Journal Details
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
2010 Impact Factor of 0.615 (2011 Thomson Reuters, 2010 Journal Citation Reports)
Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 22
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Print ISSN: 1478-9949
Online ISSN: 1478-9957
Instructions for Authors
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.
Submission
All submissions should be made online at The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available on this website.
Electronic submissions should be produced using a standard word processing program, such as MSWORD.
The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 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will be charged with all costs which The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology incurs and their papers will not be published.
Contributions to The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.
The submission should include for each author, name, degrees or other qualifications, position or affiliation, the department where the work was done and an address for correspondence with post code.
The manuscript
Submissions should be in English, double spaced with wide margins. Pages must be numbered.
Articles should normally be no more than 5,000 words in length and be preceded by an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Review papers (eg systematic reviews, meta-analyses, law reviews) and some empirical studies may require greater length and the Editors are happy to receive longer papers. We encourage brevity in reporting research.
Brief reports should be no more than 2,000 words in length, including references.
Normally, there should be a maximum of one table.
The abstract should be followed by three to six keywords.
Any notes or footnotes, tables and figures should not be inserted in main text of the manuscript but should be on separate pages. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals with a descriptive caption. The desired position in the text for each table and figure should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript.
A word count should be provided.
As an author, you are required to secure permission to reproduce any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, and screenshots, and any supplementary material you propose to submit. 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). The reproduction of short extracts of text, excluding poetry and song lyrics, for the purposes of criticism may be possible without formal permission on the basis that the quotation is reproduced accurately and full attribution is given.
For further information and FAQs, please see http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/permission.asp
Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the editors.
Copyright permission letter template
Copyright permission letter template
Book Reviews
Books for review should be sent to the Book Review Editor, Dr Mary Whittle, John Howard Centre, 12 Kenworthy Road, London, E9 5TD, UK.
Style guidelines
Description of the Journal's article style
American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style should be used
Description of the Journal's article style
American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style should be used
Any consistent spelling style is acceptable. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
Three levels of heading are suggested:
First level
Second level
Third level.
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).
Word templates
Word templates are available for this journal. If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk
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.
- The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
Case Report
Case reports should be accompanied by the written consent of the subject. If a subject is not competent to give consent the report should be accompanied by the written consent of an authorized person.
Case reports should be accompanied by the written consent of the subject. If a subject is not competent to give consent the report should be accompanied by the written consent of an authorized person.
For direct quotations of 40 words or more, which will be printed as prose extracts, page numbers are required. Always use the minimum number of figures in page numbers, dates etc., e.g. pp. 24-4, 105-6 (but using 112-13 for 'teen numbers) and 1968-9.
Copyright and authors' rights
It is a condition of publication that all contributing authors grant to Taylor & Francis the necessary rights to the copyright in all articles submitted to the Journal. Authors are required sign an Article Publishing Agreement to facilitate this. This will ensure the widest dissemination and protection against copyright infringement of articles. The “article” is defined as comprising the final, definitive, and citable Version of Scholarly Record, and includes: (a) the accepted manuscript in its final and revised form, including the text, abstract, and all accompanying tables, illustrations, data; and (b) any supplementary material. Copyright policy is explained in detail at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp.
Free article access
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Reprints and journal copies
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Open access
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Full details of our Open Access programme
Full details of our Open Access programme
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