Journal profile
Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao
ISSN 1414-9893 · eISSN 1982-3703 · Conselho Federal de Psicologia · Brazil
Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 79 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao is published by Conselho Federal de Psicologia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychology and Mental Health, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology and Psychology Research and Bibliometrics, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psicologia: Ciência e Profissão publishes original articles regarding the professional practice of psychologists, research, teaching, or critical reflection on knowledge production in the field of Psychology. Submitted texts must be original and may be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French. They must possess scientific and social relevance for knowledge production in Psychology from a critical perspective, aligned with professional policies and attentive to Human Rights. Since 2019, the PCP Journal has adopted a continuous flow publication model; once approved in all evaluation stages, the article is made available on the journal's website without waiting for an issue to be finalized, thus providing greater agility to the publication process. Special editions and dossiers are also published on an exceptional basis, at the discretion of the CFP Management and the journal's Editorial Committee, depending on relevant current themes. The abbreviated title of the journal is Psicol. (Cons. Fed. Psicol.), which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic strips. All articles published in the PCP journal have a unique DOI (Digital Object Identifier), serving as an individual identifier that ensures its identification and guarantees perpetual accessibility on the internet.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Míriam Cristiane AlvesPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology21%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology12.2%
- Psychology Research and BibliometricsPsychology7.3%
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology4.1%
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchPsychology3.8%
- Psychology of Development and EducationPsychology3.6%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology3.6%
- Occupational Health and BurnoutHealth Professions3.1%
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
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
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 586OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,434 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 657 |
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | 1,154 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1,867 |
| 2023 | 115 | 115 | 2,157 |
| 2022 | 97 | 97 | 1,818 |
| 2021 | 119 | 119 | 2,005 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
A conflict of interest occurs when authors, editors, or reviewers have personal, academic, institutional, political, commercial, or financial interests that could influence-actually or potentially-the preparation, evaluation, or editorial decision regarding a manuscript. At the time of submission, authors must declare any conflicts of interest, as well as disclose in the manuscript all financial s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
This statement is based on the "Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" described by the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE. To publish a manuscript in Psicologia: Ciência e Profissão, all parties involved in the act of publishing - authors, journal editors, and reviewers—must agree with the expected standards of eth…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published by Psicologia: Ciência e Profissão retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is correctly cited. Copyright of the published manuscripts remains the property of the authors, who grant the right of first publication to t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY). This permits immediate free access to the work and auth…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Submitted works must comply with the journal's editorial guidelines. The acceptance or rejection of manuscripts will be determined based on the report from the Editorial Board, which may call upon ad hoc reviewers whenever necessary. The journal adopts transparency practices in the peer review process, publishing the name of the editor responsible for conducting the editorial evaluation in the fin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
In compliance with the principles of the Open Science movement, the journal Psicologia: Ciência e Profissão supports the use of preprint servers and accepts the submission of manuscripts previously deposited on reliable servers, such as SciELO Preprints. A preprint is defined as a finalized manuscript ready for submission to a scientific journal, which is deposited in reliable public servers befor…
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
- Conselho Federal de Psicologia
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1414-9893
- Electronic ISSN
- 1982-3703
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao
How long does peer review take at Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao?
Authors report an average review time of about 28 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.
Which databases index Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao open access, and what is the APC?
Psicologia Ciencia e Profissao 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: .