Psychology and Law

Aims & Scope

"Psychology and Law" is an electronic journal publishing papers that integrate psychology, legal sciences and forensic psychiatry.

It focuses on development of legal psychology in Russia and abroad.

The journal covers challenges of general and legal socialization of personality; individual and psychological characteristics of criminal; organized crime and terrorism; legal problems of children, adolescents and their families; judicial psychiatric expertize, prevention of negative actions in prisons, victim behavior psychology, intervention and resocialization programs.

The journal publishes results of research and practice studies, reviews, digests of Russian and foreign books and articles, conferences and profesional forums’ reports.

The journal provides legal psychologists with open experience exchange, distribution of new ideas and concepts. Портал психологических изданий PsyJournals.ru — https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/psylaw [Psychology and Law — About]

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

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
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

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 does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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