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.
Electronic submissions should be produced using a standard word processing program, such as MSWORD.
Submission of a paper to the journal will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article have been given to the publishers, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm, or any other reproductions of a similar nature, and translation.
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 than150 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 key words. 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. Permission to reproduce copyright material must be obtained by the authors before submission and any acknowledgements should be included in the typescript or captions as appropriate. If possible a word count should be provided.
Style guidelines Description of the Journal's
article style American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style should be used
reference style,
Quick guide 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.
Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.
Select the template that is most suitable for your operating system.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003.dot
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
Photographs
Photographs should be high-contrast black and white glossy prints and have an explanatory legend. Permission to reproduce them must be obtained before submission, as for tables and figures.
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.
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
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. 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
./authors_journals_copyright_position~db=all. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Proofs
Page proofs will be sent for correction to a first-named author, unless otherwise requested. The difficulty and expense involved in making amendments at the page-proof stage make it essential for authors to prepare their typescripts carefully: any alteration to the original text is strongly discouraged. Our aim is rapid publication: this will be helped if authors provide good copy, following the above instructions, and return their page proofs to the editor on the date requested.
Free article access Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (
www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at
reprints@tandf.co.uk
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