Copyright Policy

Until 2016, the Journal was published in both physical and digital formats. However, starting from 2017, it became a quarterly publication, published solely in digital format, with its contents made available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Authors retain the copyright, and third parties are allowed to copy, distribute, and use the works as long as they comply with the terms and conditions set by the license. More information can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en.

Open Access Policy

The journal, in line with the Open Access policy of the Ibero-American University Corporation and the editorial policy of ĬbērAM Seal, ensures free access to its contents without any cost or subscription requirement, aiming to contribute to a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Authors must agree to the following terms:

• Both the author and the journal require appropriate acknowledgment through proper citation and referencing, whenever the work is used or exploited.
• By transferring the rights to the publisher, the author accepts that these rights are registered as: © YEAR, ĬbērAM, the publishing unit of the Ibero-American University Corporation.
• Authors retain the copyright, and third parties are allowed to copy, distribute, and use the works as long as they comply with the terms and conditions set by the license.
• As stated in the Institutional Knowledge Policy of Ibero-Americana, the publisher will act in defense of the rights granted, especially regarding the representation and protection of the author's rights.
• Attribution and the original source of publication (journal, publisher, and URL of the work) must be cited.
• If the material is remixed, transformed, or created from, contributions must be disseminated under the same license as the original. No commercial use.
• Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, in accordance with the attribution license of Creative Commons.
• All published articles have a DOI with the main purpose of providing a persistent and stable link to the published content, facilitating its location and precise citation.

Self-Archiving Policy

The RIP focuses on disseminating its contents and making them accessible through indexing services. All works published by are archived through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) tool for the digital preservation of published works via the OJS platform.

Authors are encouraged to publish their works and associated data in their institutional repository, as well as in thematic repositories. Furthermore, maximum dissemination of such works through the Internet and social networks of any of the versions (pre-print, post-print, and editor's version) is recommended.

Pre-print self-archiving conditions: Before final publication, RIP recommends that authors archive their pre-print version on their personal and institutional websites, scientific social networks, repositories, bibliographic managers, etc. The preprint must include the following statement at the beginning of the manuscript: "This is the electronic version of an article accepted for publication in the Ibero-American Journal of Psychology [issue/year] and will be available online at the official website via its DOI."

Post-print self-archiving conditions: Authors are permitted to reuse published works, i.e., the post-print (final PDF version from the publisher), for non-commercial purposes, strongly recommending authors to deposit it in:

• Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Institutional repository of their university and public repositories (Mendeley, Cosis, etc.).
• Scientific social networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Kudos, etc.).
• Personal or institutional website, blog, etc.
• Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchID, ScopusID, Dimensions, PlumX...

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

The anti-plagiarism policy ensures standards of originality that endorse the scientific production published by the journal. By accepting the expressed terms and conditions, authors must guarantee that articles and associated materials are original and do not infringe copyright. Likewise, they must justify that, in case of shared authorship, there was full consensus among all individuals involved in the article's creation and that it has not been submitted or published previously in another dissemination medium.

RIP declares its commitment to respecting and maintaining the integrity of published works; therefore, submitted articles will be reviewed using the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. Texts identified with plagiarism or self-plagiarism will be rejected and excluded from the evaluation process.

Cost Policy

Publishing in the Ibero-American Journal of Psychology incurs no economic cost. Likewise, access to the contents is free for both authors and readers.

Funding Policy

The journal is sponsored by the Psychology program of the Ibero-American University Corporation, Colombia.

Copyright Notice

Authors publishing in the Ibero-American Journal of Psychology agree to the following terms:

1. The Author or Authors, upon submitting their manuscript to this journal, are informed about the Open Access policy, as an indispensable condition of publication, which means that neither they nor the journal will receive any income for the reading of abstracts or the full article, nor for its use or exploitation to generate new knowledge or develop learning around the work.

2. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right to be the first publication of the work, also licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows third parties to use the published material, provided that the authorship of the work and its first publication in this journal are acknowledged, not used for commercial purposes, and that works derived from the article are shared under the same conditions.

3. The concepts and opinions expressed in the articles are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit the Ibero-American Journal of Psychology or the Ibero-American University Corporation. The contents of this journal are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which requires proper recognition of the works and whose terms are found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

4. The Ibero-American Journal of Psychology is an open access journal, so both the editorial process and the published contents are available to all users free of charge: the Journal does not charge for access, reading, or download of contents nor for publishing processes or activities for publication purposes.