Studies and Research in Psychology was first published in 2001. It is a quarterly journal of the School of Psychology of Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) – a Brazilian public university – which emphasizes the publication of original articles, research reports, PhD thesis reports and reviews in the field of Psychology and related areas. It also publishes translations of scholarly articles, duly accompanied by the consent of the original publication source, film reviews and interviews that contribute new knowledge and understanding to the area. The journal welcomes investigations from various areas of knowledge in the Human Sciences that contribute new knowledge and understanding to issues in the field of Psychology. In this way, the Editorial Board intends to be in line with the perspective that considers the psis knowledges and practices an interdisciplinary field. 

Studies and Research in Psychology publishes original scientific articles of relevance in the field so as to promote the production of knowledge in Psychology and to introduce advances in the fields of Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychoanalysis and the History of Psychology. The journal welcomes articles, reviews, PhD thesis and research reports, translations of articles, film reviews and interviews.

The thematic coverage lies classified at CNPq as 7.00.00.00-0 Humanities; 7.07.00.00-1 Psychology.

e-ISSN: 1808 4281 / First published: 2001 – printed, 2001 – electronic / Area of knowledge: Psychology / Qualis: A2 (Psychology - Quadrennium 2017-2020) / Frequency: continuous flow

Seções

Social Psychology

Object of study: topics that associate psychological phenomena and processes as well as sociocultural and institutional practices in which those phenomena and processes are generated and in which they manifest themselves. Topics that consider the American and the emerging European perspectives as well as contemporary epistemological, historical and anthropological conceptions and discussions.

Developmental Psychology

Object of study: focus on processes of ontogenetic change seeking to describe them and, above all, explain general principles that are made clear throughout the life cycle, taking cultural differences into account.

Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Object of study: topics related to the study of mental disorders and the psychic aspects of mental disease. The themes include etiology, classification, diagnosis, epidemiology, intervention, prevention, counseling, psychotherapy, rehabilitation and access to health and evaluation.

Clio-Psyché

Object of study: topics that associate psychological phenomena and processes as well as the socio institutional and cultural practices in which those phenomena and processes are generated and in which they manifest themselves. Topics that consider the American and the emerging European perspectives as well as contemporary epistemological, anthropological and historical conceptions and discussions.

Journal History

Studies and Research in Psychology was first edited at the end of 2001, in a joint effort of the editorial board and the staff of the School of Psychology from UERJ in order to satisfy a demand from the growing academic community at the time. In 2004, new editorial and technical innovations were introduced with the journal changing its format into electronic, at http://www.revispsi.uerj.br. This alternative way of publishing solved problems editors face when trying to publish in print: lack of resources to keep a better and more consistent periodicity, high publishing costs, subscription fees etc. Undoubtedly, having the works and other sections digitally available reduced costs as well as the time and space necessary for the production of the journal. Nowadays, the journal has free access.

However, if those more pragmatic aspects of a journal’s edition were important for the implementation of the new vehicle, it is also important to highlight at least two concerns that moved its Editorial Board. First, the science, whose methods of material and symbolic production in society are nowadays especially engineered by a technological revolution that creates new architectures in the social fabric, and, consequently, creates an impact on the behaviour of numerous areas, notably those connected to the transmission of knowledge. Secondly, the Journal aimed the transmission of information to be as universal as possible, turning itself into an instrument of socialization and democratization of knowledge, science and culture. Moved largely by these purposes, the Editorial Board decided to change the Journal into the electronic format.

In 2005, new editorial changes took place after the implementation of an idea that had been nourished ever since the very beginning of the journal: the publishing of thematic dossiers. We wanted to do so because, in practical terms, a dossier is an experience closer to the book culture that the Humanities and Social Sciences have historically built for the dissemination of their knowledge. In the first issues (2005 and 2006), the dossiers were part of the regular publication of the Journal, under the title “thematic section” and, despite the high quality of the articles, they were still editorial essays, since they depended, for continuity, on a large number of papers on the same theme. The Journal was biannual until 2006. However, since 2007, the experience has been consolidated so that the dossiers could be published in full on the same theme. It should also be noted that the dossiers share some of the characteristics of the regular issues of the journal — the high quality of texts, guaranteed by a strict system of peer review — addressing, however a single theme and, sometimes with the participation of an associate editor, external to the Editorial Board, who honours us with the experience and leadership that they have in the specific thematic field of the dossier.

In 2007, taking in consideration the large flow of articles, the Journal expands its periodicity, becoming a quarterly Journal, aiming at the expansion of its access, the dissemination of the Journal and also the socialization of knowledge in Psychology and related areas.

In 2014, given the large flow of articles received and to meet editorial and authorial demands, the thematic dossiers become a special additional issue, that is, three issues with articles of continuous flow are now guaranteed, and in the case of a thematic issue, it becomes the fourth issue published annually by the Journal.

Finally, it should be highlighted, that the Studies and Research in Psychology journal is already a part of some very important databases: PePSIC, PSI Periódicos, LILACS, Latindex, CLASE, DOAJ, Psicodoc and is classified as A2 at CAPES’ QUALIS (2017-2020).  

In the year 2024, Studies and Research in Psychology adopted the continuous publication model, that is, approved works are made available more quickly to readers, without the need to wait for the magazine to launch an edition in order to be published. In this way, one volume is published per year, with the addition of new articles as they are evaluated, approved and published in that year.