Information for Authors & Reviewers
Authors
INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS ON PREPARING MANUSCRIPTS
CLICK HERE for a detailed overview of manuscript
preparation, including general policies, the review process, types of manuscripts
published, guidelines for preparing tables and figures, and tips for uploading the
manuscript to ScholarOne Manuscripts, the journal’s Web-based submission and peer
review system.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Psychiatric Services uses a Web-based submission system to accelerate the
peer review process and shorten the time from manuscript submission to publication
decision.
To submit a paper, please visit the manuscript submission site at ScholarOne Manuscripts and either create an account or use
an existing account. Then follow the instructions to upload the manuscript. All
submissions must be blinded and must include a title page with disclosure information.
AUTHORSHIP, DISCLOSURE, AND COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORMS
Review Information for Contributors on the journal’s
Web site for policy information. Please visit the American Psychiatric Publishing,
Inc. (APP), Web site for forms.
PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY
Broad access to the research literature and the rights of our authors are important
to APA, the publisher of Psychiatric Services. Read our public access policy for guidelines on deposit mandates for research funded
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and others and institutional repositories.
NIH-Funded Research
The NIH Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting
from NIH-Funded Research (Public Access Policy), which took effect on April 7, 2008,
requires all investigators funded by the NIH to submit or have submitted for them
their final peer-reviewed manuscript upon acceptance for publication to the National
Library of Medicine’s (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC) to be made publicly available no later than 12 months
after the official date of publication. APP acknowledges that the Author retains
the right to provide a copy of the manuscript to the NIH upon acceptance for publication
(i.e., after all modifications from the peer review process but before copyediting,
formatting, and production work performed to produce the final published article)
for public archiving in PubMed Central. Except for special circumstances in which
specific arrangements have been made, APP does not deposit manuscripts on behalf
of authors. The NIH has developed a password-protected, Web-based NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system to implement the
NIH Public Access Policy.
Learn more about APP’s public access policy
for research funded by NIH and other funders.
COMPLIMENTARY COPIES AND AUTHOR REPRINTS
All authors receive one complimentary copy of the issue in which their article is
published. All copies are mailed to the corresponding author shortly after the first
of the month.
Author reprints are no longer available. Authors who subscribe to the journal can
download a copy of their article as a PDF and use it to create personal reprints.
Nonsubscribers can use pay-per-view ($15 per article) to download the PDF.
Click here for information on ordering bulk reprints for commercial use.
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Reviewers
BECOMING A REVIEWER
Individuals interested in reviewing for Psychiatric Services are encouraged
to contact the Editorial Office.
Abstracts of articles within a reviewer’s given area of expertise are sent via e-mail
to the reviewer. Reviewers are asked to complete the review within three weeks.
The e-mail provides instructions for declining the invitation to review and for
accessing the manuscript on ScholarOne Manuscripts.
COMPETING INTERESTS
Most competing interests, financial or otherwise, do not disqualify a reviewer from
participating in the peer review process, but the journal requests that reviewers
indicate any potential conflict that may arise in reviewing a particular manuscript.
Reviewers who have a competing interest should decline to review and inform the Editorial Office Reviewer status is not affected
in any way.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Psychiatric Services uses a double-blind review, in which the author's identity
is removed from the manuscript before it is sent to reviewers and reviews are unsigned.
In submitting their manuscripts for review, authors entrust the journal with the
results of their scientific work and creative effort, on which their reputation
and career may depend. Authors’ rights may be violated by disclosure of the confidential
details of the review of their manuscript. Reviewers must never copy, share, or
discuss a manuscript under review or the data reported in it with anyone without
written permission of the journal’s Editor and the authors.
RECEIVE CME CREDIT FOR REVIEWING
The American Psychiatric Association (APA), in keeping with American Medical Association
(AMA) guidelines, offers AMA Physician's Recognition Award Category 1 Credit™
for review of manuscripts submitted to Psychiatric Services.
The Editor will award credit for reviews submitted on time that provide a comprehensive
and constructive critique of a manuscript and reveal an extensive knowledge of the
literature and evidence base. A review deemed worthy of CME credit should not only
assist an author in preparing a revision suitable for publication but also provide
an important educational service to clinicians and investigators regarding their
medical/scientific writing.
By submitting such a review, participants also will have improved their own skills
by performing critical analysis of the medical literature, identifying gaps in knowledge,
and obtaining new information to contribute to their research and practice.
Once a review has been judged worthy of CME credit, the reviewer will be notified
by the APA Department of CME. An evaluation will be provided quarterly to all participants
in the form of an Impact Survey. Participants will complete the Impact Survey and
then indicate the number of credits earned and check a box to formally attest that
credit was earned. A CME certificate will be generated by APA and sent to the participant.
Up to three AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per manuscript review may be granted,
with up to five reviews per year (total of 15 credits per calendar year). The APA
Department of CME will maintain CME records for ten years, in keeping with ABPN
requirements for recertification.
To be eligible, reviewers must have a disclosure form on file in the journal’s Editorial Office
before the review is submitted. Credits will not be awarded retroactively.
CME Opportunities
Contact the Editorial Office
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