Submission Policies

Authors should verify in their cover letter that manuscripts submitted to Psychology of Violence
have not been published previously and are not currently under consideration for publication
elsewhere. The cover letter should also describe how the manuscript relates to other publications,
if any, based on the same dataset.
Authors of accepted articles will be required to complete APA's Publication Rights form and Full
Disclosure of Interests form. All studies involving human participants or animal subjects must
also adhere to the Ethical Principles of the American Psychological Association. Authors must
disclose any potential conflicts of interest with their research or certify that they have none. All
publication forms, as well as information about which forms are required for your particular
manuscript, are available on the Forms for Journals Publication page.

Masked Review Policy

In order to facilitate masked review, all manuscripts should have identifying information
removed prior to submission. The manuscript portal provides a place to provide all author
contact information separate from the manuscript file, or this can be included in the cover letter.
Authors' names should not appear on the manuscript. Authors are strongly encouraged to remove
self-references and substitute "author citation" for the purposes of review. This is particularly
important when numerous self citations are made, as these can sometimes inadvertently reveal
the identity of the authors to the reviewers. Authors' notes or other sources of identifying
information should also be removed from the copy submitted for peer review. These may be
added later, if the paper is accepted.

Manuscript Types
Psychology of Violence primarily publishes full-length reports of original research. Manuscripts
should normally be no more than 30 double-spaced manuscript pages, inclusive of front matter,
references, tables, and figures. Both quantitative and qualitative research will be considered. The
journal also publishes review articles, including meta-analyses, and theoretical pieces.
Psychology of Violence does not accept brief reports.

Other Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

As also described in Instructions for All Authors, Psychology of Violence manuscripts should be
prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (2010). Be careful to follow APA guidelines on the use of inclusive,
nonbiased language.

Please note that Psychology of Violence has several style requirements, in order to facilitate the
accessibility of information both within and across manuscripts. All manuscripts that remain
under consideration at Psychology of Violence will be asked to include the following:

The abstract is the most important paragraph in any paper. Psychology of Violence uses
structured abstracts divided into the following sections, with headings: Objective,
Method, Results, and Conclusions. The Objective should clearly communicate the novel
contribution of the manuscript. In the Conclusion, please identify at least one specific
implication and avoid boilerplate language such as "Implications will be discussed."
Target length is 200 words.

A statement that clearly describes the study's purpose at the end of the 1st paragraph.

4 to 5 keywords for all manuscripts.

The Introduction needs to end with numbered statements of hypotheses or research

purposes, and these need to be explicitly revisited in the Results and Discussion.

Number of items, response categories, alpha, and scoring need to be presented for all
measures. Validity should be addressed.

The Discussion needs formal sections for Limitations, Research Implications, and
Clinical and Policy Implications.

Per APA policy, authors presenting the results of randomized trials should rely on CONSORT
guidelines.