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Typically, Perspectives articles are solicited by the Division Editor or other Division volunteers or officers based on the editorial calendar determined by the Division Steering Committee. However, unsolicited articles may be considered. Authors should contact the Division Editor prior to submission.
All Perspectives content undergoes peer review by individuals and/or an editorial board with expertise in the topic area to determine that it is written at the graduate level of difficulty, meets high standards of scholarship, and demonstrates clarity of writing. No manuscript that has been published (including in an electronic form) or is under consideration elsewhere may be submitted.
Once a paper has been accepted it may be edited by peer reviewers and Perspectives staff for style, clarity, and consistency. The author will not have the opportunity to review edits prior to publication unless the edits are considered substantive.
Contributors are expected to follow the style specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). To purchase a copy, visit www.apastyle.org.
For information about the publication, see Concise Rules of APA Style. See also a resource list of other APA style handbooks.
ASHA policy requires the use of nonsexist language. Authors are encouraged to read the guidelines on person-first language and to use person-first language in preparing manuscripts.
Page limits are determined by individual Editors.
Perspectives includes a range of topics and types of articles, including data-based research reports, as well as reviews and tutorials that present no new data. Notwithstanding the differences in these types of papers, all must include an abstract of no more than 200 words in length (see the APA Publication Manual, 5th ed., pp. 12-15).
Authors are encouraged, but not required, to include the following sections in their abstracts:
Purpose: The Purpose section must include a concise statement of the specific purposes, questions addressed, and/or hypotheses tested. Lengthy descriptions of rationale are not necessary or desirable.
Method: The Method section must describe characteristics and numbers of participants and provide information related to the design of the study (e.g., pre-post group study of treatment outcomes, randomized controlled trial, multiple baseline across behaviors; ethnographic study with qualitative analysis; prospective longitudinal study) and data collection methods. If the participants have been assigned randomly to study conditions, this must be noted explicitly, regardless of the design used. If the article is not data-based, information should be provided on the methods used to collect information (e.g., computerized database search), to summarize previously reported data and to organize the presentation and arguments (e.g., meta-analysis, narrative review).
Results: The Results section should summarize findings as they apply directly to the stated purposes of the article. Statistical outcomes may be summarized, but no statistics other than effect sizes should be provided. This section may be omitted from articles that are not data-based.
Conclusions: The Conclusions section must state specifically the extent to which the stated purposes of the article have been met. Comments on the generalizability of the results (i.e., external validity), needs for further research, and clinical implications often are highly desirable.
Citation of grant or contract support of research should be given in an Acknowledgments section at the end of the article (before the References). If any part of the research was supported by an institution not named on the title page, that institution should be acknowledged in this section. Individuals who assisted in the research may be acknowledged. Do not name individuals (editors and reviewers) who participated in the review process.
All literature cited in the text, as well as test and assessment tools, ANSI and ISO standards, and specialized software, must be listed in this section. References should be listed alphabetically, then chronologically under each author. Journal names should be spelled out and italicized. Pay particular attention to accuracy and APA style for references cited in the text and listed in the References. Each reference must be cited in text and each citation must have a reference entry.
Graphics (tables, photos, line drawings) should appear in text and be submitted as separate files. Following are guidelines for format, resolution, and size.
Image files for standard graphics (figures, photos, etc.):
Image files for text-based graphics (glyphs/inline figures, graphic equations, graphic tables):
All previously copyrighted material that is to be reproduced in the article, including material from the Web, must be accompanied by a note acknowledging that the copyright holder has granted permission to publish. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain letters granting such permission. These letters must be submitted at the time the article is accepted for publication. No article can be published without the necessary permission.
Authors must disclose any real or potential conflicts of interest that could be seen as having an influence on the research (e.g., financial interests in a test or procedure, funding by an equipment or materials manufacturer for efficacy research).If the author is uncertain about what might be considered a conflict of interest, he or she should err on the side of full disclosure by reporting the potential conflict to the Editor.
At the time a paper is submitted to the Editor, the author must provide a legible, signed Copyright Transfer Agreement. (The completed form may be faxed to the Editor, provided the resulting document is legible.) One form with all author signatures is preferred, but each author may complete and submit a separate form if it is not feasible for all to fill out one form.
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