Focus and Scope

Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) publishes empirical research manuscripts, in line with our commitment to developing the science of social psychology in Indonesia. Social psychology, the focus of JPS, is a branch of psychology that specializes in the study of individuals’ behaviors within their social environments or situations.

We accept manuscripts with various topics ranging from social cognition (formation or changing of attitudes, explicit/implicit prejudice, consumer behavior, etc.), intragroup dynamics (ingroup values, social influence, team performance, etc.), intergroup relations (intergroup conflict, intergroup cooperation, contact between individuals from different groups, etc.), voting behavior, economic behavior, aggression, radicalism, emotion, online behavior, indigenous psychology, prosocial behavior, social development, and other social psychological phenomena experienced by Indonesian people regardless of where they live.

Section Policies

Articles

• ✔ Open Submissions
• ✔ Indexed
• ✔ Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) implements a double-blind peer review process, which means that the received manuscripts will be reviewed by scholars without any knowledge of the authors’ identity and the authors have no knowledge of the reviewers’ identity. This is applied in order to maintain the quality of the articles that we publish. The decision for acceptance is ultimately based on the decision of at least two reviewers.

Open Access Policy

Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) is openly and directly accessible to the public. This is to support the increasing need for a transparent and open science framework in the globally significant exchange of knowledge.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS, since 2017) is published twice annually: in February and August.

Article Processing Charges

Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) does not charge any payment from the authors at all processes (from submission to online publication). All administrations are free of charge.

Plagiarism Screening

The editor always checks the level of similarity or plagiarism using iThenticate. The maximum limit of similarity score that we accept is 20%, while the total percentage of each similarity unit score should not reach more than 3%.