ABOUT THIS JOURNAL

Psicología Educativa - PSED (Journal of Educational Psychology) is edited by Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid and the Foundation of Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid. PSED is a multi-disciplinary scientific Spanish journal aimed at fostering both theoretical contributions and experimental research by psychologists and related educational jobs. Its goal is to share topics within the areas of cognitive, affective and cultural processes, knowledge acquisition, along with areas of educational intervention and innovation. Researchers in the field of education (psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, educational technologists, and so on), along with educators and counselors from whatever sector, educational psychologists, assessors, specialists in computing and information technology applied to education, are all therefore invited to submit their work to this journal. Psicología Educativa accepts unpublished original manuscript of interest for psychologists that are contributions to the knowledge in the field of educational psychology. Psicología Educativa is published mainly in Spanish, although original contributions in English are also accepted.

Psicología Educativa is published mainly in English although original contributions in Spanish are also accepted. This journal accepts free original papers but can also request specific papers to relevant scholars that will be published in ordinary issues or in special issues (monographic issues). Original manuscript whether in Spanish or in English will be anonymously peer reviewed. Authors should not submit manuscripts simultaneously to multiple journals.

Authors are not charged any fees or charges for manuscript processing and/or publishing in the journal.

ISSN: 1135-755X

e-ISSN: 2174-0526

Impact Metrics

Scopus CiteScore 2024: 4.0

          Developmental and educational Psychology: Ranking 137 of 367 (Q2)
          Social Psychology: Ranking 118 of 313(Q2)

SJR 2024: 0.658

          Social Psychology: (Q2)
          Developmental and educational Psychology: (Q2)

 Web of Science (Clarivate) Impact Factor 2024: 1.1
     Journal Citation Reports 2024.  Developmental and educational Psychology: (Q2)

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Editorial Management Metrics

Over the course of 2024, the Psicología Educativa [Educational Psychology] received a high volume of submissions, of which only 2% were accepted for publication after undergoing a rigorous editorial assessment and peer review process aimed at ensuring and maintaining the highest scientific standards. In contrast, 53% of the manuscripts were rejected, while 45% carried over into 2025 still under review. 

Peer review and Publication Metrics

The table below provides detailed information on the average time taken at each stage of the editorial process. 

Usage metrics* 

*Data provided by Google Analytics (https://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/)

Authorship Metrics 2024

In the Volume 30 (2024),  Psicología Educativa - Educational Psychology had a total of 30 female authors (65%) and 16 male authors (35%) participating, 76% are nationals and 24% are international. 

Psicología Educativa is indexed and abstracted in:

• Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate)
• Scopus (Base de datos bibliográfica internacional Elsevier)
• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
• Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
• Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center (EBSCO)
• CARHUS Plus+ 2018
• Crossref
• Dialnet (University of La Rioja, Spain)
• DICE & RESH (CINDOC,CSIC)
• Dimensions
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
• E-Libro
• Google Académico (Google)
• Grupo Océano
• IBECS (Biblioteca Nacional de Ciencias de la Salud, Spain)
• ISCOC (CINDOC, CSIC)
• Latindex (América Latina, el Caribe, Sapin and Portugal)
• MIAR (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
• OpenAlex
• PROQUEST
• PSICODOC (Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid)
• Psyke (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
• Rebuin (Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias)
• Redined (Red de información Educativa, Spain)
• Redalyc (Red de Revistas Científicas)
• Science Direct (Elsevier)
• SCImago Journal & Country Rank
• Sello de calidad 2014 - Renovado 2022 (FECYT, Spain)

Psicología Educativa is published two times a year: January and June.

Psicología Educativa was funded in 1995 by Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid and since then is being published on time. 

The journal Psicología Educativa (Journal of Educational Psychology) makes use of DOI, the international code allowing reliable and consistent access to content at any moment.

Submission Guidelines

1. Papers should be sent online via the website http://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/
2. Submission of a paper to Educational Psychology implies that it has not been sent simultaneously to any other journal, or previously been published elsewhere.
3. The journal adopts the style and norms of the APA Publication Manual, published by the American Psychological Association, Washington C., USA (http://www.apa.org/journals/authors/ manuscript_ check.html).
4. Texts should be a maximum of 30 pages long (not including notes, tables, graphs and diagrams). Texts should be double-spaced with a wide margin (e.g. 5 cm to each side), with all pages numbered (including the title page). The manuscript should be prepared by using MicrosoftWord, 12 point Times New Roman font. Tables should be included at the end of the manuscript, on separate pages, and their approximate placing within the main text. The tables must be produced using the key and without using dividing lines.
5. Any graphs and illustrations should also be included at the end of the document, after the tables and on separate pages. Their approximate placing in the document should also be indicated. Graphics must be in grayscale.
6. Psicología Educativa is published mainly in English although original contributions in Spanish are also accepted.
7. Manuscripts must include an abstract (summary of the content in no more than 150 words). If the original is in Spanish, the abstract must also be sent in Manuscripts in Spanish must include (at the end, before the bibliography) an extended summary of the work that is an explanation of the question studied, method, results and This extended summary must not include tables, graphs or illustrations, and, if necessary, will make precise reference to those found in the main text. It will be 1,000 to 1,200 words long.
8. The title of the work should be written on the first page of each manuscript, and, if the title is in Spanish, its translation into English will also be included, along with a short title, the name or names of its author(s), their affiliation (not a full postal address), keywords, a postal address for correspondence and any other information related to the manuscript’s elaboration or concise thanks which the author wishes to transmit and which are of interest.
9. The responsibility for obtaining written permission to use any material likely to be subject to copyright protection is the author’s. This includes, but is not limited to, figures, graphics, tables, images and photographs.
10. Before final publication of manuscripts, authors will cede their copyright to the Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid, by signing the appropriate form. Intellectual property rights remain the reserve of the authors. The Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid will authorize authors to use material published by the Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid and which is intellectual property of the authors, at any time, without the need for prior authorization, as long as the journal in which it was published is quoted.

Print proofs and copies of articles

Authors whose articles have been accepted for publication will receive printing proofs, normally in the form of PDF files, to the contact address that they provide, and these should be carefully checked to see that they are entirely the same as the original accepted for publication. Proofs should be returned within 72 hours of receipt. Given that these proofs are created from the electronically submitted manuscripts already accepted, no modifications or alterations will be accepted at this stage apart from correction of printing errors or small mistakes not detected during the revision process. Authors will receive a hard copy of the issue of the journal in which their article appears, free of charge. In addition, authors may request additional copies of the issue in which their manuscript is published at special rates established by the Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid.

Psicología Educativa confirms the receipt of all articles submitted by the authors and keeps them informed by e-mail and on the platform of the admission/dismissal and acceptance/rejection process, as well as the editing process, in the event of acceptance. 

In case the manuscript presents format deficiencies or is not included in the thematic focus of the publication, the Editorial Board will dismiss the manuscript, without a re-submission option. No subsequent correspondence with authors of dismissed manuscripts will be maintained. However, if the manuscript’s deficiencies are superficial, it will be returned to the author for correction before the assessment process begins.

Manuscripts will be reviewed scientifically, anonymously, by two experts (on average) in the field. In view of these external evaluations, a decision will be made as to whether to accept or reject the articles for publication, as well as the possible introduction of stylistic changes and/or the need to trim texts that exceed the maximum length permitted, always respecting the original content.

Papers that are evaluated positively, requiring modifications (both minor and major), will be returned. All the authors will receive anonymous scientific evaluation reports so the relevant improvements or responses can be made.

The authors of accepted articles will receive the printing proofs for correction by e-mail in PDF format before final publication. The proofread, corrected versions must be returned within three days of their receipt. Only very minor corrections can be made regarding the content of the previously evaluated original manuscript.

Once the manuscript has been definitely accepted, the final version for publication must be returned with all proposed changes in English or Spanish (according to the original version). Before an issue is published, the papers will be given their own DOI in the « Articles in Press» section in the website of the journal.

 In general, once the external scientific reports have been read, the criteria that justify the editors’ decision to accept or reject submissions by Editorial Board are as follows:

1. Current and new.
2. Relevance and significance: advancement of scientific knowledge
3. Originality.
4. Reliability and scientific validity: verified methodological quality.
5. Organisation (logical coherence and formal presentation).
6. External support and public/private funding.
7. Co-authorship and degree of internationalization of the proposal and equipment.
8. Presentation: good written style.

Psicología Educativa does not establish any economic charge during the complete editorial process for the publication of the articles, including the scientific review and layout.

Psicología Educativa uses iThenticate^® to detect plagiarism.

This journal does not accept the use of generative artificial intelligence tools (such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, among others) for the writing, generation, editing, or structuring of scientific manuscripts. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Writing sections of the article (introduction, methods, results, discussion, etc.)
• Conducting literature reviews
• Generating hypotheses, analyses, or interpretations
• Creating images, graphics, or diagrams using generative AI

Rationale for this Policy

• Preservation of human authorship: Scientific creation must reflect the intellectual work of the authors, who assume full ethical and academic responsibility for the content.
• Avoidance of errors and biases: AI tools may generate incorrect information, false references, or undetectable biases.
• Ensuring scientific integrity: Transparency and traceability in the research process are essential for reproducibility and trust in science.

Mandatory Declaration

All authors must explicitly declare in the manuscript that generative artificial intelligence was not used at any stage of the writing or creation of the content. Failure to comply with this policy may result in the rejection of the manuscript or further actions if detected after publication.

The editorial team of the Journal Psicología Educativa (PSED) is, along with the scientific community, committed to ensuring the ethical and quality standards of the articles they publish.

The PSED endorses the Ethical Standards of the American Psychological Association. The PSED also uses as a reference the “Code of conduct and good practice” defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for scientific journals,  the Código Deontológico de la Psicología [Psychological Ethics Code]  of Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid [Madrid Regional Association of Psychology], and the legal framework of the country where the research was developed.

Particularly, research published in the PSED: Psychology must conform to Standard 8 of the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. 

Publication Credit/Authorship. Authors of articles published in the PSED must have contributed significantly to the research resulting in the publication of an article and should be able to certify that they have contributed to the entire manuscript, where necessary attributing work to relevant co-authors or contributors. All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author must have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content.

Dual submission. Articles submitted to the PSED for consideration must be original works of scholarship and must not be submitted simultaneously in any form or version for publication elsewhere.

Compliance with Ethical Standards. Authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants to ensure objectivity and transparency in research and that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed.

Declaration of interest. Authors must also have no conflicting or competing interests that would preclude them from presenting their research in an unbiased manner, and authors must disclose any and all potential conflicts of interest, financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias), upon submission of their article for publication. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records (Editorial Manager). 

The journal editors are not involved in decisions on articles written by themselves, known colleagues, or family members. Such articles follow the usual peer-review procedure and are managed by an independent editor. Manuscripts will be reviewed scientifically, anonymously, by two experts (on average) in the field. In view of these external evaluations, a decision will be made as to whether to accept or reject the articles for publication, as well as the possible introduction of stylistic changes.

Humane Care in Research. The activities described in published articles must comply with generally accepted standards of ethics, both about studies with human beings, as well as all aspects of professional ethics. The authors will be responsible for being able to provide interested readers with copies of raw data, procedural manuals, scores, informed consent, and generally relevant experimental/methodological material. 

Third-party material. Authors must clear the necessary reproduction rights and/or permissions for any images, photos, figures, music, data, tables, or content credited to a third party that an author wishes to use (including content found on the Internet), which fall outside of the fair use provisions described in Spanish copyright law.

We expect our authors to comply with all best practices in publication ethics, particularly concerning Publication Credit/Authorship, compliance with standards of research ethics, conflict of interest, redundant publication, figure manipulation, plagiarism, and dual submission.

Privacy declaration. The names and email addresses given to Psychosocial Intervention will only be used for the purposes stated here, they will not be given to third parties, nor used for commercial purposes. 

Psicología Educativa as an international scientific journal of excellence is inspired by the ethical code of publications prepared by the American Psychological Association (Section 8) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Formal notifications will be published on the Journal Psicología Educativa website, falling into one of four categories:

Erratum: An error introduced by the publisher that affects the integrity of the reputation of the authors, or the reputation of the journal.

Correction: An error introduced by the publisher OR the author(s) (and this will be indicated in the explanatory text) that affects the reputation of the authors, or the reputation of the journal. (A "correction" at this journal covers both items traditionally called a “corrigendum” or an “erratum”.)

Retraction: Withdrawal of a published paper due to invalid results or conclusions. All authors of a paper must sign a retraction request, indicating the error and describing how it affects the paper’s conclusions. If authors are not in unanimous agreement in requesting a retraction, the pertinent Senior Editor will consult the handling Editor(s) and, as necessary, external reviewers and apply the category of amendment that appears most appropriate, indicating dissenting authors in the text of the published amendment.

Psicología Educativa editors will consider retracting a publication if:

• They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either because of major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error), or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation).
• It constitutes plagiarism.
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
• It contains material or data without authorization for use.
• Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (e.g., libel, privacy).
• It reports unethical research.
• It has been published solely based on a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
• The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (a.k.a. conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Expression of Concern: While the publishing community’s opinion on the use of an Expression of Concern is still under discussion (please refer here for the latest information) the journal reserves the right to consider using it on a case-by-case basis for instances involving, but not limited to: 1) material but inconclusive evidence of research or publication misconduct, which may or may not be still under investigation; 2) evidence of unreliable findings but with no institution or other organization willing or able to investigate the case; 3) evidence of an error, or omission of pertinent information, in the article or in the linked open data/materials, that should be fixed but has not been due to author unwillingness or unresponsiveness. In most cases an Expression of Concern would lead to either a positive resolution (via a notice) OR a retraction.

Psicología Educativa editors will consider issuing an expression of concern if:

• they receive inconclusive evidence of research or publication misconduct by the authors.
• there is evidence that the findings are unreliable, but the authors’ institution will not investigate the case.
• they believe that an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication either has not been, or would not be, fair and impartial, or conclusive.
• an investigation is underway, but a judgment will not be available for a considerable time.

The PSED is firmly committed to promoting equality and respect for all people and, therefore, we recognize and appreciate diversity. This is reflected in the structure of the Editorial Committee and in the rules on inclusive language that authors and reviewers must follow.

For this reason:

• Authors must ensure that they use bias-free language, avoid stereotypes, and undertake to use inclusive language, albeit prioritizing correct grammar, the economy of language, and precision, given the limitations of space.
• Articles will avoid any claim of superiority for reasons of sex, class, culture, ethnic origin, or any other difference between people.

The guide published by the American Psychological Association must be followed by the authors. This guide is available in the following links.

Bias-free language is covered in Chapter 5 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition

The Guide published by European Commission can also be used as an orientation:

Toolkit Gender in EU-funded research (English)

Manual de género en la investigación (Spanish)

Psicología Educativa is an open access journal.

- Conditions of pre-print self-archiving: Prior to final publication, it is advisable for authors to file their preprint version on their personal and institutional websites, scientific social networks, repositories, bibliographic managers... The preprint must include the following statement: "This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE] which has been sending for its posible publication to Psicología Educativa [year]”. Once published, the authors must specify: "This is the electronic pre-peer reviewed version of an article published Psicología Educativa [year]. The final version is available at the official website, through its DOI (include DOI) with copyright Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid".

The version posted may not be updated or replaced with the accepted version or the final published version (the Version of Record).

There is no obligation upon authors to remove preprints posted to not for profit preprint servers prior to submission.

- Conditions of post-print self-archiving: Authors are allowed to reuse published works, i.e. the post-print (final PDF version of the publisher) can be archived for non-commercial purposes, and authors are strongly recommended to deposit it in:

• Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn…).
• Institutional repository of your University and public repositories (Mendeley, Cosis…).
• Scientific social networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Kudos...).
• Personal or institutional website, blog, etc.
• Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchID, ScopusID...

Psicología Educativa (Journal of Educational Psychology) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

The journal authorizes authors to use published material (ahead of print or print version), at any time and with no ment to seek permission, quoting the journal in which it was published (APA Standards), also is desirable including the link to the specific article webpage. As a courtesy, we would appreciate if you would inform Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid of such uses indicating the entity or person who will use the content, as well as its purpose.

For any other questions or additional information you can contact us at: revistas_copm@cop.es

Works that are published in this journal are subject to the following terms:

1) Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid, as Publisher, retains the proprietary rights (copyright) of published works, and favors and allows the reuse of the same under the license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. ©Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid.

2) The works are published in the online edition of the journal under a license Creative Commons Atribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 Internacional.com: The articles may be copied, used, disseminated, provided that:

• Atribution: Cite the authorship and the original source of the publication (journal, publisher, URL and DOI of the work).
• NonCommercial:Are not used for commercial purposes.
• NoDerivates: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
• Mention the existence and specifications of this license for use.

This journal uses different national and international repositories that host publications, inter alia, Clarivate Analytics, Scopus, Ebsco, Scielo, Procuest, Recyt, Redalyc or Dialnet.

Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid - Madrid Regional Association of Psychology does not endorse any product or service marked as an advertisement or promoted by a sponsor in the PSED.

Editorial content is not compromised by commercial or financial interests, or by any specific arrangements with advertising clients or sponsors.

No ads are published in the Journal Psicología Educativa.

The dimensions of the journal are 21.5cm x 27.9cm and it is printed on acid-free permanent paper conforming to ISO 9706:1994.

The print run of Psicolgía Educativa is 500 copies.

Psicolgía Educativa is available online at: https://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/ 

Subscriptions cover a one-year period under a continuous publication model. The volume will be delivered at the end of the year.

Prices for the year 2026 are:

Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid Members: 29€
Member of other Colegios: 39€
Non-member individual: 49€
International subscriptions: 75€

Payment is by direct debit, credit card or bank transfer to bank ac: Banco Sabadel IBAN/BIC ES05 0081 0655 6700 0133 7537 / BSAB ESBB

To subscribe, send the completed subscription form with the receipt of payment or bank transfer to:
Departamento de Suscripciones. Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid.
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E-mail: suscripciones@cop.es

If you require further information or assistance you can submit a query to María León to publicacionescopm@cop.es or Ana Isabel García: revistas_copm@cop.es 

Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid (España)