期刊名称：BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
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 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Behavior Research Methods is the psychologist’s primary source for information on the methods, techniques, and instrumentation of research in experimental psychology. The journal focuses particularly on the use of computer technology in psychological research, including the latest hardware and software developments. An annual special issue is also devoted to this field.
Instructions to Authors
NEW SUBMISSIONS
For submission information specific to each journal, please consult the following links:
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
Behavior Research Methods
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Learning & Behavior
Memory & Cognition
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Papers should be submitted via ScholarOne (formerly Manuscript Central) in PDF format. PDF files are most easily created by using the "Save As" function if one is working in Microsoft Word, or by opening the print dialog box and selecting a PDF print setting as the "printer" instead of physically printing the manuscript. Adobe Acrobat is the most common PDF maker. Several free PDF makers may be found via Web search.
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Submit to: M&C
Submit to: PB&R
General instructions for all journals:
Cover Letter
Manuscript Components
Supplemental Material
Manuscript Tracking
Accepted Manuscripts
Tables
Figures
References
COVER LETTER
Authors should provide a cover letter with newly submitted manuscripts. When appropriate, it should very briefly describe the main findings and conclusions of the paper. Suggestions for preferred and nonpreferred appropriate reviewers are helpful and can be entered on the Web site. However, the final selection of reviewers lies with the Editors.
Cover letters should include a statement that the research was conducted in accord with APA standards for ethical treatment of subjects and with the approval of the relevant university’s institutional review board. Mistreatment of human or animal subjects is grounds for rejecting a manuscript. Authors must also disclose in the cover letter any potential conflicts of interests regarding the research reported in the manuscript. It is also appropriate to include a cover letter with revised manuscripts; such letters should explain in detail what changes were (and were not) made in response to the Editor’s action letter and the reviewers’ comments.
MANUSCRIPT COMPONENTS
Manuscripts should, in general, adhere to the conventions described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). All manuscripts should be fully double spaced. Please note the following:
Title Page: Include (1) authors’ names and affiliations, (2) corresponding author’s address, telephone number, and e-mail address, and (3) suggested running head.
Abstract: Include an abstract of 100 to 150 words.
Text: Manuscripts should generally have sections for introduction/background, Method, Results, and Discussion, although some manuscripts will deviate from this pattern (e.g., Theoretical or Review Articles, Notes, and Comments).
Author Note: Acknowledgments should include sources of financial support and any possible conflicts of interest. If desirable, contributions of different authors may be briefly described here.
Figures, Tables, and Footnotes: In submitted manuscripts, figures and tables can be embedded in the body of the text and footnotes can be placed at the bottom of the page on which the footnoted material is referenced. When a paper is accepted, in the final version the author submits for production, each figure and table must be on a separate page near the end of the manuscript, as per the APA Publication Manual.
For detailed information regarding Figures and Tables, see those sections below.
References: References should be done according to APA style.
For a condensed discussion of APA reference style, see References below.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Authors are encouraged to separately include supplemental material (data sets such as stimulus norms or raw data, demonstrations or pictorial, auditory, or video stimuli, additional information regarding methods, additional tables or figures, relevant program source code [excluding executable code] for modeling or stimulus generation, or supplementary analyses that are not central to the main thrust of an article). The supplemental material will be reviewed along with the submitted article, or may be added at the time of acceptance in consultation with the Editor. Supplemental material will be published online, linked to the accepted article. The Editor makes decisions regarding supplemental material.
MANUSCRIPT TRACKING
Once a manuscript has been submitted, it is assigned a manuscript number, used by the Editor of the journal while the manuscript is under review. Authors should identify their manuscripts by this number in any correspondence with the Editor of the journal.
DISCLOSURES AND ASSURANCES
If a manuscript is accepted for publication, before its formal acceptance you will be required to (1) affirm that any subjects involved in the work were treated ethically, (2) disclose any potential conflicts of interest, and (3) affirm that you will make any raw data on which this work is based available to qualified researchers for the purpose of verifying your analyses.
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTS
When a manuscript is accepted for publication, it is assigned a production number (e.g., C325, for Memory & Cognition; A436, for Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics; etc.). From that time on, authors must identify their manuscripts by referring to this production number in any correspondence with the Publications Office or the Editor of the journal. The running head on the final copy of the accepted manuscript sent to the Publications Office should include this production number.
As stated above for submitted manuscripts, final versions of accepted manuscripts submitted for production should, in general, adhere to the conventions described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). When in doubt, consult a recent issue of a Psychonomic Society journal. For general questions regarding manuscript production and publication, call the Publications Office at (512) 462-2442, or send an e-mail to frank@psychonomic.org or jbellquist@psychonomic.org. If you have questions regarding typesetting or electronic files, call the Publications Office or e-mail cbezoff@psychonomic.org.
Permissions: Authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce or adapt any figure or table from a copyrighted source. It is the author’s responsibility to determine from the copyright owner whether or not permission is required for quoting text or for reproducing or adapting all or part of a table or figure from the copyrighted source. Authors must obtain any necessary written permission and enclose a copy with the final version of the accepted manuscript submitted for production.
Proofs: Proofs are sent to authors via e-mail as PDF attachments. It is incumbent upon authors to check the proof carefully. Authors’ responses to the copy editor’s queries, as well as any additional corrections, should be sent via e-mail to the Managing Editor: jbellquist@psychonomic.org. Proof replies should be returned within 48 hours.
Electronic File Requirements
- All files must contain the production number at the beginning of the file name and in the running head.
- A Microsoft Word document or other word-processed document. Files with the extension .doc (or .docx) for MS Word are preferable, but most others (including LaTeX) are acceptable.
- A .pdf copy of the manuscript. (Be sure you have opened and double-checked the PDF, especially all figures and equations.)
- Graphics. Please provide separate files for all figures and illustrations. Do not embed graphic boxes within the running text. Please refer to Figures section.
Call or e-mail the Publications Office if you have questions regarding typesetting or electronic files (512-462-2442; cbezoff@psychonomic.org).
TABLES
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., pp. 147–175) gives excellent instructions for constructing tables. The following will emphasize areas that are particularly important and will explain some Psychonomic journal departures from APA style.
Table Software: Tables should be created with your word processing or spreadsheet program. They should never be submitted as graphics files.
General: Make sure the table is necessary. Small tables with few entries can often be dealt with just as effectively in a line or two of text.
Try not to combine two tables of dissimilar format into one table (e.g., if sections A and B of Table 1 are not of similar format, section A should be Table 1 and section B, Table 2). However, do combine small tables of identical format with few entries.
Keep the material as simple and straightforward as possible. Double-space all tables for easy editing and typesetting. Number all tables in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Make sure all tables are mentioned in the text.
Table Arrangement: Instead of a single column containing two separate values [e.g., “10.00±0.00” or “10.00 (0.00)”], use two columns with separate appropriate headings (e.g., M and SE or SD). Arrange tables so that similar numbers fall into separate columns. That is, if possible, do not mix, in one column, such numbers as 0000, 00.00, .0000.
Avoid unnecessary repetitions throughout the table. Columns with the same numerical entries throughout the table or throughout sections of the table can be put in footnotes (e.g., “In Condition 1, n = 20 for each group; in Condition 2, n = 30 for each group”). Units of measurement can simply be abbreviated in headings—“RTs (in msec)”—or explained in footnotes (“RTs are given in milliseconds”).
Other Requirements: Define all measurements used for values in the table (e.g., “Thresholds are given in decibels”). Define (or avoid using) all abbreviations. Do not use material in tables that should normally be placed in figures (e.g., graphic objects, photographic reproductions).
Define, in the table footnotes, all asterisks, daggers, or other symbols used. General footnotes (denoted by “Note—...”) should be used, rather than the title, to qualify, explain, or provide information relating to the table as a whole or to a major section of the table (e.g., a column or a group of columns). Specific footnotes (denoted by superscripted *, †, ‡, etc.) relate to individual entries or give probability levels.
Table titles and column headings should be in Title Case. Column headings refer only to entries in the column(s) below them. A column heading may never refer to other column headings horizontally across the top of the table.
Do not print a table in a visible “cellular” format: Vertical rules are never used in Psychonomic journals; horizontal rules are never used within the body of the table.
FIGURES
Reproduction or Adaptation of Copyrighted Figures
If a figure is copied or adapted from a copyrighted source, a permission statement must accompany the figure caption. Please refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., p. 175) for models of permission statements.
Style of New Figures
Hand-drawn originals (except when appropriate) are not acceptable.
Panels within figures must be labeled to read from left to right and then down, rather than top to bottom and then left to right.
Legends and captions should explain the content of figures as they appear from top down, not from the bottom up.
Type should be proportional to the figure. Type should vary by no more than 4 points within a figure. Helvetica and Times are the preferred fonts.
Graph fills or symbols should be easy to distinguish from one another. Do not use similar shades of gray in graphs.
Avoid hairlines or even thin lines in any type of figure.
Figures should fit either vertically or horizontally on a letter- or A4-size page with at least a 1-in. margin. Final sizing of figures will be done during the publishing process, if necessary.
Please ensure that legends (if any) match the figure.
Label each figure with the figure number, the manuscript’s production number, and the author’s name. The top of each figure should be clearly indicated if it is not inherently obvious.
Vector-based artwork as opposed to pixel-based artwork is preferred for diagrams, graphs, and other figures with text, lines, boxes, shapes, and line drawings. This can usually be achieved by creating a PDF file from the original software with the fonts embedded.
File Formats
We require two electronic files for each figure: (1) a file created with the application used to construct the figure (see below for formats) and (2) a PDF copy of the same file. We primarily use Adobe Illustrator to prepare figures for publishing, so the preferred file type for figures is “.ai” (Adobe Illustrator).
High-resolution (300 dpi or more) Photoshop files, EPSs, TIFFs, or JPEGs (at maximum quality) are acceptable for photographic-type figures with little text.
Figures created in PowerPoint and Excel can be submitted in their original format (.ppt or .xls). MATLAB files can be exported as Illustrator files (ILL), which is preferred, or as an EPS. Canvas and CorelDRAW files can be exported as Illustrator files (.ai), which is preferred, or as an EPS. GraphPad files can be exported as “.pict” files. Chem Draw files can be Saved As “.eps” files or as “.pict” files. SigmaPlot files can be exported as “EPS vector.” Chartsmith files can be exported as “.pdf” files (preferred) or as “.eps” files. KaleidaGraph files can be Saved As “.pict” files or as EPS files. KaleidaGraph provides the following instructions for exporting files as EPS:
KaleidaGraph for Macintosh:
1. Choose Print Graphics or Print Layout from the File menu.
2. Using the pop-up menus in the Print dialog, change the Destination to File, change General to Save as File, and change the Format to EPS Mac Enhanced Preview.
3. Click Save. Once you enter a file name and click Save, an EPS file is created on your hard disk.
KaleidaGraph for PC:
1. Choose Print Graphics or Print Layout from the File menu.
2. Select the Print to File check box.
3. Choose a PostScript driver and click Properties. This step varies depending on the operating system:
Under Windows 98, click the PostScript tab and choose EPS for the Output Format.
Under Windows 2000 or XP, click the Layout or Paper/Quality tab and click the Advanced button. Under Document Options, you can choose EPS for the PostScript Output Option.
4. Click OK until the Print To File dialog is displayed.
5. Enter a file name and change the file name extension from .prn to .eps. Once you click OK, an EPS file is created on your hard disk that can be imported into another program.
Color Figures
For Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics; Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience; Learning & Behavior; Memory & Cognition; and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review: With specific exceptions approved by the Editor of the journal and paid for by the author, figures are printed and posted online in black and white or grayscale. If an important figure cannot communicate its meaning without color, there are two choices: (1) printing in color at the author’s expense or (2) printing in grayscale while posting online in color at no charge to the author.
For Behavior Research Methods: Figures are posted online in color at no charge to the author. Grayscale versions of color figures are no longer required.
As of 2009, average cost to the Publications Office per printed color figure is around $800, but the charge varies widely depending on numerous factors. If the editor has approved use of color and you wish to consider the possibility of printing color figures, please contact the Graphics Coordinator for an estimate. If you decide to print in color, when you submit the final version of your manuscript to the Publication Office please indicate which figures are to be printed in color and affirm your willingness to pay the charge in the e-mail accompanying your electronic files.
Authors are not charged for figures printed in grayscale and posted online in color, but because working with color carries some cost for the publisher editors approve color figures only when color communicates important information that cannot be communicated in grayscale. If the Editor has approved use of color and you wish to pursue this option, please indicate in your cover letter which figures are to be published in color online. Normally authors need send only the color version of each such figure. Please design each color figure such that contrasts remain evident when the figure is converted to grayscale. In some cases authors may be asked to send a separate file with the grayscale version. Please ensure that the caption applies adequately to both the color and the grayscale versions; we cannot publish two versions of a single figure caption.
Please refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., pp. 176-201) for additional guidelines on the preparation of figures.
Please e-mail the Graphics Coordinator with questions or concerns regarding figures.
REFERENCES
In general, format references according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., pp. 215–281).
Please note that authors who cite personal communications must obtain written permission from their source. This may be done via e-mail. The permission must be sent to the Managing Editor at the Publications Office: jbellquist@psychonomic.org.
All authors should do the following:
1. Compare all citations in the text against the references. Make sure that all references are cited in the text, and that all citations refer to works that in fact are on the reference list.
2. All references and all text citations within parentheses must be in alphabetical order: (Timberlake, 1983a, 1983b, 1990; Timberlake & Lucas, 1985, 1989; Timberlake & Washburne, 1989).
3. Make sure that all references are complete:
- All authors’ names should have the authors’ initials.
- All journal titles should be spelled out, not abbreviated.
- Journal articles should have volume and page numbers.
- Edited books should have editors’ names, with initials.
- Chapter references should have page numbers of chapters.
- Books should have the city of publication and publisher’s name.
- Wherever possible, the reference entry should be followed by the DOI (digital object identifier) number. DOI numbers may be found on the abstract page of the journal article, on the publisher’s Web site, or in APA PsycNET listings.
- URLs should be added where necessary.
Example references:
Bower, G. H. (2000). A brief history of memory research. In E. Tulving & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of memory (pp. 3–32). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hautus, M. J., Macmillan, N. A., & Rotello, C. M. (2008). Toward a complete decision model of item and source recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 889-905. doi:10.3758/PBR.15.5.889
Regarding text citations, the following summary may prove useful:
In citations of works with three to five authors, all authors’ names should be given in the first cited instance; “et al.” may be used in all subsequent instances as long as no confusion results. The standard format is as follows:
Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., & Kappers, A. M. L. (1992).
Todd, J. T., Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., & Kappers, A. M. L. (1996).
First citation:
(Koenderink, van Doorn, & Kappers, 1992; Todd, Koenderink, van Doorn, & Kappers, 1996)
Subsequent citations:
(Koenderink et al., 1992; Todd et al., 1996)
If the references have the same names in the same order, but different years, the citations are collapsed:
Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., & Kappers, A. M. L. (1992).
Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., & Kappers, A. M. L. (1994).
First citation:
(Koenderink, van Doorn, & Kappers, 1992, 1994)
Subsequent citations:
(Koenderink et al., 1992, 1994)
If the years are the same as well, the years take “a” and “b”:
Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., & Kappers, A. M. L. (1997a).
Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., & Kappers, A. M. L. (1997b).
First citation:
(Koenderink, van Doorn, & Kappers, 1997a, 1997b)
Subsequent citations:
(Koenderink et al., 1997a, 1997b)
The following examples represent variations that, if not given correctly, can cause confusion:
Same first name, different years. The following two citations can be reduced to “et al.,” but they cannot be collapsed, because the authors differ:
Proffitt, D. R., Gilden, D. L., Kaiser, M. K., & Whelan, S. M. (1988).
Proffitt, D. R., Kaiser, M. K., & Whelan, S. M. (1990).
First citation:
(Proffitt, Gilden, Kaiser, & Whelan, 1988; Proffitt, Kaiser, & Whelan, 1990)
Subsequent citations:
(Proffitt et al., 1988; Proffitt et al., 1990)
Same first name, same year. The citations cannot be collapsed, because the authors differ; they can be reduced to “et al.” only insofar as they remain distinguishable:
Richardson-Klavehn, A., Gardiner, J. M., & Java, R. I. (1994).
Richardson-Klavehn, A., Lee, M. G., Joubran, R., & Bjork, R. A. (1994).
First citation:
(Richardson-Klavehn, Gardiner, & Java, 1994; Richardson-Klavehn, Lee, Joubran, & Bjork, 1994)
Subsequent citations:
(Richardson-Klavehn, Gardiner, & Java, 1994; Richardson-Klavehn, Lee, et al., 1994)
In citations of works with six or more authors, the abbreviation “et al.” should be used insofar as confusion with another reference will not thereby result; on the reference list, all authors’ names should be included:
Bottini, G., Corcoran, R., Sterzl, R., Paulesu, E., Schenone, P., Scarpa, P., Frackowiak, R. S. J., & Frith, C. D. (1994).
First and all subsequent citations:
(Bottini et al., 1994)
Note the following elaborate example, with the same first and second names and same year. Although the second reference has six names, its citation cannot be reduced to fewer than three:
Tulving, E., Kapur, S., Craik, F. I. M., Moscovitch, M., & Houle, S. (1994).
Tulving, E., Kapur, S., Markowitsch, H. J., Craik, F. I. M., Habib, R., & Houle, S. (1994).
First citation:
(Tulving, Kapur, Craik, Moscovitch, & Houle, 1994; Tulving, Kapur, Markovitsch, et al., 1994)
Subsequent citations:
(Tulving, Kapur, Craik, et al., 1994; Tulving, Kapur, Markovitsch, et al., 1994)
Editorial Board
Editor:
John H. Krantz, Hanover College
Associate Editor:
Patrick Onghena, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Consulting Editors
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Consulting Editors
Doris Aaronson, New York University
Margaret Anderson, State University of New York, Cortland
Roger Bakeman, Georgia State University
Ira H. Bernstein, University of Texas, Arlington
Patrick Bonin, Universit?Blaise Pascal
Marc Brysbaert, Royal Holloway, University of London
Richard Carlson, Pennsylvania State University
Roberto Dell’Acqua, Universit?di Padova
Stephen E. Edgell, University of Louisville
Gregory Francis, Purdue University
Amy Herstein Gervasio, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Paula Goolkasian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Andrew J. Heathcote, University of Newcastle
Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University
William S. Maki, Texas Tech University
Brian P. O’Connor, Lakehead University
William L. Palya, Jacksonville State University
Richard Plant, University of York
Vicen?Quera, Universidad de Barcelona
Sarah Ransdell, Florida Atlantic University
Ulf-Dietrich Reips, Universität Zürich
William C. Schmidt, State University of New York, Buffalo
Steven Stern, University of Pittsburgh
David A. Washburn, Georgia State University
Daniel J. Weeks, Simon Fraser University
George L. Wolford III, Dartmouth College
Aaronson, New York University
Margaret Anderson, State University of New York, Cortland
Roger Bakeman, Georgia State University
Ira H. Bernstein, University of Texas, Arlington
Patrick Bonin, Universit?Blaise Pascal
Marc Brysbaert, Royal Holloway, University of London
Richard Carlson, Pennsylvania State University
Roberto Dell’Acqua, Universit?di Padova
Stephen E. Edgell, University of Louisville
Gregory Francis, Purdue University
Amy Herstein Gervasio, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Paula Goolkasian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Andrew J. Heathcote, University of Newcastle
Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University
William S. Maki, Texas Tech University
Brian P. O’Connor, Lakehead University
William L. Palya, Jacksonville State University
Richard Plant, University of York
Vicen Quera, Universidad de Barcelona
Sarah Ransdell, Florida Atlantic University
Ulf-Dietrich Reips, Universität Zürich
William C. Schmidt, State University of New York, Buffalo
Steven Stern, University of Pittsburgh
David A. Washburn, Georgia State University
Daniel J. Weeks, Simon Fraser University
George L. Wolford III, Dartmouth College
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