About the Journal

Focus and scope

Psychological Writings - Escritos de Psicología aims to disseminate scientific advances in all areas of Psychology to contribute to the updating and ongoing training of Psychology professionals. The content of the journal is mainly aimed at specialists, researchers and postgraduate students in the psychological domain.

The journal publishes works of an empirical nature, in Spanish or English, carried out with methodological rigor and that represent a contribution to the progress of any field of scientific psychology. It also publishes works of a theoretical or methodological nature, systematic reviews or presentations of new approaches to relevant questions of Psychology.

The journal is founded and funded by the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy at the University of Málaga and is sustained thanks to the selfless efforts of many researchers who participate in editing, reviewing, and publishing tasks.

Psychological Writings is a DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS journal that publishes content openly for all readers without any processing charges (APC) for authors. Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the general public.

The articles are published under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International) license.

This means you are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

 

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restriction.

Periodicity

The journal was established in 1997, publishing its first print issue that year. As of 2008, the journal is presented as an open access electronic publication, biannual as of February 2019 (previously quarterly).


Peer review

This multidisciplinary journal publishes articles from all areas of scientific psychology through an external and anonymous peer review process.

After an initial assessment by the journal editors, the submitted manuscript will be forwarded for confidential and anonymous evaluation (double-blind) by two or more expert reviewers. These reviewers will provide a report to the journal editors regarding the advisability of its publication. If there are differing opinions between the reviewers, the manuscript will be sent to a third reviewer. Any revised manuscript deemed publishable, subject to modifications, must be corrected and returned by the authors within one month, regardless of whether minor or major corrections are requested. If necessary, the revised version will be sent back to the external reviewers, and this process will be repeated until the manuscript is finally accepted by the journal.

The authors will receive the reviewers' evaluation reports anonymously, allowing them to implement the appropriate corrections, if applicable.


Ethics and good practices

The journal’s editorial team is committed to guaranteeing the ethics and quality of the published articles. The publication takes as a reference the code of conduct and good practices set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for scientific journal editors.

In compliance with these good practices, the articles are evaluated by anonymous external peers with criteria based exclusively on scientific relevance, originality, clarity and relevance of the submitted manuscript. The confidentiality of the evaluation process and the anonymity of the evaluators and authors, the evaluated content, the reasoned report issued by the evaluators and any other communication issued by the reviewers are guaranteed at all times. Likewise, confidentiality will be maintained in the event of possible complaints, claims or clarifications that an author wishes to formulate to the editorial team or evaluators.

Open access policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that providing the public with free access to research supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The journal uses the Diamond Open Access route.

The journal is completely free of charge for authors and readers.

Indexing

Writings of Psychology is included in the following databases: Dialnet, DICE, EBSCO, Directorio DULCINEA, H-index: 8 (19 out of 39) according to Google Scholar Metrics (2009-2013), IN-RECS, J-Gate, LATINDEX, PSICODOC, RECOLECTA, REDALYC, REDIB, SciELO, Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory. Sherpa-Romeo.
Psychological Writings was awarded the qualification of “Excellent” and the seal of quality by the "Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología" (FECYT, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology)

Plagiarism

Writings of Psychology maintains a policy on plagiarism that ensures that all published works are unpublished, through the professional application of the services of Crossref Similarity Check of Ithenticate, to scan all proposals.
We use the service in all documents that have passed the editorial classification process and are susceptible to be sent to a peer review.
Writings of Psychology reserves the right decision to reject articles with an inappropriate percentage of similarity.
We also have specific plagiarism detection tools such as Unicheck, an open access platform that monitors originality and controls plagiarism.

Author guidelines 

Please, consult the author guidelines here.

Digital preservation policies

All of our electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored on several sources. Content on one server is online and accessible to the readers. The copy of the same content is kept as a backup on as the OJS software makes weekly copies through LOCKSS and CLOCKS archiving systems. DOIs of the articles also ensure the durability of access through Crossref. The content of the journal is also available in open access in different databases such as REBID and DIALNET, which guarantees the preservation of content by more than one database.

Repository Policy

Authors may deposit a copy of their paper (the submitted version, the accepted version or the published version) in institutional or other repositories of their choice.

Use of interoperability protocols

Psychological Writings incorporates interoperability protocols that allow it to be collected by other distribution systems, accessing through the electronic address https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/baetica/oai

Articles include meta tags in both Spanish and English, on the home page and in the articles.

Author charges

Authors are not asked to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs) for this journal in any case. 

STATISTICS

Annual report 2021

Issues published: 2
   January-June 2021
   July – December 2021
Number of articles: 14
   Original research: 11
   Review articles: 2
   Editorial: 1
Received/acepted manuscrits: 27/14
   From Universidad de Málaga (UMA): 7/5
   From Spain (ex UMA): 9/5
   International: 11/3
Rejected papers: 13 (48%)
Accepted papers: 14 (52%)
Author affiliations :
  España: 16
  México: 5
   Colombia: 2
   Suiza: 1
   Argentina: 1
   República Dominicana: 1
   Portugal: 1
Average time between receipt of manuscript and final acceptance: 116 days.
Average time between acceptance and publication: 6 días
Author evaluation:
In January 2022, we sent a questionnaire to the authors of the articles published in the 2022 to assess their satisfaction with the referee and publication process. Of the 31 sent, 10 were completed and returned. The results show a high level of satisfaction, with high average scores in all items (9 points out of 10). The journal had an average overall score of 9 points.

Annual report 2020

Issues published: 3
January-June 2020
July-December 2020

Number of articles: 9
Original research: 4
Theoretical articles: 5

Authors affiliations:
CONICET, Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, España
Universidad de Salamanca, España
Universidad de Valencia, España
Universidad Camilo José Cela, España
Universidad Católica de Valencia, España
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, España
Universidad de Málaga, España
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador
Universidad Continental, Perú
Universidad de la Concepción, Chile
Universidad de las Américas, Chile
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Referees  affiliations:
Universidad Católica de Valencia
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
Universidad de Granada, España
Universidad de Huelva, España
Universidad de Málaga, España
Universidad de Valencia

Average time between receipt of manuscript and final acceptance: 137 days
Average time between acceptance and publication: 68 days.

Papers received: 16

Papers rejected: 8 (50%)
Papers accepted: 8 (50%)

Authors evaluation:
In April 2021, the questionnaire presented was sent to the authors of the issues corresponding to 2020 to evaluate online their satisfaction with the referee and publication process. 15 questionnaires have been received. The results show the degree of satisfaction

Annual report 2019

Issues published: 2
Enero – June 2019
July – December 2019

Number of articles: 11
Original research: 9
Theoretical articles: 2

Authors affiliations:
   Universidad de La Laguna, España
   Universidad Internacional de Valencia, España
   Universidad de Valencia, España
   Universidad del País Vasco, España
   Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, España
   Universidad de Córdoba, España
   Universidad de Sevilla, España
   Universidad de Granada, España
   Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
   Universidad Camilo José Cela, España
   Universidad de Murcia, España
   Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador
   Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador
   Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México
   Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia
   Universidad Católica, Argentina
   Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
   Universidad Nacional del Mar del Plata, Argentina
   Universidad de Coimbra, Portugal
   Universidad de Monash, Australia

Referees affiliations:
   Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), México
   Monash University, Australia
   Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
   Universidad de Barcelona, España
   Universidad de Granada, España
   Universidad de Huelva, España
   Universidad de Málaga, España
   Universidad de Navarra, España
   Universidad Intercontinental de México
   Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco, México
   Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
   Universidad Ramón Llull, España
   Universidad Rovira y Virgili, España
   Universidad San Martín de Porres, Perú

Average time between receipt of manuscript and final acceptance: 150 days.
Average time between acceptance and publication:73 días

Papers received: 22
Papers rejected: 7 (36%)
Papers accepted: 14 (64%)

Authors evaluation:

In july 2020, the questionnaire presented was sent to the authors of the issues corresponding to 2019 to evaluate online their satisfaction with the referee and publication process. 15 questionnaires have been received. The results show the degree of satisfaction

Annual Report 2018

Issues published: 3
   January-April 2018
   May-August 2018
   September-December 2018

Number of articles: 14
   Original research: 11
   Review article: 2
   Theoretical article: 1

Authors affiliations:
Fundación Arte Pro, México
Instituto de Gestión e Innovación del Conocimiento, Valencia, España
Instituto para la Atención y Prevención de las Adicciones en la Ciudad de México, México
Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación-IRICE, Argentina
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Argentina
Unidad Técnica de Policía Judicial (Guardia Civil), España
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, México
Universidad Católica de Cuyo, Argentina
Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile
Universidad CEU San Pablo, España
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad de Granada, España
Universidad de Guadalajara, México
Universidad de Málaga, España
Universidad de San Luis, Argentina
Universidad de Zaragoza, España
Universidad del Valle de México, México
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Universidad Ramón Llull, Barcelona, España
Universidade da Coruña, España
Universitat de València, España
Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, España

Referees affiliations:
Universidad de Málaga, España
 Universidad de Oviedo, España
Universidad de Málaga, España
Universidad del País Vasco, España
Universitat Jaime I de Castellón, España
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
Carmen Viejo, Universidad de Córdoba
 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
Ángel Hernando Gómez, Universidad de Huelva, España

Average time between receipt of manuscript and final acceptance: 151 days (approx. 5 months).
Average time between acceptance and publication: 22 days.

Papers received: 25
   Papers rejected: 12 (48%)
   Papers accepted: 13 (52%)

Authors evaluation:

In April 2019, the questionnaire was sent to the authors of the issues corresponding to 2018 to evaluate their satisfaction with the referee and publication process. 8 questionnaires have been received The results show a high degree of satisfaction with higher average scores in all items to 6,5 points (which refers to the time between acknowledgement of receipt and receipt of the reviewers’ comments). The journal has obtained an overall average score of 8,1 points.

Annual report 2017

Issues published: 3
   January-April 2017
   May-August 2017
   September-December 2017

Number of articles: 17
   Original research: 10
   Review article: 1
   Clinical case: 1
   Theoretical article: 3
   Methodology and instrumentation: 2

Authors affiliations:

Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad de Málaga, España
Universidad de Salamanca, España
Universidad de Granada, España
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España
Universitàt de Valencia, España
University of Bern, Suiza
Universidad de Alicante, España
Servicio Andaluz de Salud, España
Universidad de La Laguna, España
Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Sede Regional de Rosario, República Argentina
University of Minho, Portugal
Universidad de Murcia, España
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)/RS-Brasil
Fundação Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, (UFCSPA)/RS-Brasil
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España

Referees and affiliations:

Universidad de Granada, España
Universidad de Málaga, España
Universidad del País Vasco, España
UNED, España
Universidad de Oviedo, España
Universitàt de Valencia, España
Universitat de Barcelona, España

Average time between receipt of manuscript and final acceptance: 250 days (approx. 8 months).

Average time between acceptance and publication: 110 days (approx. 3,9 months).

Papers received: 14
   Papers rejected: 5, (35,7%)
   Papers accepted: 9, (64,3%)

Authors evaluation:

In May 2018, the questionnaire presented was sent to the authors of the issues corresponding to 2017 to evaluate their satisfaction with the referee and publication process. 8 questionnaires have been received from the 17 envoys.The results show a high degree of satisfaction with higher average scores in all items to 7.5 points (which refers to the time between acknowledgement of receipt and receipt of the reviewers’ comments). The journal has obtained an overall average score of 8.63 points.