SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (
Revised as of August 24th, 2009)
The manuscript submission deadline for Volume 12 (to be published in summer 2010) is
December 4th, 2009.You can submit manuscripts and cover letter
online by emailing them to
gsjp@tc.edu. However, please also
mail 3 copies of the manuscript (text, tables, and figures) with your cover letter to the Editors:
Brian Sherman and Ashley Bullock
Graduate Student Journal of Psychology
Clinical & Counseling Psychology Department, Box 102
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Note: Please direct inquiries regarding submission to the editors via email only: gsjp@tc.edu.
All printed copies should be clear, readable, and on paper of good quality. In addition to
addresses and phone numbers, which should be clearly indicated, authors should supply electronic mail addresses for use by the editorial office and later by the production office. The majority of correspondence between the editorial office and authors is handled by e-mail, so a valid e-mail address is important for the timely flow of communication during the editorial process. Manuscripts are not returned.
Empirical papers. Manuscripts for GSJP can vary in length; typically they will range from 15 to 30 double-spaced manuscript pages. Manuscripts should be of sufficient length to ensure theoretical and methodological competence but concise enough to enhance readability. Authors should prepare manuscripts according to the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 120 words typed on a separate page. Formatting instructions (all copy must be double-spaced) and instructions on the preparation of tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts appear in the Manual. All tables and figures should be included in the manuscript file that is submitted. Also, all manuscripts are copyedited for bias-free language (see chap. 2 of the Publication Manual). Original color figures will not be printed in color.
Brief reports. GSJP also publishes brief reports. Manuscripts submitted as Brief Reports should not exceed 3,400 words, exclusive of references and figure captions. There should be no more than 2 figures or tables and no more than 30 references.
Theoretical articles. GSJP publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to research and practice that are of major importance for the study and practice of clinical and counseling psychology. Preference is given to manuscripts that advance theory by integrating prior work. Manuscripts devoted to surveys of the literature are acceptable
only if they can be considered as a major contribution to the field, documenting cumulative evidence and highlighting central theoretical and/or methodological issues.
Masked reviews are optional, and authors who wish masked reviews must specifically request them when they submit their manuscripts. For masked reviews, each copy of the manuscript must include a separate title page with the authors' names and affiliations, and these ought not to appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Footnotes that identify the authors must be typed on a separate page. Authors are to make every effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities. If authors elect a masked review, they must also supply a second clearly labeled disk that contains the masked version of the manuscript with all clues to their identities eliminated, including any document summary information created by word processing software.
