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Review
and Publication Policies
Journal of Social,
Evolutionary, & Cultural Psychology
JSEC Review
Policies
When manuscripts are submitted to the Journal of
Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, they
are first reviewed by the editors to determine if
they are ready to be sent for review. If they are
not, the editor will ask the author(s) of the
manuscript to make the necessary changes, for
example, formatting in APA style or cleaning up
grammatical errors in the manuscript. After this
initial screening, all manuscripts are sent for
blind review to two reviewers. In most cases the
reviewers are members of the editorial board. In
some cases, other experts may be contacted to
review. Once the reviews are received, editors make
a decision based on the reviewer feedback, and send
all comments to the author(s) of the manuscript
(with the exception of those outlined in the JSEC
Policy on Integrity and Professionalism, below).
JSEC welcomes scholarly interaction in the form
of commentaries on target articles. Editors will
review commentaries and decide whether or not to
publish the commentary. Commentary authors will also
be provided with suggested editorial changes. After
publication of commentaries, author(s) of the target
article will be allowed to publish a response.
JSEC Policy on Integrity and
Professionalism
JSEC strives to further scientific understanding of
human behavior, while concurrently providing a safe
and open environment for scientists. Thus, editors
adhere to the following policies regarding
professionalism:
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The editors
have the right to present excerpts of reviews to
authors if elements of the reviews are
considered inaccurate, poorly conceived, poorly
articulated, or unnecessarily hostile.
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Criticisms,
particularly in the form of commentaries on
target articles, are to be presented using
wording that is both professional and
non-hostile. Critical points need to be
presented in a scientific way. If a
manuscript of commentary is submitted that does
not adhere to this policy, editors will ask the
author(s) to revise.
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