Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Articles
The Editorial Board accepts unpublished articles in English language and possibly in Croatian language. The paper, including the references and supplements, should not exceed 75 000 characters. Abstract not longer than 300 characters, and a short list of key words must be included (5-10 key words).
- The Review Process Policy (for Articles)
After submission, manuscripts will go through the following stages:
- Formal examination to ensure the identity of the author is not on the manuscript and to check length, as well as situations where the submission is self-evidently unsuitable. This stage is normally complete within two weeks of submission.
- A substantive assessment by one of the Editors-In-Chief to assess whether the manuscript is prima facie suitable and ready to be sent for anonymous review. If the manuscript is not thought suitable or ready it will be rejected at this point. This normally occurs within two weeks, so at the latest one month after submission.
- If the manuscript is suitable and ready for review, normally two anonymous reviewers will then be sought to offer independent and expert advice. This stage can take up to a month as it can be difficult to locate suitable reviewers who are willing to act.
- If the manuscript is sent for review, the reviewers are given a standard period of four weeks (though this may be extended if the reviewer needs more time).
- Once the external reviews have been received, the Editors-In-Chief will make an assessment based on those reviews and their own assessment of the paper. A decision will be made whether to reject, to accept or to seek revisions.
- If revisions are sought, the author will be asked to resubmit the revised paper explaining how they have responded to the criticisms of the Reviewers/Editors. The revised version, once submitted will probably again be sent out for review (often to the initial reviewers, if available). In order to maintain anonymity, responses to reviewer comments should not contain identifiable information.
- If accepted, the author will once again be asked to check all references to ensure they are correct and to ensure the manuscript complies with the style-guide.
- Online Posting by the Author (Repositories, SSRN)
Authors are permitted to publish a pre-publication text of their article on repositories such as SSRN. But they should replace the pre-publication text with a reference to the Journal website once the article appears in FirstView. On acceptance for publication, the author is permitted to post the accepted manuscript in an institutional repository. But such a publication should still contain a reference to the year and page reference of the publication in the SLPD Journal.
Books reviews
The Journal accepts reviews of books, not older than three years. The desirable length of review is between 5000 and 9000 characters. All the relevant information on the reviewed book must be indicated at the beginning of the text, and the author's name should be stated at the end. Footnotes are not permitted.
Authors are required to submit all book reviews to the SLPD Journal in Word format to: slpd@pravri.uniri.hr
Copyright Notice
The Editorial Board accepts for consideration exclusively previously unpublished papers. Authors retain the copyright on the papers published in the journal, but grant the right of the publication, both in printed and in electronic form, to the journal.
The paper accepted for publication or already published in the Journal may be published by the author(s) in other publications with proper notice of its publication in the Journal.
Papers published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which means that the content can be used with attribution for non-commercial purpose.
The use of psychological measurement instruments and computer programs should be in accordance with applicable regulations, and the authors should submit a statement on the use of legitimate copies or possession of written permission for the rights to their use.
Privacy Statement
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