Editorial Rules
Information for Authors | General Instruction | Specific instructions for the various categories of papers | Subscriptions
Information for Authors including editorial standards for the preparation of manuscripts
The Journal of Psychopathology publishes contributions in the form of monographic articles, news, update articles in clinical psychopharmacology, forums in the field of psychiatry.
The material submitted should not have been previously published, and should not be under consideration (in whole or in part) elsewhere; it must conform with the regulations currently in force regarding research ethics. If an experiment on humans is described, a statement must be included that the work was performed in accordance with the principles of the 1983 Declaration of Helsinki. The Authors are solely responsible for the statements made in their paper, and must specify that consent has been obtained from patients taking part in the investigations and for the reproduction of any photographs. For studies performed on laboratory animals, the authors must state that the relevant national laws or institutional guidelines have been adhered to.
Only papers that have been prepared in strict conformity with the editorial norms outlined herein will be considered for publication. Eventual acceptance is conditional upon a critical assessment by experts in the field, the implementation of any changes requested, and the final decision of the Editor.
Conflict of Interests. In the letter accompanying the article, Authors must declare whether they obtained funds, or other forms of personal or institutional financing - or if they are under contract - from Companies whose products are mentioned in the article. This declaration will be treated by the Editor as confidential, and will not be sent to the referees. Accepted articles will be published accompanied by a suitable declaration, stating the source and nature of the financing.
- Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts
online; please contact http://www.jpsychopathol.net/journal.
For further assistance please write to journal@jpsychopathol.net
Manuscripts should be accompanied by a covering letter signed by all
authors with an agreement to transfer the copyright of the article.
- Software and text: please use Microsoft Word™ preferably, saving
files in .RTF format. Any other programme can be used, including open
source programmes: please always save files in . RTF format. Do not
use, under any circumstances, graphical layout programmes such as Publisher™,
Pacemaker™, Quark X-press™, Adobe Indesign™. Do not format
the text in any way (avoid styles, borders, shading ...); use only character
styles such as italics, bold, underlined.
Do not send the text in PDF.
- Text and individual tables must be stored in separate files.
- Illustrations
- Send pictures in separate files from text and tables.
- Software and format: preferably send images in .TIFF
or .EPS format, resolution at least 300 dpi (100 x 150 mm). Other possible
formats: .JPEG, .PDF. If possibile avoid .PPT (Powerpoint files) and
.DOC (images included in .DOC files).
- Insert an extension that identifies the file format
(example: .Tif; .Eps).
The text must be written in English (articles
in italian are accepted but with a minor priority). The paper must include:
1. Title (both in English and Italian);
2. Abstract (in English);
3. A set of key words (in English);
4. Titles and legends for tables and figures (each figure and/or
each table on separate pages, both in English and Italian);
5. Authors are invited to suggest 3 national (for articles in Italian)
and international (for articles in English) referees for their article.
The first page of the manuscript should
contain:
a concise title; a set of key words; the names of the Authors and the
Institute or organisation to which each Author is affiliated; the category
under which the Authors wish the work to be published (although the
final decision rests with the Editor); the name, mailing address, and
telephone and fax numbers of the Author to whom correspondence and the
galley proofs should be sent.
The second page should contain the summary. The end of the text should be reserved for list of references mentioned in the text, the legends to the tables and figures, and specification (where applicable) of the congress at which all or part of the data in the paper may have already been presented. Summary should be no more than 3000/3500 typewritten characters. It should be divided into 4 sections: Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Tables and figures must be cited in the Summary. The file should be saved and named by title of the article.
Tables (in 3 copies) must be limited in number (the same data should not be presented twice, in both the text and tables), typewritten one to a page, and numbered consecutively with Roman numerals. In the text and legend to the tables, Authors must use, in the exact order, the following symbols: *, †, ‡, §, **, ††, ‡‡ ...
Figures, please strictly follow the above-mentioned instructions.
The references must be limited to the most essential and relevant references, identified in the text by Arabic numbers in upper script and listed at the end of the manuscript in the order of mention. The first 3 Authors must be indicated, followed by et al. Journals should be cited according to the abbreviations set out by Index Medicus.
Examples of the correct format for bibliographic citations:
Journal articles:
Schatzberg AF, Samson JA, Bloomingdale KL, et al. Toward a biochemical
classification of depressive disorders, X: urinary catecholamines, their
metabolites, and D-type scores in subgroups of depressive disorders.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1989;46:260-8.
Books:
Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ. Comprehensive textbook of Psychiatry. Baltimore:
Williams & Wilkins 1985.
Chapters from books or material from conference
proceedings:
Cloninger CR. Establishment of diagnostic validity in psychiatric
illness: Robins and Guze's method revisited. In: Robins LN, Barret
JE, editors. The validity of psychiatric diagnosis. New York:
Raven Press 1989, p.74-85.
Acknowledgements and the citation of any grants or other forms of financial support should be provided at the end of the paper, after the list of references.
Notes to the text, indicated by asterisks or similar symbols, should appear at the bottom of the relevant page.
Mathematical terms and formulae, abbreviations, and units of measure should conform to the standards set out in Science 1954;120:1078.
Drugs should be referred to by their chemical name; the commercial name should be used only when absolutely unavoidable (capitalizing the first letter of the product name and giving the name of the pharmaceutical firm manufacturing the drug, town and country).
Authors are required to correct and return galley proofs of their paper within 4 days of receipt.
Specific instructions for the various categories of papers:
1. Editorials:only upon invitation by
the Editor-in-chief or the Editorial Board are brief discussions on
general and practical aspects of topics of current interest. The text
must not exceed 10 typewritten pages (2000 typewritten characters).
2. Original articles (which may also include invited articles).
The text should be subdivided into the following sections: Introduction,
Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion and Conclusions. The
manuscript should not exceed 40.000 typewritten characters, including
the summary, tables, figures and references (max 35). Summary should
be no more than 3000/3500 typewritten characters. It should be divided
into 4 sections: Objective(s), Method(s), Results, Conclusion(s). Tables
and figures must be cited in the Summary. In the Objective(s) section,
the aim (or the aims) of the work must be clearly summarised (i.e.,
the hypothesis the Authors aim to verify); in the Method(s) section,
the Authors must report the context of the study (i.e., general paediatrics,
Hospital, Specialist Centre ...), the number and the kind of subjects
under analysis, the kind of treatment and of statistical analysis used.
The Results section should refer to the results of the study and of
the statistical analysis. In the Conclusion(s) section should report
the significance of the results as related to clinical implications.
3. Brief articles: this space is dedicated to brief communications
of clinical and experimental data and to preliminary data of ongoing
research of particular interest. The manuscript should not exceed 20.000
typewritten characters, including the summary, tables, figures and references
(max 10).
4. Case reports: brief articles (maximum 4000/4500 typewritten
characters) in which clinical original experiences from medical practice
are described.
5. Assessment and instruments in psychopathology: this section
hosts articles on psychological and psychopathological assessment instruments
aiming at improving knowledge of psychological functioning of those
subjects with mental and behavior disorders in different reference models.
The use of such instruments is not limited to clinical population but
also includes non-clinical and general population. This section also
accepts studies on validation and translation into Italian of instruments,
new assessment instruments and competing studies of new assessment instruments
with other procedures of assessment than psychopathological constructs.
The manuscript should not exceed 40.000 typewritten characters, including
the summary, tables, figures and references (max 35).
6. Clinical psychopharmacotherapy: articles reporting the latest
developments in the area of drug therapy should be subdivided into the
following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and
Discussion and Conclusions. The text must not exceed 30.000 typewritten
characters including the references, tables, figures, and summary (3000/3500
typewritten characters, excluding figure legends and table captions).
The Journal of Psychopathology is published quarterly.
Annual subscription: € 70,00 for Italy; € 85,00 for all other
countries; € 30,00 for single issues (when available).
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