Editors: Dr Sharo Shafaie and Dr Deborah G. Wooldridge
ISSN: 2187-0675
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs
Contact: ijpbs@iafor.org
The IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences is an internationally reviewed and editorially independent interdisciplinary journal associated with IAFOR’s international conferences on psychology and the behavioral sciences. Like all IAFOR publications, it is freely available to read online, and is free of publication fees for authors. The first issue was published in December 2015, and the journal aims to publish two issues annually.
Indexes: The IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences is indexed in DOAJ, TROVE, SHERPA/RoMEO, MIAR, ScienceGate, and Google Scholar, and Scilit. DOIs are assigned to each published issue and article via Crossref.
Latest Issue
Volume 9 – Issue 1, the summer issue, published June 30, 2023.
Submissions are OPEN
The IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences will publish two issues in 2023.
Volume 9 Issue 1
Published June 30, 2023
Volume 9 Issue 2
Winter issue: Target publication: December 2023
Submissions now open
Submission close: Wednesday October 4, 2023
IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences publishes original articles with the primary focus being on psychology and behavioral sciences. Work that cuts across a variety of disciplines and fields related to psychology and the behavioral sciences is encouraged.
The IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences covers a variety of topics:
- General Psychology
- Psychology and Education
- Mental Health Issues
- Human Development
- Psychological Outreach Services & Community Development
- Family Studies & Professional Practice
- At-Risk Children, Youth & Families and Vulnerable Populations
All papers are reviewed equally according to standard peer review processes, regardless of whether or not the authors have attended a related IAFOR conference. Like all IAFOR publications, it is freely available to read online, and is free of publication fees for authors.
IAFOR Commitment
IAFOR believes in “Open Access” publishing, and since 2009, has been committed to maintaining an online searchable research archive that offers free access to anyone, anywhere, where there is Internet access, regardless of institutional affiliation or scholarly rank. IAFOR publications are accessible on the website (Open Access) to researchers all over the world, completely free of charge and without delay or embargo. Authors and contributors are not required to pay charges of any sort towards the publication of IAFOR journals.
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Journals and other forms of print and digital media will be made available by IAFOR to the general public on an online, Open Access basis. By publishing their work with IAFOR, authors enter into an exclusive License Agreement, where they have copyright but license exclusive rights in their article to IAFOR as the publisher.