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International Journal of Rural Psychology    
ISSN 1444-2166
  Please Note:
Access the full version of refereed articles, reports and research notes is restricted to members only. Please subscribe to IJRP if you wish to access these.  All other areas have free public access.
Submission and Publication of Manuscripts

The International Journal of Rural Psychology is a forum for the publication of peer reviewed and high quality original articles empirical, theoretical, review, and historical articles as well as letters to the editor, book reviews and editorials.  The journal publishes work that is of direct professional relevance to psychologists of general relevance within the rural psychology field.

Please Note: Articles not complying to format requirements will be returned to author for further revision.

    
   
       

Articles are to be submitted to:
The Chief Editor
Dr. Craig Jackson
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology
School of Health and Policy Studies
University of Central England, B42 2SU
Email craig.jackson@uce.ac.uk

 Please note:
All articles must be submitted in the required
formats as listed below.
Articles that do not meet these requirement will be returned without review.
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Sections of the Journal 		 
Refereed Articles 
Contributions are state of the art reviews of professional and applied areas and reviews and essays on matters of general relevance to psychologists in the rural setting. They are between 4,000 and 6,000 words. Tables, figures and references and not included in the word count.		    
     
  Refereed Reports
Contributions are research reports which are of high quality and which have a demonstrated professional focus and/or application about practice in the field. The maximum length of these is 4000-6000 words. Tables, diagrams and references are not included in this word count.		    
  Research Notes
Contributions of short reports which are high quality and which have demonstrated professional focus and/or application about practice in the field. The maximum length is 2000 words and will be peer reviewed.		    
  Comments and Debates
This section will publish commentaries on matters arising from anything published in the journal. The maximum length of contribution is 2000 words including all tables and references.		    
  Practice Forum
The journal also offers a special  'Practice Forum'. This section publishes individual manuscripts and collections of manuscripts which address matters of general, professional and public relevance, techniques and approaches in psychological practice, professional development issues, and professional and public policy issues. Special topic collection are normally published in the section. New writers and students are encouraged to submit articles. This section will not be peer reviewed.		    
  Book Reviews
The journal publishes book reviews of up to 1,000 words. Books reviewed relate directly to the major areas of rural psychological practice.		    
  Relevant areas are
General professional work in the rural setting; Clinical work in the rural setting; Rural counselling; Rural psychology education; Rural clinical psychology; Indigenous issues; Rural work psychology; Rural health psychology; Rural forensic psychology and Rural community psychology.		    
 

Format Requirements

Font to be used "Times New Roman - Size 12"
Bold, Italics and Underline are accepted.
Document must be in black text only
2 cm page margins are required
Double  line spacing is required
Pages numbered in the top right hand corner
Information for Authors
Contributions should follow the general style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th Edition, 1995) except the spelling should conform to The Macquarie Dictionary (2nd Edition).  For matters of style not covered in these two publications the Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers (5th Edition, Australian Government Publishing Service) should be consulted.  The attention of authors is especially drawn to the changes in the fourth edition. (pp.xxviii-xxx)
Title Page
Each contribution must contain a title page, which has the following information:
Title of the manuscript
Name(s) of the author(s)
Name(s) of affiliation(s)
A contact name, address and email for correspondence, proofs and reprints
The word length of the manuscript
The section of the journal for which it is being submitted
The professional area of practice to which the article is primarily relevant
Abstracts
An informative summary of no more than 150 words is required with each article.
Abbreviations
Should be kept to a minimum. Full stops are omitted for any abbreviations for example cm, kg.
Metric Units
Are used according to the International System of Units (SI), with no full stops when abbreviated.
Statistics
Should be seen as an aid to interpretation and an end to themselves. Authors are encouraged to state their rejection rate once (e.g., p = .05) and then simply state whether a given statistic is significant or not, by that comparison.
Figures Tables and Images
Images depicting aspects of the contribution are strongly encouraged.
Figures, Tables and Images should be included in their intended place within the document along with appropriate captions. Please attach original jpeg/gif files for figures and images .
References
Gender neutral or gender inclusive (his/hers) terms should be used.
Author/Date Harvard referencing system is used.
Reference list at the end of the article must be included in alphabetical order and begin on a new page. All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list.
Blind or Masked Reviews
The journal will accept submissions in blind review format.  Each copy of a manuscript should include a separate title page with authors name(s) and affiliation(s), and these should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Furthermore, author identification notes should be typed on the title page.  Authors should make every effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities. 
Manuscripts
Must be the original work of the author(s) and will be received on the understanding they have not been published or submitted elsewhere. Authors should keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.
Reprints
The International Journal of Rural Psychology allows authors to purchase up to 100 reprints of their journal articles.  Reprints must be ordered on the page that accompanies the first page proofs.
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Manuscripts Can be Forwarded in Two Formats
Electronic Submission
As a “WORD” or "Rich Text" document attached to an email.
ALL FILE MUST BE VIRUS SCANNED BEFORE BEING SENT FILES FOUND WITH A VIRUS WILL NOT  BE OPENED
Manual Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate and comply with the above formatting requirements
The article should also be submitted on a 3.5 floppy IBM format disk in “WORD 6 or Rich Text” format. 
It should be the only file on the disk and the article title, and author(s) name should be clearly indicated on the disk label.
ALL DISKS MUST BE VIRUS SCANNED BEFORE BEING SENT DISKS FOUND WITH A VIRUS WILL NOT BE OPENED.
Guidelines for publications are based on the those used by the APA and APS journals
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Reviewing Process
All major articles and reports will be peer reviewed by experts across the field.
All other articles and submissions will be editorially reviewed.

Copyright
It is the policy of the International Journal of Rural Psychology to own the copyright to its publications, and to the contributions contained therein in order to protect the interests of the International Journal of Rural Psychology and its authors, and at the same time to facilitate the appropriate reuse of this material by others.

Therefore upon acceptance of their manuscript for publication by the International Journal of Rural Psychology, authors will be sent a copyright transfer form to fill out and return to the editor. Publication of the manuscript will be contingent upon receipt of the completed copyright transfer form.
It is the International Journal of Rural Psychology position that the abstracts that are published with its journals articles are indicative of and not a substitute for, the work as a whole; therefore, access services are allowed free use of these abstracts without securing the permission of the International Journal of Rural Psychology. 

Enquiries about policy and procedures relating to permission to reproduce material published in the journal should be directed to the International Journal of Rural Psychology.