Cognitive Development publishes articles of reasonable length and of developmental interest on such topics as perception, memory, language, concepts, thinking, problem solving, metacognition, and social cognition. These may be reports of empirical research, methodological advances, theoretical essays, or critical reviews. Emphasis will be placed on timeliness and general interest of the articles submitted. Book reviews will typically be done by invitation, but volunteers will be considered.
Papers must be submitted electronically.
Conditions of acceptance for publication are:
(1) that the work has been conducted in accordance with guidelines on the ethics of research published by the American Psychological Association or the British Psychological Society;
(2) that the work has not been published in whole or in substantial part elsewhere.
Manuscripts must conform to the conventions specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition, with the exceptions and considerations listed below. (Copies of the manual may be ordered from: 750 First St. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002-4242.)
Manuscripts that are currently under consideration by another journal may not be submitted.
1. Preparation of Manuscript. Font size should not be less than 12 characters per inch and the typeface should be clearly legible. Please double space all material. Manuscripts should be printed on 8 ½ 11 inch or A4 bond paper, one side only, leaving 1-inch margins on all sides. Number pages consecutively with the title page as page 1, and include a brief abstract (100 to 150 words) as page 2. The title should appear again at the beginning of the text on page 3. All tables and other end-of-paper matter except art should also be paginated.
2. Illustrations. Submit only camera ready artwork. Mark placement in text. Illustrations must be submitted on separate sheets of paper (not on disk). Color figures can only be reproduced at additional cost to the authors.
3. Numbering of Figures and Tables. Each figure and table must be mentioned in the text and must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals in the order of its appearance in the text. Indicate by "Insert Figure (or Table) About Here" placement in text.
4. Footnotes. Footnotes should be used sparingly and indicated by consecutive superscript numbers in the text. Material to be footnoted should be printed on a separate page submitted with the manuscript. Acknowledgments, grant numbers, a reprint request address, and any change of address should be given in a separate, asterisked footnote, which will appear on the opening page if the paper is published.
5. References. Contributors should refer to the APA Publication Manual for the correct listing of references in the text and reference list. All references must be closely checked in text and lists to determine that dates and spellings are consistent. Please note that the names of all authors should be given in the list of references. Examples for books and journals are given below:
Gleitman, L. R. (1986). Biological dispositions to learn language. In W. Demopoulos & A. Marras (Eds.), Language learning and concept acquisition: Foundational issues (pp. 3-28). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Scholnick, E. K. & Wing, C. S. (1995). Logic in conversation: Comparative studies of deduction in children and adults. Cognitive Development, 10, 319-345.
6. Spelling, Terminology, and Abbreviations. American spelling and punctuation, rather than British, is required. The Third Edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary is the standard reference. Please try to avoid jargon and, wherever possible, abbreviations that are not commonly accepted.
7. Permissions. Contributors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright owners if they use an illustration, table, or lengthy quote from material that has been published elsewhere. Contributors should write to both the publisher and author of material they are seeking permission to reproduce.
8. Affiliation, Keywords.For hard copy submissions, please include the institutions with which you are connected and credits to any other institutions where the work may have been done under your name on the title page of two copies. Please give your complete mailing address, a fax number and an e-mail address, if available. Authors should select a maximum of five keywords which should appear on the title page. For electronic submissions, author details (including corresponding author and other author information) should be entered into the online system separately during the submission process, and should not appear in the manuscript file. Keywords can also be entered separately during the submission process.
9. Copyright. Upon acceptance authors are required to assign copyright to Elsevier Inc. and to submit an IBM compatible disk, spelled checked and stripped of imbedded graphics.
10. Offprints. The lead author will receive 25 offprints of his or her contribution.
11. Electronic Submission. Articles can be uploaded as Microsoft® (MS) Word®, WordPerfect®, PostScript or Adobe® Acrobat® PDF documents. The system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article which is used for the reviewing process. In order to facilitate the blind review process, please ensure that identifying information is removed from your manuscript file and entered into the online system separately. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the file is suitable for reviewing. Authors, Reviewers and Editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary. Note: compuscripts submitted are converted into PDF for the review process but may need to be edited after acceptance to follow journal standards. For this an "editable" file format is necessary.