South African Journal of Psychology

The South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP) is the official journal of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA)

Why publish in the SAJP

The SAJP is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). With the support of its publisher SAGE Publications (UK), the SAJP had some years ago migrated to an online manuscript submission and management system, using the ScholarOne programme. The SAJP is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training and is abstracted in all of the major indexing services, including the Social Science Citation Index (JCR) and Scopus. It draws scholarly submissions from both the national and international arenas. An important development for the SAJP, introduced several years ago, is the Online First publishing feature. This has brought the journal in line with all of the major international journals in ensuring that accepted manuscripts are published online once accepted, each with a digital object identifier (doi). Furthermore, SAGE offers our authors a range of opportunities to improve the chances of their articles being accessed, read, and cited, thereby enhancing their impact (See https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/afr/promote-your-article). The SAJP is also in the process of appointing a Social Media Editor who will assist authors published in the journal to maximise the impact of their articles.

Some of the key reasons why authors generally want to have their work published in the SAJP include:

• The journal uses a rigorous anonymised peer review system to evaluate all submissions, so as to ensure the quality of all articles that it publishes;
• The journal prioritises prompt reviewing and publishing;
• The journal resonates with and has a diverse multidisciplinary readership;
• The journal has high global exposure and visibility.

In order to encourage scholarly writing, the SAJP and PsySSA have over the past two decades facilitated a number of publishing workshops for emerging scholars. The journal offers quarterly continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities to PsySSA members at no extra cost.

Editorial Board

• Rashid Ahmed, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• Kennedy Amone-P’Olak, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Cheryl Foxcroft, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
• Leswin Laubscher, Duquesne University, United States of America
• David Maree, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Nhlanhla Mkhize, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Desmond Painter, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Anthony Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Basil Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Kopano Ratele, University of South Africa, South Africa
• Mohamed Seedat, University of South Africa, South Africa
• Garth Stevens, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Douglas Wassenaar, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa