Since its founding in 2019, the African Journal of Psychological Assessment (AJOPA) has become a leading platform for research in psychometrics and psychological assessment across Africa. Established in partnership between PsySSA and AOSIS, the journal has been guided by strong editorial leadership from Professor Sumaya Laher as Founding Editor to Professor Tyrone Pretorius as current Editor-in-Chief.
In a short time, AJOPA has published 92 works, achieved 239 registered citations, and reached nearly half a million downloads. The journal’s visibility continues to grow internationally, with indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) since 2021, inclusion in PubMed Central (PMC) in 2025, and acceptance for Scopus listing later the same year.
AJOPA plays a vital role in publishing original research studies, theoretical contributions, test reviews, and methods papers, ensuring that scholarship relevant to the African context is freely available through its open-access model.
