Journal profile
Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia
ISSN 2411-5940 · eISSN 2413-4465 · Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPS · Peru
Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia is published by Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPS. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Interacciones is a scientific journal that is based on the double-blind paper review, whose aim is to promote the dissemination of research in health psychology, clinical psychology and family psychology. This journal is edited by the Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPS, always maintaining its editorial independence. This open-access journal publishes papers in English. Interacciones respects the criteria established by the indexing systems in terms of editorial characteristics. Those interested in sending manuscripts can download our guide of "PUBLICATION NORMS". The journal has a permanent call for articles; that is, authors can submit articles for consideration throughout the year. The journal is aimed at researchers, professionals and students in behavioural sciences and psychological research, from a broad thematic and theoretical spectrum. Thanks to the sustained increase in the number of manuscripts received, between 2017 and 2020, the journal was published three times a year (January, May, and September). From 2021 onwards, the journal will have a continuous periodicity publishing the articles as soon as they are accepted. We focus on developing efficient and effective publishing processes, on average the initial editorial decision is issued in less than 30 days. Section Policies Editorial They are usually comments or analysis, requested by the editor, about an article published within the same number in which the publisher is made. For this type of publications, it is recommended 900 words and 10 references maximum. Original paper Qualifies as an original article, empirical manuscripts written in English. It is based on the review of external peers in the double-blind paper review. The author undertakes not to submit simultaneously in other journals the articles submitted for possible publication in Interacciones. The author (s) must accompany their proposal with a letter of originality (https://ipops.pe/inicio/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Carta-de-originalidad.docx), where they declare to be the author of the proposed document and that it has not been published totally or partially in another print, electronic, internet or any other means of publication. That all sources are duly cited and referenced (adding doi if any). Declares to be the owner of the copyright or to have the authorization of those who own them, of the content and materials included in the article, so any claim on this subject is the sole responsibility of the aut
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief David Villarreal-ZegarraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Peru 17, United States 3, Argentina 3, Spain 2, Mexico 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences18.4%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology8.8%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology7%
- Psychology Research and BibliometricsPsychology5.2%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.8%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences4%
- Student Stress and CopingPsychology3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOSciELOPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Latindex, DIALNET, LATINDEX Catálogo
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 194 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 77 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 111 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 121 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 124 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 130 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 81 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- case studyThese are reports obtained when working with an individual, group, community or organization. They illustrate a problem; they indicate the means to solve a prob…Length not stated
- editorialInteracciones publishes different types of documents, here is a list of the types of documents it accepts. It is recommended that you review the editorial polic…Length not stated
- letters to the editoriguras) Case reports of EQUATOR (CARE). Letters to the editor (max: 1,000 words) (max: 2 tables or figuras) None Only in the case of randommain text ≤ 1,000 words
- original paperwords) (max: 2 tables or figuras) None Original paper (max: 7,000 words) (max: 5 tables or figuras) 1. Randomised trials (CONSORT).main text ≤ 7,000 words
- protocol) (max: 8 tables or figuras) None Study protocol (max: 5,000 words) (max: 5 tables or figuras) 1. Systematic Review and Meta-Amain text ≤ 5,000 words
- reviewInteracciones publishes different types of documents, here is a list of the types of documents it accepts. It is recommended that you review the editorial polic…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- review paperReview paper (max: 7,000 words) (max: 8 tables or figuras)Length not stated
- study protocolStudy protocol (max: 5,000 words) (max: 5 tables or figuras)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship criteria
All authors must have participated as much as necessary in the manuscript to take public responsibility for the contents and possible repercussions of the manuscript. According to the recommendations given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, authorship should be based on the following 4 criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of conflicts of interest
Authors who post articles to Interacciones must ensure that their procedures and methods are in accordance with international ethical standards (http://publicationethics.org), this guarantee will be written in the originality letter (https://ipops.pe/inicio/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Carta-de-originalidad.docx) where the authors must indicate if there are any conflicts of interest, making fully re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
The authors retain the copyright and give the journal the right of the first publication and that they can edit it, reproduce it, distribute it, exhibit it and communicate it in the country and abroad through printed and digital media. The digital version of the journal is registered under a Creative Commons license (Under Creative Commons License): Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). There…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No APC Model summary
We are a publication subsidized by the Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica - IPOPS, an institution committed to the social distribution of knowledge. The Interacciones journal, from its origins, has offered all its contents through the Internet without any type of restriction. For this reason, there is no charge for the sending of items (submission charges) or charges for processing (APC)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 3. Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Thirdly, studies that move to the peer review stage receive an evaluation by external national and international peers (to the institution) in the double-blind paper review modality. That is, the identity of the author and reviewers will not be revealed during the evaluation. However, if the article is published, reviewers will be given the option of receiving credit in the final section of the ar…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism detection policy
Interacciones ensure compliance with all national and international ethical standards in the publication process. To do this, it relies on the international standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and uses the services of Turnitin for plagiarism detection.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint interoperability Model summary
The journal's policy is to interoperate with preprint servers, facilitating the submission of manuscripts previously deposited in preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPS
- Country or region
- Peru
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2411-5940
- Electronic ISSN
- 2413-4465
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia
How long does peer review take at Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Peru (17), United States (3) and Argentina (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia open access, and what is the APC?
Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicologia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .