European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Aims & Scope

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, the official journal of the Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense [Spanish Society of Forensic Psychology] and the Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia Terapéutica [Latin-American Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence] edited by these associations and Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid [Madrid Regional Association of Psychology].

It publishes unpublished empirical articles and meta-analytic reviews of topics dealing with psychology and law (e.g., legal decision making, eyewitness).

Papers addressing both the inquisitorial and the adversarial legal systems will be welcome as well as papers based on concrete laws of a European or Latin-American country.

Neither the Editors nor the Publishers will accept responsibility for the views or statements expressed by the authors.

The journal is aimed at researchers, academics and professionals in Psychology, Law, Social Work, Forensic Sciences, Educators and, in general, people related with Social Sciences and the Law.

The manuscripts will be reviewed by two blind referees.

The reviews are anonymous for authors and reviewers.

Author identities will be removed before sending out a manuscript to the reviewers.

Authors are not charged any fees or charges for manuscript processing and/or publishing in the journal.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and Social Sciences, 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.

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APC Details

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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.

• Transforming the Area under the Normal Curve (AUC) into Cohen’s d, Pearson’s r pb , Odds-Ratio, and Natural Log Odds-Ratio: Two Conversion Tables

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Jesús F.

• Undeutsch hypothesis and Criteria Based Content Analysis: A meta-analytic review

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Bárbara G., Ramón, Francisca

• Child-to-parent Violence and Parent-to-child Violence: A Meta-analytic Review

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Raquel, Mercedes, Francisca, Ramón

• Child-to-parent violence: The role of exposure to violence and its relationship to social-cognitive processing

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Lourdes, María del Carmen

• Behavioral problems and depressive symptomatology as predictors of child-to-parent violence

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Izaskun, Ainara, Edurne

• Parenting Styles and Aggressive Adolescents: Relationships with Self-esteem and Personal Maladjustment

  Citation: 75

  Authors: A. Fernando, Oscar F., Maria, Emilia, Fernando

• Influence of Parental Styles and Other Psychosocial Variables on the Development of Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescents: A Sytematic Review

  Citation: 74

  Authors: José Antonio, Elena, Bartolomé, José Antonio

• Longitudinal Patterns of Antisocial Behaviors in Early Adolescence: A Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Elena, Izabela, Rosario, David P., Vicente J.

• Myths and legends: The reality of rape offences reported to a UK police force

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Genevieve F., Ali, Vincent

• Social Media and Access to Drugs Online: A Nationwide Study in the United States and Spain among Adolescents and Young Adults

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Atte, Bryan L., Iina, Anu, Jakob, Markus, Izabela