About the Journal

Focus and scope | Peer-review | Publication frequency | Open access | Archiving | Indexing | Sponsor | Journal history

Focus and scope

Psychology hub (PSY-HUB), formerly Rassegna di psicologia, is a peer-reviewed open access journal that aims to keep psychologists up-to-date on the latest research. Psychology hub provides a forum for psychology, psychiatry, and mental health professionals to share their findings with researchers.

Psychology hub publishes original scientific articles in all fields of psychology, including Behavioral psychology, Clinical psychology, Cognitive psychology, Counseling psychology, Developmental psychology, Educational psychology, Environmental psychology, Family psychology, Health psychology, Measurement/Assessment, Psychodynamics, Psychotherapy, School psychology, Social psychology, Sport psychology, Work, Industrial, and Organizational psychology.

Psychology hub focuses on original empirical contributions but is open to theoretical articles, critical reviews, and replications of published research.

Participation in PSY-HUB is free. For submit an article please see Make a submission section.

PSY-HUB, the Editors and the Publisher are not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by Authors, whose are solely responsible for the contents published in their papers.

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Peer-review process

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. PSY-HUB adopts a double-blind peer-reviewed process. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

The peer review process is managed with the R.O.SA Service platform. The Editorial Staff will not process manuscripts sent via e-mail.

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Pubblication frequency

Psychology hub publishes three issues per year. One or more issues every year may be monographic.

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Open access policy

Psychology hub is an open-access journal, not requiring any subscriptions or reading costs. The Journal does not charge the Authors any processing and publication costs (article processing charge – APC).

From issue 1/2022, Psychology hub fully adopts the Sapienza Online Journals service - Riviste Online SApienza (R.O.SA) - policy on copyright and open access.

Until issue 3/2021, the papers were published under the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" license and authors transferred coypright to Publisher.

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Archiving

Psychology hub fulfills the Italian Law on legal deposit providing print copies at the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence. For digital preservation purposes, the Journal fully adopts the Sapienza Online Journals service - Riviste Online SApienza (R.O.SA) - policy on long-term preservation.

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Indexing & abstracting

Psychology hub is indexed in Scopus. It is also indexed in SCI Journal platform, and SCImago.

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Sponsor & sources of support

Psychology hub is owned by Sapienza Università di Roma, published by Sapienza Università Editrice (SUE) with the contribution of the University. The Journal is promoted by the Department of Social and developmental psychology and by the Department of Dynamyc and clinical psychology of Sapienza Università di Roma.

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Journal history

Psychology hub inherits the tradition established by its predecessor Rassegna di psicologia (last issue 2020, vol. 37, issue 1).

Established in 1984, Rassegna di psicologia (RdP) has kept psychologists up-to-date on the latest research for nearly 30 years, providing a forum for psychology, psychiatry, and mental health professionals to share their findings with researchers. The journal was property of Sapienza Università di Roma and had been published by Il Mulino (2004-2015), Edizioni Nuova cultura (2016-2019), and Sapienza Università Editrice (1/2020).

From May 2020 Rassegna di psicologia has become Psychology hub and is currently published by Sapienza Università Editrice, both online and printed.

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