Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• Confirm all authors have read the journal's focus and scope (https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/about). Please note: We consider one submission per author at a time. Authors must wait until they receive a final editorial decision to submit an additional manuscript. In addition, manuscripts can only be submitted once to one section (English, Spanish, or Portuguese). If a manuscript is rejected it can not be revised and submitted to a different section.
• Confirm the submission is entirely the work of the author(s) and the first and last names, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and ORCiDs of all author(s) are included with the submission. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools cannot be considered or listed as an author of a submission. See the journal's AI Policy for more details: https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/AI_Policy
• Confirm the submission has a title, a set of 3-5 keywords, and an abstract of no more than 200 words, and five or fewer tables, figures or graphic displays. The main text is no more than 10,000 words. The maximum 10,000 word count does not include references, or text written into tables, figures, or other graphic displays.
• Confirm the text is submitted in a single file, formatted with 1" margins (2.54 cm) on all sides, flush left, in Microsoft Word or RTF format (including tables, figures, or other graphic displays).
• Confirm the main text is double-spaced, written in 12-point (preferably Garamond) font, contains no numbered or bulleted paragraphs, and is formatted according to the guidelines of 7th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). The first line of each new paragraph should be indented by one-half inch or 1.27 cm. Do not add additional spaces between paragraphs. All titles in citations should be sentence-case, not title case.
• Confirm the reference list contains no more than 50 items. All digital sources listed in the bibliography (i.e., articles, reports, government documents, working papers/preprints, online news articles, etc.) have an active DOI or URL.
• Confirm the prose is written in readable, professional English, Spanish, or Portuguese, and has been proofread for grammar (e.g., active voice, limited personification) and conventions (e.g., spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing).
• Confirm the submission is fully anonymized, with Author names and all identifying information removed. If Author(s) are cited, only “Authors(s)” and Year are to be used in the text and references. Information embedded in the automatic functions of word processing programs (e.g., Author(s)’ names in file “properties”) must be removed. Authors should also remove any other potentially identifying information such as the name of the university that granted IRB approval, and information associated with funding or granting agencies such as grant numbers. The file should not contain any comments or tracked changes. Read more about requirements for anonymization at https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/Anonymization.
• Confirm the submission is not under consideration for publication by another journal, nor has it been previously published, unless an explanation of a special circumstance is provided in Comments to the Editor.
• Confirm, if applicable, the Author(s) complied with the applicable ethical and legal obligations for their countries, including approvals from appropriate institutional review boards (IRBs) for research involving human participants. IRB approval should be indicated in the methods section, or elsewhere (e.g., a footnote). Author(s) understand their professional obligation to maintain notes and data sets for a minimum of three years after publication.
• Confirm the first author of the manuscript agrees to participate as a reviewer for EPAA/AAPE, especially if the manuscript is accepted.
• Confirm no conflicts of interest to report.
• Confirm all necessary permissions for extensive excerpts, original or revised figures, etc. have been acquired prior to submission.
• Confirm the Author(s) will assist in the final formatting of their accepted articles. Assistance includes inserting the final, accepted version into the journal template, in accordance with the EPAA/AAPE style guide, and conducting a final proofreading of the article 3-4 weeks prior to official publication. Lack of assistance on the part of Author(s) will, at minimum, cause a delay in publication.