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Author Guidelines
Authors are requested to download the manuscript template and to follow the specific formatting instructions included in this file.
Full length empirical papers should normally be no more than 4,000 words, double-spaced, and must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5 th ed.). Empirical manuscripts should contain the following sections: title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, and references.
Author licence agreement: When submitting the final version of the accepted article, the author(s) must complete and sign a licence to publish agreement. Please note that this form must be signed by all authors.
Title page: The title of the paper and the names of the authors should be given in full, together with the addresses of the institutions in which the research was undertaken. Full contact details of the corresponding author should be included (email, telephone, fax, address). Authors are asked to provide a shortened running title for the paper and a list of no more than five key words.
Abstracts: Abstracts should be a concise summary (maximum 200 words) of the research and major conclusions. It should outline the aims of the study, methodology, and the main findings.
Tables and Figures: Tables and Figures can be included in the manuscript and include titles and explanatory legends where appropriate. Titles for Tables and Figures must be short but informative. Tables and Figures should not duplicate information presented in the text and their meaning should be understandable without reference to textual information.
Acknowledgments: Where appropriate, submitted manuscripts can include an acknowledgments section, which briefly recognises important contributions of other parties to either the empirical research (e.g, funding, analyses) or to the production of the manuscript (e.g., administrative duties, proof reading).
References: E-JAP uses the Harvard style system for referencing. In text, references for papers with three or more authors should be fully referenced at the first citation and as the first author et al., and the year in any subsequent citations. In the reference list, journal articles should conform to the following format: (a) Authors' names; (b) year of publication; (c) title of paper; (d) full journal name; (e) volume number; (f) page numbers.
Example: Miller, E., Joseph, S., & Tudway, J. (2004). Assessing the component structure of four self-report measures of impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences , 37 , 349-358
For book references: (a) Authors' names; (b) year of publication; (c) title of article; (d) title of book and volume number; (e) editor(s); (f) page numbers; (g) publisher's name; (h) city of publication.
Example: Gray, J. A. (1994). Framework for a taxonomy of psychiatric disorder. In: S. H. M. Van Goozen, N. E. Van De Poll, J. A. Sergeant (Eds.) , Emotions: essays on emotion theory (pp. 29 – 59). Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF file format.
- All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://www.swin.edu.au) are activated and ready to click.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- The text, if submitted to a peer-reviewed section (e.g., Articles), has had the authors' names removed. If an author is cited, "Author" and year are used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author's name, paper title, etc. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.
- All authors must print, sign and post or fax the licence to publish agreement form to Dr Britt Klein, eJAP, Fax (03) 9819 0574 or Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University. PO Box 218 Hawthorn Vic 3122. licence to publish agreement form
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