The International Journal of Psychology and Strategic Communication (IJPSC) welcomes original research articles, review papers, essays, case studies, and conceptual contributions within the journal’s interdisciplinary scope.

All manuscripts must be submitted exclusively through the official IJPSC Submission and Peer Review Portal. Submissions sent by email, post, or through other channels will not be considered.

Submission Requirements

Before submitting a manuscript, authors must ensure that it meets the journal’s formal and academic requirements. Manuscripts that do not comply may be returned before peer review.

• Manuscripts must follow APA 6th Edition citation and formatting guidelines.
• The official IJPSC Word template must be used.
• Manuscripts should contain between 4,000 and 8,000 words, including references.
• A separate title page containing the names, affiliations, and contact details of all authors must be included.
• The main manuscript file must not contain information that identifies the authors.
• An abstract of 150 to 250 words is required.
• Three to six keywords must be provided.
• Tables and figures must be clearly numbered, titled, and referenced in the text.
• References must be complete and consistently formatted.
• Manuscripts must be submitted in DOCX format. PDF files are not accepted.
• A short biography of two to three sentences must be provided for each author on the title page.

Submission Portal

Authors must register through the IJPSC Submission and Peer Review Portal. The portal is used to submit manuscripts, receive editorial decisions and reviewer reports, upload revised versions, and communicate with the editorial team.

Review Process

Each submission is assessed in two stages.

Stage 1: Editorial Screening

The Editor-in-Chief or a member of the Editorial Board conducts an initial assessment of the manuscript. This assessment considers:

• Relevance to the journal’s scope
• Compliance with the submission requirements
• Academic quality and clarity
• Methodological or conceptual soundness

Manuscripts that fall outside the journal’s scope or do not meet its minimum requirements may be rejected without external review.

Stage 2: External Peer Review

Manuscripts that pass the editorial screening are reviewed by independent experts in the relevant field.

Single-Blind Peer Review: This is the journal’s standard review model. The reviewers remain anonymous, while the identities of the authors are known to the reviewers.

Double-Blind Peer Review: Authors may request double-blind review during the submission process. In this model, the identities of the authors and reviewers are concealed from each other.

Reviewers assess the manuscript’s originality, academic relevance, methodological quality, argumentation, use of sources, and contribution to the field.

The journal retains manuscript versions, reviewer reports, editorial decisions, author responses, revisions, and relevant correspondence as part of the official editorial record.

Publication Model

Since 2024, IJPSC has followed a continuous article-based publishing model. Accepted manuscripts are published online after peer review, revision, acceptance, and editorial processing. Authors do not have to wait for the completion of an entire issue before their article is published.

Ethical Standards

Reviewers must:

• Declare any conflicts of interest
• Treat manuscripts and related documents as confidential
• Provide objective and constructive assessments
• Base their recommendations on academic criteria
• Avoid personal or inappropriate comments

IJPSC may use plagiarism-detection software to examine submitted manuscripts and revised versions.

Author Declaration

By submitting a manuscript, the authors confirm that:

• The manuscript follows the journal’s formatting requirements.
• The submitted files meet the requirements of the selected review model.
• All required files and metadata have been provided.
• The manuscript is original.
• The manuscript has not been published previously.
• The manuscript is not under consideration by another journal.
• All authors have approved the submitted version.

Submissions that do not meet these requirements may be returned to the authors before peer review.