Author Guidelines
Scope and purpose
Universitas Psychologica receives articles written in English and Spanish from all areas of Psychology, resulting from original and unpublished research, and considered to be an advancement of knowledge in the field by the Editorial Committee and the peer-reviewers. The general criteria for assessment are: accuracy, completeness, clarity, simplicity and interest for the journal.
Occassionally, and depending on the importance of the contribution, theoretical articles based upon original research, as well as book reviews, are considered. Works should not exceed 7500 and 8000 word and must be completely formatted according to the APA guidelines (American Psychological Association, 6th Edition in English or 3rd in Spanish).
Information to be included
Manuscripts submitted for blind peers review, must explicit one of the following types and its respective basic sections:
Research articles: Documents that present in full detail the original results of research projects completed. The structure must contain six basic sections: introduction (including conceptual references), methodology, results, discussion and conclusions.
Review articles: Documents that present states of the art or comprehensive reviews that account for the advances and trends in a field of knowledge, a topic, or a specific problem. These are characterized by including a thorough bibliographic review, and having an important and relevant amount of references of research and theoretical works.
Theoretical articles: Meta-research documents that present theoretical elaborations, critical interpretations, and conceptualizations related to epistemological aspects or methodological constructions derived from researches completed by the authors.
Likewise, documents will be received as long as they comply with the formal requirements described below:
a) To indicate the institutional affiliation (only one institutional filiation by author), ORCID and email of each author, as well as who will be the correspondence author.
b) Abstracts and second language abstracts must include between 120 and 150 words. They should indicate the purpose of the study, results and conclusions (follow the recommendations of APA (2010)).
c) The journal publishes titles, abstracts, and keywords in a second language in accordance with international guidelines. Therefore, authors are requested to submit expert-certified translations for these three fields.
d) Articles in English must attached a translation certificate the article. The author(s) assume the responsibility for the quality of the text in the second language.
e) It is required to include between 3 to 6 keywords, each one must have less than 4 words.
f) The article must have a maximum extension of 7500 and 8000 words, including citations, tables, figures, and bibliographic references. Citations must be according to APA (2010) sixth version.
g) The documents must be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .txt format, in 12-point Times New Roman font with 2.0 line spacing, letter size paper (21.5 x 28cm), 2.5cm margins, and vertical orientation. Figures, tables and formulas must be delivered in a separate file with a single sequential numbering for all figures, another for all tables, and another for all formulas; each one must include a brief title that clearly indicates its content and it must include an in-line reference in the text. Images must be submitted in TIF, JPG, or PNG format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi (ppp), as complementary files during submission.
h) Decimals, according to journal guidelines, should include the zero on the left (0.) and integers should not include decimal places (2 instead of 2.0)
i) There must be a strict correspondence between citations and references in the text.
j) The footnotes will be placed at the end of the document numbered with Arabic numerals. If used, these must fulfill a complementary function and must not contain bibliographical references for any reason, likewise, we advise to avoid their usage.
k) Textual citations exceeding 40 words must be given a font size one point less than the one in the text and be left aligned.
l) Each reference must have a DOI, if it does not have onw, the URL for the document must be provided.
m) It must be reported whether the article received or not financing from any entity. In case it did receive financing, it is necessary to mention the institution that financed it.
n) Indicate 2 disciplinary areas that the article belongs to (Clinical Psychology; Educational Psychology; Social, Environmental and Communitary Psychology; Psychology of Organizations; Health Psychology; Legal Psychology; Consumer Psychology; Other).
Reception, assessment, and withdrawal of articles
Reception of an article will be notified immediately with an ID number in order for the authors to fallow the process, and the results of the assessment will be communicated within six months after reception, this period of time can be extended in cases when peers reviewers are not found or there is no consensus between them. The journal can request the data bases that where used to run the statistical analysis of the articles, in order to confirmed the results. An eventual definitive acceptance will probably depend on suggestions or modifications of the article proposed by the Editorial Committee.
To withdraw an article you must send and email to the Editor, including the given ID and the title of the manuscript, formally asking to withdraw the article. Before submitting the article to another journal you mas wait for the paper withdraw confirmation email.
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