Journal profile · Psychology-General Psychology
Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias
ISSN 1106-5737 · eISSN 2732-6640 · National Documentation Center · Greece
Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias is published by National Documentation Center. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social and Intergroup Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Personality Traits and Psychology, together about 20.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
PSYCHOLOGY: the journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society PSYCHOLOGY is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific publication of the Hellenic Psychological Society (HPS). It is published biannually and publishes original papers from all fields of psychology in Greek and in English language. PSYCHOLOGY aims at the dissemination of psychological research produced both in Greece and internationally. It also aims at fostering scientific and interdisciplinary dialogue, as well as disseminating scientific knowledge of general interest in the field of Psychology. The Editorial Committee of the journal represents and encourages contributions from all fields of psychology, especially those that address new developments and pursue innovative approaches. PSYCHOLOGY publishes original empirical papers, brief empirical reports, theoretical reviews, book reviews, as well as, on special occasions, translations of foreign-language works of great impact (see, Submission guidelines). The selection of the submitted papers for publication is done solely on the basis of their scientific quality and integrity. The journal PSYCHOLOGY has adopted a "double-blind” peer-review model, protecting thus the identity of both the authors of each paper and its reviewers. The journal PSYCHOLOGY has also adopted a Diamond / Platinum Open-Access policy. The authors are not charged with any submission, processing, production or publication costs. Their work can be openly accessed and shared immediately after publication. All papers published in PSYCHOLOGY are licenced under 'Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International'. ISSN (online): 2732-6640 | ISSN (print): 1106-5737 | Archiving / Preservation: PKP LOCKSS network & Keepers Registry Indexing The journal PSYCHOLOGY is indexed in PSYCHOLOGY is Plan S compliant (cOAlition S | European Science Foundation) It is also a member of the FreeJournal Network and the DIAMAS initiatives for free open-access journals (Diamond open-access). Journal metrics 2023-2024 Contact Email: [email protected] Hellenic Psychological Society: www.elpse.com Postal address: Hellenic Psychological Society, Laboratory of Psychology, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. Attn: Editor-in-Chief, Journal Psychology. Editorial team EDITORIAL BOARDApr. 2025 - now Editor-in-Chief Bettina Davou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Associate Editors Lida Anagnostaki, National and Kapod
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-General Psychology
Editor-in-chief Bettina DavouPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6.8%
- Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychology6.7%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology5.8%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology5.3%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology4.7%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology4.7%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | Q4 | 194/220 | 12th |
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
PsychInfo (APA)Publisher website
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 872 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 157 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 195 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 163 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 162 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 119 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 80 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- book reviewtheoretical importance. The extent of a book review cannot exceed 2,000 words (excluding bibliography). Authors wishing to carry out a bomain text ≤ 2,000 words
- book reviewsBook reviews: These are short reviews of new books with particular theoretical importance.Length not stated
- brief empirical reportsBrief empirical reports: This is an alternative way of publishing the results of empirical research. Brief reports present and discuss in a concise and comprehe…Length not stated
- empirical research papersEmpirical research papers: They are the most common form of papers published in the journal PSYCHOLOGY. Empirical research papers, to be accepted for publicatio…Length not stated
- reviewvaluate their findings. The theoretical reviews cannot exceed 8,000 words (including abstract, tables and charts, appendices, but excmain text ≤ 8,000 words
- special sections / issuesSpecial sections / issues: This is a form of joint publication of many papers - written by different authors - which focus on a common subject. These papers are…Length not stated
- theoretical syntheses / reviewsTheoretical syntheses / reviews: These papers focus on an important contemporary subject of psychological research and, based on findings from previous studies,…Length not stated
- translationsTranslations: In special cases, researchers may send to the Editorial Board of the journal a proposal to publish a translation of a foreign-language work of par…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TOOLS
AI tools cannot meet the requirements for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright and license agreements. Therefore, these tools cannot be listed as an author of a paper.The use of AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical el…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship AUTHORSHIP
Every person listed as an author of the submitted papers should meet the following criteria for authorship, and every person who meets the following criteria for authorship must be listed as an author.Authors must 1. have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the research work or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data 2. have drafted the paper or revised it cri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest DECLARATION OF COMPETING INTERESTS
Submissions and peer reviews are confidential; access limited to Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board members, and anonymous reviewers. Model summary
A competing interest is anything that interferes with, or could reasonably be perceived as interfering with, the full and objective presentation, peer review, editorial decision-making, or publication of research or non-research articles submitted to the Journal PSYCHOLOGY.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability DATA AVAILABILITY & ARCHIVING
Journal strongly encourages authors to make data associated with their manuscript available to support reproducibility. Model summary
Reproducibility of scientific claims is integral to the integrity of published research. At the heart of research claims are the data from which results are obtained and conclusions are drawn. Without access to the original data, scientific claims can be difficult (if not impossible) to replicate. The journal PSYCHOLOGY aims to encourage meta-analysis and reproducibility studies, and to facilitate…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics MISCONDUCT / VIOLATION OF ETHICAL STANDARDS
Editorial Committee investigates suspected violations of ethical standards; confirmed violations may result in measures depending on severity. Model summary
If there is suspicion of violation of ethical standards (i.e. scientific misbehavior or alleged fraud of any kind), the Editorial Committee of the journal will carry out an investigation. If, after an investigation, there are valid concerns, the authors concerned will be contacted under their given email address and given an opportunity to address the issue. If the violation of the ethical standar…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence; authors reserve copyright, journal gets right of first publication. Model summary
Authors who publish their work to the journal PSYCHOLOGY should agree with the following terms: The journal adopts a Platinum open-access policy. The authors are not charged with any submission, processing or publication costs. These costs are waived by the Hellenic Psychological Society. Papers published in the journal PSYCHOLOGY are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 In…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER-REVIEW PROCESS
The evaluation of each paper by independent reviewers is intended to ensure the quality, methodological adequacy and originality of the papers published in PSYCHOLOGY. The reviewers collaborating with the journal are distinguished scientists from Greece or abroad who cover all the scientific fields of psychology and related sciences. Their contribution to ensuring the quality of the work published…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is when an author attempts to use/publish someone else’s work or part of it as his or her own. Duplicate publication, sometimes called self-plagiarism, occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of his or her own published work without providing the appropriate references. This can range from getting an identical paper published in multiple journals, to adding small amounts of new d…
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
- National Documentation Center
- Country or region
- Greece
- Language
- English, Modern Greek (1453-)
- ISSN
- 1106-5737
- Electronic ISSN
- 2732-6640
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias
How long does peer review take at Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias open access, and what is the APC?
Psukhologia to Periodiko tes Ellenikes Psukhologikes Etaireias 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .