Instructions for Authors

Submitting Manuscripts To submit your manuscript online please visit the Family Process online submission site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fp. Instructions for manuscript submission can be found on the submission site. If you need assistance please contact Support at 1-434-817-2040 ext. 167 or at Support@ScholarOne.com.

To contact the Editor:

Evan Imber-Black, Ph.D.
Editor, Family Process
Ackerman Institute for the Family
149 E. 78th Street
New York, NY 10021

Tel: (212) 879-4900, Ext. 153
Fax: (212) 744-0206
E-mail: editor@FamilyProcess.org

In a cover letter, please include the word count of the article, and the address, phone number, and if possible, fax and e-mail address of the principle author. Authors will be advised of the decision about their manuscripts as rapidly as possible. Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they are not being submitted simultaneously to another publication.

Authors are requested to prepare their articles in conformity with Family Process style (refer to pervious issues for reference). Papers should be written clearly and concisely, using gender-neutral language and a minimum of jargon. Brevity is also desirable. Manuscripts must be no more than 6000 words, including references. All case reports should protect patient confidentiality.

Authors:

Because Family Process uses a blind review system, a separate cover page should be used to provide identifying information about the authors. The authors' names should not be included on subsequent pages. For each author, give professional degree/title, and name and location of the principal institutional affiliation, and complete mailing address of the principal author; the latter will appear in a footnote on page 1 of the article if accepted. Upon acceptance, the principal author will receive a copyright transfer form and an off-print order form. These must be returned immediately upon receipt. In addition to the principal author's address, also include the address for all other authors to receive complimentary copies of the issue.

Acknowledgements:

Any listing of grant support or special appreciation that the authors wish to include should be included on the cover page. If the article is accepted for publication, this information will appear in another footnote on page 1.

Opening Summary:

For full-length articles, the author should include an abstract of approximately 200-250 words. Research articles should use the standard categories of introduction, methods, results and discussion. In articles describing theory, training or clinical interventions, the abstract should make it possible for the reader to have a brief overview of all relevant aspects of the work, including the intent, scope, general procedures, and principal conclusions. For brief reports, these summaries should be similar in content, but limited to 100 words.

Keywords:

List up to six key words by whic