Journal profile
Psychology and its Contexts
ISSN 1803-9278 · eISSN 1805-9023 · University of Ostrava · Czechia
Psychology and its Contexts: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychology and its Contexts is published by University of Ostrava. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Personality Traits and Psychology, Psychological Testing and Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, together about 28.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal Psychology and its Contexts aims on broad area of questions from theoretical and methodological domains of psychology, as well as applications of psychology to everyday life. It continues freely the tradition of psychological series Collection of works of University of Ostrava Faculty of Arts, published from the establishment of university in 1991, that is well known to Czech and Slovak professionals and scholars. We propose to publish original articles, reviews, actualities, preliminary methodological notes etc., especially of Czech and Slovak provenience. Our goal is for one thing to provide psychologists and authors from related science fields the platform for public presentation of their research findings, opinions or impressions about recent literature, and for another to offer the opportunity to acquaint professional community with these findings and opinions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Franti�ek BaumgartnerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychology15.7%
- Psychological Testing and AssessmentPsychology6.5%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine6%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences5.4%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology5.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.3%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology4.3%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology3.8%
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
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, EBSCO (since 2014), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 157 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 38 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
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
- University of Ostrava
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- Czech
- ISSN
- 1803-9278
- Electronic ISSN
- 1805-9023
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychology and its Contexts
How long does peer review take at Psychology and its Contexts?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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 Psychology and its Contexts?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA. 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.
Which databases index Psychology and its Contexts?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychology and its Contexts is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Psychology and its Contexts open access, and what is the APC?
Psychology and its Contexts 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: .