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The above represents
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in the subsequent stages of article preparation.
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
General
points We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic
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Wordprocessor documents It
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the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular,
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if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs,
not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also
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file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section below
on the preparation of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and
"grammar-check" functions of your wordprocessor.
Preparation of text
Presentation of manuscript
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(10 000 and above).
Manuscripts should be prepared in the manner described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (5th edition); for more information, see: http://apastyle.apa.org/.
Authors are advised to consult a recent
issue of the journal (a free sample copy is available online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00219924)
to become familiar with layout and conventions. Articles should be double-spaced throughout and should be no longer than 40 pages,
including references and figures. Longer manuscripts may be accepted but need to be clearly justified and will be at the discretion of
the editor.
Review Policy As this journal has adopted a double blind reviewing policy, please remove all identifying
features from the paper itself by ensuring that no author's name appears in the main text, in-text citations or any running header.
Authors are requested to list at least 4 potential reviewers (with their names, affiliation details and email addresses)
with the following restrictions: no current or previous mentors/supervisors, no current or previous clinical or research collaborators,
no current or previous students or post-docs, no reviewers from the same institution. The editor retains the sole right to decide whether
or not suggested reviewers are contacted. Please note that not more than 1 of the reviewers for a particular manuscript will be sourced
from the list of suggested names.
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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 (of no more than 150 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. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations
should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
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.
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.
Introduction. State the objectives of the work and
provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Experimental/Materials and
methods. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference:
only relevant modifications should be described.
Results. Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion.
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often
appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions. The main conclusions of the
study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion
section.
Acknowledgements. Place acknowledgements before the references, in a separate section, and not as a footnote on
the title page.
Appendices. If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Please use Appendix
A to include your continuing education questions (see below for more information).
References. See separate section, below.
Figure captions, tables, figures, schemes. Present these, in this order, at the end of the article. They are described in
more detail below. High-resolution graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text file (see the section below on
the preparation of illustrations).
Text graphics. Present incidental graphics not suitable for mention as figures, plates
or schemes at the end of the article and number them "Graphic 1", etc. Their precise position in the text can then be indicated. See
further under the section concerning the preparation of electronic illustrations. Ensure that high-resolution graphics files are provided,
even if the graphic appears as part of your normal wordprocessed text file.
Specific remarks Footnotes.
The use of footnotes is discouraged. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many wordprocessors
build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text
and present the footnotes themselves separately at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list.
Table
footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Tables. Number tables consecutively
in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase
letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results
described elsewhere in the article.
CEU Questions. Authors should also include 5 continuing education questions.
These questions should be written in such a way that they test the reader's understanding of the key issues addressed in the article.
The questions are preferably written as multiple choice (with minimum 4 and maximum 5 answer options), but some questions can be formulated
as True/False. Authors should include the answer key to the questions. This key will be removed from the submission prior to publication.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research.
Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution
images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version
of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com). In order to ensure that
your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should
submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more
detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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 are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned
in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and
should include a substitution of the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication". 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 (DOI, 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: References should be cited using the author's last name and publication
date in parentheses (for example "(Wilkins, 1976)"). A series of citations within parentheses should be listed in alphabetical order
according to the surname of the first author, and not according to year of publication, for example "(Abel, 1988; Aronson and Hartman,
1981; Bennett, 1978; Miller, 1981)".
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. References should appear in the following styles:
Examples:
Reference to a
journal publication: Swisher, L. and Plante, E. (1993). Nonverbal IQ tests reflect different relations among skills for specifically
language-impaired and normal children: Brief report. Journal of Communication Disorders, 26, 65-71.
Reference to a book: Surname, I.I. (1993). Title of book with first word capitalized and remainder in lower case. New York: Elsevier-North Holland.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book: Surname, I.I. (1993). Title chapter with first word capitalized. In I.I. Surname
(Ed.), Title of book with first word capitalized and remainder in lower case (pp. 199-209). New York: Elsevier-North Holland.
Other: Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for specific examples. In general, provide
as much descriptive information possible.
The digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents.
The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic
publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press'
because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information.
The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows
(example taken from a document in the journal Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When you use the
DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Preparation of illustrations
Preparation
of electronic illustrations
General points - Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original
artwork. - Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font. - Only use the following fonts in your illustrations:
Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol. - Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text. - Use a logical
naming convention for your artwork files. - Provide all illustrations as separate files. - Provide captions to illustrations
separately. - Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts
from the detailed information are given here.
Formats Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork
is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings,
halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics". TIFF:
Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi. TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000
dpi. TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required. DOC, XLS or PPT:
If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
Please do not: - Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document; - Supply files that are optimised for
screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low; - Supply files that are too low in resolution; - Submit graphics
that are disproportionately large for the content.
Captions Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions
separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of
the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Line
drawings The lettering and symbols, as well as other details, should have proportionate dimensions, so as not to become illegible
or unclear after possible reduction; in general, the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to three. The degree of
reduction will be determined by the Publisher. Illustrations will not be enlarged. Consider the page format of the journal when designing
the illustrations.
Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs (halftones) Remove
non-essential areas of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure. Where necessary, insert a
scale bar in the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the caption.
Colour illustrations Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If,
together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure that these figures will appear in colour
on the Web for free (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour
in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt
of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation
of electronic artwork, please see: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications
which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please
submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.
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If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return
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corrections and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages
and e-mail, or by post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text,
tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission
from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure
that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent
corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Proofs should be returned within 48 hours of receipt.
Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received.
Author Benefits
Offprints The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper
offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and
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prices will be sent to the corresponding author.
Discount Authors are entitled to a 30% discount on Elsevier books (excluding
major reference works).
Fast Electronic Publication Once the article has been proofed by the author, it will be published
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