Review of General Psychology

Editor

Douglas K. Candland
Bucknell University

Administrative Assistant

Kay Ocker

Editorial Review Board

Michael A. Babyak
Duke University Medical Center

Alan Baddeley
University of York, York, United Kingdom

Roy F. Baumeister
Florida State University

Eric P. Charles
The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

Donald A. Dewsbury
University of Florida

Christopher J. Ferguson
Texas A&M International University

Samuel D. Gosling
University of Texas at Austin

Sandra Graham
University of California, Los Angeles

Nick Haslam
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Todd F. Heatherton
Dartmouth College

Carl N. Johnson
University of Pittsburgh

Marcia K. Johnson
Yale University

Randy J. Larsen
Washington University

Alan I. Leshner
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

Neil Lutsky
Carleton College

John D. Mayer
University of New Hampshire

Martha K. McClintock
University of Chicago

Keith Oatley
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

J. Bruce Overmeir
University of Minnesota

Annemie Ploeger
University of Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Daniel Reisberg
Reed College

J. Steven Reznick
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alexander J. Rothman
University of Minnesota

Catherine Salmon
University of Redlands

Peter Salovey
Founding Editor, Yale University

Daniel L. Schacter
Harvard University

Todd K. Shackelford
Oakland University, Michigan

Stephanie A. Shields
Pennsylvania State University

Dean Keith Simonton
University of California, Davis

Jefferson A. Singer
Connecticut College

Albert F. Smith
Cleveland State University

Norman E. Spear
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Nicole Weekes
Pomona College

Michael Wertheimer
University of Colorado at Boulder

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Prior to submission, please carefully read and follow the submission guidelines detailed below. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.

Submission

Submit manuscripts electronically (.rtf, PDF, or .doc) through the Manuscript Submission Portal.

The Editor will only review manuscripts of 50 pages or less.

Douglas Candland
Review of General Psychology
Psychology Department
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837

General correspondence may also be directed to the Editor's Office.

Review of General Psychology currently has an average editorial lag (time from submission to first decision) of 30 days.

Masked Review Policy

Review of General Psychology will not use a masked review unless so requested by the author in a cover letter. Authors requesting masked review are asked to include with each copy of the manuscript a cover sheet that shows the title of the manuscript, the authors' names and institutional affiliations, and the date the manuscript is submitted.

The first page of the manuscript should omit authors' names and affiliations but should include the title of the manuscript and the date it is submitted. Footnotes containing information pertaining to the authors' identity or affiliation should be removed. Every effort should be made to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to authors' identity.

If your manuscript was mask reviewed, please ensure that the final version for production includes a byline and full author note for typesetting.

Manuscript Preparation

Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6^th edition). Manuscripts may be copyedited for bias-free language (see Chapter 3 of the Publication Manual).

Review APA's Checklist for Manuscript Submission before submitting your article.

Double-space all copy. Other formatting instructions, as well as instructions on preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts, appear in the Manual.

Below are additional instructions regarding the preparation of display equations and tables.

Display Equations

We strongly encourage you to use MathType (third-party software) or Equation Editor 3.0 (built into pre-2007 versions of Word) to construct your equations, rather than the equation support that is built into Word 2007 and Word 2010. Equations composed with the built-in Word 2007/Word 2010 equation support are converted to low resolution graphics when they enter the production process and must be rekeyed by the typesetter, which may introduce errors.

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Tables

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Submitting Supplemental Materials

APA can now place supplementary materials online, available via the published article in the PsycARTICLES^® database. Please see Supplementing Your Article With Online Material for more details.

Abstract and Keywords

All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 250 words typed on a separate page. After the abstract, please supply up to five keywords or brief phrases.

References

List references in alphabetical order. Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the References section.

Examples of basic reference formats:

Journal Article:
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Authored Book:
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter in an Edited Book:
Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309–330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Figures

Graphics files are welcome if supplied as Tiff, EPS, or PowerPoint files. The minimum line weight for line art is 0.5 point for optimal printing.

When possible, please place symbol legends below the figure instead of to the side.

Original color figures can be printed in color at the editor's and publisher's discretion provided the author agrees to pay

• $255 for one figure
• $425 for two figures
• $575 for three figures
• $675 for four figures
• $55 for each additional figure

Permissions

Authors of accepted papers must obtain and provide to the editor on final acceptance all necessary permissions to reproduce in print and electronic form any copyrighted work, including, for example, test materials (or portions thereof) and photographs of people.

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Publication Policies

APA policy prohibits an author from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent consideration by two or more publications.

See also APA Journals^® Internet Posting Guidelines.

APA requires authors to reveal any possible conflict of interest in the conduct and reporting of research (e.g., financial interests in a test or procedure, funding by pharmaceutical companies for drug research).

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Authors of accepted manuscripts are required to transfer the copyright to APA.

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Ethical Principles

It is a violation of APA Ethical Principles to publish "as original data, data that have been previously published" (Standard 8.13).

In addition, APA Ethical Principles specify that "after research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release" (Standard 8.14).

APA expects authors to adhere to these standards. Specifically, APA expects authors to have their data available throughout the editorial review process and for at least 5 years after the date of publication.

Authors are required to state in writing that they have complied with APA ethical standards in the treatment of their sample, human or animal, or to describe the details of treatment.

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The APA Ethics Office provides the full Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct electronically on their website in HTML, PDF, and Word format. You may also request a copy by emailing or calling the APA Ethics Office (202-336-5930). You may also read "Ethical Principles," December 1992, American Psychologist, Vol. 47, pp. 1597–1611.

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