Guide for Authors
Introduction
Behavior Therapy
is a quarterly international journal devoted to the application of
the behavioral and cognitive sciences to the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of psychopathology and related clinical problems.
It is intended for mental health professionals and students from all related disciplines who wish to remain current in these areas and
provides a vehicle for scientist-practitioners and clinical scientists to report the results of their original empirical research. Although
the major emphasis is placed upon empirical research, methodological and theoretical papers as well as evaluative reviews of the literature
will also be published. Controlled single-case designs and clinical replication series are welcome.
Contact details
Questions about a possible manuscript for
Behavior Therapy may be discussed
with the editor:
Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D.
Editor,
Behavior Therapy
Department of Psychology
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24060
USA
Phone: +1 540 231 6451
Fax: +1 540 231 8148
Email:
behavior.therapy@vt.edu
Ethics in publishing
For information
on Ethics in publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see
http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and
http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
Policy and ethics
All manuscripts should be prepared in conformity with the format described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, Sixth Edition, (2009), and it is the responsibility of the author that manuscripts adhere to the format and other requirements
of Behavior Therapy. Medical Journals, manuscripts should follow the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Society as opposed to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Medical Journals.
The Council of Science Editors (CSE)
has produced "Editorial Policy Statements" that cover the responsibilities and rights of editors of peer-reviewed journals. Publishers
who would like to incorporate these Statements into their review and publication process are encouraged to link to:
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/services/draft_approved.cfm
Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest may exist when an author or the
author's institution has a financial or other relationship with other people or organizations that may inappropriately influence the
author's work. A conflict can be actual or potential and full disclosure to the Journal is the safest course. All submissions to the
Journal must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. The Journal
will publish such disclosures. A decision may be made by the Journal not to publish on the basis of the declared conflict if the conflict
is clearly seen as influencing the choice of subjects, methodology, and/or outcomes.
Disclosure Statement for Authors
At the end of the text, under a subheading "Disclosure Statement", all authors must disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest
including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three (3) years of beginning the work
submitted that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed
include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or
other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage. Unless the authors include a statement
disclosing conflicts of interest, the corresponding author will sign a statement to the effect that there is no real or potential conflict
of interest.
Submission declaration
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 including
electronically in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Authorship
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception,
design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.
Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed
as contributors.
Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition,
deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the accepted manuscript is published
in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from
the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author
names rearranged and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, fax, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement.
In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Requests that are not
sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded by the Journal Manager to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure
as described above. Note that: (1) Journal Managers will inform the Journal Editors of any such requests and (2) publication of the accepted
manuscript in an online issue is suspended until authorship has been agreed.
After the accepted manuscript is published in an
online issue: Any requests to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an article published in an online issue will follow the
same policies as noted above and result in a corrigendum.
Copyright
Upon
acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright to ABCT. 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 authors(s) must obtain written permission
from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has forms for use by authors in these cases available at
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail:
permissions@elsevier.com
Retained author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details
you are referred to:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Role of the
funding source
You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation
of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation
of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such
involvement then this should be stated. Please see
http://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose
articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions
of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Language and language services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted,
but not a mixture of these). Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission
please visit
http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices
or our customer support site at
http://support.elsevier.com
for more information.
Upon request Elsevier will direct authors
to an agent who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission). Please contact
support@elsevier.com
for further information.
Submission
Submission to this journal proceeds
totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts source
files to a single PDF file of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files
are converted to PDF files 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 removing the need
for a paper trail.
Submit your article
Please submit your article
via
http://www.ees.elsevier.com/bt
Additional information
Manuscript Length: Manuscripts should not exceed 35 pages total (including cover page, abstract, text, references, tables,
and figures), with margins of at least 1 in. on all sides and a standard font (e.g., Times New Roman) of 12 points (no smaller). The
entire paper (text, references, tables, etc.) must be double spaced. For papers that exceed 35 pages, authors must justify the length
in their cover letter (e.g., reporting of multiple studies), and in no case shall a paper exceed 40 pages total. Papers that do not conform
to these guidelines will be returned to the authors without review.
NOTE: This statement should be inserted as a separate
paragraph in the section on "Manuscript Requirements". It can be inserted as the third paragraph in this section - before the paragraph
that begins "Authors are strongly encouraged to submit online....
Reporting Standards:
For randomized clinical trials,
Behavior
Therapy requires use of the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Guidelines. CONSORT Guidelines offer a standard
way to improve the quality of such reports, and to ensure readers have the information they need to evaluate the quality of clinical
trials. The CONSORT Checklist and Flowchart can be viewed at
http://www.consort-statement.org
All manuscripts that report
randomized clinical trials must include the Flowchart depicting the flow of participants through the various phases of the trial. The
Flowchart is required for all such studies and should be included as a figure in the submitted study. The checklist should be submitted
as an appendix to the manuscript - it will not be published but is used to guide reviewers with respect to the CONSORT requirements.
If a study is not fully consistent with the CONSORT guidelines, limitations should be acknowledged and commented upon in the Discussion
section of the manuscript.
For follow-up studies of previously published clinical trials, authors should submit a flow diagram of
the progress through the phases of the trial and follow-up. A CONSORT checklist should also be provided, with special reference to the
Results and Discussion sections of the manuscript.
For nonrandomized clinical trials,
Behavior Therapy encourages
the use of the most recent version of the TREND guidelines (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs). These
criteria can be found at
http://www.trend-statement.org?asp/trend.asp. These criteria are intended to provide readers with
the information they need to evaluate such studies.
Masked
Reviews
The journal uses a masked reviewing system for all submissions. You will be asked to provide two separate manuscript
versions. The first version should be a complete manuscript which includes all author information. The second version should omit the
authors' names and affiliations but should include the title of the manuscript and the date it is submitted. Footnotes containing information
pertaining to the authors' identity of affiliations should not be included in the second version of the manuscript, and every effort
should be made to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to the authors' identity.
Data Access and Retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public
access to such data (consistent with the Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable,
and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly
identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript
contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate
institutional committee(s) have approved them and whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the
responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in
2000. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects.
The privacy rights of humans must always be observed. Participants who are the subject of case descriptions will read the article and
agree to its use in print, on the internet, etc. Authors must include a statement in the article saying they obtained informed consent
and they they disclosed any conflicts of interests with study participants.
Use of wordprocessing software
It is important that the file be saved
in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as
possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's
options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. When preparing tables,
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
the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier:
http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication). Note that source files of figures, tables
and text graphics will be required whether or not you embed your figures in the text. See also the section on Electronic artwork.
To
avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your wordprocessor.
Article structure
Subdivision - unnumbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection is given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own
separate line. Subsections should be used as much as possible when cross-referencing text: refer to the subsection by heading as opposed
to simply 'the text'.
Introduction
State the objectives of the work
and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Material 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.
Theory/calculation
A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already dealt with in
the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a Calculation section represents a practical development from
a theoretical basis.
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.
Glossary
Please supply, as a separate list, the definitions of field-specific terms used in your article.
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 on.
Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.
Essential title page information
•
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 will 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. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
•
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. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the
research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able
to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard
or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Graphical abstract
A Graphical abstract is optional and should summarize the contents of the article in
a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online. Authors must provide images that clearly represent
the work described in the article. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Image
size: Please provide an image with a minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable
at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files. See
http://www.elsevier.com/graphicalabstracts for examples.
Authors can make use of Elsevier's Illustration and Enhancement
service to ensure the best presentation of their images also in accordance with all technical requirements:
Illustration Service.
Highlights
Highlights
are mandatory for this journal. They consist of a short collection of bullet points that convey the core findings of the article and
should be submitted in a separate file in the online submission system. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet
points (maximum 85 characters, including spaces, per bullet point). See
http://www.elsevier.com/highlights for examples.
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide 3-5 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding
general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly
established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of
the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the
footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
Acknowledgements
For reasons of assisting with double-blind review, collate acknowledgements in a separate section on the title page beneath the author
information. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or
proof reading the article, etc.).
Units
Follow internationally accepted
rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.
Math formulae
Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/)
instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of
e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if
referred to explicitly in the text).
Footnotes
Footnotes should be used
sparingly. 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.
Artwork
Electronic artwork
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, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
•
Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
• Submit each figure as a separate file.
A detailed guide
on electronic artwork is available on our website:
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
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: Color or grayscale 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 (color or grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) then please supply 'as is'.
Please
do not:
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (e.g., 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.
Color artwork
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 color figures then Elsevier will ensure,
at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether
or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version.
For color reproduction in print, you will receive information
regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for color: 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 color figures to 'gray scale' (for the printed version
should you not opt for color in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
Figure 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.
Text graphics
Text graphics may be embedded in the text at the appropriate position. If you are working with LaTeX
and have such features embedded in the text, these can be left. Further, high-resolution graphics files must be provided separately whether
or not the graphics are embedded. See further under Electronic artwork.
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.
References
Citation in 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.
Web references
As a minimum,
the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. 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.
References in a special issue
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and
any citations in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue.
Reference
management software
This journal has standard templates available in key reference management packages EndNote (
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp)
and Reference Manager (
http://refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp). Using plug-ins to wordprocessing packages, authors only
need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article and the list of references and citations to these will be
formatted according to the journal style which is described below.
Reference style
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, Sixth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4338-0561-5, copies of which
may be ordered from
http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4200067 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. (2010).
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. (4th ed.). New York: Longman, (Chapter 4).
Reference
to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (2009). 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.
Journal abbreviations source
Journal names should be abbreviated according to
Index Medicus journal
abbreviations:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html;
List of title word abbreviations:
http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php;
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service):
http://www.cas.org/sent.html.
Video
data
Elsevier accepts video material and animation sequences to support and enhance your scientific research. Authors who
have video or animation files that they wish to submit with their article are strongly encouraged to include these within the body of
the article. This can be done in the same way as a figure or table by referring to the video or animation content and noting in the body
text where it should be placed. All submitted files should be properly labeled so that they directly relate to the video file's content.
In order to ensure that your video or animation material is directly usable, please provide the files in one of our recommended file
formats with a preferred maximum size of 50 MB. Video and animation files supplied will be published online in the electronic version
of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:
http://www.sciencedirect.com. Please supply 'stills'
with your files: you can choose any frame from the video or animation or make a separate image. These will be used instead of standard
icons and will personalize the link to your video data. For more detailed instructions please visit our video instruction pages at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Note: since video and animation cannot be embedded in the print version of the journal, please provide text for both the electronic and
the print version for the portions of the article that refer to this content.
Supplementary
data
Elsevier accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files
offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, 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 provide the data 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.
Submission checklist
The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please
consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author
has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
•
Telephone and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked'
and 'grammar-checked'
• References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference
list are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources
(including the Web)
• Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction on the Web (free of charge)
and in print, or to be reproduced in color on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print
• If only color on the
Web is required, black-and-white versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
For any further information please
visit our customer support site at
http://support.elsevier.com.
Use of
the Digital Object Identifier
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.2010.09.059
When you use the DOI to
create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, the DOIs are guaranteed never to change.
Proofs
One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do not have an
e-mail address then paper proofs will be sent by post) or, a link will be provided in the e-mail so that authors can download the files
themselves. Elsevier now provides authors with PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version
7 (or higher) available free from
http://get.adobe.com/reader. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany
the proofs (also given online). The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/tech-specs.html.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return
them to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark
the 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 – please let us have all your
corrections within 48 hours. It is important to ensure that all 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. Note that
Elsevier may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received.
Offprints
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. For an extra
charge, paper offprints can be ordered via the offprint order form which is sent once the article is accepted for publication. The PDF
file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining
the terms and conditions of use.
Additional information
Advertising
Policy
For advertisers in ABCT periodicals, the following is the procedure:
Staff will include ABCT's nondiscrimination
policy in advertising rate sheets. Staff will provide advertisers with the nondiscrimination policy and require statements from them
on how they differ from our policy. This will apply to some, but not all, advertisers. It applies only to those who are advertising job
or training opportunities (so booksellers and publishers, unless they're looking for someone to sell books or help with redaction, are
exempt, as long as they're advertising books, journals, conferences, and the like). The following statement will appear on the advertising
rate sheet:
It is the policy of the Board of Directors of ABCT that all advertisers for jobs or training positions review the ABCT
nondiscrimination policy.
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies is committed to a policy of equal opportunity
in all of its activities, including employment. ABCT does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or
ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or veteran status. If the advertiser's
own policy differs from the ABCT policy, then that must be stated in the ad. We recommend that wording similar to the following be used:
"Please note the nondiscrimination policy of xxx differs from the ABCT policy in that it does not include age, sexual orientation, or
gender identity and expression". This wording appears ONLY if your non-discrimination policy differs from ABCT's. For those advertisers
who are not offering jobs or training opportunities (for instance, book sellers or VR distributors), this does not apply.
Following
is our accepted advertising Policy in ABCT's policy and procedure manual.
Policies Regarding Advertising
Advertisements
must meet all relevant legal, professional and ethical guidelines. ABCT publications are published for, and on behalf of, the membership
and the cognitive and behavioral therapies community.
The Association reserves the right to unilaterally reject, omit, or cancel
advertising which, by its tone, content, or appearance, is not in keeping with the essentially scientific, scholarly, and professional
nature of its publications or the goals of the organization. The Association reserves the right to refuse ads that, because of omissions
or inaccuracies, provide misleading or incorrect information. The Director of Communications, acting on behalf of the Editor, has the
full and final authority for approving advertisements and enforcing advertising policy for those ads submitted to the Association. Ads
submitted to Elsevier running in multiple journals fall under the purview of Elsevier's publisher or its representative.
Publication of any advertisement by ABCT is neither an endorsement of the advertiser nor of the products
or services advertised. ABCT is not responsible for any claims made in an advertisement. Advertisers and advertising agencies assume
liability for all content (including text representation and illustrations) of advertisements printed, and also assume responsibility
for any claims arising therefrom made against the Publisher. The Publisher's liability for any error will not exceed the charge for the
advertisement in question.
Correspondence
Readers may submit comments or criticisms about published articles to our
sister publication, the Behavior Therapist. The authors of articles discussed in correspondence will be given an opportunity to respond,
preferably in the same issue in which the original correspondence appears.
For inquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission) please visit this journal's homepage.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, will be provided by the publisher.
You can track accepted articles at
http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. You can also check our Author FAQs (
http://www.elsevier.com/authorFAQ)
and/or contact Customer Support via
http://support.elsevier.com.
