About the Journal
A Brief History
With the aim of boosting scientific progress and increasing the visibility of authors, the journal Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa was founded in 1985 by the Institute of Psychology at the University of Brasilia, with Professor Eunice M. L. Soriano de Alencar as editor-in-chief. Its main purpose is to publish empirical studies, literature reviews, as well as theoretical and methodological articles.
From 1985 to 2006, the journal was published every four months. Since 2007, it has been published quarterly. Since 2017, the Journal Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa has fully adopted the continuous publication format for submitted articles.
In the period 2008-2012, the journal maintained its A1 rating in the CAPES evaluation, conducted by the Sucupira platform, which seeks to assess the quality of journals with both national and international relevance. In order to promote internationalisation, the journal began publishing articles in Spanish and English from 2016, making publication in English compulsory from 2020.
Currently, the journal has reached the 40-volume mark and has published more than 1,000 articles on the Scielo platform. Professors Elaine Rabelo Neiva and Deise Matos do Amparo are the editors-in-chief and executive editors, respectively. The journal also has a number of associate editors, both national and international, from various universities and countries such as Switzerland, Portugal, Italy and France.
Compliance with Open Science
In line with Open Science practices, Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa: has started to encourage reviewers to adhere to Open Peer Review, according to which the journal publishes, on the title page of each article, information about the editors and reviewers who contributed to the peer-review process of that article. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa: also encourages and invites reviewers and authors to allow the dissemination of the peer review reports containing the reviewers' comments and the authors' responses, which are shared together with the published article.
Psychology: Theory and Research also accepts the submission of articles that have been deposited in preprint, as long as they are stored on reliable platforms such as Scielo Preprints , SSRN and OSF .
At the time of submission, authors must complete and send the Open Science Compliance Form along with a cover letter stating their position on preprints, research data and other materials, as well as their stance on open peer review.
Publication Ethics
Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa carries out its work in accordance with the ethical principles of COPE, the "SciELO Guide to Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication" and the "Principles of Transparency and Good Practices in Academic Publishing" recommended by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA and WAME.
In order to promote research integrity, strengthening and transparency in the process, all published material complies with the Good Practice Guide for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication and the Open Science Compliance Form.
Cases of plagiarism reported to the journal after the articles have been published will be analysed by the Editorial Committee and, if the complaint is confirmed, the article will be removed from the journal immediately. Authors may also be penalised.
It is understood that "research misconduct" does not include honest mistakes or differences of opinion, and authors are subject to the sanctions established by the Editorial Board when actions pertinent to the concept presented here are detected.
Focus and Scope
Psychology: Theory and Research publishes original work linked to four main thematic areas:
Behavioural Sciences and Neurosciences;
Developmental and School Psychology;
Clinical Psychology and Culture;
Social, Work and Organisational Psychology.
Manuscripts should fall into the following categories: empirical studies, literature reviews, theoretical articles and methodological articles. Signed articles are the sole responsibility of the authors and the opinions and judgements contained therein do not necessarily express the positions of the Editorial Board.
Digital Preservation
This journal follows the standards defined in the Digital Preservation Policy of the SciELO Programme.
Indexing Sources
Articles published by the journal are indexed in:
- CLASE
- Francis (INIST)
- GALE
- Index Psi
- IRESIE
- Latindex
- LILACS
- Pascal (INIST)
- Psyc INFO
- SCOPUS
- Ulrich's
- EBSCO
- Scielo
Bibliography
Journal title: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília)
Short title: Psicol. (Univ. Brasília)
Published by: Brasília DF: University of Brasília Institute of Psychology
Periodicity: Annual
Publication type: Continuous publication
Year the journal was created: 1985
Websites and Social Media
X: @teoriaepesquisa
Instagram: @psicologiateoriaepesquisa
LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/revista-psicologia-teoria-e-pesquisa
Facebook: facebook.com/PsicologiaTP/
EDITORIAL POLICY
Peer review process
The editorial process begins with the selection and evaluation of the submitted manuscript by the editorial team and the Editorial Committee to specify the manuscript's adherence to the journal's editorial guidelines and the standards of the American Psychological Association - APA. After the initial screening, the articles will be evaluated using the peer review process, i.e. the articles will be submitted for approval by at least 2 evaluators who have a mastery of the topics covered. Articles will be sent for evaluation without identifying authorship. The originals will be sent immediately to the evaluators.
In line with Open Science practices, Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa offers authors and reviewers the option of opening up the peer review process, with or without identifying their names. Authorisation to disclose their names can be given by the authors when submitting the article and by the reviewers by filling in the Open Science Compliance Form. In the case of publication of the evaluations on which the decision to publish the article was based, these may be edited by the editorial board of Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa. The contribution of the section editors is duly credited in the published article. The evaluators receive a statement of opinion on the manuscript.
Open data
Psychology: Theory and Research encourages the sharing of analysis data sets, instruments, statistical analysis scripts, scripts and additional materials made available in open online repositories such as SciELO Data, Zenodo, Figshare and OSF. If this information cannot be published in the article itself, it should be indicated in the manuscript. Consequently, papers reporting research should indicate and reference the availability of the content underlying the research and the results obtained.
- TOP Guide: https://wp.scielo.org/wp-content/uploads/Guia_TOP_pt.pdf
- Guide to citing research data: https://wp.scielo.org/wp-content/uploads/guia-de-citacao-de-dados_pt.pdf
- List of repositories for depositing research data: https://wp.scielo.org/wp-content/uploads/Lista-de-Repositorios-Recomendados_pt.pdf
Charging Fees
Submission of articles is free of initial fees. However, upon approval and if the authors are interested in publication, a fee of R$1,000.00 will apply for articles in English. For the inclusion of other languages, the additional fee is R$ 500.00 for each language chosen. It is important to emphasise that the responsibility for translating accepted articles rests exclusively with the authors, who must bear the costs of publication and translation, without the journal providing translators.
Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata and Retraction
Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa adopts procedures for registering and publishing errata, retractions and expressions of concern based on the norms presented by SciELO, which in turn follow the guidelines of the main international ethics, indexing and scientific publication committees. The main reference in the journal area is the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Retraction Standards.
Possible errors will be analysed in official editions or following receipt of reports of irregularities. Manifestations or requests for correction should be sent to the journal's e-mail address.
Based on COPE's general guidelines and specifically those of the Council of Science Editors, there are three methods for correcting scientific literature.
- Errata: which refers to changes in parts of the article. Corrections can be made to the title of the article, the names of the authors or layout errors;
- Retraction: which refers to partial corrections of the article due to methodological errors, incorrect analysis of data, scientific misconduct or non-reproducible research. The article may be removed from the journal's website;
- Expression of concern: which refers to the publication of a warning by the editor when there is concern about the reliability of an article, but the information is insufficient to justify a retraction.
The editorial team may issue a retraction in the following cases: 1. evidence that the research data is unreliable; 2. the author's refusal to correct errors or mistakes; 3. the existence of information without authorisation for use; 4. copyright infringement or the existence of some other relevant legal issue; 5. the existence of plagiarism or redundant publication; 6. the absence of communication of a relevant conflict of interest to be assessed; 7. there is some unethical content in the research.
The editorial team may not issue a retraction in the following cases: 1. the existence of a dispute over the authorship of the publication; 2. the possibility of correcting or sanitising the data; 3. the absence of conclusive evidence; 4. the existence of potential conflicts of interest, but with no concrete relevance to the case.
Allegations of misconduct by authors, reviewers and editors will be analysed by the Editorial Team within sixty days. This includes suspicions of discrepancies, plagiarism, falsification of data and other improper practices that could have an impact on editorial metrics. If misconduct is identified, the article that is the subject of the complaint will be excluded from the journal, with the respective justifications.
Conflict of Interest Policy
Conflicts of interest can be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for recognising and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must disclose this in a signed document attached to the submission platform. For more information see: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest.
Adoption of similarity checking software
All articles submitted to Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa will be analysed by the iThenticate plagiarism detector during the initial and final processing and preparation of the manuscript by the journal's editor-in-chief. Plagiarism is considered to be the appropriation of another's ideas, processes, results or words without giving due credit. A single paragraph without proper citation is enough for the manuscript to be returned to the author(s). For cases of self-plagiarism, the law allows a maximum of 10 per cent for articles or 50 per cent when the manuscript is the result of a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. Above this, the manuscript is returned to the author(s), who can make the necessary changes and resubmit the article to the journal.
Cases of plagiarism reported to the journal after the articles have been published will be analysed by the editorial committee and, if the complaint is confirmed, the article will be removed from the journal immediately. Penalties may also be imposed on the authors.
Sex and Gender Issues
The editorial team of Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, should always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, results and interpretation of findings. In addition, Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.
Copyright
All the content of the journal is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 licence, except where otherwise noted.
The approval of texts for publication implies the immediate and unencumbered transfer of publication rights to the journal Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, which will have the exclusive right to publish them first.
The journal encourages authors to publish the pdfs with the final version of their articles on their personal and institutional websites, as long as they are non-profit and/or commercial, mentioning the original publication in Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa.
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