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1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/spanish-journal-of-psychology
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4、期刊刊期：年刊，一年出版一期。
2020年12月9日星期三
投稿须知
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TYPES OF ARTICLES
1. RESEARCH ARTICLES:
These include articles that have typically been published in the journal as well as some new types; these articles will include (a) empirical studies (deductive or inductive, quantitative or qualitative), (b) theoretical articles, (c) applied methodological articles, that present more robust ways in which to study psychological phenomena (and ideally other topic areas). For empirical quantitative research (especially for psychometric studies), please carefully read our checklists.
Link To SJP Checklists (PDF)
2. REVIEW ARTICLES
These include articles of a broader scope, and that also encourage more critical reflection on what is being researched. These articles will include (a) meta-analyses, (b) systematic or narrative reviews, (c) in-depth critiques and reflections that shed new light on psychological phenomena, and (d) debates and collaborations that exchange views on a particular topic.
3. REGISTERED REPORTS AND REPLICATIONS AT THE SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
SJP is supporting the global movement towards a more transparent and reproducible psychological since and now is launching a special section that will accept three new types of articles: replications, registered reports and result-masked articles.
3.1) Replications
Despite being a pillar of scientific method, replications are very rare in published literature. Performing replications have a significant number of benefits for the advancement of psychological science: (a) allows to better estimate effects sizes; via replications we are now aware of the existence of decline effects; (b) identification of false positives published in literature; (c) determining boundary conditions of the effect, i.e. conditions assumed to be irrelevant in the first study. In psychology, this may be especially relevant in theoretical elaboration, as this changes the conditions that limit the observation of an effect may be due to language, cultural or other sociodemographic differences of study participants.
Thus, in this section, we will accept manuscripts performing fair direct replications that are high-quality, highly-powered with respect to the original study. Furthermore, the relevance of the original study and justification of the necessity of a replication will be considered in editorial decisions concerning acceptance and submission to peer-review. We strongly encourage replications of original research published in the Spanish Journal of Psychology.
Replications could be also submitted as registered reports (recommended), but we will consider replications whether they are registered or not.
Link to Specific guidelines for replications (PDF)
3.2) Registered Reports
We will accept registered reports, an article type where the introduction and methods sections are submitted, and the editorial decision is made before the study is actually implemented. This type of article enhances editorial and peer-review assessment of the theoretical (e.g.: relevance of the research question) and methodological (e.g.: power analysis) quality of the study, avoiding the selection of “fancy” results that may produce the publication bias.
The submitted RR will undergo a peer-review process and potential revisions. Authors of accepted RR will collect data with guarantee their results will be published irrespective of the direction and size of the effect, given (a) they attach to the registered plans or give explicit reasons for deviations, that will be closely scrutinized by the action editor and reviewers; (b) provide a competent interpretation of results.
Link to Registered Reports. Guidelines for authors (PDF)
4. RESULTS-MASKED ARTICLES:
These concern manuscripts whose data already have been gathered; in this case, authors submit a manuscript consisting of an introduction, literature review with hypotheses, and method, which is reviewed. The proposal can either be accepted or rejected since any flaws in the theory or method cannot be corrected given that the data have been already gathered. In rare instances, editors may request minor clarifications. As with registered reports, to the extent that the write up of results and conclusions are faithful to the accepted proposal, the manuscript submitted at stage 2 will usually be accepted regardless of the direction or size of the findings. In this type of submission, the authors should provide a cover letter should describing briefly a) the relevance of the study for the literature; b) the appropriateness of the research design and the sample (including sample power estimation); c) any other additional information (if considered relevant) on why authors require this modality.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Link to Manuscript preparation guidelines (PDF)
Conflicts of Interest declarations: Authors should include a Conflicts of Interest declaration in their title page. Conflicts of Interest are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on an author’s presentation of their work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations. Conflicts of Interest do not necessarily mean that an author’s work has been compromised. Authors should declare any real or perceived Conflicts of Interest in order to be transparent about the context of their work.
If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting the title page must include Conflicts of Interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.
Example wording for your Conflicts of Interest declaration is as follows: “Conflicts of Interest: Author A is employed at company B. Author C owns shares in company D, is on the Board of company E and is a member of organization F. Author G has received grants from company H.” If no Conflicts of Interest exist, your declaration should state “Conflicts of Interest: None”.
Funding Statements: Authors must include a Funding Statement in their title page. Within this statement please provide details of the sources of financial support for all authors, including grant numbers, for example: “Funding Statement: This work was supported by the Medical Research Council (grant number XXXXXXX)”.
Grants held by different authors should be identified as belonging to individual authors by the authors’ initials, for example: “Funding Statement: This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (AB, grant numbers XXXX, YYYY), (CD, grant number ZZZZ); the Natural Environment Research Council (EF, grant number FFFF); and the National Institutes of Health (AB, grant number GGGG), (EF, grant number HHHH).”
Where no specific funding has been provided for research, you should include the following: “Funding Statement: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.”
Plagiarism checker
Spanish Journal of Psychology is now using a software system to screen submitted content for similarity with other published content. The system compares a manuscript against a database of 40+ million scholarly documents, as well as content appearing on the open web. This allows to check submissions for potential overlap with material previously published in scholarly journals (e.g., lifted or republished material).
Data Transparency and Openness
As strongly recommended by the American Psychological Association, and in line with the requirements in the field, SJP requires that all data in their published articles be an original use. Along with determining the appropriateness of any submission, the editorial team (editor and reviewers) also have a role in determining what constitutes "original use". Key to this determination is the extent to which reported data and results serve to promote cumulative knowledge and insight to the literature.
Any previous, concurrent, or near future use of data (and/or sample) reported in a submitted manuscript must be brought to the editorial team's attention (i.e., any paper(s) previously published, in press, or currently under review at any journals, as well as any paper(s) that foreseeably will be under review before an editorial decision is made on the current submitted manuscript). This includes variables that overlap as well as those that may not overlap with those in the submitted article. In order to preserve masked review, authors should include a data transparency appendix in the manuscript which details how and where the data collected was (or potentially will soon be) used. Authors may also put in any other clarifying information they wish, as long as it can be done anonymously. Any identifying information, such as authors' names or titles of journal articles that the authors wish to share can be included in the cover letter where only the editorial staff will see it. When providing information in the paper itself and/or in the appendix, authors should ensure there is enough detail for reviewers to assess whether data presented constitute original use and unique knowledge and insights. For more information on APA's data policies, please see "Duplicate and Piecemeal Publication of Data," APA Publications Manual (Section 1.09, 6th Edition, p. 13–15 or Section 1.16, 7th Edition, p. 17–20).
Authors are encouraged to make their data, materials, and/or preregistration plans and analyses publicly available, if possible, by providing a link to a third-party repository, in the author note and including the data citation in your reference list. Making your data and materials publicly available can increase the impact of your research, enabling future researchers to incorporate your work in model testing, replication projects, and meta-analyses, in addition to increasing the transparency of your research. APA's data sharing policy does not require public posting, so it is at your discretion to decide what is best for your project in terms of public data, materials, and conditions on their use. Please note that APA policy does require authors to make their data available to other researchers upon request, per the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.
Final Methods Review Option for Conditional Acceptance Decisions of Manuscripts that Use Quantitative Methods
For manuscripts that include quantitative analyses, please note that The Spanish Journal of Psychology has implemented an optional "methods review" step as part of the review process. That is, when such manuscripts reach the stage where the Action Editor is contemplating a "Conditional Acceptance" decision, he or she may request SJP’s Methods Associate Editors to provide a final methods review. Specifically, a review of the methods and statistical analyses reported will be requested to ascertain if there is a need for additional information or clarification and/or any errors that require correction. The findings of this methods review will be taken into account by the Action Editor when issuing the subsequent editorial decision.
Last updated: May 27th 2020
