Journal profile · Psychology-Social Psychology
Psicologia e Sociedade
ISSN 0102-7182 · eISSN 1807-0310 · Associacao Brasileira de Psicologia Social · Brazil
Psicologia e Sociedade: fully open access; no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); 51 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psicologia e Sociedade is published by Associacao Brasileira de Psicologia Social. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychology and Mental Health, Social Representations and Identity and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, together about 31.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psicologia & Sociedade publishes original articles that present research results, reports of experiences and discussions on topics relevant to the production of knowledge in social psychology, from a critical, creative, questioning and interdisciplinary stance. Respecting the tradition of our journal, which is consolidated by the resistance to individualistic forms and by the use of experimental approaches to research in social psychology, Psicologia & Sociedade publishes texts that: 1) critically engage with the literature and contemporary debates in relation to the topic addressed and the field of study in social psychology (within the scope of the human and social sciences) and not merely list texts and authors; 2) are explicitly analytical in nature, with solid arguments and not just a description of procedures, results and analyses and 3) present unequivocal contribution of the manuscript to the field of study covered by the text under consideration, and to the theoretical field it addresses.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Social Psychology
Editor-in-chief Carolina dos ReisPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology13.6%
- Social Representations and IdentityPsychology9.5%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology8.1%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Foucault, Power, and EthicsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsPsychology4.9%
- Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences4.7%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences4.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Psychology | Q4 | 310/315 | 1st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 441OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,530 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 462 |
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | 785 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 1,182 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 1,388 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 1,491 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 1,558 |
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 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 Policy on Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the manuscript, the responsible persons must acknowledge and disclose any financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
Retraction and manifestation of concern: The Editorial team has a duty to act upon suspicion or allegation of identified misconduct identified. This investigation extends to both submissions and published articles. Psicologia & Sociedade uses COPE Flowcharts as an instrument to determine facts and the necessary actions to resolve cases. It adopts the SciELO Good Practices Guide: https://wp.scielo.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published by Psicologia & Sociedade retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited, the authors grant the Journal the right of first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the open access model, allowing virtual access without restriction (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 rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to work and authorizing a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Editorial flow and peer review It is a condition for publication of the manuscript submitted to this journal that it has not been published and is not simultaneously submitted to another media. The manuscript evaluation process is carried out in 2 (two) stages, as illustrated and described below: 1st evaluation stage – adequacy to standards After submission, manuscripts are evaluated for complianc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Psicologia & Sociedade accepts the publication of preprints, aiming to accelerate the communication of research results. Preprint is defined as a manuscript that is ready for submission to a journal and is deposited on reliable preprint servers prior to or in parallel with submission to a journal. The use of preprint is optional for authors. When applicable, the submission of the article to the jo…
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
- Associacao Brasileira de Psicologia Social
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- French, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0102-7182
- Electronic ISSN
- 1807-0310
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psicologia e Sociedade
How long does peer review take at Psicologia e Sociedade?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 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 e Sociedade?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psicologia e Sociedade is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Psicologia e Sociedade open access, and what is the APC?
Psicologia e Sociedade is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .