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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.
  • Original work: The submission has not been previously published, nor is it currently submitted to another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in “Comments to the Editor”). Prior to acceptance and publication in this journal, authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites (see Preprint Policy). Note: This journal uses Similarity Check, a plagiarism screening service, to screen submitted content for originality (read more).
  • Acknowledging and citing previous work: Previous or concurrent publications of the author(s) based on the same or closely related research are properly acknowledged and cited. It is made clear in the manuscript in which way(s) it represents a novel contribution to warrant consideration for publication. Note: Replications of previous work are explicitly welcomed if identified as such.
  • Authorship: All authors of the submitted manuscript are named in the submission/cover letter (and additionally will be named in Step 3 of the submission process). All authors of the submitted manuscript are aware of and approve its submission to the journal. Contributions that fall short of authorship are mentioned in the Acknowledgments section of the submission/cover letter. (For criteria of authorship see the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, Standard 8.12, Publication Credit, of the American Psychological Association (APA). Responsibility for authorship decisions lies entirely with the authors.)
  • Consent for data storage: All authors of the submitted manuscript consent to the storage of their personal data transferred in conjunction with the submission and in accordance with the journal's privacy statement.
  • Ethical standards: In the case of empirical research: The study received appropriate ethical review and clearance, thus meeting all ethical standards for research.
  • File format: File format of the manuscript is MS Word (.doc or .docx).
  • Ensuring a blind review: All identifying details are removed from submission for peer review purposes in accordance with the instructions for Ensuring a Blind Review. A Title Page with identifying information is submitted as an additional file (submission category 'Title Page').
  • Data anonymization (if applicable): All research data have been fully anonymized.
  • Use of copyrighted materials: No copyrighted material is used unless that material has also been made available under a CC-BY license.