About the Journal

Focus and scope
Psychoperspectives is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal that publishes original research in the fields of Psychology, Education, Cultural Studies, and the Social Sciences. Its mission is to foster dialogue between Psychology and other disciplines within the Social Sciences and the Humanities in order to advance knowledge that contributes to the critical understanding of contemporary social issues, their dynamics of change, and the possibilities for social transformation from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Manuscripts
We welcome and publish -free of charge- manuscripts in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. All manuscripts should  not exceed 8,000 words in total, meet the standards established by the APA Style of publication (7th Edition, 2020); and may be proposed for publication in a Thematic Section or as a Free Thematic Article.

Only original, unpublished articles that communicate results of qualitative, quantitative or mixed research; methodological articles that report the procedure of an empirical study; literature reviews developed under the criteria of the PRISMA Declaration, and systematization of interventions will be published.

We understand by “original and unpublished article” those documents elaborated by their authors and not previously published in any printed or digital media, whether or not it is a periodical publication. By “published” we mean that it has been made publicly available.

We do not publish: research that does not include a critical view of the topic it addresses; studies that do not evidence a dialogue between Psychology and Social Sciences; methodological articles focusing exclusively on the dataset; literature reviews that do not adhere to any of the protocols described in the PRISMA Declaration; articles that duplicate previous publications in preprints (ArXivs), conference proceedings, blogs, any other printed, digital or electronic media; theoretical essays; critical reflections; instrument validations; or articles based on experimental neurosciences methodologies.

Peer Review Policie
All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening conducted by the editorial team. At this stage, manuscripts are assessed for their relevance to the journal's aims and scope, compliance with the Instructions for Authors, adherence to the APA Publication Manual (7th edition), overall quality of writing, and compliance with the journal's ethical publishing standards.

Manuscripts that successfully pass the initial screening are submitted to at least two independent external reviewers with expertise in the relevant field through a double-blind peer review process, in which the identities of both the authors and the reviewers remain confidential throughout the review process.

Reviewers are asked to evaluate, among other aspects, the originality and significance of the manuscript, methodological rigor, quality of the analysis, consistency of the results and conclusions, the relevance and currency of the cited literature, and the manuscript's contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field.

Based on the reviewers' reports, the editorial team may decide to accept the manuscript, request minor or major revisions, or reject it. In cases where reviewers provide substantially conflicting recommendations, the journal may seek an additional independent review from a third external reviewer.

The final editorial decision rests with the editorial team, taking into consideration the reviewers' recommendations and the manuscript's compliance with the journal's editorial policies. Editors and reviewers are required to disclose any conflicts of interest that could compromise the objectivity of the peer review process.

Quality criteria
The quality criteria established by Psicoperspectivas are:
a) the document received corresponds to the approach, thematic coverage and documentary type accepted by the journal;
b) the document is anonymous;
c) the maximum total word count is 8,000 words;
d) the paper adheres to the American Psychological Association 7th ed. publication style (2020) and the JARS standards for the communication of research in psychology (https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/apa-style-jars);
e) title and abstract are relevant and informative, wording is clear, language is correct, citations and references are appropriate;
f) the research described is relevant and original, contributes to the knowledge of the area;
g) the thematic definition, approaches, objectives and contribution of the document are clearly defined;
h) the theoretical foundation is pertinent;
i) the bibliographic review is pertinent, updated and of high quality (50% or more of the works consulted were published in the last five years);
j) the manuscript is coherent, presents accurate and sufficient information, the methodology is adequate and appropriately described, the analyses are appropriate, the results are correctly interpreted, the discussion is meaningful and circumscribed to the results.

Publication
Accepted articles are published in electronic format three times per year (March 15, July 15 and November 15), and are downloadable free of charge from www.psicoperspectivas.cl according to the Open Access policy.

Ethical Standards
Psicoperspectivas adheres to the ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE), of which it is a member.

Conflicts of Interest
Any conflict of interest should be communicated to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal at the time the manuscript is submitted. Failure to do so in a timely manner will be considered misconduct.

In all cases of conflict of interest, it will be the Editor-in-Chief who will decide whether to accept or refuse to consider an article for publication, taking into account and in the first place, the preservation of the rights and interests of Psicoperspectivas.

Reuse of data
The reuse of information previously published or deposited in repositories (“data sets”) is allowed, as long as it is data and is adequately cited.

Conflict resolution
In case of conflicts of any nature, the Editor-in-Chief will resolve, after consulting the Editorial Team, and will inform the interested parties.

Copyright
Articles are published under Creative Commons 4.0 International license. Authors retain the copyright, granting first publication license to Psicoperspectivas.

Editorial Board
The Editorial Board is composed of recognized professionals in Psychology and Social Sciences, both Chilean and foreign.

Editorial Team
Members of the Editorial Team are national and international researchers recognized in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences.

Funding
The journal is supported and sponsored by the School of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

Indexing
Psicoperspectivas is indexed in SCOPUS, ERIHPLUS, PSYCINFO, SciELO, DOAJ, LATINDEX and REDALYC.

Costs
There are no costs associated with publishing in Psicoperspectivas. Access to the contents is free for both authors and readers from the moment of publication.

Peer Reviewers
With respect to the sustained efforts to maintain Psicoperspectivas as an open access journal, that is, one that does not charge researchers for the publication of their articles, we call on the community of authors who have published in the journal, from an ethic of reciprocity and mutual support, to be willing to review articles by other researchers.

In this spirit, authors of published articles will be included in the list of potential reviewers of the journal, and may request to be removed from the list if they so request.