International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research

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Author Guidelines

Authors are requested to read the description of the aims and general processes of the journal and the guidelines used by reviewers before submitting articles.

Articles should report on original research that has not been published elsewhere.  Authors need to confirm that their article is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Articles can adopt any theoretical or methodological perspective as long as it is clearly described.

Articles need to give careful consideration to ethical issues, confidentiality and copyright law.  Permission must have been obtained for the use of any materials that have been published elsewhere.

Articles must be submitted in English.  Translation assistance may be available from EATA Translations Committee.

Abstracts will be published in English and may appear in other languages on an associated website.  Authors are only expected to provide their Abstract in English but may do so in other languages if they wish.

Practicalities

·             please write in a clear language that can be understood by researchers and practitioners alike, from within and outside of the field of TA.

·             Use gender-inclusive language; do not use masculine pronouns to refer to people in general

·             use Word format, 12 point Times Roman font, single spaced throughout including references, quotes, tables, etc), 90 point margins left and right, 75 point margins top and bottom, no footnotes

·             send articles in the range 3500-5000 words not including tables or bibliography

·             include the title, abstract and keywords within the main file but do not include any identification of the author within this document

·             send a separate document that contains author name(s), qualifications as they should appear in the journal (including TA), address, telephone number, email address, Skype (if available), and current professional activity

·             for case studies and similar, send a separate statement that you have obtained the necessary permissions from any client(s) described in the article, and that you indemnify IJTAR in the event of any legal action resulting from the articles’ publication

·             for references please follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Structure

Authors are encouraged to follow, roughly, the structure presented below:

1. GENERAL INDICATIONS. The articles should respect international editorial conventions:

–        an informative journal title

–        fully descriptive and clear abstracts

–        keywords

–        complete references

–        full contact information for at least one author for each article.

1. ABSTRACT.  Each article must have a clear and fully descriptive abstract, acceptable for inclusion in databases such as (specify, give link).  This abstract should help the reader decide easily if the article will help him/her or not.  The abstract should have a maximum of 1500-2000 characters and should include:

–        information on study objectives

–        brief descriptions of subjects

–        methodology used

–        results and conclusions or implications derived from it.

1. LITERATURE REVIEW. There must be a section that reviews relevant scientific literature that led to the formulation of the study objectives or hypotheses. This section must reflect a good knowledge about the “state of the art” of research in the field of study. The literature review has to answer the following areas:

–        How the study fits in with existing literature and its potential novelty 

–        What the study adds to the existing knowledge in the field

1. STUDY OBJECTIVES / HYPOTHESES. Research question and/or objectives/hypotheses need to flow logically from the literature review.

1. FUNDING SOURCES. Where possible, information about funding sources for the research should be presented.

1. METHODOLOGY. The methodology section needs to give a description of the sample used and of the procedure employed for the research. It also needs to describe and explain the choice of methods, their adequacy for the objectives pursued, the philosophy of research and the researchers´ position in the context of research.

1. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS. This section should present results in verbal and/or graphic forms and include an analysis of their significance. Results should be well analyzed and supported by the data.

1. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS (these can be one or two separate sections).  Authors are expected to discuss the implications of their results in terms of contributions to existing knowledge and recommendations for practice or applications where appropriate. Special attention should be paid to the limitations of research. The connections between theoretical framework, research objectives, methodology, and results and conclusions should be coherent and easily identifiable

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
6. Gender inclusive language has been used
7. Appropriate permission has been obtained from clients, subjects, participants, etc and identities have been protected.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.


2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.


3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.