Hi dear Colleagues!
I know that the time of acceptance of an article in the field of psychology is very variable - including journal response time, editorial rectifications and article acceptance. But... what is your experience in this regard?
So Thanks!
I have no first hand experience with journals in psychology as it is not my specialty but if you already have the title and abstract for your article, you can use the following tools from Elsevier and Springer to help you pick a right journal among those that belong to the respective publisher
http://journalfinder.elsevier.com
http://journalsuggester.springer.com
The output of these tools shows inter alia average article processing times , which is I guess the closest approximation to the data you ask for, and impact factors of the journals and, if I recall correctly, also publication fees and open access fees.
In many journals you can publish free of charge if you do NOT make your article open access (i.e. it is available only to journal subscribers), but this should be checked for each journal separately.
Once you make a short list of potentially suitable journals, you can check whether they are covered by Scopus here
https://blog.scopus.com/posts/titles-indexed-in-scopus-check-before-you-publish
and by Web of Science here
https://mjl.clarivate.com
I have no first hand experience with journals in psychology as it is not my specialty but if you already have the title and abstract for your article, you can use the following tools from Elsevier and Springer to help you pick a right journal among those that belong to the respective publisher
http://journalfinder.elsevier.com
http://journalsuggester.springer.com
The output of these tools shows inter alia average article processing times , which is I guess the closest approximation to the data you ask for, and impact factors of the journals and, if I recall correctly, also publication fees and open access fees.
In many journals you can publish free of charge if you do NOT make your article open access (i.e. it is available only to journal subscribers), but this should be checked for each journal separately.
Once you make a short list of potentially suitable journals, you can check whether they are covered by Scopus here
https://blog.scopus.com/posts/titles-indexed-in-scopus-check-before-you-publish
and by Web of Science here
https://mjl.clarivate.com
Based on my experience, I would say the average time of article acceptance in the field of psychology is infinity. :-) But based on those who are more successful at convincing journals to publish their work, it seems to take between 1 to 2 years between when an article is first submitted to a journal and when the article appears in print. Hope your average time is better, Jose. ~ Kevin
Arthur! Your information is very clear and structured.
Thanks for the time spent!
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