AOSIS invites all prospective authors to submit their latest research manuscripts to the African Journal of Psychological Assessment (AJOPA).

Journal Focus and Scope

AJOPA focusses on original research studies, theoretical papers, test reviews and methods papers in the areas of psychometrics and psychological assessment. Manuscripts must demonstrate a clear contribution to the field and be relevant to the African context. Manuscripts can focus on amongst others ethics in assessment, the establishment of the psychometric properties of an instrument, methods in assessment, research on core issues in psychological assessment (e.g. assessment in low resource settings, multicultural assessment, acculturation and assessment, language and assessment, assessing people with disabilities). Read more.

DHET Accreditation and Indexing Services

The journal is DHET accredited and is included in leading indexing services such as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Host, and GALE, CENGAGE Learning.

Peer Review

The journal has a double-blinded peer review process. Manuscripts are initially examined by editorial staff and are sent by the Editor-in-Chief to two expert independent reviewers, either directly or by a Section Editor. Read our full peer review process.

How To Submit Your Manuscript

To contribute your latest research findings towards this publication, please visit ajopa.org. Authors can conveniently submit all manuscripts online. Please refer to the submission procedure when submitting your original manuscripts. The submission guidelines include information about the types of articles received for publication and preparing a manuscript for submission.

Other relevant information about the journal’s policies and the reviewing process can be found under the about section.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Support Enquiries

Please visit our FAQs page for any other information you may require, and email submissions@ajopa.org for your support inquiry.

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