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JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY
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A Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
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Guide for Authors
Submission to the journal
Submission to the journal prior to acceptance - Authors should submit their articles
electronically via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) page of this journal http://ees.elsevier.com/jbtep.
The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review
process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source
files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests
for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the Author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
For Editorial information
and queries: Editorial Office, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Department of Medical, Clinical and
Experimental Psychology, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: btep@dep.unimaas.nl
Submission of
an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published
lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors
and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published
elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.
Presentation of
manuscript
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Italics are
not to be used for expressions of Latin origin, for example, in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for
thousands (10 000 and above). Use double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. Avoid full justification, i.e., do not use a constant right-hand
margin. Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated.
Provide the following data on the title page (in the order given).
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae
where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate
this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations
with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal
address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding
author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete
postal address.
Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done,
or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address
at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for
such footnotes.
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length 100 words). The abstract should state
briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article,
so it must be able to stand alone. References should therefore be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference
to the reference list.
Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, to be chosen from the
APA list of index descriptors unless otherwise agreed with an Editor. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Abbreviations.
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first occurrence in the article: in the abstract but also in the main
text after it. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
N.B. Acknowledgements. Collate acknowledgements
in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or
otherwise.
N.B. Review process. In accordance with the policy of blind reviewing, the first page of the actual manuscript
should not contain the author's name or institutional affiliation but only the title of the manuscript. Every effort should be made by
authors to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identity.
Type of Contributions
Original research, Case
reports, Operant studies
A case report, to be acceptable, must embody one of the following: (1) a new and original method, target
behavior or population; (2) an apparently advantageous variation of a previous method; (3) an observation of considerable interest; (4)
an unusually clear account of the use of an accepted method. Wherever possible, quantitative data for baseline and follow-up should be
presented. Follow-up data should be at least six months' duration (twelve months for addictive and certain other behavior). In relevant
contexts, there should be evidence of generalization of change from the clinic to the home or other natural environments.
For operant
studies, use of ABAB designs are favoured. Instances in which this design is not employed may be acceptable if (a) the particular circumstances
did not allow or make feasible the ABAB design, and/or (b) there are innovative or unusual features worthy of attention. Furthermore,
studies that document generalization effects are preferred.
Manuscripts reporting the use of aversive or punishment procedures will
generally not be accepted if non-aversive procedures have previously been shown to be effective for the target behaviors and/or clinical
populations concerned. Such manuscripts will be considered only if the aversive procedure has overwhelming advantages and if free of
undesirable side-effects. The authors should briefly indicate their awareness of other relevant literature.
Paper Length.
The high publication costs, plus limitation of space, make it essential that authors present as brief a manuscript as possible. In no
instances will a manuscript exceeding 15 typewritten pages of text be considered.
Arrangement of the article
Subdivision
of the article. Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1,
1.1.2, ?), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do
not just refer to 'the text.' Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
Appendices.
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate
numbering: (Eq. A.1), (Eq. A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, (Eq. B.1) and so forth.
Acknowledgements. Place acknowledgements,
including information on grants received, before the references, in a separate section, and not as a footnote on the title page.
References
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors
Citations in the text: Please ensure
that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must
be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text.
Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Citing and listing of web references.
As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication,
etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired,
or can be included in the reference list.
Text: Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American
Psychological Association. You are referred to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, ISBN
1-55798-790-4, copies of which may be ordered from http://www.apa.org/books/4200061.html
or APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK. Details concerning this
referencing style can also be found at
http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one
reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton R. A. (2000). The
art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.
Reference to a book:
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).
Reference to a chapter in an edited
book:
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z.
Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.
Note that journal names are not to be
abbreviated.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright for more information
on copyright see  http://www.elsevier.com/copyright. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
A letter will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will
be provided.
If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners
and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact ES Global Rights Department,
P.O. Box 800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com
Offprints
Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Additional offprints and copies of the issue can be ordered
at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript has been accepted. Orders for
reprints (produced after publication of an article) will incur a 50% surcharge.
NIH voluntary posting policy
US National
Institutes of Health (NIH) voluntary posting (" Public Access") policy
Elsevier facilitates author response to the NIH voluntary
posting request (referred to as the NIH "Public Access Policy", see http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm) by
posting the peer-reviewed author's
manuscript directly to PubMed Central on request from the author, 12 months after formal publication.
Upon notification
from Elsevier of acceptance, we will ask you to confirm via e-mail (by e-mailing us at NIHauthorrequest@elsevier.com)
that your work has received NIH funding and that you intend to respond to
the NIH policy request, along with your NIH award number to
facilitate processing. Upon such confirmation, Elsevier will
submit to PubMed Central on your behalf a version of your manuscript that
will include peer-review comments, for posting
12 months after formal publication. This will ensure that you will have responded fully
to the NIH request policy. There
will be no need for you to post your manuscript directly with PubMed Central, and any such posting
is prohibited.
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