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  • Submitted materials has not previously been published, nor has it been submitted for review and publication in another journal (if yes, explanations should be given in the Comments for the editor).
  • The submitted material (file) is presented in OpenOffice document, Microsoft Word, or RTF format.
  • The full Internet addresses (URLs) for links of sources are given where possible.
  • The text is typed with a 1, 5 line spacing; The font size is 12 points; it uses italic, not underscore (except for URLs); all illustrations, graphs and tables are located in the appropriate places in the text, and not at the end of the document.
  • The text corresponds to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements described in the Guidelines for Authors, which can be found just below.

Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors

Psychological Journal / Психологічний часопис


1. Aims and Scope

Psychological Journal is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes original research in:

  • clinical psychology

  • applied and counseling psychology

  • health psychology

  • neuropsychology

  • behavioral sciences

  • psychological resilience, well-being, and mental health

The journal publishes empirical, theoretical, review and methodological articles.


2. Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons License (CC BY or CC BY-NC-SA).


3. Article Processing Charges (APC)

The journal is funded through Article Processing Charges (APC), which cover:

  • editorial processing

  • peer review

  • layout and typesetting

  • online hosting and archiving

Payment is required only after acceptance.

Category APC
Standard 3000 UAH
PhD students / students 2500 UAH
2+ articles from same author 2000 UAH

APC does not influence editorial decisions.

Waivers are available for authors affected by war, humanitarian crisis, or financial hardship.


4. Submission Requirements

Manuscripts must be submitted via the journal website (OJS platform).

The journal does not accept submissions by email except in exceptional cases.


5. Language

Articles are accepted in:

  • English (recommended for Scopus/WoS)

  • Ukrainian

All articles must include an English abstract.


6. Article Structure (Scopus / WoS compliant)

Manuscripts must follow the IMRaD format:

Title page

  • Title

  • Author names

  • Affiliations

  • ORCID iD

  • Corresponding author email

Abstract (150–250 words, structured)

  • Background

  • Aim

  • Methods

  • Results

  • Conclusions

Keywords (3–8)

Main text

  1. Introduction

  2. Methods

  3. Results

  4. Discussion

  5. Conclusions

References (APA 7th edition)


7. References

  • APA 7 style required

  • Minimum 30% international sources

  • Priority to Scopus/WoS indexed journals

  • Cyrillic sources must be transliterated with English translation in brackets


8. Ethical Standards

The journal follows:

  • COPE Core Practices

  • ICMJE recommendations

  • Elsevier Scopus Ethics Policy

Authors must declare:

  • conflicts of interest

  • funding sources

  • ethical approval (if human participants were involved)

Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, and AI-generated falsification are prohibited.


9. Peer Review

The journal applies double-blind peer review.

Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two independent experts.

Editorial decisions:

  • Accept

  • Minor revision

  • Major revision

  • Reject


10. Archiving & Metadata

The journal uses:

  • OJS / PKP

  • DOI (Crossref)

  • ORCID integration

  • long-term digital preservation (LOCKSS/PKP PN)


11. Copyright

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right to publish under Creative Commons license.


12. Disclaimer

Responsibility for the content lies with the authors.

The editorial board has the right to make linguistic and formatting corrections.

Privacy Statement

The names and e-mail addresses entered on the site of this journal will be used solely for the purposes indicated by this journal and will not be used for any other purposes or provided to other persons and organizations.