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Authors' Guidelines Edit
JPS publish manuscripts in Italian, English, Spanish:
No processing charges are required for the original version of the manuscript comprehensive of an extended abstract in English.
JPS guarantees the evaluation of the articles within 4 weeks of submission.
Editorials 1000 words
Original research papers: 8000 words
Reviews: 8000 words
Short reviews: 6000 words
Case Reports: 4000 words
Comments: 2000 words
Experiences: 4000 words
Viewpoint: 4000 words
Maps & Territories: 5000 words
Editorials
Editorials are commissioned by Editor, Associated Editors or Editorial Committee. The manuscript, (maximum 1000 words, excluding bibliography), includes an abstract of 100 words. If the manuscript is written in Italian or Spanish must also include an extended abstract in English of 150 words. The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can contain up to 20 items
Original research
The manuscript, unpublished, describes clinical and other studies that are based on samples of patients, which the results are evaluated by appropriate statistical methods.
The manuscript must be structured into the following sections: Introduction (indicating a goal or hypothesis), Method (which includes the study design, the methods used, the criteria in the collection of case studies with the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the consistency of the sample, the data analysis methodology), results (including results of the study in the context of the available scientific literature and discusses the limitations of the study), Conclusions (discusses the important implications for clinical practice and health policy). The manuscript (maximum 6000 words, excluding bibliography), includes an abstract of 300 words. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an English abstract of 500 words.
Tables and figures should be added at the end of the manuscript in a maximum of 5. In the text must indicate the location of tables and figures.
The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can contain up to 50 entries
Reviews
The reviews concern issues that are relevant to the audience of the journal. They must describe the current state of knowledge on the chosen topic and operational practices, integrating the recent theoretical and empirical advances in the principles and therapeutic practices. The manuscript should include a discussion about controversial aspects of the theme or subject of clinical or scientific debate. The manuscript, (maximum 4000 words, excluding bibliography) includes an abstract of 200 words. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an English abstract of 350 words.
Tables and figures should be added at the end of the manuscript in the maximum number of 3. In the text, it must indicate the location of tables and figures.
The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can include up to 30 entries.
Short reviews
Short reviews regard theoretical and clinical aspects that are relevant to specific audiences of the Journal. They must describe the current state of knowledge on the chosen topic and operational practices, integrating recent empirical and theoretical advances with the principles and therapeutic practices. The manuscript should include a discussion about controversial aspects of the theme or subject of clinical and scientific debate. The manuscript (maximum of 2000 words, excluding bibliography), must include an abstract of 100 words. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an English abstract of 200 words.
Tables and figures should be added at the end of the manuscript in the maximum number of 3. In the text must indicate the location of tables and figures.
The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can include up to 20 entries.
Case Reports
The manuscript describes a clinical case considered particularly important for the theory and practice. The manuscript should include: Introduction (which illustrates the importance of the case); Description of the case; Conclusions and Comments. The manuscript, (maximum 2500 words, excluding bibliography), includes an abstract of 100 words. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an English abstract of 200 words. The manuscript does not include tables and figure. La bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can include up to 10 entries.
Opinions & Comments
The manuscript summarizes and discusses a literature paper related to the topic of the journal. It must show the theoretical and clinical implications, the exegesis in literature and doctrinal controversies which followed them. The manuscript, (maximum 3000 words, excluding bibliography), includes an abstract of 100 words. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an English abstract of 200 words. The manuscript does not include tables and figures. The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can include up to 20 entries.
Experiences
The manuscript describes a clinical or training experience addressed to the helping professionals and focused on interventions in the psychosocial field. It should include the theoretical and clinical assumptions that inspired the program and it should document the results in terms of greater knowledge and operational skills of the participants. The manuscript, (maximum 2000 words, excluding bibliography), includes an abstract of 100 words. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an English abstract of 200 words. The manuscript does not include tables and figures. The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, can include up to 10 entries.
Viewpoint
The article concerns a topic pertinent to psychosocial systems theory and research. It represents the author's personal opinion and comments on the topic. Viewpoints should seek to provoke or advance discussion and open new questions in a way that is understandable to non-specialists. If the topic chosen is controversial, the author should also report alternative positions found in the literature.
The text should have a maximum of 4000 words. The manuscript should include a 100-word abstract along with 5 keywords. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include a 200-word abstract in English. The maximum number of bibliographical references is 20.
Maps & Territories
The article concerns applications of systems thinking to the sciences of social behavior, artistic creativity in its multifarious expressions, and philosophical and historical reflections on the relationship between man and the environment. It should aim to combine the scientific and humanistic dimensions of research and knowledge in a holistic view on the nature of man and his future. The manuscript, for a maximum of 5,000 words, excluding bibliography, includes a 100-word abstract. If the text is written in Italian or Spanish, it must also include an extended abstract, in English, of 200 words. The manuscript does not include tables and figures. The bibliography, strictly relevant to the text, may include up to 20 entries.
Submission checklist Edit
All submission must mett the following requirements:
- The submission has not been previously published, or proposed to another journal.
- Submission files are in Microsoft Word format.
- When possible, the entries URL must be added.
- The manuscript has been edited as follows:
- Font: Bookman old style
- Font size: 12 pt
- Title size: 14 pt
- Alignment: Justified
- Line spacing: Single
- Margins: Normal
- Use italics instead of underlining (except with URL)
- All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the text indicating the position within the text
- The manuscript has 5 keywords
- The references are standardized according to the APA style
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the Author Guidelines.
- The manuscript submission must include a cover letter written as indicated in how to write a cover letter.
- If you are submitting a manuscript to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, then you followed the instructions on how to ensure a blind review.
Copyright Notice Edit
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following:
- Authors retain the rights to their work and give to the journal right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution that allows others to share the work indicating the authorship and the first publication of this journal.
- Authors can accept other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (eg. Deposit it in an institutional repository or publish it in a monograph), provided to indicate that the document was first published in this journal.
- Authors can spread their work online (eg. In institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, because it can lead to productive exchanges and increase the work published citations (See The Effect of Open Access).
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