Guide for Authors
Developmental Review (DR), an international and interdisciplinary journal, publishes original articles that bear on conceptual issues in psychological development. Appropriate papers include (1) theoretical statements, (2) reviews of literature, (3) summaries of programmatic research, (4) empirical findings that are provocative and of particular relevance for developmental theory, (5) integrated collections of papers on a single theme, (6) analyses of social policy as it affects human development, (7) historical analyses, (8) essays on major books, and (9) analyses of method and design. Discussions and commentaries are welcomed. Subject matter may be from the disciplines of psychology, sociology, education, or pediatrics, may be basic or applied, and may be drawn from any species or age range as long as it speaks to issues of psychological development.
Submission of Manuscripts Authors should submit their articles electronically via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) page for this journal (
http://ees.elsevier.com/dr). The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF 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 and via the Author's EES homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
There are no submission fees or page charges. Each manuscript should be accompanied by a letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and their significance.
Original papers only will be considered. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been and is not currently submitted elsewhere, and that it will not be submitted elsewhere prior to the journal making an editorial decision. Moreover, submission of the article for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out, and any person cited as a source of personal communications has approved such citation. Written authorization may be required at the Editor's discretion. Articles and any other material published in
Developmental Review represent the opinions of the author(s) and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editor(s) and the Publisher.
Manuscripts fitting the objectives of
Developmental Review will ordinarily be submitted to at least two reviewers for comments. Authors are invited to suggest potential reviewers with the understanding that present or former students or collaborators should not be suggested and that these recommendations are subject to the Editor's discretion. Authors wishing blind review should specifically request it and should remove identifying material from the abstract and the body of the manuscript. Persons interested in organizing a thematic collection of papers, submitting a book review, or preparing a commentary on previously published material are invited to make a preliminary inquiry to the Editor.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement'' (for more information on this and copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
If excerpts or material from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier Global Rights Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com.
Preparation of Manuscript Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout. Authors are requested to follow the instructions given in the most recent edition of the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Pages should be numbered consecutively and organized as follows:
The
title page (p. 1) should contain the article title, authors' names and complete affiliations, footnotes to the title, and the address for manuscript correspondence (including e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers).
The
abstract (p. 2) must be a single paragraph that summarizes the main findings of the paper in less than 150 words. After the abstract a list of up to 10 keywords that will be useful for indexing or searching should be included.
The
Introduction should be as concise as possible, without subheadings. Other sections should begin with appropriate headings and contain subheadings that follow the methods of subordination in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Materials and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments to be reproduced.
Results and
Discussion may be combined and may be organized into subheadings.
Acknowledgments should be brief.
References. Literature references in the text should be cited by author's surname and the year of publication, e.g., Smith (1980); Smith et al. (1981); Smith and Jones (1982, p. 250) (for references to a specific page); (Smith & Jones, 1983) (ampersand for references in parentheses). If a reference has more than two authors, the citation includes the surnames of all authors at the first mention, but later citations of the same reference include only the surname of the first author and the abbreviation "et al." Suffixes a, b, etc., should be used following the date to distinguish two or more works by the same author(s) in the same year, e.g., Smith (1984a, 1984b). References cited in the text should be listed alphabetically and type double-spaced at the end of the article. Journal titles should be written out in full. Personal communication should be cited as such in the text and should not be included in the reference list. Please note the following examples:
Cohen, J. (1977).
Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. New York: Academic Press.
Treiman, R., & Baron, J. (1981). Segmental analysis ability: Development and relation to reading ability. In G. Waller & T. MacKinnon (Eds.),
Reading research: Advances in theory and practice (Vol. 3, pp. 159-198). New York: Academic Press.
Waterman, A.S. (1999). Issues of identity formation revisited: United States and The Netherlands.
Developmental Review,
19, 462-479.
Figures. Number figures consecutively with Arabic numeral. Please visit our Web site at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for detailed instruction on preparing electronic artwork.
Free color on the Web. 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 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 note: Because of technical complications that can arise in 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 files corresponding to all the color illustrations.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Type each table double-spaced on a separate page with a short descriptive title typed directly above and with essential footnotes below.
Preparation of Supplementary Material Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, 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 ensure that data is provided 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.
Proofs PDF proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. To avoid delay in publication, only necessary changes should be made, and corrections should be returned promptly. Authors will be charged for alterations that exceed 10% of the total cost of composition.
Reprints Twenty-five reprints will be provided to the corresponding author free of charge. Additional reprints may be ordered. A reprint order form will accompany your proofs.
For any further information please contact the Author Support Department at
authorsupport@elsevier.com.
