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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font, and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and referencing requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The raw data has been provided.
  • Your submission has been approved by your previous supervisor using this form

Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors

Articles should represent an original piece of research, including experimental or theoretical work, applied research or experimental development. The data must have formed the basis of the lead author’s undergraduate or postgraduate empirical research project within the Northumbria University Department of Psychology. 

Please note that narrative reviews and systematic reviews are not currently accepted. Meta-analyses may be considered with prior approval depending on their scope (please contact the Editor-in-Chief before submission to discuss their suitability).

The dissertation supervisor is not required to be included on the manuscript as a co-author, although this is encouraged, with their prior agreement. However, all dissertation supervisors (or a suitable alternative member of staff within the department) must agree to the submission of the research article. A form confirming this must be completed by the supervisor/alternative member of staff at the time of mansucript submission: link to form

Articles which have been submitted without the agreement of the supervisor will be rejected, or potentially retracted, by the Editor.

Thesis projects cannot be submitted for publication until the final degree mark has been confirmed and awarded.

Abstract and keywords

Article manuscripts must include an unstructured abstract of maximum 250 words.  Authors will be asked for up to 5 keywords to assist with indexing and discovery.

Formatting

Submissions should be in Word document (.doc/.docx) and in Arial font, size 12, in one single file. Article length should be a maximum of 4,000 words. Longer articles may be accepted upon agreement; please contact the Editor by email to discuss this. Tables should be kept to a minimum and appropriately labelled in APA format, with figures. Appendices can be included at the end of the manuscript and must be appropriately labelled.

Images and figures

Images, figures and tables should be included at an appropriate point in the manuscript. Additional supplementary materials should be appropriately labelled. Images should be of a high quality and resolution, of their original size or at least 300dpi.

References

All cited work should be appropriately referenced in APA style.

Research data

All articles must provide the raw data necessary to replicate the findings of the study, which will be made publicly available at the time of publication. Datasets should be provided in .csv format and can be uploaded as part of the submission process. Please note that quantitative datasets should be in a numerical format and must include all required quantitative information necessary to replicate all statistical analyses within the research article (i.e. please do not simply export files from Qualtrics). Please provide a key to any variable information in a new worksheet, or as a seperate file, if required. Datasets may be reviewed if necessary to verify that analyses can be replicated.

Datasets should not contain any personal or identifiable information. Research data can be deposited into Northumbria University’s data repository (Figshare). Authors will also be asked to include a data availability statement in their submission. Data availability statements will be published as part of the article.

Copyright Notice

Copyright

By submitting your work for publication you grant Northumbria Journals the non-exclusive right to publish your work:

  • The contribution will be made available Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the Contribution is properly cited.
  • Northumbria journals may choose not to publish the work or may require changes to it prior to publication. In addition, Northumbria Journals may retract, withdraw or publish a correction notice on a published work should the work be deemed, by the publisher or owner, to violate any of the journals policies or ethical guidelines.

Third party materials

Authors are expected to ensure any third-party material used in their submission can be shared under a CC BY license. Authors should provide proof that the material is in the public domain or available under another compatible open license. If this is not the case, authors will need to provide written permission from the copyright holder allowing them to use and publish the work.

Author rights retention

Authors retain their copyright in any work submitted.

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