ISSN versión impresa
1560-909X

ISSN versión electrónica
1609-7475

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

 

     

Scope and editorial policy

   
  Revista de Investigación en Psicología is a peer-reviewed scientific publication of the Institute of Psychological Research of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Peru. It publishes primary articles of research carried out by the teachers of the Facultad de Psicología of the UNMSM, as well as other national and foreign researchers and academics, to enrich the scientific heritage and thus contribute to the national and international scientific community. It receives complete, original and unpublished articles and its thematic coverage is scientific psychology, in all areas of research, in qualitative and quantitative modalities. Publication every six months, in June and December.  
     

Form and preparation of manuscripts

   
  Articles will have a maximum of 20 pages, the maximum number of words being 7,000.
In general, all articles must have:
    • Title (in English and Spanish)
    • Name and surname of the authors (The submission must be anonymous)
    • Abstract no longer than 250 words (in English and Spanish)
    • Between 3 and 5 keywords (in English and Spanish)
    • If digital images are placed, they must be high quality JPG with a minimum resolution of 400 DPI
    • If tables or figures are presented in the file, it will be necessary to also send the original sheets in Excel or another data processor where they were originally worked on.
The author is the one who assumes the scientific and ethical responsibility of the research. When the authorship falls on a research team, the aforementioned responsibility is assumed by the first author who appears in the publication, who is considered the main author.

Items must be submitted in the following order:
  1. The manuscript in word, anonymous, that is to say that in no part of the article or the file should names or institutions of origin be recorded.
  2. The Cover Letter (in pdf) where it is also declared under oath that the article is original, unpublished, there was no conflict of interest, the ethical standards of research were complied with, with the authorizations and consents informed and finally all the authors and their functions are consigned, accompanying their signatures, identity document numbers, institutional emails, academic degrees, work and current function that they perform and finally their Orcid codes. (You can access a model in the Editorial Library window.)
Upon receipt of the manuscript and other documents, the lead author (or her representative) will receive a virtual receipt confirmation.

Submitted works will be classified into the following types of articles:
  • Original empirical articles: They are reports of original research that involve manipulative, associative and descriptive strategies. The first one configures the set of studies that are usual in experimental research; the other two compose a second set of studies that together represent non-experimental research. Generally, they contain different sections that reflect the phases within the research process, and are presented with the structure: introduction, method, results and discussion. The maximum number of words for this modality is 7000.
  • Theoretical articles: These are papers in which the author draws on existing research literature in order to make new conceptual contributions in any area of psychology. The author follows the development of knowledge in the subject to expand and refine theoretical constructs. Usually, the author presents a new theory, or, alternatively, may also analyze existing theory. The maximum number of words in this modality is 7000.
  • Reflection articles: Papers that present research results from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective on a specific topic, using original sources. The maximum number of words for this modality is 7000.
  • Review articles: documents resulting from a research where the findings of published or unpublished research on a field in science or technology are analyzed, systematized and integrated in order to account for advances and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references.
  • Instrumental research articles: include all those works that analyze the psychometric properties of psychological measurement instruments, either of new tests, for which it is recommended to follow the test validation standards jointly developed by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), which were published in their last edition in 2014 (in their Spanish version in 2018), or from the translation and adaptation of existing tests for which it is recommended to follow the guidelines proposed by the International Test Commision (ITC). The maximum number of words for this modality is 7000.

ABOUT ETHICS POLICIES AND GOOD PUBLICATION PRACTICES

The Journal adheres to the principles and procedures dictated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) www.publicationethics.org referring to ethics policies and good editorial practices.

It is necessary to state if the research received funding directly or indirectly for its development, also if it was self-financed.

Submit a sworn statement stating that there is no conflict of interest of any employment or institutional relationship that can be interpreted as a factor that reduces objectivity in the design, data collection or interpretation of the manuscript.

When the article is about experiments with humans and/or animals, the procedures proposed in the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 and the current Peruvian laws (Law 27265) will be respected. The pertinent declarations mentioned in the text must be presented.

The articles will be carefully reviewed in order to avoid plagiarism or fraud. If after its publication, cases of plagiarism, fraud or misconduct are detected or confirmed, the article will be retracted.

 

REFERENCE STYLES

The following are some examples of book and article references with one or several authors, among others. The general elements of a reference are: author's last name, first initial, (year of publication), title of the work [in italics], (edition), publisher.

Articles

Bago, B., & De Neys, W. (2019). The intuitive greater good: Testing the corrective dual process model of moral cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(10), 1782–1801. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000533

Dawson, E., Gilovich, T., & Regan, D. T. (2002). Motivated reasoning and performance on the Wason Selection Task. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(10)1379–1387. https://doi.org/10.1177/014616702236869

Book

Evans, J. (2010). Thinking twice: Two minds in one brain. Oxford University Press.

Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Turkle, S. (2017). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other (Rev. & expanded ed.). Basic Books.

Annual meetings

Shtulman, A., & McCallum, K. (2014). Cognitive reflection predicts science understanding. In P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2937–2942). Cognitive Science Society.

Report or instruction report

Jonsson, P., Carson, S., Singh Sethi, J., Arvedson, M., Svenningsson, R., Lindberg, P., Öhman, K., & Hedlund, P. (2017). Ericsson mobility report. Ericsson. https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2017/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2017.pdf

 

STRUCTURE OF ARTICLES TO BE PUBLISHED

Generically, research papers must have the following sections: Title in Spanish and English, authorship with the corresponding electronic address, institutional affiliation, summary in Spanish and English, keywords in Spanish and English, introduction, method , results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgment note, bibliographical references, (annexes).

TITLE: It should summarize the main idea of ??the writing and should not be longer than 15 words.

AUTHORSHIP:

  • Name of the author(s): Start with the person responsible for the research, writing the name that is frequently used to be identified, following the paternal surname or both surnames. If more than one author has participated in the research, they must be ordered successively, taking into account the quantity and quality of participation in the research.
  • Institutional Affiliation: The affiliation identifies the institution where each of the authors work or study. Professionals who do not work for an institution will place an independent professional.
  • Page title (Cornisa): It is an abbreviated title that is printed at the top of the article pages to identify it to readers. The cornice must have a maximum of 50 characters. Counting letters, punctuation, and spaces between words.
  • Email address of the author and the research team: It is necessary to mention the email addresses (preferably institutional) of all the authors, in addition to their Orcid codes.

SUMMARY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

It must have the following characteristics: a) Concise, b) Complete, c) Specific, d) Non-evaluative, e) Coherent and legible.

Keywords: It is recommended that there be no less than three nor more than five.

INTRODUCTION

It should constitute the first theoretical contact of the investigation. Sequentially, it must present the objectives, the problem, the background and the argument. It is recommended to cite only the pertinent works, emphasizing the theory, the relevant methodological aspects and their conclusions, in such a way that the logical continuity with the previous works and/or previous to the current one is appreciated.

METHOD

Description of the type and/or design of the research, as well as the method used. Report what was done and how it was done. Descriptively specify the property of the method used, emphasizing the evidence, validity and reliability of the instruments.

In empirical research, specify the inclusion criteria of the participants, as well as their demographic characteristics: gender, age, race or ethnic origin, among others, always specifying the ethical principles and codes of conduct for psychologists (APA), in the same way in the use of tools and procedures.

RESULTS

Present them following a logical sequence in the text, tables and figures (maximum 6), highlighting the most important findings. Do not repeat all the data in the tables or illustrations in the text, highlight or summarize only the most important.

In non-empirical research, highlight the alternative proposals and their contribution to a better understanding of the research problem.

Maintaining the ethical commitment, preventing the results from identifying people and/or institutions is that they may cause damage to their images.

DISCUSSION

Highlight the most novel and important aspects, as well as the interpretation and analysis of the implications of the results.

Avoid statements or allusions about aspects of the research. Focus on the discussion of the findings, establishing the articulation and/or the distance with similar investigations that have been carried out and have been cited as antecedents.

Finally consider the conclusions in a nutshell.

NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Specify the acknowledgments to participating researchers and institutions that have facilitated the execution of the research, may include the categorization of authorship and/or responsibility assumed in the research.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

The uniformity of bibliographical references will have the APA standards as a standard.

It will be carried out taking into account the alphabetical order of the authors, without numbering and with the bibliography format with French indentation, in different types of literature: complete book, book chapter, journal article, article summary, research journal, dictionaries, congresses, theses, Internet address, etc.

It is necessary that the bibliographic references coincide with the citations used in the article.

ANNEXES

Included only if it helps readers understand, evaluate, or replicate the study. It may be an unpublished test and its validation, a detailed description of an entire piece of equipment, or a proposed psychological program.

 
     

Manuscript Submission

   
 

Manuscripts will be deposited in the portal of the Revista de Investigación en Psicología (register as an AUTHOR and Start a new submission). Alternatively, they can be sent by e-mail to: reviipsi.psicologia@unmsm.edu.pe In both cases, the author responsible for the correspondence of the paper will receive, via e-mail, an acknowledgement of receipt of the manuscript.

 

 

Manuscript evaluation

   
 

All papers received are evaluated by the Editorial Committee, compliance with the guidelines of this regulation is evaluated. All works are subjected to anti-plagiarism software, the tolerance for textual coincidences is 10%, including recycled texts (self-plagiarism). This first evaluation lasts approximately two weeks.

The papers that pass the first evaluation are sent to external peers for a second evaluation, which will determine the quality of the content, its relevance and importance. The peer evaluation system is double-blind. If there is disagreement between the reviewers, a new pair will be assigned to evaluate the disagreements, make possible observations and issue a recommendation that can be: (a) Accepted for publication, (b) Acceptable to publish with minor observations (c) Acceptable to publish with major observations (d) Unacceptable to publish. This evaluation phase lasts between 6 to 10 weeks.

The authors of the manuscripts accepted for publication must comply with the delivery of the following documents: (a) a report confirming the inclusion of the suggestions made by the evaluators; (b) the final version of the article in Spanish; (c) the metadata of the authors (ORCID code, full names, contact details, academic training, H index, institution where they work, etc.).

 

 

Payments per publication (APC)

   
 

Revista de Investigación en Psicología  has no article processing charge, nor any part of the editorial or publication process.

 

 

 

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