Društvo psihologa Srbije

The ''Psihologija'' Journal uses a registration system  e-Ur (The Electronic Journal Editing) for all users involved in the editorial and publishing process: authors, editors and reviewers.

Registration should be made at the following web-address:
http://scindeks-eur.ceon.rs/index.php/psi/user/register

On completing the registration process, the Author is taken directly to User Home, which lists the various roles the user has with this journal (e.g., Author, Reviewer, etc.). Clicking on the role of Author will take users to their manuscript submissions page, where a list of current and past submissions are listed, and where a new submission to the journal can be initiated. The submission process for Authors is broken down into five steps, with guidance provided at each step.

The journal "Psihologija" accepts original empirical papers from the entire field of psychology as well as neighbouring disciplines.  

Submission of an article implies that:
(1) Potential publication of the manuscript is endorsed by all authors, and by the institution where the research was carried out.
(2) The research described in the submitted manuscript has not been previously reported (with the exception of conference abstracts, lectures and academic thesis). The submitted manuscript is not already under review and it has not been accepted for publication in another journal. 
(3) If accepted for publication, the manuscript shall not be published in another journal, in Serbian, English or in any other language. 

The submission should include a cover letter and the manuscript.
1) The cover letter should introduce the authors, state their wish to publish in our Journal and summarize (in a short paragraph) the novelty and scientific importance of the paper. In addition, it should assure the Editor that the manuscript contains only original empirical and theoretical work. It should also confirm that the research meets the ethical guidelines (for example all the participants, or their caretakers in a case of minors and/or special-need-populations, provided informed consent). If any tests or software were used for conducting the study or data analysis, it should be mentioned that at least one of the authors or affiliated institutions has all the appropriate legal rights. The cover letter should also include the full name, e-mail address, affiliation and birth date of each author, as well as a mailing address to which each author wishes to have a hard copy of the Journal sent. 
2) The manuscript should provide original scientific research containing a significant amount of new information (novel data and scientifically sound and interesting findings). Attempting to present already published work or fraudulent data is unacceptable. The data should be clearly presented with: (a) an introduction stating the objectives and background, (b) a precisely described method and experimental procedures presented with maximum clarity, (c) clearly described results with tables and figures, (d) a discussion which provides an accurate interpretation of the data and the relation to previously published work or the work of other authors, and (e) a relevant and concise bibliography. The title should be succinct, and the abstract should stand alone. 

The submitted manuscript will be assigned to an Action Editor responsible for the subfield in question (all communication will be carried out in the language of the manuscript, i.e. Serbian or English). At that stage, a decision will be made within two weeks on whether to send the paper out for review. Namely, in some cases the Action Editor might decide that the topic and the scope of the manuscript are not appropriate for the Journal and they will return the manuscript without further assessment. If sent for review, the paper will be examined by two independent reviewers, and this process normally takes up to three months. In case the reviewer is unable to complete the process, an alternative reviewer will examine the manuscript which might result in a delay. Once the manuscript is accepted, the authors will be given a deadline to make the required changes and resend the paper. We expect authors to return the revised manuscript as well as a letter to the Editor (containing detailed assessment, point by point, for each of the reviewers' comments). We will ask authors to review the final proof once the manuscript is prepared for printing (proof deadlines are usually short and strict). No revisions, updates or corrections can be made after this stage, therefore it is important to ensure that all your corrections are sent back to the Editor in one complete communication.

We will do everything in our power to have your article edited and published as quickly and accurately as possible, both on-line and in print. Upon publishing, a full text version will be available on-line. Also, each of the authors will receive one hard copy of the Journal at no cost.


The manuscript should conform to the Journal's scope and preparation guidelines. We accept Word documents (Times, 12pt, single spaced and saved using the default extension). The layout of the text should be as simple as possible since most of the formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. Do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. as appropriate, as well as the word processor's facility for equations or tables (use only one grid for each individual table). Apply APA 6 format and style (http://www.apastyle.org/?apaSessionKey=784FEB529CE7F3EACC71163A296DAFDB). Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety.

Manuscripts should not exceed a maximum length of 36000 characters with spaces (this limit must be strictly observed due to page limits - note that the character limit includes the abstract but not the references and acknowledgements).

Guidelines. Each manuscript should have the following: title, authors, abstract, keywords, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion and literature.

• Title: describes the article and/or main relationships among variables.
• Authors: full name and affiliation for each author (up to 10 words).
• Keywords: three to five, usually the investigated phenomena, cited theories/models, sometimes the psychological subfield or used statistical procedures.
• Abstract: short and clear summary of the article (100-150 words) with main findings.
• Introduction: describes the research problem, sums up relevant previous research in a logical and critical manner, leads the reader to the manuscript's main research question; clearly states the problem under investigation as well as the findings and theories challenged or extended by the presented research (about 25% of the paper's length).
• Method: describes the empirical design of the study, sampling procedure or stimuli preparation (when relevant), data collection, used instruments, equipment and procedures (new methods should be described in greater detail); clearly states the recorded data type and measurements; may start with hypothesis/es; in short, it should contain sufficient information to replicate the research.
• Results: the data treatment and statistical analysis should be clearly laid out (especially when new or rare procedures are used); the results should be presented in a logical sequence; apart from the statistical analysis authors should include an explanation of findings in words (while interpretation should be left for the discussion). We strongly encourage authors to include effect size in their results report.
• Figures and tables: include only relevant and informative figures and tables; take care not to present data in a misleading fashion (for example, be consistent with scaling the Y axis, make bars the same width, use graphs adequate for your variable type and so on, provide error bars with a clear description); graphs should be made in MS Excel; make sure that graphs allow access to the row data from which they were constructed.
• Illustrations: we accept colour illustrations and graphs for the on-line edition, but the hard copy is printed in black and white; please provide colour versions for the on-line edition whenever possible; also, please note that our Journal observes strict rules regarding copyright; we accept original artwork, and when the artwork is not original the author must supply necessary permissions; pictures should be submitted in high resolution (JPEG, 300dpi); for further and more detailed instructions on the proper preparation of drawings, including information on letter sizing and reduction factors, please refer to the APA Publication Manual.
• All figures, tables and illustrations should be given at the end of the manuscript, each on a separate page in the appropriate order; the section should start with a page containing descriptions and legends (if applicable) for each item, also in the appropriate order; please specify the desired position of each figure, table or illustration in the text.
• Discussion and conclusion: contains the interpretation of obtained results; this interpretation should be made in the context of the models, theories and findings presented in the Introduction; clearly specify which of the previous studies are supported, challenged or improved with your findings, and then offer, if possible, novel models or frameworks for your findings; give only logical claims based on the present findings, but do specify when your new model could incorporate the results of others; the conclusion can be a separate section, which should state how the present research has moved the body of scientific knowledge forward; in high-quality, well-cited papers, the discussion and conclusion combined may take up to 30% of the paper, but in any case they should not be shorter than the Introduction.
• Literature: the reference list should contain all of the literature mentioned in the manuscript and nothing else; although it is quite commendable to demonstrate a historical knowledge of the field and cite some classic papers and books, the majority of the references should be up to date, demonstrating the current scientific importance of the presented research.
• Language: writing style and language competence may be briefly commented upon during the review process; minor issues will be corrected by our copyeditor; however, we will not accept poorly written articles with a number of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

Editorial board of ,,Psihologija'' Journal recommends the following proofreaders:

Dr Louise Venables
Scientific Editor and Proofreader
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Jelena Gledić
Teaching Fellow, Chinese Studies, Belgrade University
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