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Journal of Child Psychotherapy considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Journal of Child Psychotherapy, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere; that it contains no violation of any existing copyright; that it contains nothing that is libellous or defamatory or in any way unlawful; that all statements contained therein purporting to be facts are true; and that the contributor undertakes to indemnify the Association of Child Psychotherapists against any loss or damage that may be caused them in consequence of any breach of that guarantee or arising from any claim for damages or libel. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Journal of Child Psychotherapy incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Journal of Child Psychotherapy must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office. The Editorial Office can be contacted by potential contributors wishing to discuss a proposal or seeking advice or guidance on preparation of a submission. 


Manuscript preparation

1. General guidelines

• Papers are accepted in English. British English spelling and punctuation is preferred.
• Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgements; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• Abstracts of no more than 300 words are required for all papers submitted.
• Each paper should have up to six keywords.
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• Please supply a short biographical note for each author (between 40-100 words).
• 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.
• Notes should appear at the end of papers, after any acknowledgements and before the list of references.
• Quotations should be checked for accuracy.

2. References

When an author's name is mentioned in the text, the date of the reference should be inserted in parentheses immediately after the name, e.g. Winnicott (1958). When a less direct reference is made to one or more authors, both name and date are bracketed, with the references separated by a semi-colon, as in '…capsules of autism (Klein, S., 1980; Tustin, 1990)'. For works with more than two authors use the form Meltzer et al. (1976). If the author has published more than two works in one year, distinguish them by use of lower- case letters after the date, e.g. Winnicott (1960a, 1960b).

Book and chapter

Bowlby, J. (1988) A Secure Base. London: Routledge. Alvarez, A. (1992) 'The necessary angel: idealisation as a development'. In Live Company. London and New York: Tavistock/ Routledge.

Multi-authored or multi-edited book

Szur, R.T. and Miller, S. (eds) (1991) Extending Horizons. London: Karnac.

Article in journal

• Winnicott, D.W. (1960) 'The theory of the parent-infant relationship'. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 41: 585-95. (Note: please give journal title in full).
• Freud: Freud, S. (1914) 'Remembering, repeating and working through', SE 12: 145-56.
• Jung: Jung, C.G. (1948) 'Instinct and the unconscious'. Collected Works, 8: paras 263-82.
  

For human subjects or patients, describe their characteristics. For human participants in a research survey, secure the consent for data and other material - verbatim quotations from interviews, etc. - to be used. Specific permission for any facial photographs is required. A letter of consent must accompany any photographs in which the possibility of identification exists. It is not sufficient to cover the eyes to mask identity.

4. Reproduction of copyright material

As an author, you are required to secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from the text of another source. This applies to direct reproduction as well as "derivative reproduction" (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source). For further information and FAQs, please see http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/permission.asp. 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

  
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Proofs

Proofs will be sent for correction to the corresponding author, unless otherwise requested. Alterations at page-proof stage are expensive, so authors are asked to keep any changes to an absolute minimum. The Editors cannot guarantee the inclusion of textual changes by the author at proof stage: any such changes will be charged to the author. Authors are asked to expedite production by returning their proofs promptly.

Correspondence

Faxes sent within one month of receiving an edition of the journal should usually be published, subject to editorial approval, in the subsequent edition. Correspondence is welcome at all times for later editions of the journal.

Fax: 00 44 181 297 0528.

Copyright and authors' rights

It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights, including abstracts, to the Association of Child Psychotherapists. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Exceptions are made for Government employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers. 

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