The guidelines for authors include information on the types of articles accepted for publication and how to prepare a manuscript for submission. Additional relevant information about the journal’s policies and the peer-review process can be found in the “About section".

General guide for submitting and submitting manuscripts

The authors must have the following observations on their manuscripts:

• The journal does not charge per publication an is open access.
• Every article must be original and unpublished. The submission of an article to the editorial process of the magazine does not imply its publication, which will depend on the process of evaluation and editing of the text.
• The article should not be postulated for publication in other magazines.
• It is mandatory for authors to post their manuscripts through the Open Journal System (OJS) editorial management platform https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/informespsicologicos
• The Editorial Committee of the Psychological Information magazine has the discretion to accept the rejection in a first instance of the postulated articles according to the completion of the formal aspects of the presentation here.
• When the article has been received, the editor will report its receipt and the review process by the editorial committee begins. The editor will report the result of this phase, as appropriate, for subsequent assignment of peer reviewers.
• Once approved, it is sent to two external referees who determine the relevance of publishing it (a double-blind peer review is carried out). In the event that one arbitrator approves and another rejects it, a third party will be appointed to decide whether or not to include the article.

• The peer review phase is based on the following evaluation criteria: Title (clear, specific, and informative); Abstract and keywords (a clear overview of the research, specifying: introduction, objective, methodology, results, and conclusions); Introduction (relevance, originality, and timeliness; a well-founded theoretical framework); Methodology (study approach and design, population, sampling, instruments, procedure, data analysis, and ethical considerations); Results (detailed, organized, and consistent with the methodology, presented analytically); Discussion (the results obtained are compared with other studies conducted in the field of the manuscript, emphasizing the study’s main contributions and practical implications, and are consistent with the stated objectives); Conclusions (includes a conclusions section related to the presented results; presents the study’s limitations and recommendations); References (are of scientific quality and relevant to the topic addressed; are up-to-date and follow the journal’s APA style); Writing and spelling (are appropriate for scientific publication). In addition, the reviewer provides a qualitative assessment of areas for improvement in the article and a recommendation (Accept without revision, Accept with minor revisions, Requires significant revision to be considered, or Reject).

Similarity detection (possible plagiarism)

The result is communicated to the author s), with their respective sources requesting their comments before defining that it is a plagiarism behavior and, consequently, not editable. Turnitin software is used, and the final decision is made by the publisher, although the similarity index returned will be considered.

Types of articles accepted for publication

The magazine accepts to publish on its pages preferably the following types of documents according to Publindex:

Scientific and technological research article: Document that presents, in a detailed way, the original results of research projects.

Cut article: Brief document that presents preliminary original results, part of a scientific or technological investigation that, by general, requires a prompt diffusion

Review article: Document resulting from an investigation from which it is analyzed, systematized and integrated results of published or unpublished investigations, on a field in science or technology, in order to keep track of advances and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 60 references, the structure of these articles will consist of: Summary, Introduction (Plantation subject to review), Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References.

Formal aspects and structure of articles

The articles sent must be original documents and comply with the necessary conditions of coherence, cohesion, clarity, concreteness, relevance and centrality that have been communicated.

It should be made clear that the submission of the article guarantees that the authors do not infringe the author's rights and that the work has not been published in another magazine, it is not yet under evaluation.

For authors interested in presenting articles if they follow the following recommendations, for the purpose of complying with the best APA style rules, which allows their article to enter the data bases.

1. The preparation of the article must be carried out according to the Manual of Style of Publications of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th. edition.
2. As indicated, the articles must be postulated through the Open Journal System (OJS) editorial management platform https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/informespsicologicos
3. The writings can be sent in Spanish, Portuguese, English or French and will be published in their original language. It is necessary to add the article in a summary in English if the article is in Spanish, as well as for other languages.
4. Each article will be reviewed by the Editorial Committee, which will define its relevance. Subsequently, the article will be sent to two external peers or referees who will evaluate its quality. According to your recommendation, the article may be accepted for publication, accepted with modifications or not accepted.
5. In case of being accepted with modifications, the article will be sent back to the author for correction, in a time defined for him.
6. When the article is accepted for publication in the public, it may be published in another medium without written authorization from the magazine.

Having in mind the previous one, it is important to review before sending the article that is organized in the following sections and that its length does not exceed 15 pages.

Workplace:

1. The article must be sent in Word, it will have a maximum length of 15 pages, letter size, in "Times New Román" font, 12 point size with 1.5 spacing, with left and right margins of 3 cm and top and bottom margins of 2.5 cm. The text must be justified.
2. The leaders must adjust to the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Style Manual, 7th. Edition.
3. Use cursive for the presentation of a new tag (after which it has been used once, in the cursive scribe).
4. In the citation, if an author has two surnames, they must be joined by means of a hyphen, otherwise only the last surname will appear in the databases, while the first will be used as a middle name in the form of initials. Additionally, within the parentheses, the citations should be arranged alphabetically. All in-text citations must include page numbers.
5. To present an evaluation tool, the correct form of quote is to include the complete name of the instrument, open parentheses, include acronyms followed by points and coma, the authors, coma and the year, closing parentheses. For example: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; Cohen et al., 1983).
6. Do not use a zero before the decimal fraction when the number cannot be greater than 1; for example: correlations and levels of statistical significance, the correct form is p <.05, r = .30, α = .76

Title, author(s) and summary.

Title: Specific and informative, 15 words maximum.  

Authors' names: Full names of each of the authors, level of academic preparation, institutional affiliation in which they work and e-mail addresses for contact.

Institutional affiliation: Institution or institutions where the authors work at the time of the study.  

If at the time of submitting the article to the journal there is any change with respect to the current institutional affiliation, please inform us.  

If an author has no institutional affiliation, please specify the city and department/state of residence of the author.  

Full name of the department/academic unit with which each author is affiliated.  

Send postal address of the main author, e-mail address and telephone number for future correspondence.  

Report special circumstances about the article (if parts of the article have been presented at an academic meeting, if the article is based on the work of a student, if it is a partial report of a study, if there is any relationship that could be perceived as a conflict of interest, funding, among others). 

Abstract: This is a single paragraph of no more than 150 words and should enable the reader to get a clear idea of the type of article. The abstract is written in prose, including the following elements in order: Objective, method, results and conclusions. If it is an empirical research, the information on the method should summarise the essentials about participants (including number, age, etc.) and instruments.  

Key words: Define the content of the article and facilitate its search in databases. At least 5 words and a maximum of 10, in lower case, separated by commas and in alphabetical order. It is recommended to use keywords that are commonly used in the scientific literature to describe the subject. It is suggested to use the terms of the specialised thesauri of the corresponding disciplines.

Abstract and keywords: Spanish version of the abstract and keywords. 

Levels of titles and headings  

The levels of titles and headings should accurately reflect the organisation of the writing. In addition, all titles and headings at the same level should appear in the same format.  

Introduction: This should consist of several paragraphs in which the construct under study is contextualised, epidemiological data is provided if necessary, including a bibliographical review of the topic under study with respect to the population on which the research is carried out, providing recent references. Finally, include both the problem and the objective to which the research is responding.

Method: This section should contain the design, the participants (description of the participants including mean and age deviation, sample selection, inclusion and exclusion criteria, ethical considerations), instruments (with their authors, description of the instruments, validity and reliability), the procedure and the data analysis.

Results: In this segment, the results obtained in the study should be explained clearly and concisely. A maximum of six illustrations can be included, including graphs and tables, which allow for a simpler and more orderly understanding of the results.

Discussion: In this section the results obtained in the research are compared with similar published research and with the theoretical and/or methodological constructs; it is necessary to have a citation to support this section. Conclusions and limitations of the study are included.

Sources of funding: Title of the project, entity, natural or legal person who sponsored the work and the code or identifier (optional).

References: Articles must have at least 25 references, with the exception of review articles which must include at least 60 references, preferably from the last 10 years, according to the (APA) 7th edition.

All references cited in the text should appear in the reference list at the end of the article. These should be complete and organised according to the 7th edition of the Publication Style Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA).

References should be arranged alphabetically by the surname of the first author.

In the ‘References’ section, French indentation should be used with the Paragraph Formatting function, never breaking lines with line returns, or using tabulators. The word ‘and’ should be used in the references section (as well as when citing authors in the text within a parenthesis).

The doi (Digital Object Identifier) or the access link on the web (http://...) must be included in each of the articles and web pages consulted.

CITATION STYLE (APA)

Informes Psicológicos adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition.

Exception: When an author’s last names are joined by a hyphen (e.g., “Ginarte-Arias”), the full hyphenated surname must be retained in all citations.

Important: In the final reference list, the full name of each author will be retained as it appears in their academic signature, including both last names if present, with or without a hyphen.

A) Direct Quotations
Short direct quotations, of 40 words or fewer, are incorporated into the text using double quotation marks to indicate them. Long direct quotations (more than 40 words) are presented in a separate paragraph, without quotation marks, with a 1.25 cm left indent and in the same font size as the rest of the text. In both cases, the source must be cited in parentheses, indicating the author’s last name, the year of publication, and the page number, preceded by “p.”

Examples:
•    Short direct quote (40 words or fewer):
Loneliness can occur “as a result of the loss of intimacy with close relatives such as parents, a partner, or children” (Carvajal-Carrasca and Caro-Castillo, 2009, p. 287)

•    Long direct quote (more than 40 words):
According to Carvajal-Carrasca and Caro-Castillo (2009):
The need to adapt to physical and psychosocial changes and contextual factors makes adolescence a period of heightened vulnerability to the onset of health problems, including those in the mental, emotional, and social spheres, especially when compounded by events that increase emotional stress, such as rejection by a romantic partner, lack of communication with parents, difficulties in achieving one’s own aspirations or meeting parental expectations, and family conflicts. (p. 284)

B) In-text citations
If the author’s last name is included in the text, only the date is written, in parentheses and after the author’s last name, and the page number is written in parentheses at the end of the citation.

Example:
According to Loredo (2019), “Due to this immaturity (in every sense, but more specifically that of the brain), adolescents may engage in certain risky behaviors” (p. 20).

C) Paraphrases or Indirect Citations
In the case of paraphrases or ideas taken from another author without reproducing their exact text, the author’s last name and year of publication must be cited. Although not mandatory, it is recommended to include the specific page(s) to facilitate the reader’s reference.

Example:
According to Trujillo and Pineda (2008), EFs are a set of cognitive, emotional, and motivational skills with a functional hierarchy, which enable the design of plans, the setting of goals, the initiation of activities, the self-regulation and monitoring of tasks, the selection of behaviors, and organization for effective problem-solving (p. 78).

D) Works with multiple authors
If a work has three or more authors, use “et al.” from the first mention onward, in both parenthetical and in-text citations.

Example:
(Roebers et al., 2012)

E) Footnotes
Footnotes should be used only for clarifications or supplementary comments. They should not be used for bibliographic references.

F) Secondary sources
If a work is cited through another (secondary source), the original author must be mentioned, followed by a clarification that it was cited in another work. In the reference list, only the secondary source is included, unless the original source was also consulted.

Examples:
Weiss (2008, as cited in Loredo, 2019, p. 22) states that…

Unlike Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, which can be influenced by the variance of specific factors because it does not directly assess a single factor (Huysamen, 2006, as cited in Ventura-León and Caycho-Rodríguez, 2017, p. 136)

References
References should appear at the end of the text, listed alphabetically by the last name of the first author. Works by the same author should be listed chronologically. All references should be indented and double-spaced.
Editorial note: Depending on the author’s signature, one or two last names will be used.

A) Books
Printed book or PDF version without a DOI
Last name, N. (Year). Title in italics with only the first word capitalized. Publisher.

Examples:
Baddeley, A. (1999). Human memory: Theory and practice. McGraw-Hill.
Portellano, J. & García, J. (2014). Neuropsychology of attention, executive functions and memory. Editorial Síntesis. 

Book with multiple authors

Examples:
•    Two authors:
Lázarus, R. & Folkman, S. (1987). Stress and cognitive processes. Martínez Roca.

•    Three to twenty authors (list all authors in the reference):
Lezak, M., Howieson, D., Bigler, E. & Tranel, D. (2012). Neuropsychological assessment. Oxford University Press.

•    More than twenty authors (list the first 19, followed by an ellipsis (…), and finally the last author):
Brown, T., Smith, J., Johnson, R., Williams, L., Taylor, P., Miller, D., Davis, K., Wilson, A., Moore, B., Clark, H., Lewis, R., Walker, S., Hall, J., Allen, G., Young, M., King, C., Wright, F., Scott, P., … Thompson, J. (2020). Handbook of psychological assessment. Academic Press.

E-book with DOI or URL
Last name, N. (Year). Title in italics. Publisher (if applicable). https://doi.org/xxxxx

Example:
Reifman, A. (2022). Journeys through emerging adulthood: An introduction to development from ages 18-30 around the world. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003156567

Book with an editor, compiler, or director
Last Name, N. (Ed./Comp./Dir.). (Year). Title in italics. Publisher.

Examples:
Hogan, T. P. (Ed.). (2015). Psychological testing: A practical introduction. El Manual Moderno.
Williams-Brown, Z. & Mander, S. (Eds.). (2020). Childhood well-being and resilience: Influences on educational outcomes. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429324635

Book with translator
Last name, N. (Year). Title in italics (N. Last Name, Trans.). Publisher.

Examples:
Goleman, D. (1996). Emotional intelligence (M. d. P. Villalón, Trans.). Kairós. 
Frankl, V. E. (2015). Man’s search for meaning (J. D. Cuesta, Trans.). Herder Editorial. 

Multi-volume books
Last Name, N. (Year). Title in italics (Vols. X–X). Publisher.

Examples:
Caballo, V. E. (Ed.). (2007). Manual for the cognitive-behavioral treatment of psychological disorders (Vols. I–II). Siglo XXI.  
Koch, S. (Ed.). (1959–1963). Psychology: A study of the science (Vols. I–III). McGraw-Hill.

B) Book chapters
Last Name, N. & Last Name, N. (Year). Chapter title. In N. Last Name & N. Last Name (Eds.), Book title (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.

Example:
Lubrini, G., Periáñez, J. & Ríos, M. (2009). Introduction to cognitive stimulation and neuropsychological rehabilitation. In E. Muñoz Marrón (Ed.), Cognitive stimulation and neuropsychological rehabilitation (pp. 13–32). UOC Press. 

Editorial note: If the chapter is available online, the URL or DOI may be added at the end.

Example:
Rattan, A. (2019). How lay theories (or mindsets) shape the confrontation of prejudice. In R. Mallet & M. Monteith (Eds.), Confronting prejudice and discrimination (pp. 121–140). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814715-3.00008-4

Entries in encyclopedias or dictionaries
Entry title. (Year). In Encyclopedia title (ed. no.). Publisher. https://www.xxxxxx.xxx

Example:
Artificial intelligence. (2025). In Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1st ed.). https://iep.utm.edu/artificial-intelligence/

Entry title. (Year). In Dictionary title. Retrieved on (date), from https://www.xxxxxx.xxx

Example:
Royal Spanish Academy. (n.d.). Culture. In Dictionary of the Spanish Language. Retrieved February 10, 2019, from https://dle.rae.es/cultura?m=form

C) Articles from academic journals
Print version
Last name, N. (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume(issue), xx–xx.

Examples:
Rahner, K. (1968). The notion of revelation in modern theology. Journal of Contemporary Theology, 10(1), 15–34.
Martínez Marulanda, N. (2012). Ethics and social commitment in Latin American theology. Latin American Journal of Theology, 8(1), 101–123.

Electronic version (preferably with DOI)
Last name, N. (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume(issue), xx–xx. https://doi.org/xxxxx

Examples:
Hardy, S. & Studenski, S. (2008). Fatigue predicts mortality in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(10), 1910–1914. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01957.x
Pérez-Ruíz, N., Sánchez-Villegas, M., De la Hoz-Granadillo, E., Reyes-Ruiz, L. & Carmona-Alvarado, F. (2020). Dating violence among young Colombians: Analysis of prevalence by gender and contributions to bidirectional intervention. Venezuelan Archives of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 39(4), 376-382. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4093100

D) Newspaper articles
Last Name, N. (Year, day of the month). Article title. Newspaper name. https://www.xxxxxx.xxx
Example:
Pérez, M. (2026, April 15). The impact of AI on elementary education. El País. https://www.elpais.com/tecnologia/2026-04-15/articulo-ia.html

Editor’s note: Include the page number only if it is a print newspaper and the article is not available online.

Examples:
Diario El Tiempo. (2023, May 15). Health care reform and its challenges. El Tiempo, p. 12.
de Zubiría, L. (2026, March 17). The mental health of the world’s youth is in intensive care. El Espectador, p. 8.

Tables and Figures   

1. All figures and tables should be referred to in the text, numbered in the order in which they are presented and included in the body of the text according to where they are located. Use capital letters for the words Figure 1, Table 2, etc. in the text.
2. Explain abbreviations for tables and figures in table notes and figure legends.
3. Follow the 7th edition of the Publication Style Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) for the presentation of tables. Data already included in the text need not also be presented in tables; for means, standard deviations, correlations and other statistics that allow it, the number of decimal places should be simplified to two.

Post-Publication Corrections Policy

Once the author(s) have formally approved the typeset version of the article and it has been published in the journal, no corrections, modifications, or updates will be made to the published content. This provision is due to the technical processes involved in editing and publishing a typeset article. For this reason, authors are urged to carefully review the final version of the manuscript before granting their approval, as such confirmation is final.

Copyright notice

Those authors who have publications with this journal accept the following terms:

4. Authors will retain their copyrights and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0
5. Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the version of the published work (eg, deposit it in an institutional electronic file or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication in this journal is indicated.
6. Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work on the Internet (eg in institutional telematic archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can lead to interesting exchanges and increase citations. of the published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

For the total or partial reproduction of the articles, the source must be mentioned.

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