Acta Psychologica

Aims & Scope

Acta Psychologica publishes research studies, review articles and special issues in any area of experimental psychology.

Research studies should be focused on increasing our understanding of human behaviour and cognition.

The majority of the articles deal with perception, attention, language, memory, cognitive and/or affective control, numerical and motor cognition.

However, more clinical, social, computational, neuropsychological and neuroscientific papers will also be considered as long as the study focuses on a specific aspect of human information processing and is of interest to one of the above-mentioned research communities.

Papers outside this scope and papers with limited theoretical value (effect-driven papers) will not be considered.

Review papers and special issues are typically on invitation, but authors can contact the Editor-in-Chief for an informal inquiry.

Acta Psychologica has published seminal papers in the past and intends to do so in the future.

We aim to publish articles that serve as solid building blocks for a research field while still being accessible for researchers outside this field.

We strive to publish good research rather than deciding about papers exclusively from the viewpoint of originality.

Hence we will also consider replication studies.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Medline

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Psychology, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,000.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Early selective-attention effect on evoked potential reinterpreted

  Citation: 2113

  Authors: R., A.W.K., S.

• The discovery of processing stages: Extensions of Donders' method

  Citation: 1751

  Authors: Saul

• Some functions of gaze-direction in social interaction

  Citation: 1302

  Authors: Adam

• Are we all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers?

  Citation: 1273

  Authors: Ola

• Optimal number of response categories in rating scales: reliability, validity, discriminating power, and respondent preferences

  Citation: 1258

  Authors: Carolyn C, Andrew M

• On the speed of mental processes

  Citation: 1037

  Authors: F.C.

• Top–down and bottom–up control of visual selection

  Citation: 986

  Authors: Jan

• Speed-accuracy tradeoff and information processing dynamics

  Citation: 917

  Authors: Wayne A.

• ERP components in Go/Nogo tasks and their relation to inhibition

  Citation: 889

  Authors: M, J, J

• Age differences in fluid and crystallized intelligence

  Citation: 869

  Authors: John L., Raymond B.