Psychologica Belgica

Aims & Scope

Psychologica Belgica is the official journal of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) founded in 1954.

BAPS promotes the development of both fundamental and applied psychological sciences.

Psychologica Belgica publishes peer-reviewed, fully open access, scientific contributions to all domains of psychology.

The Editorial Board members come from a wide range of psychology domains, working in Belgium and in other countries.

We invite empirical notes and regular empirical articles that address psychology from a variety of approaches and methods, both quantitative and qualitative.

We also welcome integrative reviews of a particular domain within psychology, and contributions that incorporate a range of perspectives from areas within psychology or other related disciplines.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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 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 735.00 GBP. 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.

• Combining Speed and Accuracy in Cognitive Psychology: Is the Inverse Efficiency Score (IES) a Better Dependent Variable than the Mean Reaction Time (RT) and the Percentage Of Errors (PE)?

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Raymond, Marc

• Measuring Empathic Tendencies: Reliability And Validity of the Dutch Version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index

  Citation: 244

  Authors: Kim, Ann, Lesley L, Herbert, Koen, Mark H

• Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

  Citation: 174

  Authors: Erik, Rudi, Catherine, Yves

• Does working memory training generalize?

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Zach, Thomas S, Randall W.

• Positive Outcomes Following Bereavement: Paths to Posttraumatic Growth

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Lawrence G, Richard G, Arnie, Emily A

• Exploring the Causes of Comparative Optimism

  Citation: 152

  Authors: James A., Patrick, Jodi, Meredith

• Lextale_FR A Fast, Free, and Efficient Test to Measure Language Proficiency in French

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Marc

• Affective and Subjective Familiarity Ratings of 740 Dutch Words

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Dirk, Jan

• Evaluative Meanings of Adjectives In Vitro and in Context: Some Theoretical Implications and Practical Consequences of Positive-Negative Asymmetry and Behavioral-Adaptive Concepts of Evaluation

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Guido

• Measuring Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation: The Emotion Regulation Profile-Revised (ERP-R)

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Delphine, Jordi, Michel, Moïra