期刊名称：AMERICAN JOURNAL ON MENTAL RETARDATION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The American Journal on Mental Retardation (AJMR) is the number one journal in the special education and rehabilitation fields according to the latest industry impact factor rankings. The AJMR reports current and critical research in biological, behavioral, and educational sciences. It is a singular, multidisciplinary resource in the causes, treatment, and prevention of mental retardation. The premier journal in its field for more than 100 years, the journal is an essential reference and resource tool for health sciences and human services libraries.
The AJMR is targeted for researchers, clinicians, practitioners, students, and other professionals in mental retardation and related disabilities.
Instructions to Authors
The AJMR uses a web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system called AllenTrack. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://ajmr.allentrack.net. Details of the submission and review process can be found in the May 2003 editorial. Given that all manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously, potentially identifying information should be removed prior to submission. The editor and associate editors oversee manuscript reviews. Once a manuscript is submitted, an editor-in-charge is assigned. The editor-in-charge makes the peer reviewer assignments. The initial review process ordinarily takes from 6 to 8 weeks, and revisions are often requested.
Corresponding authors who require assistance in submitting their manuscripts through AllenTrack should contact the editorial office via phone, 307-766-5433; fax, 307-766-5432; or e-mail, ajmr@uwyo.edu. Authors who choose not to submit their manuscript through AllenTrack may send the text file as an e-mail attachment to ajmr@uwyo.edu or on diskette to William E. MacLean, Jr., 1000 E. University Ave., Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071. The street address (for express mail delivery) is Shipping & Receiving, University of Wyoming, 16th and Gibbon Sts., Laramie WY 82071. AllenTrack can convert most word processing files (e.g., Word, WordPerfect, text, Postscript, and Rich Text Format).
Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). The instructions given there for preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts should be followed. Regular articles are to include an abstract containing a maximum of 120 words. The editor-in-charge is responsible for obtaining reviews and deciding on the disposition of all manuscripts (acceptance, rejection, or requests for revision). Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, the remainder of the production process is coordinated by the Senior Editor, Yvette Taylor, 10886 Ravel Ct., Boca Raton, FL 33498; e-mail, ytaamr@aol.com; phone, 561-482-0341. Contact her if you have any technical questions about manuscript preparation.
Ethical Standards
All investigations using human participants must have been approved by the human subjects review committee of the author's institution. Submission of a manuscript to AJMR while that paper is under review by another journal is unacceptable. Presentation of a manuscript in electronic form on the Internet is considered to constitute publication and may be grounds for rejection of the paper by this journal.
Form
All sections of the manuscript (including quotations, references, tables, and footnotes) should be double spaced with at least a 1-inch margin on all sides. The preferred length of manuscripts is 20 typed pages or less, but somewhat greater length may be accepted,
depending on the complexity and importance of the research. Brief reports are generally 5 to 10 manuscript pages and contain a limited number of findings in comparison to research articles.
Abbreviations and Terminology
Abbreviations should be held to a minimum. The names of groups or experimental conditions should usually not be abbreviated. The full names of tests should be given when they are first mentioned, with the common shortened form in parentheses.
When context makes it clear whether an author is referring to people with mental retardation or when it is otherwise unnecessary to refer to intellectual level or diagnostic category, authors should use the most descriptive generic terms, such as children,
students, or persons, without using qualifiers such as with mental retardation,?with handicaps,?or with developmental disabilities.?Under no circumstances should retarded be used as a noun. Prepositional constructions such as students with mental retardation,?or individuals who have mental retardation?are preferred over adjectival
constructions such as mentally retarded people,?except when clear communication dictates occasional use of adjectival designations. Because normal has multiple meanings and may inappropriately imply abnormal where it is not applied, this word should not be used. Instead, more operationally descriptive terms such as intellectually average pupils?should be used.
Numerical and Illustrative Presentations and References
The metric system should be used for all expressions of linear measures, weight, and volume. Tables and figures should be kept to a minimum.?Information should be presented only once whether in the text or in a table or figure. For this reason, short tables may be deleted or combined into larger ones during the copy-editing process.
Lines should not be typed or inked within tables, and all columns should be provided with headings. AllenTrack accepts figures in JPEG, TIFF, GIF, EPS, PDF, or Postscript formats. Figure captions should be included in the manuscript text file, but other
types of lettering may appear on the figures themselves.?All such lettering should be of professional quality and large enough to withstand a reduction of approximately 50%. Release forms (signed, dated and witnessed) must accompany photographs of human subjects. Care should be taken to conceal the identity of persons in such photographs.
Authors must also secure permission to use any copyrighted tables or figures.
Footnotes
Content footnotes are not used. An author note can be used to (a) acknowledge grant support or help in carrying out the research or in preparation of the manuscript, (b) noting change in affiliation of an author, or (c) stating the availability of supplementary information.
Copyright Assignment
In view of the U.S. Copyright Revision Act of 1976, if a manuscript is accepted for publication, authors are asked to sign a Copyright Assignment and Agreement form conveying all copyright ownership to AAMR.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Science, permanence of paper for printed library materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Editorial Board
Editor
William E. MacLean, Jr., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Book Review Editor
Connie Kasari, University of California, Los Angeles
Senior Editor
Yvette Taylor, American Association on Mental Retardation
Associate Editors
Leonard Abbeduto, University of Wisconsin
James Bodfish, Western Carolina Center
Frances Conners, University of Alabama
Elisabeth Dykens, Vanderbilt University
David Felce, University of Wales
Frank Floyd, Georgia State University
Consulting Editors
Michael G. Aman, Ohio State University
Mark Appelbaum, University of California, San Diego
Donald B. Bailey, Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bruce L. Baker, University of California, Los Angeles
Linda M. Bambara, Lehigh University
Jan Blacher, University of California, Riverside
Sharon Borthwick-Duffy, University of California, Riverside
Michael Carlin, Shriver Center
Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, University of Rochester
J.P. Das, University of Alberta
Philip Davidson, University of Rochester
Douglas K. Detterman, Case Western Reserve University
Judith Favell, Au Clair Programs (Mt. Dora, FL)
Laraine Masters Glidden, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Randi J. Hagerman, University of California, Davis
Patti Harrison, University of Alabama
Lucy Henry, King’s College London
Robert M. Hodapp, Vanderbilt University
Robert H. Horner, University of Oregon
Carolyn Hughes, Vanderbilt University
Rathe Karrer, University of Kansas
Craig Kennedy, Vanderbilt University
Marty W. Krauss, Brandeis University
Mark H. Lewis, University of Florida
Edward Merrill, University of Alabama
Carolyn Mervis, University of Louisville
James A. Mulick, Ohio State University
Johannes Rojahn, George Mason University
Mary Ann Romski, Georgia State University
Curt Sandman, Fairview Developmental Center
Richard R. Saunders, University of Kansas
Laura E. Schreibman, University of California, San Diego
Marsha Seltzer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Joseph R. Scotti,West Virginia University
Wayne P. Silverman, New York State Institute for Basic Research in
Developmental Disabilities (Staten Island)
Roger Stancliffe, University of Sydney
Frank J. Symons, University of Minnesota
Helen Tager-Flusberg, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Travis Thompson, Minnesota Autism Center
Michael Wehmeyer, University of Kansas
Jennifer Zarcone, University of Kansas Medical Center
Office Address
AJMR/Attn: William E.MacLean, Jr., Editor
1000 E. University Ave., Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.
Street address (for express mail delivery) is Shipping & Receiving, University of Wyoming, 16th and Gibbon Sts., Laramie WY 82071.
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