Affiliation
About the Journal
• PUBLICATION FREQUENCY & TIMES
• SPONSORS
• FEES
FOCUS, MISSION, AND SCOPE
The Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social | Portuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research [RPICS|PJBSR] is a biannual publication of the Research and Development Department of Instituto Superior Miguel Torga dedicated to research in the multidisciplinary area that characterizes its editorial project since 2015, including the behavioral sciences (psychology, neuropsychology, family therapies, pedagogy, medicine, neurosciences, etc.) and social (social work, sociology, management, etc.).
The RPICS|PJBSR is committed to providing a platform for disseminating original and high-quality research, promoting the advancement of knowledge in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, and giving a voice to emerging researchers. With our Diamond Open Access policy, we facilitate the participation of new researchers from all over the world and encourage young talents to emerge in the field of research. We firmly believe in eliminating financial barriers to publication and promoting sharing and collaboration in the scientific and academic fields.
The RPICS|PJBSR is funded through its resources and aims to publish and disseminate studies on emotional processes, neuropsychological dimensions, social and behavioral processes throughout the life cycle, therapeutic programs and methods, psychometrics, and issues related to society, values, identities, and social relationships.
The RPICS|PJBSR is aimed at psychologists, social workers, sociologists, nurses, physicians, and other professionals with an interest in behavioral and/or social research.
This Diamond Open-access Journal accepts the submission of original articles with empirical data and articles of revision or meta-analysis in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, giving a special welcome to the research works of Portuguese-speaking Countries. The journal makes a permanent call for articles; that is, authors can submit articles for consideration throughout the year.
All content is available online and is Diamond Open Access, meaning that all content is freely available without charge to the readers, authors or institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
The editors-in-chief decide on the content of each issue according to the proposals of both editorial staff and authors. The editors-in-chief or an editorial board member do the first quality filter. In addition to this filter, each of the works goes through an external double anonymous evaluation performed by expert reviewers in the article area.
The RPICS|PJBSR editorial Team is committed to complying with the Press Law and to being guided by the observance of the ethical principles and ethics governing scientific research, as stated in our mission, as well as respect for the good faith of readers.
The RPICS|PJBSR standards of ethical conduct are based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for studies with human beings.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Director: Helena Espírito Santo
Editor-in-Chief: Fernanda Daniel
Editorial team: Board & Assistants
Owner & Publisher: Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Largo da Cruz de Celas, n.º 1, 3000-132 Coimbra, Portugal
NIPC: 900201835
Editor: Departamento de Investigação & Desenvolvimento, Rua Augusta, nº 46, 3000-061, Coimbra, Portugal
ISSN online: 2183-4938
Register in ERC: 127472 in 17/12/2020
INDEXATION & DIRECTORIES
Crossref, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), CIRC (Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas), CORE, Dialnet, DOAJ, ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index) of Web of Science 0.2 (2022) e 0.3 (5 years) Impact Factor, Q3 Impact factor; 0.14 (2022) JCI, ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the humanities and social sciences), ICI (Index Copernicus International), Latindex, Google Scholar, OAJI (Open Academic Journals Index), Qualis/Capes B 1 |RCAAP, REDIB, ResearchGate, Scilit (Scientific Literature).
PUBLIC REGISTRATION OF REVIEWERS: Publons
PUBLICATION FREQUENCY & TIMES
The RPICS|PJBSR is published biannually, with journal items being published collectively as part of an issue with its Table of Contents.
Estimated average article processing times are as follows: 10–14 days to the first decision, 15–72 days to manuscript reviews, and 50–113 days to publication of an article.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
The RPICS|PJBSR provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that freely available scientific knowledge to the public supports greater global knowledge.
FEES
Publishing in RPICS|PJBSR does not require the payment of any fee, following the principle that science should be open to all and free of cost in its dissemination.
SPONSORS
Miguel Torga Higher Education Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
JOURNAL HISTORY
The Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social | Portuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research was founded in 2014 by Helena Espírito Santo and Sónia Guadalupe, assistant professors at Miguel Torga Institute and coordinators of the Departamento de Investigação & Desenvolvimento [Research & Development Department].
The first number was published in 2015.
PROFILES
Director
Professor Helena Espírito Santo is the coordinator of the Research & Development Department at the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (ISMT, 1993–present), where she teaches Neuroscience, Adult Psychopathology, and Neuropsychology. After graduating in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Coimbra (FPCE-UC), she worked as a clinical psychologist for 19 years at the University Hospitals of Coimbra (4 years), the Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Center of Coimbra (2 years), and the Consultorium Clinic (13 years). She holds a Master's in developmental clinical psychology from FPCE-UC and a Ph.D. in mental health from the Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute of the University of Porto. She was a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra between 1993–2002. In November 2011, she founded the ISMT Psychological Support Office, which she coordinated for three years and continues to consult for to this day. She was a founding member of the ISMT Ethics Committee in January 2014. She has been a member of the Scientific Council of the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga since 2009 and a member of the Research Center in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Coimbra since 2017. Since her psychology studies, she has been continuously engaged in research focused on the assessment and understanding of mental illnesses. Her areas of expertise include psychological aspects of mood and anxiety disorders in adults and, since 2010, mood, anxiety, sleep, and neurocognitive disorders in the elderly. This expertise is reflected in over 30 peer-reviewed publications.
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Fernanda Daniel completed her Doctorate in Social Work in 2018 at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon and her Doctorate in Development and Psychological Intervention in 2006 at the University of Extremadura. With a Master's degree in Drug Addiction and Psychosocial Pathologies and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, dated 1986, she has a career dedicated to teaching and research. Her career is marked by a constant commitment to education and research. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga and is a Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research in Health at the University of Coimbra. She is part of the Scientific Council and the Observatory for Labor Market Integration at ISMT, and is a member of the Ethics Committee of this institution. Responsible for coordinating the Second Cycle in Social Work at ISMT, she has supervised various doctoral dissertations and master's theses. She has published 70 articles in specialized journals and is the author of 11 book chapters and one complete book. As a researcher, she has led and participated in projects, focusing on areas such as genderism, ageism, policies directed at the elderly population, and occupational segregation.
