About the Journal
Focus and Scope
If you want to obtain newest knowledge about human and psychology of his behavior, you can subscribe the journal 'Socionics, mentology and personality psychology'. It contains articles on a wide range of problems to include:
- human psychological additivity and compatibility,
- personality typology and psychology,
- relations between people, forecasting and developing them,
- family problems,
- age development, education and training of children,
- nature of erotic feelings,
- choosing your partner(s),
- historical and social and political questions,
- description of socionics practical application,
- educational materials on socionics.
Peer Review Process
Scientific articles submitted to the journal are reviewed.
The journal has the following types of reviewing articles:
- main editor peer review;
- open peer review by an external specialist of the relevant scientific profile;
- single-blind review by one of the members of the editorial board (the reviewer knows about the author, the author doesn’t review the reviewer);
- double-blind review (both of them do not know about each other).
The decision on the selection of the type of review is made by the chief editor or his deputy.
The editorial board may submit articles for additional external anonymous review.
Terms of reviewing in each case are determined taking into account the creation of conditions for the most rapid publication of the article, but not more than 4 weeks.
The review should unambiguously characterize the theoretical or applied significance of the research, relate the author’s conclusions to existing scientific concepts, and include the reviewer’s personal contribution to the solution of the problem under consideration. It is advisable to note in the review the conformity of the style, logic and availability of the presentation of the material, as well as to draw a conclusion about the reliability and validity of the author’s conclusions.
The decision on the possibility of publication after reviewing is made by the chief editor, and if necessary, by the editorial board as a whole. On the basis of the decision taken, a letter is sent to the author (authors) by e-mail or by mail informing them of the decision taken on the publication of his article. In case of refusal to publish, reviewers remain anonymous.
The editors reserve the right to reject articles in the event of the inability or unwillingness of the author to take into account the wishes of the editorial board.
If there are substantial criticisms of the reviewer and with a general positive recommendation, the editorial board may classify the material as polemical and print it in the manner of scientific discussion.
Journal History
The 'Socionics, mentology and personality psychology' is the first officially registered scientific journal, which deals with theoretical and applied questions of socionics. The journal is regularly issued by International institute of Socionics and is distributed in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, in Baltic and other countries.
