Focus and scope

SOMEPSO Journal publishes scientific research articles in social psychology and related disciplines with the aim of stimulating both epistemological and methodological discussions. The objective of this journal is to encourage reflection, debate, and dialogue within and outside the discipline by addressing various contemporary social phenomena from a critical position and articulating the different domains of human activity.

SOMEPSO Journal is a biannual publication. It has been reviewed and edited by the Mexican Society of Social Psychology AC since 2016. SOMEPSO Journal invites the community of critical and restless spirit to publish their ideas, critical reflections, and results of their research or papers. It is part of the Journal Index:

 

Evaluation Process

  • The Editorial Committee will review the work in advance through a technical evaluation considering the affinity of the topic with the discipline and compliance with the minimum requirements for publication. The technical review must be submitted within 5 days following the plenary session in which the proposal was presented. If the review is negative, it will be returned to the respective author so that they can comply with the required format specifications.
  • All manuscripts that pass the initial review will be sent to be evaluated by at least two academic peers, taking into account the specialty or topic of the proposals, who will be asked to submit their opinion within no more than 30 calendar days. The review is conducted under the double-blind system, which means that the mutual anonymity of the authors and reviewers is preserved throughout the evaluation process.
  • In case that the results of the review are conditioned, they will be sent to the authors so that they can make the corresponding corrections, if necessary. Once the corrections have been made, they will be sent back to the reviewers so that they can issue a final judgment within a period of 15 working days.
  • The evaluations must be reasoned and will be based on the following parameters: acceptance, the opportunity to make changes, or rejection of the proposed article. The article evaluation results will be shown to the Committee when there are two fully positive or negative opinions. If one is positive and the other negative and fully reasoned, the Committee will request a third opinion to decide on the matter. The reasoning of each evaluation will be given priority over the opinion.
  • All the evaluations will be analyzed in their final resolution by the Plenary Committee, which will ratify or not the suggestion for publication of the articles. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to send, if necessary, the observations of the negative assessments to the authors who request them.

Open Access Policy

SOMEPSO Journal is an open-access journal; all of its contents are offered free of charge whenever it is recognized the moral rights of the authors.

We firmly believe that access to knowledge should be free of the logic of enrichment and should not be aimed at personal or collective profit.

The Journal of the Mexican Society of Social Psychology of SOMEPSO is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Periodicity

 

The journal of the Mexican Society of Social Psychology is published biannually and is open all year round for those wishing to submit papers on social psychology and related disciplines. Papers submitted to this journal must be unpublished and original. The paper submitted may be related to the topics listed below.

Topics

 

This journal seeks to publish both theoretical and empirical works. Although it is a social psychology journal, works related to related disciplines are not exempt from being candidates for publication. It is not a thematic journal, but some domains related to social psychology could be considered:

  • Collective psychology
  • Political psychology
  • Research methods and techniques
  • Epistemology of social psychology
  • Contemporary problems of social psychology
  • Sexuality, gender, and reproductive health
  • Communitarian psychology
  • Education and health
  • History of social psychology
  • Technology, society and cyberculture
  • Etc.

Code of Ethics

 

SOMEPSO Journal adheres to the Guidelines on Good Practices for Publications of:

Responsibilities of SOMEPSO Journal:

  • Receive the submitted articles and review them to ensure they meet the formal criteria and are relevant to the Journal’s topic. If the papers meet the criteria, they will be sent to be reviewed by specialists in the topic of the article to collect their observations and proposals, then forward them to the author. Once this process has been completed, the journal commits to schedule the publication of the article and take care of the corresponding editing process.
  • SOMEPSO is responsible for keeping the author informed about the review and editorial process of the article. Formal communications will be sent to the author at the different stages of the editorial process, such as: reception of the original, acceptance or rejection in a preliminary review, results of the reviews, reception of the final version, queries during the editing process, preliminary version for printing and publication of the work.
  • In case of disagreement with the outcome of the article’s evaluation, the authors will be given the opportunity to submit the reasons justifying their disagreement. These will be sent to the Editorial Board, who will collectively decide what is appropriate.
  • No editorial board member should provide information about received manuscripts to individuals or institutions other than the corresponding author(s), referees, potential referees, or other editorial board members.

Responsibilities of the authors

  • Authors must submit their manuscripts in accordance with the editorial standards established by SOMEPSO and must keep a record of the data related to the submitted manuscript.
  • When submitting the manuscript for the journal’s review, the authors compromise to ensure and confirm that the manuscript has not been sent to any other national or foreign publication. Therefore, must confirm that it is an unpublished and original work. Any previously published text will be automatically rejected.
  • The authors must correctly indicate the textual citations of ideas or parts of works belonging to other authors, and even their own must be indicated in the text through the citation or bibliographical reference. The appropriation of other people's works appearing in the manuscript will be considered plagiarism.
  • The authors guarantee the inclusion of those who have made a significant scientific and intellectual contribution to the manuscript. At the same time, they ensure that the authors have been ranked according to their level of responsibility and involvement.
  • Authors should also disclose any funding sources that may influence the interpretation of the data or the discussion of the manuscript. All funding sources (public or private) for the project must be named.
  • Notify the Editor or Editorial Committee of the journal immediately if a significant error is identified in the publication. Collaborate with the Editor and Editorial Assistant in the publication of the respective erratum, addendum, corrigendum, or withdrawal of the article when considered necessary.

Responsibilities of reviewers

  • The review process is intended to assist the editor in making decisions and help authors improve the quality of their manuscripts.
  • The decision taken by the reviewer must provide sufficient reasons to support the rejection or acceptance of the text. In all cases, the reviewer must guide the authors in improving the text. The reviewer's judgment must be academic, and aggressive or personal comments must be avoided.
  • Any reviewer who does not consider their selves qualified to evaluate the assigned manuscript, i.e., who is unable to provide an objective review or who cannot submit their evaluation on time, must inform the editor. The reviewers may only evaluate texts on which they have sufficient competence, experience, and knowledge. The reviewer must notify the journal Editor of any suspicion of plagiarism.
  • Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscripts received. They must not show or discuss them with other individuals except those designated by the editor.
  • Reviewers should be aware of potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaboration, or any other type of relationship between the reviewer and the author) and notify the editor about these. If necessary, the reviewer should withdraw from evaluating such a manuscript.

Responsibilities of the Editorial Board

  • The Editorial Committee is constituted of academic members from various Mexican universities.
  • Its composition must ensure a balance between the lines of research corresponding to the areas developed in the publication. The position is honorary, personal, and non-transferable.
  • It is the responsibility of the Editorial Committee to propose reviewers for the evaluation of texts.
  • Likewise, the Editorial Committee may propose that any member of it coordinate any volume of the journal, by mutual agreement with the Editor of the Journal.

Indexing

 

Somepso Magazine is indexed in:

 

International Indexes:

 

Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (Latindex)

Digital preservation policy

 

SOMEPSO Magazine preserves all the documents it publishes electronically. A digital repository is also being created that allows digital access to the documents, as well as their long-term conservation and future transfer to different digital formats when required.

Evaluation format

 

We ask you to be sufficiently explicit, and you can expand as much as you consider necessary in each section.

 

Does the article present original and properly substantiated material? (Argue)

 

Is the proposed topic relevant and pertinent to contemporary discussions? (Explain)

 

Does the text provide ideas or progress in the topics it addresses? (Mention what they are)

 

Are concepts and categories used soundly throughout the text? (Describe)

 

Is there a relationship between the sources cited and the explanation of ideas and arguments?

 

Is the bibliography prevalent and relevant?

 

After reviewing the text, do you consider that (mark only one option):

 

It is publishable without changes

 

It is publishable with changes

 

Not publishable

 

Additional remarks:

Anti-plagiarism system

SOMEPSO Journal uses the anti-plagiarism software iThenticate and Turnitin to ensure the originality of its publications.

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

SOMEPSO Journal ascribes to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.

Copyright

The authors have the copyright of the articles published in the Journal SOMEPSO, with first publication rights for the Journal. Since they appear in this open-access publication, the articles are for public use in education and other non-commercial venues as long as the source is acknowledged.