Computers in Human Behavior manuscripts may be submitted online using our Web-based submission tool. To submit your paper online, please go to http://ees.elsevier.com/chb/ and upload your article and its associated artwork. A PDF will be generated and the reviewing process will be carried out using that PDF. All correspondence between editor and author is performed by e-mail, and paper copies are not required at the original submission stage.
Letters to the Editor should not exceed two printed pages. Short reports not exceeding three printed pages can be published as well.
Papers must be in the English language and conform to the highest standards of presentation.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced and with a wide margin. Pages should be numbered consecutively. The cover page should contain: (i) the title of the article, (ii) author(s), (iii) complete affiliation(s), and (iv) e-mail address, fax and telephone number of the corresponding author

Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the publisher.

Submission of Software for Review: All software that is relevant to researchers, educators and practitioners within psychology, psychiatry and related professions will be considered for review. This includes but is not limited to software addressing mental health, human development, learning, cognition, social behaviors, personality, and personnel selection. Reviews will address both the scientific validity and practical utility of computer packages. Authors and publishers wishing to have their software reviewed should submit two copies of both software and all supporting documentation to the editor. Materials submitted for review cannot be returned.


Original theoretical works, research reports, literature reviews, software reviews, book reviews and announcements.

General: Manuscripts should be double-spaced and with a wide margin. Pages should be numbered consecutively. The cover page should contain: (i) the title of the article, (ii) author(s), (iii) complete affiliation(s), and (iv) e-mail address, fax and telephone number of the corresponding author.The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity.

Abstracts: An abstract of no more than 200 words should accompany each paper, typed on a separate sheet following the title page.

Keywords: Authors should include up to six keywords with their article. Keywords should be selected from the APA list of index descriptors, unless otherwise agreed with the Editor.

Text: Follow this order when preparing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures or Tables into your text. The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. All other footnotes (except for table footnotes) should be identified with superscript Arabic numbers.

References: All publications cited in the text should be present in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to the author's name (without initials) and year of publication, e.g. "Since Peterson (1993) has shown that..." or "This is in agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1994)". For 2-6 authors, all authors are to be listed at first citation, with "and" separating the last two authors. For more than six authors, use the first six authors followed by et al. In subsequent citations for three or more authors use author et al. in the text. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
References should be given in the following form:

Miller, D. (1981). The depth/breadth trade-off in hierarchical computer menus.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 25th Annual Meeting (pp. 140-200) Santa Monica, CA.

Paap, K.A., and Roske-Hofstrand, R.J. (1988). Design of menus. In M. Helander. Handbook of human-computer interaction (pp. 205-235). New York: Elsevier.

Wu, A.K.W., and Lee, M.C. (1998). Intelligent training systems as design. Computers in Human Behavior 14 (2), 209B220.



Figures should be large-size originals (each on a separate sheet), drawn in India ink and carefully lettered, or should be produced using professional quality graphics software and a laser-or equivalent printer. They should have an Arabic number and a caption. In the text, figures must be referred to as: see Fig. 1; or Figs. 2 and 3, etc. Their approximate location in the text should be indicated as follows:

Insert Fig. 1 about here

Preparation of Illustrations: Submitting your artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail.

General Points:
Always supply high-quality printouts of your artwork, in case conversion of the electronic artwork is problematic.
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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 you artwork files, and supply a separate listing of the files and the software used.
Provide all illustrations as separate files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets.
Provide captions to illustrations separately.
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Formats
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TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
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Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table printed on a separate sheet. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs)

Proofs
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FAootnotes. The use of footnotes should be minimized. Footnotes to the text should be numbered consecutively throughout the contribution with superscript Arabic numerals.

Authors are requested to follow the 'Guidelines for Nonsexist Use of Language' as stated in Section 2.13 of the APA Publication Manual, 5th ed. Proofs. One proof will be sent to the authors. Corrected proofs should be returned within 2 days to the publisher.

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