Submissions

Author Guidelines

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SUBMISSION POLICY (read here)

How to submit

Manuscripts should be solely submitted electronically to the PSICOLOGIA submission site.

The PSICOLOGIA electronic submission system may be accessed via the APP site - www.appsicologia.org - or via the PSICOLOGIA site http://www.revista.appsicologia.org/index.php/rpsicologia/user/register. To submit a paper authors should first register as “authors” in the PSICOLOGIA site. This registration allows authors not only to submit new manuscripts but also to follow online the reviewing process of the submitted manuscripts in the author’s personal area.

Before submitting a manuscript please make sure it conforms to PSICOLOGIA norms (see below) and the APA publication norms (American Psychological Association, 2020, Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7^th ed., Washington, DC: APA).

Types of Publication

PSICOLOGIA welcomes the submission of two types of manuscripts. Articles, with a maximum number of 10.000 words; and brief articles, with a maximum number of 2500 words (excluding tables, figures, references, footnotes and appendixes, for both cases). For both types of manuscripts, a maximum of 40 references can be included.

Types of manuscripts

PSICOLOGIA welcomes empirical research contributions and systematic reviews.

All manuscripts should present original fundamental or applied research based on qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies. Preference is given to manuscripts that make innovative contributions; that are deemed to be of general theoretical significance and of broad interest across specialties of psychology and related fields; and that are written to be intelligible to a wide range of readers.

In the case od systematic reviews, these must make a critical analysis of previous research about the topic in question.

In the case of submissions in the area of psychometrics, such as the development of new measures or validation of scales, particular attention will be given to the relevance and methodological rigor of the work. To be considered for publication, these manuscripts must be submitted in English (read here).

Manuscript style and structure

Manuscripts style and structure should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition. However, to make the review process more manageable for editors and reviewers, we ask that authors embed figures and tables within the main text rather than including them at the end of the manuscript.

Some guidelines to facilitate manuscripts’ preparation are presented below (for more details please consult the APA manual as aforementioned).

Manuscripts must be submitted in Word format.

Pages should be A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm), with 2.54 cm margins.

Spacing between lines should be double-spaced.

Font should be Times New Roman; font size: 12 pt.

Paragraphs’ first line should be indented (1.27 cm) (including titles)

Abstract

Manuscripts in Portuguese language should include an abstract in Portuguese and in English (150 words maximum length for both cases). Authors should also indicate at least 4 key words and the manuscript’s title in both languages.

Manuscripts in English language are exempted from presenting the abstract and key words in Portuguese.

Manuscripts should also include a running-head title (a summary title) on the top of each page.

This information should be made available in the 3^rd step of the online submission (inclusion of metadata), and in a Word document as an appendix in the 4^th step of the online submission (transference of complementary documents).

Manuscripts should not be identified. However, the cover page should indicate the type of manuscript and the total number of words (excluding tables, figures, references, footnotes, and appendixes). Names, affiliation and addresses for correspondence with the authors should be entered in the 3^rd step of the online submission.

Titles and subtitles

Manuscript titles and subtitles should follow the following format guidelines:

Level 1: Centered, Bold, Capitalized Title

Level 2: Aligned to the left, Bold, Capitalized Title

Level 3: Aligned to the left, bold, italics, capitalized title

Level 4: Aligned to the left, indented, bold, italics, capitalized title, full stop. 

Nível 5: Aligned to the left, indented, bold, italics, capitalized title, full stop.

Words in foreign languages should be presented in italic.

References

References of the citations presented in the text should follow the Publication Norms of American Psychological Association. Some examples of referencing according to these norms are presented below:

Barker, R. (1968). Ecological psychology. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Freud, S. (1924b). Das ökonomische problem des Massochismus [The economic problem of masoquism]. S. E., vol. XIX. Londres: Hogarth Press.

Kelly, G. (1977). The psychology of the unknown. In D. Bennester (Ed.), New perspectives in personal construct theory. Nova Iorque: Academic Press.

Lewin, K. (1931). The conflict between Aristotelian and Galileian modes of thought in contemporary psychology. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 5, 141-177.

Piaget, J., & Szeminska, A. (1941). La genèse du nombre chez l’infant. Neuchâtel: Delachaux et Niestlé.

van der Pligt, J., van der Linden, F. J., & Ester, P. (1982). Attitudes to nuclear energy: Beliefs, values and false consensus. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2-3, 221-232.

For all other cases not previewed in these examples, authors should refer to the Publication Norms of the American Psychological Association, 7th Ed., 2020.

A maximum of 40 references can be included for any type of submission.

CRediT authorship statement

In the 4^th step of the online submission (transference of complementary documents), the authors should also upload a word document with an authorship contribution statement. The contributions should follow the 14 contributor roles defined by the CRedit taxonomy (Contributors Role Taxonomy):

Conceptualization – Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.

Data curation – Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later re-use.

Formal analysis – Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.

Funding acquisition ​- Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.

Investigation – ​Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.

Methodology – Development or design of methodology; creation of models.

Project administration – Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.

Resources – Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.

Software – Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.

Supervision – Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.

Validation – Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.

Visualization – Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.

Writing – original draft – ​Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).

Writing – review & editing – Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages.

Example of CRedit authorship contribution statement

Rita R. Silva: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Writing - Original Draft, Writing - Review & Editing

Christian Unkelbach: Conceptualization, Writing - Original Draft, Writing - Review & Editing.

(Example taken from Conscious Cogn 2021 Nov; 96:103238. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103238)

Conflict of interests and copyright

Before publication of accepted articles the authors should sign an authorship certification and a full disclosure of possible conflict of interests. The authors should also transfer copyrights to the journal PSICOLOGIA.

Privacy Policy

Names and addresses provided to the Journal PSICOLOGIA are for the publications services exclusive use and are not made available to other purposes.

General Dispositions

Authors are responsible for published papers.

Published papers may be made available in online institutional repositories.

After acceptance for publication, submission will be kept active in the electronic submission system to allow for the final edition process to be made online.

For further information about publishing in PSICOLOGIA, please e-mail to: revista@appsicologia.org