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Editor: Stephen M. Rao, PhD
ISSN: 0894-4105
Published Bimonthly, beginning in January
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Please consult APA's Instructions for All Authors for information regarding
All new and revised manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word Format (.doc) via the Manuscript Submission Portal. Portable Document Format (.pdf) is not an acceptable submission format.
The file must exactly copy, in all respects and in a single file, the complete APA-style printed version of the manuscript.
Authors with questions concerning manuscript submission should address these directly to:
Editorial Office
Neuropsychology
Cleveland Clinic
Neurological Institute / U10
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195 |
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In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply email 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.
Neuropsychology is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles. A detailed description of the editorial coverage policy appears on the inside of the front cover of each issue.
Neuropsychology is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal that typically publishes original research as full length Regular Articles. A detailed description of the editorial coverage policy appears on the inside of the front cover of each issue.
Other article formats, such as Brief Reports, meta-analyses and theoretical reviews, and case studies, will also be considered for publication.
Neuropsychology 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.
Manuscripts that present or discuss theoretical formulations of neuropsychology related topics, or that evaluate competing 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. Please see the journal's Policy on Meta-Analyses (PDF format: 14 KB).
Case studies will be considered if they raise or illustrate important questions that go beyond the single case and have heuristic value.
Masked reviews are optional and authors who wish masked reviews must specifically request them when submitting their manuscripts. Each copy of a manuscript to be subjected to masked review should include a separate title page with authors' names and affiliations and these should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript. Footnotes that identify the authors should be typed on a separate page. It is the authors' responsibility to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities.
Include the following in your submission letter:
- a statement of compliance with APA ethical standards;
- a statement that the manuscript or data have not been published previously and that they are not under consideration for publication elsewhere;
- a statement to reflect that all listed authors have contributed significantly to the manuscript and consent to their names on the manuscript;
- a brief statement of how the article content is relevant to the domain of Neuropsychology as described in the journal inside cover.
Failure to include any of the requirements above may result in a delay of the review process. On an optional basis, authors may provide the names and email addresses of up to three qualified potential reviewers for the manuscript.
The official language of APA journals is English. Neuropsychology frequently publishes manuscripts submitted by authors from non-English speaking countries. It is strongly recommended that authors not fluent in English have their manuscript edited for English usage prior to submission. If this is not possible, a notation to this effect should be included in the cover letter to the Editor.
Although time constraints prevent the Editor and Associate Editors from assisting authors with their written English, several organizations have extended offers to the journal to provide this service for authors; contact the Editor for more information.
Starting in 2010, all manuscripts published in Neuropsychology will include a structured abstract of up to 250 words. The Abstract, presented in paragraph form, should be typed on a separate page (page 2 of the manuscript), and must include each of the following sections:
- Objective: A brief statement of the purpose of the study
- Method: A detailed summary of the participants as well as descriptions of the study design, measures, and procedures
- Results: A detailed summary of the primary findings that include effect sizes or confidence intervals with significance testing
- Conclusions: A summary of the research and implications of the findings
After the abstract, please supply three to five keywords.
Whenever appropriate, statistical analyses should include effect sizes and confidence intervals and figures should include error bars. Authors are strongly encouraged to read the APA guidelines for statistical methods and reporting, L. Wilkinson and the Task Force on Statistical Inference, 1999, "Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations," American Psychologist, 54, 594–604 (PDF format: 1,171 KB).
Each table should be submitted with the manuscript file. Each should start on a separate page and must be numbered and labeled with an appropriate title. All tables must be self-explanatory.
Nonstandard abbreviations should be introduced by placing the abbreviation in parentheses after the first occurrence of the term being abbreviated in both the abstract and the text. The metric system should be followed for all volumes, lengths, weights, and so on. Temperatures should be expressed in degrees Celsius (centigrade). Units should conform to the International System of Units (SI; see the Publication Manual).
Neuropsychology requires the use of the CONSORT reporting standards (i.e., a checklist and flow diagram) for any study identified as a randomized clinical trial, consistent with the policy established by the Publications and Communications Board of the American Psychological Association. CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) offers a standard way to improve the quality of such reports, and to ensure that readers have the information necessary to evaluate the quality of a clinical trial.
Manuscripts that are identified/classified as randomized clinical trials are required to include a flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the trial and a checklist that identifies where in the manuscript the various criteria are addressed. (The checklist should be placed in an Appendix of the manuscript for review purposes.) When a study is not fully consistent with the CONSORT statement, the limitations should be acknowledged and discussed in the text of the manuscript.
For follow-up studies of previously published clinical trials, authors should submit a flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the trial and follow-up. The above checklist information should be completed to the extent possible, especially for the Results and Discussion sections of the manuscript.
Visit the CONSORT Statement Web site for more details and resources.
Upon acceptance of their manuscript for publication, authors are expected to provide high-quality figure prints, permissions, signed and dated copyright release and disclosure of interest forms, and a statement of compliance with APA ethical standards.
All proofs must be corrected and returned to the APA Journals Office within 48 hours of receipt. Authors outside the United States are encouraged to use a rapid and reliable service. Only correction of typographical errors will be permitted; the author will be charged for additional alterations to the text at the proof stage.
With the proofs will be a form providing the author with the opportunity to order reprints. Direct inquiries to the APA Journals Office can be made at 202-336-5540; fax 202-336-5549.
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