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Psichologija is an international academic journal with an open access policy that has been published at Vilnius University since 1980. The journal features peer-reviewed scientific works in the major branches of psychology. Its aim is to promote the development of psychological science in the Central and Eastern European region. to this aim, the journal publishes articles by foreign researchers as well as Lithuanian authors. The current editor-in-chief is Assoc. Prof. dr. Jurgita Lazauskaitė-Zabielskė, and previous editors have included Professor dr. Gintautas Valickas , doc. Eglė Rimkutė, Alfonsas Gučas, and Sigitas Kregždė.

History
The first issue of Psichologija was published on December 15th, 1980. Before the establishment of this separate journal on psychology, a journal called Pedagogika ir psichologija (Pedagogy and Psychology) was published starting from 1962.

The first editor-in-chief of Psichologija was Alfonsas Gučas, a psychologist, educator, political activist, and journalist. He held this position until 1990, after which he was succeeded by Professor Sigitas Kregždė, a habilitated doctor of social sciences and psychologist from Lithuania. He led the journal until 1993, when he was replaced by Assoc. Prof Eglė Elena Rimkutė, a psychologist. In 2003, Professor Gintautas Valickas took over as the editor-in-chief. The current editor-in-chief is Assoc. Prof. dr. Jurgita Lazauskaitė-Zabielskė, who began her duties in 2019. She also leads the Research Center for Organizational Psychology.

Thematics
Psichologija publishes articles on a wide range of psychological topics. The journal publishes empirical, methodological, theoretical, and interdisciplinary research. In addition to regular scientific articles, the journal has a section called Psychology for Practice, which features articles that review scientific achievements in a specific area and their application in a practical context. There is also a section called Brief Reports, which publishes shorter scientific articles (up to 3000 words) exclusively in English.

The journal publishes the editorial board's lineup and table of contents in each issue.

Publishing
Psichologija publishes two issues per year following the principle of a growing volume. Articles in both Lithuanian and English languages are published in the journal. Psichologija is an open access diamond journal, which means that all articles in the journal are openly available for users to read and download without prior consent from the authors. There are no article processing charges. The journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY 4.0).

The journal has been awarded the DOAJ Seal, indicating that Psichologija meets the highest standards of open access .The journal is also included in the Cabell's database, which registers journals that meet contemporary publishing standards.

The articles are published in PDF and HTML formats.

In 2022, there were 72,969 downloads recorded. The articles that were downloaded the most in 2022 were:


 * 1) 1394 downloads: Gintilienė G., Girdzijauskienė S., Černiauskaitė D., Lesinskienė S., Povilaitis R., & Pūras D. (2004). A standardised Lithuanian version of Strenghts and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for school-aged children. Psichologija, 29, 88-105. https://doi.org/10.15388/Psichol.2004.4355
 * 2) 1001 downloads: Barkauskienė R., Gaudiešiūtė E., & Skabeikytė G. (2021). Change in the definition of personality disorder in transition to ICD-11: A look from clinical and developmental perspectives. Psichologija, 65, 8-21. https://doi.org/10.15388/Psichol.2021.36
 * 3) 1000 downloads: Lazauskienė M. (1973). Progressive pedagogical ideas in Lithuanian folk tales. Psichologija, 13, 37-56. https://doi.org/10.15388/Psichol.1973.13.9282