Guidelines for Authors

Papers

All authors need to register in the journal to be able to make submissions, or if they are already registered they can simply log in and start the process. Authors must include their ORCID.

Praxis Psy does not receive contributions with the following characteristics: Literature reviews that do not adhere to any of the protocols described in the PRISMA Statement https://www.prisma-statement.org, articles that duplicate previous publications in preprints (ArXivs), conference proceedings, blogs, any other printed, digital or electronic media; exceptionally, conceptual articles will be received.

The manuscripts submitted to Praxis Psy, should not be considered for submission elsewhere.

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify that their manuscript complies with all the elements of the checklist. Otherwise, the documents will be rejected.

Guidelines for papers

General: Languages: English, Portuguese or Spanish; Abstracts: English, Portuguese or Spanish, depending on the main body’s language (min. 150, max. 200 words); Keywords: English, Portuguese or Spanish, depending on the main body’s language (max. 5 keywords).

Structure: Empirical and review papers should be compiled in the following order: title; abstract; keywords; introduction; theoretical framework; materials and methods; results; discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages).

Abstract: A concise and structured abstract is required (maximum length 200 words). The abstract should indicate briefly the aim of the investigation, the methodological approach, main results and conclusions. The abstract should be self-contained and must provide a translation to Spanish.

Keywords: Spanish or Portuguese depending on the manuscript’s language, and English is required. Maximum 5 words.

Word Limits: Please include a word count for your paper. A typical paper for this journal should be 8000 words, including tables, references, figure captions, endnotes. 

Style Guidelines: Any spelling style is acceptable so long as it is consistent within the manuscript. Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks. Section headings should be concise.

Blind peer review: Because the identity of authors is concealed from reviewers (because the process of reviewing is a blind peer review), information about the authors must not be included in any part of the manuscript (for example, names, affiliations and references that can be used to identify any author). Each manuscript should contain a separate title page containing:

(1) Title
(2) Author(s) name(s)
(3) The author’s full address, including telephone number and e-mail
(4) Acknowledgments and/or Conflict of interest

Authorship: One author should be identified as the corresponding author. Please disclose any affiliations involved in the research. If any of the named co-authors changes their affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be named as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the manuscript is accepted. Please note that the email address of the corresponding author will normally be displayed in the article in PDF format (depending on the journal style) and the online article. Every person who has a reasonable claim to authorship must be named in the manuscript as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all co-authors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters about the publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.

Funding: Please supply all details required by any funding and grant-awarding bodies as an Acknowledgement on the title page of the manuscript, in a separate paragraph, as follows:

For single agency grants: "This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx]."
For multiple agency grants: "This work was supported by the [Funding Agency 1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency 2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency 3] under Grant [number xxxx]."

On the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Praxis PSY Journal
This journal permits the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the preparation of manuscripts, provided that their use is responsible, transparent, and consistent with the principles of scientific integrity.
Authors are fully responsible for the content submitted for review, including the accuracy of the information, the validity of the analyses, the originality of the manuscript, and the verification of all citations and references. AI tools may not be listed as authors or co-authors of the article.
When AI has been used substantially in the preparation of the manuscript (for example, to generate or rewrite text, translate, summarize information, produce images, support analyses, or develop code), authors must disclose this at the time of submission, indicating the tool used, its purpose, and the degree of human oversight. The use of spell-checkers, grammar checkers, or style checkers does not require disclosure.
Manuscripts will not be accepted if the authors have entered the following into publicly accessible AI tools: confidential data, sensitive information that compromises minors or vulnerable groups, personal information, or any protected content whose disclosure could compromise the confidentiality of the research and the safety of study participants.

Declaration on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Authors must declare whether they used generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools during the preparation of the manuscript. The statement must indicate: 1) the name of the tool used (and its version, when applicable), 2) the purpose of its use and the sections of the manuscript in which it was used, and 3) confirmation that all AI-generated or AI-assisted content was reviewed, validated, and approved by the authors, who assume full responsibility for the content of the article.
If no generative AI tools were used, the following statement must be included:
Statement: The authors declare that they did not use generative artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of this manuscript.

 

Specifications

• Font: Use Times New Roman in size 12.
• Line spacing: Use single spacing (1.0 in Word).
• Spacing between sentences: Type one space after a period (or any other punctuation mark at the end of a sentence).
• Margins: The margins for your paper should be uniform on all sides, set to at least 1" or 2.54 cm on all sides: top, bottom, left, and right. Line length for each typed line should be no more than 6.5" (16.51 cm)
• Use bold throughout your essay for all the titles.
• Only when absolutely necessary, give emphasis by using italics.

Reference style: Manuscripts have to reference using APA 7th edition. Figures and tables also have to be formatted under APA guidelines: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/apa-style-jars

Notice: No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to people or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein.

Author inquiries: For inquiries related to the submission of articles, please send an email to [email protected]

Instructions to make a submission:

• In “Upload Submission” you can upload the file. In “Article component” choose “Article text”. Later, click on “Upload file” and choose in your computer the file that you want to submit and click on “Continue”.
• In “Review details” you can click on “Edit” and edit the title of the file. If you don’t want to edit the file, click on “Continue”. In “Confirm” click on “Add another file”.
• To upload the authorship document: In “Article component”, choose “Other”. Then click on “Upload file” and choose in your computer the file that you want to submit and click on “Continue”.
• After uploading all the documents, click on “Complete”.

Instructions to add metadata:

• Title: When including the title in English, it will appear the option to upload the title in Spanish.
• Abstract: As with the title, when including the title in English, it will appear the option to upload the title in Spanish.
• Authors: Click on “add collaborator”. Complete the information, ORCID and institutional affiliation. Complete the data for each of the remaining authors. Do not forget to indicate which of the authors Will be the “main contact”.

NEW FORMATS ACCEPTED FOR SPECIAL ISSUE

Conceptual Proposals
Innovative approaches that seek to expand or redefine theoretical foundations.
• Length: between 1,500 and 3,000 words
• Abstract (100 words); keywords (5)
• Structure: Introduction, summary of the proposal, relevance, conclusion
• References: Maximum 15
• Editorial ethics: Declaration of conflicts and funding
• Style: Academic and analytical

Analysis of Theoretical Perspectives
Critical reviews and discussions of conceptual frameworks.

• Length: between 800 and 1,500 words
• Abstract (100 words) and keywords (5)
• Structure: Introduction, development of theoretical perspectives, critique, relevance, conclusión
• References: Maximum 5
• Editorial ethics: Declaration of conflicts, funding
• Style: Analytical, reflective, and critical

Interviews with experts
Academic dialogues with researchers of recognized standing in the field.
• Length: between 1,500 and 2,500 words
• Abstract (100 words)
• Keywords: no
• Structure: Introduction, structured interview or narrative dialogue, analysis, conclusion
• References: Up to 10 (optional)
• Analytical, academic, and reflective style