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Editor: Elizabeth A. Phelps, PhD
ISSN: 1528-3542
Published bi-monthly, beginning in February
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Please consult APA's Instructions for All Authors for information regarding
Submit manuscripts electronically through the Manuscript Submission Portal in Rich Text Format (.rtf). All tables and figures should be included in the manuscript file.
General correspondence may be directed to the
Editor's Office.
Submit manuscripts through the mail if Internet access is not available. Please submit one hard copy of the manuscript along with a complete disk copy (text, tables, and figures) to the Editor,
Elizabeth A. Phelps, PhD
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place
Room 863
New York, NY 10003
All copies should be clear, readable, and on paper of good quality. The complete disk copy should include a clear notation of the file names and the word processing and graphics software used. Figures may submitted on a separate disk or on a Zip disk.
Masked reviews are optional, and authors who wish masked reviews must specifically request them when they submit their manuscripts. For masked reviews, the manuscript must include a separate title page with the authors' names and affiliations, and these ought not to appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Footnotes that identify the authors must be typed on a separate page. Authors are to make every effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities.
In addition to addresses and phone numbers, authors should supply electronic mail addresses and fax numbers for use by the editorial office and later by the production office. The majority of correspondence between the editorial office and authors is handled by e-mail, so a valid e-mail address is important to the timely flow of communication during the editorial process.
Authors should provide electronic mail addresses in their cover letters and should keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss. Manuscripts are not returned.
Manuscripts for Emotion can vary in length; typically they will range from 15 to 40 double-spaced manuscript pages. Manuscripts should be of sufficient length to ensure theoretical and methodological competence.
Most of the articles published in Emotion will be reports of original research, but other types of articles are acceptable.
- Case studies from either a clinical setting or a laboratory will be considered if they raise or illustrate important questions that go beyond the single case and have heuristic value.
- Articles that present or discuss theoretical perspectives on the basis of published data, may also be accepted.
- Comprehensive reviews of the empirical literature in an area of study are acceptable if they contain a meta-analysis and/or present novel theoretical or methodological perspectives.
- Comments on articles published in the journal will be considered.
Emotion also publishes brief reports. Manuscripts submitted as Brief Reports should not exceed 3,400 words, exclusive of references and figure captions. There should be no more than 2 figures or tables and no more than 30 references.
Emotion publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to research areas that are of major importance for the study of emotion and affect. Preference is given to manuscripts that advance theory by integrating prior work and by suggesting concrete avenues for the empirical investigation of the theoretical predictions. Extensive, systematic evaluation of alternative theories is expected.
Manuscripts devoted to surveys of the literature are acceptable only if they can be considered as a major contribution to the field, documenting cumulative evidence and highlighting central theoretical and/or methodological issues of scientific debate.
Emotion also publishes, as Theoretical Notes, commentary that contributes to progress in a given subfield of emotion or affect. Such notes include, but are not limited to, discussions of alternative theoretical approaches, and metatheoretical commentary on theory testing and related topics.
Manuscripts submitted as Theoretical Notes should not exceed 5,000 words (exclusive of references). There should be no more than 50 references.
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