It is a violation of the ethics principles sustained by the Romanian Journal of School Psychology to publish as original data, data that have been previously published. We are committed to the highest standards of publication ethics and will take any measures necessary against publication malpractices. We strongly adhere to the American Psychological Association Ethics Code (Standard 8.14), specifying that "after research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release". The authors acknowledge that they have disclosed all and any actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it. In the same manner, the Romanian Journal of School Psychology is committed to objective and fair double-blind peer-review of the submitted for publication works and to prevent any actual or potential conflict of interests between the editorial and review personnel and the reviewed material. Any departures from the above-defined rules should be reported directly to the Editor-in-Chief, who is unequivocally committed to providing swift resolutions to any of such a type of problems.
Confidentiality
The manuscripts received from authors for publication are considered confidential documents. They are not shown to third parties, except for the editor, executive editors and the two reviewers (see the blind review procedure).
Publication decisions
The editor and the executive editors of the Romanian Journal of School Psychology are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be sent to the reviewers and eventually published. The decisions may be assisted by reviewers and guided by the policies of the journal and legal requirements conncected to copyright and plagiarism.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/ or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Please submit the manuscript together with the statement available here (as separate files).
Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Each received article will be evaluated independently by two members of the editorial board, which will analyze the study without knowing the identity of the author(s). The review criteria are the following:
The feed-back will be sent to the first author and it may be one of the following: accepted; requires minor revision; requires major revision; rejected. The feed-back will include the observations of the two independent reviewers.
The reviewer's guide is avalable here.
Standards of Objectivity
Reviews will be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly, with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
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Manuscript preparation
The purposes of these recommendations are to facilitate the manuscript preparation and to set the premises for a real and consistent exchange of information between authors and readers.
The text should be written entirely in English, French or Deutsch, and edited in an A4 format with 4cm margins, Times New Roman, 12 point, and single spaced. The articles submitted for the Studies and Research and Interviews sections may not exceed 25 pages, and those for the rest of the section types may not exceed 8 pages, including the references (in both cases). The pages will not be numbered. To facilitate the review process, the first page of the article should include only the title, the word count for the entire article, the names and surnames of the authors and also the contact details for all authors (e-mail and/or telephone number, organizational affiliation). Further references to the author(s) should be done using the term the author(s). The second page should begin with the abstract (150 to 200 words, in English) and keywords (up to 5), followed by the rest of the article. The effect sizes and/or the statistical power of the research should be reported, where appropriate, being an important criterion of manuscript acceptance.
Tables, graphs, pictures etc. should be inserted in the text of the article. They should be numbered independently in accordance with the order of appearance in text and should be accompanied by an adequate title. The letters and numbers in titles and content of the tables and figures should be edited with Normal font, size 10.
References within the text will include the name of the mentioned author(s) and the year of the referenced source. The reference list at the end of the article will be edited according to the APA norms [Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association® (2009), 6th Edition]. All citations should be listed in the reference list, with the exception of personal communications and classical works.
Reference examples:
Book chapter
McGuire, W. (1969). The nature of attitudes and attitude change. In G. Lindzey & E. Aronson (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Psychology (Vol. 3, pp. 136-272). Boston: Addison-Wesley Publishing.
Journal article
Hicks, D. (2012). Performance-based university research funding systems. Research Policy, 41(2), 251-261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2011.09.007
Papalia, D.E., & Wendkos-Olds, S. (1992). Human Development (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Paper presented at a conference
Saupe, J.L., & Eimers, M.T. (2010, May 29-June 2). Correcting correlations when predicting success in college. Paper presented at the 50thAnniversary Forum of the Association for Institutional Research "Charting our Future in Higher Education", Chicago, Illinois.
Article in an internet only journal
Winterton, J., Delamare-Le Deist, F., Stingfellow, E. (2006). Typology of Knowledge, Skills and Competences: Clarification of the Concept and Prototype. Luxembourg: The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. Retrieved September 15, 2013, from www.cedefop.europa.eu.
Webpage
World Health Organization (2003). Investing in mental health. Retrieved October 2013 from http://www.who.int/mental_health/media/investing_mnh.pdf
Manuscript submission
Please do not send previously published papers or articles that are sent for review to other journals. All efforts should be undertaken to submit manuscripts electronically to the executive editors (attached files via e-mail, Această adresă de email este protejată contra spambots. Trebuie să activați JavaScript pentru a o vedea.). We accept .doc, .docx, .rtf or .pdf files. The first author will be notified via e-mail about the arrival of the article. At the point of acceptance, all contributing authors are asked to give signed consent to publication, and to confirm that they have approved the final version of their manuscript. Contributors must declare any commercial interests, such as directorships, share-holdings, consultancies, honoraria, grants, fees, gifts or travel expenses received from organizations whose product is used in a study or referred to in your article. Financial or personal interests in competing companies should also be stated. The Author Statements for Publication is available on our website, www.anps.ro, in the journal’s section.
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/ or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Please submit the manuscript together with the statement available here (as separate files).
The Romanian Journal of School Psychology (ISSN 2248-244X; ISSN-L 2448-244X) is a semi-annual peer-reviewed journal, supported by The National Association of School Psychologists (Asociaţia Naţională a Psihologilor Şcolari). Starting from 2012, the journal is printed in June and December.
The journal takes into consideration for publishing articles from the field of school / educational psychology or related fields, corresponding to one of the following categories:
The accepted articles will be published in one of the sections of the journal: Studies and Research, Interviews, Reviews, Scientific Life.
The Romanian Journal of School Psychology is indexed in: Central and Eastern European Online Library; Index Copernicus International (ICV 2019: 75.84), SCIPIO, and EBSCO (Education Source Collection).