoretical idea is defended, or in which empirical research results are presented in a very concise way.

Monographs and dossiers: Compendium of articles on a specific topic related to the scope of the journal.

Narrated reports of pedagogical experiences and transfer-to-the-community projects: Narrations with a flexible format, which do not require the incorporation of bibliographic references or a standardized scientific format.

+ Narrated reports of pedagogical experiences. These may be experiences that have taken place in institutional/formal or informal educational contexts.

+ Narrated reports of transfer-to-the-community projects, that include data on the project in which they are framed and that detail both the rationale of the intervention and its effects or contributions.

Translations: Writings originally published in another language that, by impact and interest, are offered translated with the permission of publishers and authors.

Interviews: Interviews with researchers and social actors related to the scope of the journal.

Book reviews / Scientific events reviews: Critical reviews of books and/or scientific events linked to the scope of the journal.

Graduation dissertations (Psychology students): Final dissertations or end-of-degree projects by students that, due to their quality, merit being published in an academic journal.

In each issue, at least 60% of the contents will be the result of original research within the scientific-academic field.

Structure guidelines by type of contribution

Research articles:

Articles (theoretical and empirical, whether or not they are part of a monograph/dossier) have a minimum length of 5.000 words, and a maximum length of 10.000 words (including all sections).

The first page of the manuscript (title page) must include the title, as well as the running title. Author names and institutional affiliations should not be included to preserve the double-blind peer-review system.
On the second page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Spanish.
On the third page, authors are required to include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Portuguese.
On the fourth page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in English (British English is preferred).
From the fifth page on, authors will include the main text. Empirical articles should follow the section structure established by the APA in its style manual (6th Edition) (2009): introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, appendices.
If there were, notes and acknowledgements should be included after the main text and before the bibliographic references.
If the article uses tables, these must be placed after the bibliographic references. Each table should include a brief descriptive legend.
If the article uses images, these should be attached when uploading the manuscript to OJS, but their descriptive legends should appear in the manuscript, after the bibliographic references and, eventually, the tables.
On the last page, a section called "Highlights" should be included. The authors will consign four aspects or relevant conclusions of their text. These points should allow readers to grasp the meaning of the work "at first glance". Each of these points must be stated in a maximum of 15 words (for example: "Looking at the interlocutor's face improves lexical processing during the perception of foreign languages", "Cultural theories of personality do not adequately consider cognitive development") .

Research reports:

Research reports have a minimum length of 3.500 words, and a maximum length of 5.000 words (including all sections).

The first page of the manuscript (title page) should include the title, as well as the running title. Author names and institutional affiliations should not be included to preserve the double-blind peer-review system.
On the second page, authors must include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Spanish.
On the third page, authors are required to include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Portuguese.
On the fourth page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in English (British English is preferred).
From the fifth page on, authors will include the main text. Reports should follow the section structure established by the APA in its style manual (6th Edition) (2009): introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, appendices.
If there were, notes and acknowledgements should be included after the main text and before the bibliographic references.
If the article uses tables, these should be included after the bibliographic references. Each table should include a brief descriptive legend.
If the article uses images, these should be attached when uploading the manuscript to OJS, but their descriptive legends should appear in the manuscript, after the bibliographic references and, eventually, the tables.
On the last page, a section called "Highlights" should be included. The authors will consign four aspects or relevant conclusions of their text. These points should allow readers to grasp the meaning of the work "at first glance". Each of these points must be stated in a maximum of 15 words (for example: "Looking at the interlocutor's face improves lexical processing during the perception of foreign languages", "Cultural theories of personality do not adequately consider cognitive development") .

Micro-articles:

Micro-articles have a maximum length of 3.500 words (including all sections).

The first page of the manuscript (title page) must include the title, as well as the running title. Author names and institutional affiliations should not be included to preserve the double-blind peer-review system.
On the second page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Spanish.
On the third page, authors are required to include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Portuguese.
On the fourth page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in English (British English is preferred).
From the fifth page on, authors will include the main text. The section structure for micro-articles is not fixed.
If there were, notes and acknowledgements should be included after the main text and before the bibliographic references.
Micro-articles are not allowed to include tables or figures.
On the last page, a section called "Highlights" should be included. The authors will consign four aspects or relevant conclusions of their text. These points should allow readers to grasp the meaning of the work "at first glance". Each of these points must be stated in a maximum of 15 words (for example: "Looking at the interlocutor's face improves lexical processing during the perception of foreign languages", "Cultural theories of personality do not adequately consider cognitive development") .

Narrated reports of pedagogical experiences and transfer-to-the-community projects.

Narrated reports of pedagogical experiences and transfer-to-the-community projects do not have a fixed length.

The first page of the manuscript (title page) must include the title, as well as the running title. Author names and institutional affiliations should not be included to preserve the double-blind peer-review system.
On the second page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Spanish.
On the third page, authors are required to include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Portuguese.
On the fourth page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in English (British English is preferred).
From the fifth page the authors will include the main text.
If there were, notes and acknowledgements should be included after the main text and before the bibliographic references.
If the article uses tables, these must be included after the bibliographic references. Each table should include a brief descriptive legend.
If the article uses images, these should be attached when uploading the manuscript to OJS, but their descriptive legends should appear in the manuscript, after the bibliographic references and, eventually, the tables.
On the last page, a section called "Highlights" should be included. The authors will consign four aspects or relevant conclusions of their text. These points should allow readers to grasp the meaning of the work "at first glance". Each of these points must be stated in a maximum of 15 words (for example: "Looking at the interlocutor's face improves lexical processing during the perception of foreign languages", "Cultural theories of personality do not adequately consider cognitive development") .

Translations.

If you wish to write a translation, we ask you to contact the Editor-in-Chief for more information on the preparation of the manuscript.

Book reviews / Scientific events reviews.

Book reviews / Scientific events reviews have a minimum length of 1.500 words, and a maximum length of 3.000 words (including all sections).

The first page of the manuscript (title page) will include the title, as well as the running title. The title should not match that of the book/conference reviewed. Author names and institutional affiliations should not be included to preserve the double-blind peer-review system.
On the second page, authors will include general information on the book/conference reviewed.
From the third page on, authors will include the main text of the review. It is recommended that authors include the following sections: (i) context; (ii) detailed description and appraisal; and (iii) final remarks. After the main text, and before references, authors should place the acknowledgements (if there were any). For recommendations on how to write a review, we suggest visiting this webpage.

Monographs / dossiers

Anyone can self-propose as the coordinator of a dossier/monograph for the Journal of Psychology. To do this, the following procedure should be followed:

The coordinator will send to the Editor of the Journal a proposal stating what the main topic of the dossier/monograph will be.
After receiving confirmation from the Editor, the coordinator will be in charge of contacting authors who could contribute.
The structure of the dossier/monograph is as follows:
- An introduction to the dossier/monograph in charge of the coordinator.
- A minimum of three manuscripts. These should follow the general guidelines that appear on this website. Coordinators can only appear as authors in one manuscript.
Depending on the number of manuscripts, their type and length, they will be compiled as a dossier or as an independent monograph. Monographs must involve authors affiliated to different institutions. It is not allowed that all authors of a monograph belong to a unique institution. However, this is allowed (although it is not advised) in the case of dossiers.
Once the main topic is established, an open invitation to send manuscripts will be sent among professors, researchers and scholars of the Faculty of Psychology UNLP. This will encourage the participation of members of the academic community who may have an interest in the subject.
The coordinator should decide if the manuscripts sent in response to the open invitation are relevant or not to be part of the dossier/monograph. If the coordinator decides that a manuscript is not relevant, it will be processed as if it were an individual submission (i.e. it will be evaluated to be included in future issues, or outside the dossier in the same issue) .
Once the dossier/monograph is closed, the coordinator will ask authors to upload their manuscripts to the OJS system, as indicated on the Journal's website.
Authors should indicate that their manuscript belongs to the dossier/monograph when making the submission. To do this, in the first step of the submission form, they must state that the manuscript corresponds to the section "Monographs and dossiers" and, in the field "Comments for the editor", they should include the legend: "This manuscript is part of the dossier/monographic ________, coordinated by __________ ".
The articles will be evaluated according to the peer review policy of the Journal.
Once the evaluations are completed, the Editor will communicate the results of the evaluations to the coordinator of the dossier/monograph. With the manuscripts in their final version (i.e. after any possible modifications that they may require), coordinators will elaborate an introduction. They must upload this introduction following the same instructions that refer to other manuscripts.
Once the introduction has been received, and provided that the minimum number of manuscripts needed for a dossier/monograph is available, the Journal will proceed to edit the dossier/monograph.
If after the review process there are not enough manuscripts, the process will be restarted from the second step of these instructions, to obtain the required manuscripts.

Graduation dissertations

Graduation dissertations have a minimum length of 3.500 words, and a maximum length of 7.500 words (including all sections).

The first page of the manuscript (title page) must include the title, as well as the running title. Author names and institutional affiliations should not be included to preserve the double-blind peer-review system. Given that this type of publication seeks to encourage the inclusion of recent graduates in academic publication and their promotion as researchers, it is recommended that the graduate student be the sole author. Their director can be included in the acknowledgements field. This page should include the career and the university to which the graduation dissertation corresponds.
On the second page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Spanish.
On the third page, authors are required to include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in Portuguese.
On the fourth page, authors should include an abstract (up to 150 words) and up to 5 keywords in English (British English is preferred).
From the fifth page on, authors will include the main text.
If there were, notes and acknowledgements should be included after the main text and before the bibliographic references.
If the article uses tables, these must be placed after the bibliographic references. Each table should include a brief descriptive legend.
If the article uses images, these should be attached when uploading the manuscript to OJS, but their descriptive legends should appear in the manuscript, after the bibliographic references and, eventually, the tables.
Graduation dissertations including empirical research should follow the section structure established by the APA in its style manual (6th Edition) (2009): introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, appendices.
On the last page, a section called "Highlights" should be included. The authors will consign four aspects or relevant conclusions of their text. These points should allow readers to grasp the meaning of the work "at first glance". Each of these points must be stated in a maximum of 15 words (for example: "Looking at the interlocutor's face improves lexical processing during the perception of foreign languages", "Cultural theories of personality do not adequately consider cognitive development") .

Peer review process

The journal uses a double-blind peer review system to guarantee the quality of research articles, research reports, monographs, dossiers, narrated reports of pedagogical experiences and transfer-to-the-community projects, interviews and graduation dissertations. The review process can last between 2 and 4 months. Editorials, reviews and translations are evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief with the possible help of an ad-hoc reviewer.

When a peer-reviewable manuscript is received, it is firstly checked by the editorial committee, which verifies its compliance with formal aspects. After that, the manuscript undergoes a preliminary evaluation by the Editor-in-Chief. If the manuscript is positively evaluated, the Editor sends it to at least two members of the permanent scientific committee and/or external specialists (peers) specially called to conduct a content evaluation. A minimum of 66% of the evaluators is unrelated to the publishing entity. The evaluation is carried out by means of a strict double-blind system that yields one of the following four results:

a. Accepted: the article is accepted as it was sent;

b. Minor changes: in this case, the manuscript does not undergo a second review round. The Editor-in-Chief determines if the revised manuscript can be published or not, taking into account if previous comments have been addressed or not;

c. Major changes, in this case, the manuscript undergoes a second review round;

d. Rejected: the manuscript is rejected.

At the end of the peer review process, the Editor in Chief is responsible for compiling a single verdict on the manuscript, highlighting the contributions of each reviewer. Authors receive comments by the reviewers through an email in which they are informed of the decision made about their work. If authors must make modifications, these must be carried out within a maximum period of one month from the reception of the email. Failure to respond within the stipulated period will result in the manuscripts being rejected.

More information

Any other questions about the publication process should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal at revista@psico.unlp.edu.ar or at its personal mail address (nicolas.alessandroni@uam.es).

Research articles

Original research articles, both theoretical and empirical, with no restrictions on methodological approaches.

Research reports

Brief reports that detail the most important advances of empirical research

Micro-articles

Very brief articles in which a key theoretical idea is defended, or in which empirical research results are presented in a very concise way.

Dossiers

Compendium of articles on a specific topic related to the scope of the journal

Narrated reports of pedagogical and public outreach experiences

Narrations with a flexible format, which do not require the incorporation of bibliographic references or a standardized scientific format.

+ Narrated reports of pedagogical experiences. These may be experiences that have taken place in an institutionalized/formal or informal educational framework.

Interviews

Interviews with researchers and social actors related to the scope of the journal.

Graduation dissertations

Final dissertations or end-of-degree projects by students that, due to their quality, merit being published in an academic journal.

Book reviews / Scientific events reviews

Critical reviews of books and/or scientific events linked to the scope of the journal

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:

Authors retain the copyright and assign the right of first publication to the journal, with the work registered under a Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY), which allows third parties to use what is published whenever they mention the authorship of the work and the first publication in this magazine.
Authors can make other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the article published in this journal (e.g., include it in an institutional repository or publish it in a book) as long as they clearly indicate that the work was published for the first time in this magazine.
Authors are allowed and encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (e.g., on institutional or personal webpages) before and during the review and publication process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and greater and faster dissemination of published work (see The Effect of Open Access ).

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