Submissions

Author Guidelines

GENERAL RULES

All submissions are subject to an anti-plagiarism check.

Authors should kindly note that submitting a manuscript implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a preprint publication. Modified versions of preliminary publications (such as working papers or PhD dissertations) are considered exceptions to this rule.

Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online submission platform.

Submissions ought to be prepared for double-blind peer review, self-identifying citations and references should be avoided. Author information is to be provided on a separate Author Information Form.

By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Universitas Győr Non-profit Ltd.) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognise the importance of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that the steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed.

SUBMISSION

Abstract

Enter an abstract of up to 150 words for all articles. An abstract is a concise summary of the whole paper, not just the conclusions, and is understandable without reference to the rest of the paper. It should contain no citation to other published work.

Keywords

Please provide four to six keywords.

Main Text

The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in Times New Roman font. Please double-line space your manuscript. Apart from exceptional cases, the Journal only accepts those manuscripts for review that are above 5,000 words and below 9,000 words including tables and bibliography. Tables and figures must be incorporated into the main text.

References

References should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). This means in text citations should follow the author-date method whereby the author’s last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998, p. [cited page]). The complete reference list should appear alphabetically by name at the end of the paper. Please note that a DOI should be provided for all references where available.

For more information about APA referencing style, please refer to the APA Reference Examples.

Reference examples:

Journal article

McCauley, S. M., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1–51. http://doi.org.10.1037/rev0000126

Parenthetical citation: (McCauley & Christiansen, 2019) If there are more than 2 authors: (Ahmann et al., 2018)

Narrative citation: McCauley and Christiansen (2019)

Book

Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. http://doi.org.10.1037/0000092-000

Parenthetical citation: (Brown, 2018)

Narrative citation: Brown (2018)

Edited Book

Schmid, H.-J. (Ed.). (2017). Entrenchment and the psychology of language learning: How we reorganize and adapt linguistic knowledge. American Psychological Association; De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1037/15969-000

Parenthetical citation: (Schmid, 2017)

Narrative citation: Schmid (2017)

One volume of a multivolume work

Fiske, S. T., Gilbert, D. T., & Lindzey, G. (2010). Handbook of social psychology (5^th ed., Vol. 1). John Wiley & Sons. http://doi.org.10.1002/9780470561119

Parenthetical citations: (Fiske et al., 2010)

Narrative citations: Fiske et al. (2010)

Book chapters

Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones, K. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2^nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. http://doi.org.10.1037/0000119-012

Parenthetical citation: (Balsam et al., 2019)

Narrative citation: Balsam et al. (2019)

Chapter in a multivolume work

Goldin-Meadow, S. (2015). Gesture and cognitive development. In L. S. Liben & U. Mueller (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science: Vol. 2. Cognitive processes (7th ed., pp. 339–380). John Wiley & Sons. http://doi.org.10.1002/9781118963418.childpsy209

Parenthetical citation: (Goldin-Meadow, 2015)

Narrative citation: Goldin-Meadow (2015)

Paper presentation

Maddox, S., Hurling, J., Stewart, E., & Edwards, A. (2016, March 30–April 2). If mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy: The effect of parental depression on mood dysregulation in children [Paper presentation]. Southeastern Psychological Association 62^nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Parenthetical citation: (Maddox et al., 2016)

Narrative citation: Maddox et al. (2016)

Dissertation

Hollander, M. M. (2017). Resistance to authority: Methodological innovations and new lessons from the Milgram experiment (Publication No. 10289373) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin–Madison]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

Parenthetical citation: (Hollander, 2017)

Narrative citation: Hollander (2017)

Internet Document

Avramova, N. (2019, January 3). The secret to a long, happy, healthy life? Think age-positive. CNN. Online: https://cnn.it/3r8LM3B

Parenthetical citations: (Avramova, 2019)

Narrative citations: Avramova (2019)

EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Peer Review and Acceptance

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to the journal’s readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-blind peer reviewed. 

The editors of IAJAS will not review manuscripts that are currently under review for publication or that have been published in another English language journal. However, manuscripts based on previous research reports, or articles published in non-English language journals will be considered. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editors-in-Chief determine that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Such papers are reviewed, then, anonymously by two peer reviewers who are experts in the given field and are neither personally, nor institutionally associated with the author(s).

The decision to accept, revise, or reject a manuscript is determined by the following rules:

• If both reviews are favourable, the final decision on acceptance is taken by the editors.
• If both reviews suggest revisions, the author is invited to revise and resubmit the manuscript which is then assigned to a second review-round where the original reviewers are reinvited.
• If both reviews are unfavourable, the final decision on rejection is taken by the editors.
• If the reviewers fail to reach a consensus, the editors either assign a third reviewer, or put the article forward to an editorial decision on acceptance, or rejection.

Reviewers are expected to thoroughly comply with the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, and they are expected to be specific about the reviewed submission’s strengths and weaknesses and to explain each of the issues they found necessary to be addressed.

Review Time

The editors have 3 weeks to make their initial editorial decision, then, after receiving both reviewers’ evaluation, they have 2 weeks to make their final decision. The whole review time should be conducted within 3 months.

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at the time of submission.

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

• Have made substantial contributions to research, or acquisition or analysis of data.
• Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it and participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for it.
• Given final approval of the version to be published.
• Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

Author Guidelines updated 28^th January 2022