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Preparation and submission of articles

The aim of the Journal is to promote global dialogue, collaboration and action toward the advancement of training, practice, research and policy in school mental health promotion.

Articles submitted to the journal must be original work (not published or simultaneously submitted to another journal) and must be copyrighted to this journal unless the authors reserve the rights to themselves, before publication, by agreement with the editor.

Submissions should be sent to: weist@mailbox.sc.edu

Further information concerning submissions

General

• Papers should normally be no more than 7,000 words in length except by prior agreement with the Academic Editor, Mark Weist. They should be accompanied by a covering letter detailing permissions to reproduce any previously published material or to use illustrations that may identify individuals.
• Manuscripts should be typed in the English language double-spaced with a minimum of 3cm-wide margins.
• The following information should also be included: name, address, status of author, e-mail address and address for correspondence. Formatting and layout should be kept to a minimum.

Tables and illustrations

• Tables should not repeat data that are available elsewhere in the article e.g. in a figure.
• Any illustrations, charts or graphs that are being reprinted from elsewhere will need copyright clearance. Obtaining permission to reproduce such items is the responsibility of the author, together with any payments that the copyright holder deems necessary. If you have difficulty obtaining permission to reprint an item, please inform the editor.
• Photographs should be tif or jpg files.
• Figures (drawings and photographs) should be placed at the end of the article, together with appropriate captions.

Abstracts

• Articles should be prefaced with an abstract, of between 100 and 150 words in length, summarising the main points discussed in the article. This will greatly help the speed and accuracy with which the article can be included on major library databases.

References

• All references cited should be included in full at the end of the article and give the following information: author, date, title of book or title of article and journal, journal volume, page numbers, place of publication and publisher. Example:

  Emerson E, Beasley F, Offord G & Mansell J (1992) An evaluation of hospital-based specialised staffed housing for people with seriously challenging behaviours. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 36 291–307.

• In the text, refer to references by name and date; for example: (Smith, 1994) or (Emerson et al, 1992). Where there is more than one reference by the same author, add a, b or c to distinguish them: (Smith, 1994a).

Potential conflicts of interest

Where potential conflicts of interests could arise, authors should include enough information to enable the Editorial Board to make an informed judgement about the potential impact of such conflicts on any findings made or conclusions reached.

Public trust in the peer review process and the credibility of published articles depend in part on how well conflict of interest is handled during writing, peer review, and editorial decision making. Conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author's institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions (such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties). These relationships vary from those with negligible potential to those with great potential to influence judgment, and not all relationships represent true conflict of interest. The potential for conflict of interest can exist whether or not an individual believes that the relationship affects his or her scientific judgment. Financial relationships (such as employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony) are the most easily identifiable conflicts of interest and the most likely to undermine the credibility of the journal, the authors, and of science itself. However, conflicts can occur for other reasons, such as personal relationships, academic competition, and intellectual passion. Authors should identify individuals who provide writing assistance and disclose the funding source for this assistance.

Published informed consent

Participants in research have a right to privacy that should not be infringed without informed consent. Identifying information, including names, initials, or codes (e.g. hospital numbers), should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the research participant gives written informed consent for publication

When informed consent has been obtained it should be indicated in the article.

Human and animal rights

Research should be in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach, and demonstrate that the Institutional Review Board explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study. When reporting experiments on animals, authors should indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.

Copyright

Copyright for all published material in the journal is held by The Clifford Beers Foundation unless otherwise specifically stated. Authors and illustrators may use their own material elsewhere after publication without permission but The Clifford Beers Foundation asks that this note be included in any such use: ‘first published in Advances in School Mental Health Promotion… issue no…’

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