About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The mission assigned to Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia has always been to welcome and to divulge the whole variety of the scientific and professional output of Psychology and related fields, be it theoretical, methodological or empirical. Thus, it remains open to contributions from every area of Psychology. The statement of purposes, which appears on every circulating copy of the journal, reads ";To promote the circulation of ideas and investigations performed in the field of Brazilian Psychology, as well as of contributions from abroad."; It currently informs the acknowledgement of the interfaces between the different areas of Psychology and other intellectual endeavors; of the emergent fields; of the critical perspectives; of the approaches and strategies oriented towards the cultural and social elements dealt with by contemporary Psychology, oftentimes as a response to the questions raised by society itself.
Peer Review Process
If the manuscripts are in accordance with the publication instructions, the Magazine's Editorial Board will send them to two members of the Editorial Board or ad hoc consultants for blind evaluation. Two favorable opinions indicates final acceptance for publication. Few orthographic changes in the text can be made according to the magazine's Editorial Board criteria without consulting the authors previously.
Publication Frequency
Four months
Open Access Policy
This magazine allows public access to its whole content, following the principle that by offering free access to research, a greater global interchange of knowledge is generated. These accesses are associated with the growth of * author's reading and quotation. For further information about this approach, visit Public Knowledge Project, which developed this system in order to improve academic and private quality of research, distributing the OJS as well as other supportive software to the publication system of public access to academic sources.
