The Journal of Psychology, published by the PUCP Publishing Fund, was founded in April 1983 under the direction of Dr. Roberto Lerner. In 1988, Dr. Cecilia Thorne took over as director, a position she held continuously until 2009, when she was recognized as Editor Emeritus of the journal. In 2009, Dr. Sheyla Blumen took over as director and editor-in-chief. In 2023, Dr. Agustin Espinosa and Dr. Noelia Rodríguez-Espartal took over as editors-in-chief of the Psychology Journal.
Throughout these 30 years of uninterrupted presence in the academic world, the Journal of Psychology has evolved in line with current trends in international scientific communication. In 1993, it became the first Peruvian scientific journal to be included in the PscyINFO electronic database, an important channel for increasing its international visibility. It is currently indexed in the following databases: ISI Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, PePSIC, EBSCOhost, Cengage Learning, Latindex, SciELO, Psicodoc, DOAJ, Dialnet, Journal TOCs, BASE, WorldCat, CLASE, and Primo Central.
Among the awards received are the 2010 Best Scientific Publication Award and the 2011 Scientific Publication Award, both granted by the Peruvian College of Psychologists, which supports the visibility of the journal in electronic format. Likewise, the management of PsycINFO has offered its support to increase the visibility of the journal.
In terms of its publication system, the Journal of Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year that, since 1983, has published original articles in various branches of psychological research.
Efforts to promote the journal's visibility are yielding results, as evidenced by the significant increase in articles submitted for review from Ibero-American countries, with Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina leading the way. Thus, from a maximum of 10 articles per year for consideration, more than 200 articles are now received annually, posing a challenge to improve efficiency in the editorial process.
Periodicity
The Journal of Psychology is a biannual academic publication, producing issues in June and December.
