Submission Guidelines

In preparing manuscripts for publication in the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology (JCSP), authors are expected to carefully adhere to the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the APA (5th ed., 2001). All articles must be preceded by an abstract, not to exceed 150 words, typed on a separate page.  Special attention should be given to the preparation and accuracy of references, and to the absence of sexist and biased language.  The manuscript should be double-spaced, including the abstract, references, and any block quotations.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically.  Manuscripts should be sent as an attachment compatible with Microsoft Word or Word Perfect (for PC, preferably). Submissions should have two attachments, an original manuscript and a blind copy of the manuscript.  The original should include a cover sheet including name of author(s), institutional affiliation(s), running head, date of submission, and full mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.  The blind copy should omit the authors’ names and affiliations from the title page, and any author notes or footnotes that identify the author should be removed.  Submit manuscripts to gardner@lasalle.edu.

If it is impossible to submit manuscripts electronically, mail one copy of the original copy and a disk version of original and blind copies of the manuscript in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect (for PC, preferably). Manuscripts should be sent to Frank L. Gardner, Ph.D., ABPP, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Ave, Box 842, Philadelphia, PA 19141.

Manuscripts must not be submitted to another journal at the same time.  Authors are advised to check carefully the typing of the final copy and to retain a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.  Manuscripts will not be returned to authors.  The review process is blind, with manuscripts read by at least two reviewers. The review process should take 8-12 weeks.  There are no page charges to contributors.  Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication must transfer copyright to Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.

Case Conference manuscripts are limited to 7 pages.  Empirical, theoretical, and program development articles generally should not exceed 35 pages, including figures, tables, and references.  They will be judged according to their contribution to knowledge, presentation of information, appropriateness of the discussion, interpretation of ideas, clarity of writing, and where appropriate methodology/design and data analysis.  Authors are expected to have their raw data and descriptive statistics available throughout the editorial review process and are responsible for providing elaboration upon request.

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Complimentary Copies: Authors of JCSP will be provided with a 30-day complimentary online subscription to JCSP rather than a complimentary print issue. This will allow authors to access content that could only appear online, as well as giving them an opportunity to view the entire archive of back issues of JCSP, which is available to every subscriber during the 30 days of free access. The new system of providing 30-day online complimentary subscriptions to authors will take effect beginning with the first issue of the 2009 volume year.