Psychology of Language and Communication

Instructions for Authors

Information for Contributors

Manuscripts for publication should be addressed to:
Barbara Bokus
Faculty of Psychology
University of Warsaw
Stawki 5/7
PL-00183 Warsaw, Poland
e-mail:
bokus@psych.uw.edu.pl
bokus@obta.uw.edu.pl

Manuscripts may be full length articles (maximum 20-30 double-spaced pages typed on A4 paper including notes and references) or short communications (maximum 10 pages). These may include short articles, research reports, discussions, etc. Book reviews should not exceed 5 pages. Submit the original in English and two copies (including copies of all illustrations and tables). All articles should be preceded by an abstract (maximum 150 words). Each manuscript is submitted to three anonymous reviewers before acceptance.

Submissions should follow the style and referencing system recommended in the Fifth Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Figures (photographs, drawings, diagrams) should be numbered consecutively in the text. The captions for figures should be typed on a separate page. Photographs should be large prints, showing high contrast. Graphs and diagrams should be large enough to permit reduction to 10x10cm.

Tables should be numbered and referred to by number in the text. Each table should be submitted on a separate page with caption.

Supply your name, affiliation, mailing address to which requests for reprints should be sent, and phone/fax numbers on a separate page.

25 offprints of the article will be supplied to the contributor.

The review process for texts submitted to Psychology of Language and Communication

All submissions are sent out for assessment (to three reviewers) in a double-blind review process, i.e., the identities of authors and reviewers are not revealed.

Reviews assess the following aspects of a text:

Presentation of the research problem in the context of the literature (assessed as being unsatisfactory, satisfactory, exhaustive);
Clarity and logic of reasoning (assessed as being unsatisfactory, satisfactory, excellent);
Procedure of research and analysis of empirical material (assessed as being unsatisfactory, satisfactory, excellent);
Language correctness and formal aspects (assessed as being unsatisfactory, satisfactory, first-class).
 

A review must end with an unequivocal conclusion as to whether the submission should be accepted or rejected for publication:

the manuscript should be rejected, it should not be published in Psychology of Language and Communication (when a manuscript is strongly incompatible with the periodical's profile the reviewer may suggest that the author submit it to a different periodical),
the manuscript should be returned to the author(s) with suggestions regarding necessary corrections (to be followed by a review of the corrected text),
the text may be accepted as long as corrections are made, without the need for a further review,
the text may be published as is.
 

Only texts with three positive reviews (i.e., approved by three reviewers) are accepted for publication in Psychology of Language and Communication.

Editorial Policy

The journal is intended to serve as a forum for discussion on various aspects of psychological research on language and communicative processes. We hope that Psychology of Language and Communication will contribute to a mutual sharing of experiences by psycholinguists in diverse centers in West and East.