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Editor: Steve W. J. Kozlowski, PhD
ISSN: 0021-9010
Published Bimonthly, beginning in January
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Please consult APA's Instructions for All Authors for information regarding
All efforts should be undertaken to submit manuscripts electronically to the editor. Files can be sent in Microsoft Word, in WordPerfect, or as a PDF file. The version sent should be consistent with the complete APA-style printed version.
Authors without Internet access should submit a disk copy of the manuscript to
Steve W. J. Kozlowski, PhD
Department of Psychology
309 Psychology Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1116 |
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General correspondence may be directed to the
Editor's Office.
In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply electronic mail addresses and fax numbers, if available, for potential use by the editorial office and later by the production office.
Keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.
Manuscripts submitted for publication consideration in the Journal of Applied Psychology are evaluated according to the following criteria:
- degree to which the manuscript fits the mission of the journal;
- significance of the theoretical and/or methodological contributions;
- quality of the literature review;
- articulation and explication of the conceptual rationale, constructs, and psychological processes;
- rigor of the design and execution of the study;
- appropriateness of the analysis and interpretation of the results;
- discussion of implications for theory, research, and application; and
- clarity of presentation.
Manuscripts should be logically organized and clearly written in concise and unambiguous language. The goal of APA primary journals is to publish useful information that is accurate and clear.
Two primary types of articles will be published:
- Feature Articles, which are full-length articles that focus on a theoretically driven empirical contribution (all research strategies and methods, quantitative and qualitative, are considered) or on a theoretical contribution that can shape future research in applied psychology, and
- Research Reports, which are original in their empirical or theoretical contribution but smaller or narrower in scope than a Feature Article. Research Reports can also be useful replications.
The journal also has a history of publishing theoretical monographs on occasion. Monographs are substantial and significant conceptual contributions (as determined by the Editorial team). As such, monographs are relatively rare.
Authors should refer to recent issues of the journal for approximate length of Feature Articles and Research Reports. (Total manuscript pages divided by three provides an estimate of total printed pages.)
Research Reports are limited to no more than 17 manuscript pages of text proper; these limits do not include the title page, abstract, references, tables, or figures. Different printers, fonts, spacing, margins, and so forth can substantially alter the amount of text that can be fit on a page. In determining the length limits of Research Reports, authors should count 25 lines of 12-point text with 1-inch margins as the equivalent of one page.
Authors should indicate whether their manuscript is to be considered as a Feature Article or a Research Report at the time of submission; the Action Editor may suggest that a Feature Article submission be pared down to Research Report length.
For the reader to understand the importance of the research findings, authors should indicate in the Results section of the manuscript the complete outcome of statistical tests, including significance levels, some index of effect size or strength of relationship, and confidence intervals. See the Publication Manual for a more detailed description of what should be reported in the Results section of the manuscript.
The journal will accept submissions in masked review format only. Author names and affiliations should appear in the cover letter but not anywhere on the manuscript. Authors should make every reasonable effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities. Manuscripts not in masked format will be returned to authors for revision prior to being reviewed.
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