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Instruction for Authors
Submission of it manuscript to IJCP implies that all authors have read and agreed to the following conditions for publication:
Ethical Standards
Any experimental research that is reported in IJCP has been performed with the approval of an appropriate ethics committee or the author should make a statement that (s)he has maintained necessary ethical standards while conducting research. A statement to this effect must appear in the Methods section of the manuscript. Original Articles
Original articles must report research work which has not been pubIished and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The length of the original article should not exceed 5000 words. Review Articles
Reviews are usually commissioned by the editor. But unsolicited reviews will also be considered. The length of the review article should not exceed 5000 words. Brief Communications
Original, but shorter, manuscripts, with preliminary results or results of immediate relevance will be considered in this section with a word limit of 1000 words (with a maximum of 10 references and no more than one table or one figure). They must be accompanied by a suitable abstract and key words. Case Reports
Case reports of interesting cases should not exceed 1500 words and should contain references like any other scientific article. Letter to Editor
Scientific letters either with reference to an article published recently in the journal or on a topic of contemporary interest will be considered for publication. Book Review
These are critical reviews of recently published books, guiding readers regarding their characteristics and potential utility. They must be brief summary of the work, offering opinions. Reports must contain the complete bibliographic reference for the book such as (a) Title, (b) Name of the author(s), (c) Name of the publisher, (d) Place of publication and (e) Total pages at the beginning and it should close with the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s) of the review. Manuscript Preparation
At least 3 sets of hard copies should be submitted along with a soft copy. (The first copy should be printed on one side and the other two back to back). All manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word format, in Times New Roman, font size 12, typed in double space and have generous margins. In case of experimental work, the author(s) must specify the purpose of the study. The text of observational and experimental articles should usually be divided into the following sections with the headings, such as: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion to clarify their content. All pages of the manuscript should be numpered consecutively at the right corner of the page. The Title Page (Page I should contain title of the article, name(s) of the corresponding author(s) telephone, and e-mail address if any, of the author responsible for correspondence. It should also contain the source(s) of support if any received in the form of grants, equipment, drugs. or all of these including the word count. The word count should include text of the article only (excluding abstract, acknowledgments, figure legends, and references). This page should also indicate the number of tables and figures used in the article. Page 2, should contain only title of the article, abstract and keywords (up to 6). Page 3 onwards shouid contain the actual article beginning with the Title and ending with References. Conflict of Interest
Authors are required to complete a declaration of competing interests. It should be included on a separate page or pages immediately following the title page. Where an author gives no competing interests, the listing will read ‘The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests’. Authors should describe the role of the study sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the report for publication. Authors' contributions
In order to give appropriate credit to each author of a paper the individual contributions of authors to the manuscript should be specified in this section. An “author” is generally considered to be someone who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study. To qualify as an author one should (1) have made substantial 'Contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) have been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically fix important intellectual content; and (3) have given final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet all conditions (1, 2, and 3). Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, alone, does not justify authorship. One or more authors should serve as “guarantors.” i.e. persons who take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article. Acknowledgements
Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the study by making substantial contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, or who was involved in dralting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content. but who does not meet the criteria for authorship. Please list the source(s) of funding for the study, for each author, and for the manuscript preparation in the acknowledgements section. Abstract and keywords
A structured abstract should accompany observational and experimental manuscripts. It should contain the aims, methods, results, and conclusions briefly and be limited to 250 words only. From the abstract, a reader should be able to make out what the content of the article. Hence it requires special attention of the author. Other kinds of manuscripts should have unstructured abstract of about a 100 words. Following the abstract, the authors should also provide 3 to 5 key words or short phrases that capture the main topics of the article. Introduction
Provide a context or background for the study (i.e. the nature of the problem and its significance). State the specific purpose or research objective of, or hypothesis tested by the study or observation. Method
Describe the source population and the selection criteria for study participants. Identify the methods, apparatus, and procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Authors submitting review manuscripts should describe the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data. Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results. When possible, quantiJY findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals). Specify the computer software used. Results
Authors should avoid repeating in the text all the data provided in the tables or illustrations and use graphs as an alternative to tables with many entries or duplicate data in graphs and tables. This section should focus on scientifically appropriate, analyses of the salient data by variables such as age and sex should be included. Discussion
This section should emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. For experimental studies it is useful to begin the discussion by summarizing briefly the main findings, then explore possible mechanisms or explanations for these tindings. Compare and contrast the results with other relevant studies, state the limitations of the study, and explore the implications of the findings for future research and clinical practice. References
References should be written according to the guidelines of Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Some examples are given below: Personal communications should be cited when absolutely necessary (in the text) but should not be included in the list of references. In the reference section. list all authors' names when there are six or fewer; when there are seven or more, list the first six and add et al. Particular care be taken for punctuation and the spelling of authors names, the spelling in the text and the year shonld be consistent with that in the references. Reference, which has not been cited in the text, should not be included in the list of references. They should be alphabetically arranged and must not be numbered.
Article from a journal
Singh, R. S. & Oberhummer, I. (1980) Behaviour therapy within a setting of karma yoga. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 11, 135-141. Article from a journal supplement
Orengo, C.A., Bray, J. E., Hubbard, T., LoConte L., & Sillitoe, I ( 1999). Analysis and assessment of cognitive impairment in head injured. Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Suppl. 3, 149-170. In press article
Kharitonov, S. A., Barnes. P. J., Behavioural and social adjustment. European Respiratory Journal, in press. Article from conference proceedings
Jones, X. (1996). Prevalence of Mental & Behavioural disorder. In Proceedings of the First National Conference of World Psychiatry Association 27-30 June; Baltimore. Edited by Smith Y. Stoneham:Butterworth-Heinemann: pp.16-27. Book chapter, or article in a book
Kerkh of A. J. F. M.. & Nathawat. S.S. (1989). Suicidal behavior and attitudes towards suicide among students in India and the Netherlands: A cross cultural comparison. In R.F.W. Diekstra. R. Maris. S. Platt. A. Schmidtke & G. Sonneck (Eds.) Suicide and its prevention: The role of attitude and intuition, pp. 144-159, London: E. J. Brill. Whole issue of journal
Ponder, B.. Johnston. S., Chodosh, L. (Eds.) (2006). Innovative oncology. In Breast Cancer Research. 10. 1-72. Whole conference proceedings
Smith. Y. (Ed) (1996). Proceedings of the First National Conference of World Psychiatry Association. 27-30 June 2007; Baltimore. Stoneham: Butterworth-Heinemann. Complete book
Margulis, L. (2005) Cognitive Sciences, New Haven: Yale University Press. Monograph or book in a series
Hunninghake. G. W., Gadek. J. E.( 1995). The alveolar macrophage. In Cultured Human Cells and Tissues. Edited by Harris TJR. New York: Academic Press. 54-56. [Stoner G (Series Editor): Methods and Perspectives in Cell Biology. Vol I.] Book with institutional author
Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification. (1999). Annual Repbrt. London. Ph. D. thesis
Kohavi, R. (1995). Psychosocial function in diabetics. Ph.D. thesis. All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Psychiatry Department. New Delhi. Link/URL
Morse, S.S. (1995). Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet] Jan-Mar [cited 1996 Jun 5];1(1). Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm.
The author should ensure that all the references cited in the text are persent in list of references and that there is no extra references in this list. Tables
Prepare tables on a separate sheet. Type or print each table with double spacing. Number the tables consecutively in order of their citation in the text and supply a brieftitle for each. Wherever possible, avoid making multiple boxes within the table. Do not use vertical lines. Use minimum horizontal lines only. Set table by tab key. Aviod using space bar. A sample Table is shown below:.
Table 1. Reaction time (in seconds) of schizophrenics and normal subjects for different types of sensory stimulation.
Conditions | Schizo (n=30) | Normal (n=30) | t |
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
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Visual | 1.7 | 0.94 | 0.7 | 0.01 | 0.45** |
Auditory | 3.0 | 0.02 | 2.6 | 0.96 | 0.11* |
p < 01*, p < 001** |
Authors should place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading. Explain in footnotes all nonstandard abbreviations. Each table should be cited in the text indicating it (e.g .‘Table.1 about here‘). Illustrations
Figures should be submitted as photographic quality digital prints in electronic files of figures in a format (e.g., JPEG or GIF) that will produce high quality images in the web version of the journal (when ever the same will be prepared). Figures should be made as self-explanatory as possible. Titles and detailed explanations belong in the legends, however, not on the illustrations themselves. If photographs of people are used, either the subjects must not be identifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the photograph. Figures should be numbercd consecutively according to the order in which they have been first cited in the text. Type or print out legends for illustrations using double spacing, starting on a separate page, with Arabic numerals corresponding to the illustrations. When symbols, arrows. numbers. or letters are used to identify parts of the illustrations, identify and explain each one clearly in the legend. Manuscript Submission
The manuscripts should be typed clearly in Microsoft Word format. in Times New Roman, Font size 12 on one side on a paper of good quality in double space and leaving adequate margins. The article should conform to APA style. Three sets of hard copies (one printed on one side only and the other two back to back) should be submitted alongwith the CD. The electronic and hard copied should be idential. Each article will be considered for review only after receiving, the soft and hard copies of the same. It should be accompanied by a covering letter, which contains the following information:
Astatement that all authors have read the manuscript and have contributed to the work. A statement that the material submitted has not heen published elsewhere, nor is it under consideration for publication elsewhere. The telephone numbers, fax and email addresses of the author(s). The name and contact details of the corresponding author should be mentioned including e-mail address. However, only the institutional address will be provided in the publication.
In general, at least fifty percent of the authors should be the members (any category) of IACP. The corresponding author should ensure that submission and acceptance/rejection of an article be communicated to the co-authors. The Editor reserves the right to edit or modify the articles depending on the requirement, for which no communication shall be done with the authors.
Articles that do not meet any of the above requirements will be informed to the authors for revision before being considered for review by the Editorial Board. Articles are assessed by Editorial Board or by peer review. Articles not accepted for publication will not be returned to the authors. After review, the articles will be sent back to the concerned authors for final revision and submission.
All manuscripts are to be submitted to:
S. P. K. Jena, Editor, IJCP,
Department of Applied Psychology,
University of Delhi,
South Campus Juarez Road,
New Delhi-110 021,
India, editorijcp208@rediffmail.com
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