About the journal

The Journal of Psychology "Ajayu" is a biannual open access publication of the Department of Psychology of the Bolivian Catholic University - Sede La Paz. It mainly receives original scientific articles from psychology and related branches regardless of the approach and methodology used. It also accepts rigorous qualitative reviews. However, “Ajayu” is not interested in receiving piecemeal or state-of-the-art reviews, study protocols, hypotheses or article proposals, letters, comments or essays, opinion pieces, political documents, or other secondary literature. Articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese are accepted.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To be a means of expression without institutional borders and a space for the reflexive exchange and debate of ideas, concepts and experiences emerging from the psychological discipline.

MISSION

The mission of the AJAYU Psychology Journal is to provide a medium of high academic quality for the scientific expression of psychology and related branches, as well as a national and international reference vehicle for the dissemination of locally developed knowledge in said discipline.

VISION

The vision of the AJAYU Psychology Magazine is to become the most important reference in the country for the scientific dissemination of psychology. To do this, it will seek its international accreditation and its connection and recognition by national and international indexes and auditors in this area.

PERIODICITY

The publication of this magazine will be six-monthly, and a new number must be put into circulation on a regular basis every six months.

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE

The AJAYU Journal of Psychology is free and open access, in this sense there is NO charge for article processing charges (APC). AJAYU does not charge authors of scientific publications to make their work available in open access.

FILE POLICY

AJAYU magazine participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) program to digitally preserve magazines at OJS. The LOCKSS program offers decentralized and distributed preservation, perpetual uninterrupted access, and preservation of the authentic original version of content. The PKP PN ensures that journals that are not part of any other digital preservation service (such as CLOCKSS or Portico) can be preserved for long-term access.