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European Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry ISSN online 2035-2050
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Instructions to authors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
“EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY”
Director: Michele Fonti, M.D.
Introduction
The European Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry is published by Psychological and Medical Press. The Journal publishes original work and review in all fields of psychology, psychotherapy, counseling and psychiatry. Manuscripts for publication should be submitted online (email europe.psyjournal@gmail.com).
All published articles are peer reviewed. Contributions are accepted for publication on the condition that their substance has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, and this includes web-based documents. Authors submitting papers to the Journal (serially or otherwise) with a common theme or using data derived from the same sample (or a subset thereof) must send details of all relevant previous publications and simultaneous submissions.
The Journal is not responsible for statements made by contributors. Material in the Journal does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor Psychological & Medical Press.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy-edited to improve readability and to ensure conformity with house style.
Online submission
Manuscripts for publication must be submitted online at e mail europe.psyjournal@gmail.com. . For assistance with online submission, please write email europe.psyjournal@gmail.com. A cover letter should be included with the submission explaining why you consider the submitted article suitable for publication in the Journal.
Fast-track assessment
Authors have the option of submitting articles for fast-track assessment. Those wishing to take this route should state this in the first or second sentence of their cover letter, together with the reasons for rapid assessment. A decision whether to approve the fast-track route will be made within 10 days of submission; those papers that are not selected for this route will be assessed in the normal way unless the authors state specifically that they want fast-track assessment only. All papers approved for the fast-track route will be assessed within 4 weeks of submission. Review articles will not be considered for fast-track assessment.
Title and authors
The title should be brief and relevant. Subtitles should not be used unless they are essential. Titles should not announce the results of articles and, except in editorials, they should not be phrased as questions.
The names of the authors should appear on the title page in the form that is wished for publication, and the names, degrees, affiliations and full addresses at the time the work described in the paper was carried out should be given at the end of the paper.
Structure of manuscripts
Papers
A structured abstract not normally exceeding 150 words should be given at the beginning of the article, incorporating the following headings: Background; Aims; Method; Results; Conclusions.. The abstract is a crucial part of the paper and authors are urged to devote some care to ensuring that all the important findings are within the word limit.
Introductions should normally be no more than one paragraph; longer ones may be allowed for new and unusual subjects. This should be followed by Method, Results and Discussion sections. The Discussion should always include limitations of the paper to ensure balance. Use of subheadings is encouraged, particularly in Discussion sections. A separate Conclusions section is not required.
The article should normally be between 3000 and 5000 words in length (excluding references, tables and figure legends) and normally would not include more than 25 essential references beyond those describing statistical procedues, psychometric instruments and diagnostic guidelines used in the study. All large tables (exceeding half a Journal page) will be published only in the online version of the Journal (see Online data supplements, below). Authors are encouraged to present key data within smaller tables for print publication. This applies also to review articles and short reports.
Review articles
Review articles should be structured in the same way as regular papers, but the restriction on the number of references does not apply. The procedure for the publication of systematic reviews is the preferred format
Short reports
Short reports require an unstructured summary of one paragraph, not exceeding 100 words. The report should not exceed 1200 words (excluding references, tables and figure legends) and contain no more than one figure or table and up to 10 essential references beyond those describing statistical procedures, psychometric instruments and diagnostic guidelines used in the study. Short reports will not exceed two printed pages of the Journal and authors may be required to edit their report at proof stage to conform to this requirement. This may be necessary even if the report does not exceed 1200 words if the figure or table is unduly large.
Editorials
Editorials require an unstructured summary of one paragraph, not exceeding 50 words. Editorials should not exceed 1500 words and may contain no more than one figure or table and up to 10 essential references. Editorials may only exceed two printed pages in length at the Editor's discretion. A good-quality photograph of the lead author for publication alongside the editorial must be submitted with the manuscript, along with brief biographical details (up to 25 words) for all authors.
References
Authors are responsible for checking all references for accuracy and relevance in advance of submission. Reference lists not in the correct style will be returned to the author for correction. From January 2008, all references should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text and listed at the end of the article using the Vancouver style (see below), in which the names and initials of all authors are given after the appropriate reference number. If there are more than six authors, the first six should be named, followed by 'et al'.
The authors' names are followed by the full title of the article; the journal title abbreviated (in italics) according to the style of Index Medicus; the year of publication; the volume number (in bold type); and the first and last page numbers. References to book or book chapters should give the titles of the book (and the chapter if selected), names of any authors, name of publisher, names of any editors, and year.
Personal communications need written authorisation (email is acceptable); they should not be included in the reference list. Unpublished doctoral theses may be cited (please state department or faculty, university and degree). No other citation of unpublished work, including unpublished conference presentations, is permissible.
Tables
Tables should be numbered and have an appropriate heading. The tables should be mentioned in the text but must not duplicate information. The heading of the table, together with any footnotes or comments, should be self-explanatory. The desired position of the table in the manuscript should be indicated. Do not tabulate lists, which should be incorporated into the text, where, if necessary, they may be displayed.
Authors must obtain permission from the original publisher if they intend to use tables from other sources, and due acknowledgement should be made in a footnote to the table.
Figures
Figures should be clearly numbered and include an explanatory legend. Avoid cluttering figures with explanatory text, which is better incorporated succinctly in the legend. 3-D effects should generally be avoided. Lettering should be parallel to the axes. Units must be clearly indicated and should be presented in the form quantity (unit) (note: `litre' should be spelled out in full unless modified to ml, dl, etc.). All figures should be mentioned in the text and the desired position of the figure in the manuscript should be indicated.
Authors must obtain permission from the original publisher if they intend to use figures from other sources, and due acknowledgement should be made in the legend.
Colour figures may be reproduced if authors are able to cover the costs.
Qualitative research
The Journal welcomes submissions of reports of studies that have used qualitative research methods. These may, for example, be based on fieldwork notes, interview transcripts, recordings or documentary analysis. Such studies may be judged using criteria that differ from those used to judge reports based on statistical evidence.
Copyright
Copyright
On acceptance of the paper for publication, we will require all authors to assign copyright to the European Association of Psychology and Psychiatry. You retain the right to use the article (provided you acknowledge the published original in standard bibliographic citation form) in the following ways, as long as you do not sell it (or give it away) in ways which would conflict directly with our business interests. You are free to use the article for teaching purposes within your own institution or, in whole or in part, as the basis of your own further publications or spoken presentations. In addition, you retain the right to provide a copy of the manuscript to a public archive (such as an institutional repository or PubMed Central) for public release no sooner than 12 months after publication in the European Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry (or from the date of publication, if the open access option is chosen, see below). Only the final peer-reviewed manuscript as accepted for publication (not earlier versions, or the final copy-edited version) may be deposited in this way. Any such manuscripts must contain the following wording on the first page: "This is an author-produced electronic version of an article accepted for publication in the Journal. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at http://www.europepsyjournal.com.
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