The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape. For general information, please visit the International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.

International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.


Manuscript preparation

The editor of International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape welcomes contributions on any aspect of art therapy practice and relevant topics. Reports of research, discussions of theoretical and practical issues, accounts of the development of the provision of art therapy and art therapy training will be regarded as appropriate topics for publication.

1. General guidelines

• Papers are accepted only in English. British English spelling and punctuation is preferred.
• A long article will be between 5000-7000 words. Short articles or reports with a strong practical bias (i.e. descriptions of clinical work or brief case studies) will not exceed 2000 words. Papers that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript. Word count is inclusive of abstract, biography, text and references.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• Abstracts of 200 words are required for all papers submitted.
• Each paper should have six keywords.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
• Please supply a short biographical note of approximately 70 words for each author.
• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.

2. Style guidelines

• Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide. Visit CiteRefs for assistance in ensuring accurate referencing according to APA style.

Please follow guidelines carefully and ensure:

• All references cited in the text appear (in full) in the list at the end.  
• Names, spelling of names and dates cited in the text are consistent with their respective entries in the References list.  

3. Figures

• It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
• Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
• All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. figure 1, figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1(a), figure 1(b)).
• Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
• All illustrations (including photographs, graphs and diagrams) should be referred to as Figures and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Fig. 3).
• The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.

4. Colour

5. Reproduction of copyright material

Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive extract (more than fifty words) from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as ‘derivative reproduction', where the contributor has created a new figure or table that derives substantially from a copyrighted source. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the Editor(s).

• Copyright permission letter template