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will be charged with all costs which International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape incurs and their papers will not be published.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.

Note: Illustrations of clients' art work should be of a professional standard. This applies to such considerations as how the images are lit, how they are framed within the photograh and the clarity of the resulting image.

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

6. Informed consent

Manuscripts must include a statement that informed consent was obtained from human subjects. Authors should protect patient anonymity by avoiding the use of patients' names or initials, hospital number, or other identifying information.

7. Code of experimental ethics and practice and confidentiality

Contributors are required to follow the procedures in force in their countries which govern the ethics of work conducted with human or animal subjects. The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) represents a minimal requirement.

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.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the confidentiality of patients is maintained. All clinical material used in your article must be disguised so that it is not recognisable by a third party. Where possible and appropriate, the permission of the patient should be obtained. Authors are invited to discuss these matters with the editor if they wish.

Manuscript submission

All submissions should be made online at the International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape 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.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text and when uploading this file, authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review.” The second version of the manuscript should have all information identifying the author removed from the file, to allow it to be sent anonymously to referees. This file should be defined as the “Main Document.”

Copyright and authors' rights

Reprints

Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (http://www.informaworld.com/) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.