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.
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The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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The submission file is in WordPerfect or RTF document file format.
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Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
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The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
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The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Call for Papers
The Editorial Board of Revista Psicología(s) keeps its call open throughout the year for the submission of documents to be evaluated for publication, so the journal will be continuously accepting collaborations. The articles can be contributions for the following sections: (1) Thematic articles, (2) Research articles, (3) Experiences or reflections, (4) New voices and (5) book review. The guide for submitting articles can be found in the section titled Instructions for authors, it is also important to review the Peer Review Process. Submissions must be sent to the email to the editor Dr. Ruth Nina Estrella (ruth.nina1@upr.edu) or to the journal's email: revista.psicologias@upr.edu
I. Thematic Articles Section: includes corresponding original theoretical or empirical papers that address the theme established by the journal.
II. Research Articles Section: Includes original theoretical or empirical papers.
III. Experiences or Reflections Section: include professional, internship, community experiences or preliminary results of any investigation.
IV. New Voices: presentation of work by undergraduate or graduate students.
V. Book review: presentation of a significant book for the profession.
Instructions for authors
- All articles submitted to the journal must be unpublished. Therefore, when submitting documents, it is expected that they will not be sent to other journals.
- They must be written in APA Seventh Edition style.
- They can be submitted in English or Spanish.
- In all new submissions, include on the first page the name(s) of the person(s) with authorship, their affiliation, their email, and the ORCID ID in the case of academic authors.
- The length of the articles should not exceed 25 double-spaced pages, including tables and references. The font must be Times New Roman, size 12.
- All articles must be written in a Microsoft Word document.
- The title of the article must not exceed 15 words; It must be written in Spanish and English.
- Every article must contain a title or heading.
- Every article must contain two abstracts: Spanish and English. The abstract can include a maximum of 150 words, and a total of five keywords in Spanish and English.
- The articles must be accompanied by the information of the person with authorship, on a separate sheet (maximum 100 words).
- All contributions must be sent by email to the editor Dr. Ruth Nina Estrella (ruth.nina1@upr.edu) or to the journal email: revista.psicologias@upr.edu
- The document must be sent in Microsoft Word, EPUB or some other compatible program format. Papers submitted in PDF format or any other format that is not editable will not be accepted.
Policy for peer review and evaluation
When submitting an article, it will be reviewed in the first instance by the editor of the journal to ensure compliance with minimum standards. Then, every article that complies with this process goes to the next phase: peer review. External evaluators from distinguished national and international universities collaborate in the Psychology(s) journal. The collaborations are reviewed by two expert evaluators in the subject for their consideration, those that do not comply are returned to their authors with the comments and the opinion of their work. The review process as peer review is double blind.
Experiences and reflections
Incluir experiencias y reflexiones profesionales de prácticas comunitarias o resultados preliminares de alguna investigación.
New Voice
Presentación de trabajos de estudiantes subgraduado o graduado.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.