Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Authors are assumed to be familiar with and are responsible for adherence to the Code of Ethics For Psychologists Working in Aotearoa New Zealand and in doing so are prohibited from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent consideration by two or more publications or from publishing any manuscript that has already been published in whole or substantial part elsewhere. Authors are obligated to consult the Editor concerning prior publication of any material upon which their article depends.

Although the Journal does publish review and discussion articles, most papers will present research or drawing extensively on research data. Quantitative and qualitative research is reviewed and published by the Journal. Compliance with ethical standards in the treatment and protection of the research participants as elaborated in the Code of Ethics For Psychologists Working in Aotearoa New Zealand is expected by the Journal.

Relevance to New Zealand

Manuscripts will only be considered for publication if

(a) they include data collected from New Zealand samples, or

(b) they discuss the relevance of issues contained in the manuscript to the New Zealand social and cultural context, or

(c) they discuss the practice of psychology in New Zealand.

Manuscript Format

Manuscripts are to be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

  • All copy must be double-spaced and instructions for preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts appear in the manual.
  •  Manuscripts of regular articles are to be accompanied by an abstract containing a maximum of 960 characters and spaces (which is approximately 120 words), followed by three to six key words.
  • Abstracts, tables, and figure captions should be typed on separate pages, and manuscript pages for any tables or figure captions should be placed at the end of the manuscript for production purposes.
  • Manuscripts are to contain a maximum of 7,000 words excluding references.

Submitting Manuscripts

Manuscripts are to be submitted electronically. In order to do this, please email the manuscript to the Editor, Dr. John Fitzgerald, via the address: NZJP-Editor@psychology.org.nz

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The title page should contain the names and affiliations of all authors, as well as the corresponding author's name, address, and phone, fax, and e-mail numbers for use by the editorial office and the publisher. 

All submissions considered suitable for the Journal are subjected to blind review.  Manuscripts will be returned to the author in cases where it has not been prepared in such a way that blind reviewing is possible. In all cases, authors should retain a copy of the submitted manuscript to guard against loss.

Book Review Submissions

Send books to:

Paul Jose, Ph.D.
Book Editor, New Zealand Journal of Psychology
School of Psychology
Victoria University
Wellington New Zealand

Back to NZ Journal of Psychology page for Editor's contact details.