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.

• All authors have read our focus and scope (https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/about) and confirm that the submission addresses educational policy. 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.
• 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 (no more than 50), or text written into tables, figures, or other graphic displays. All authors are required to confirm these details in the Comments to the Editor text box during the submission process (see Author Guidelines below this checklist).
• 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).
• 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), unless otherwise specified. 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. Manuscripts that do not follow these guidelines will be sent back to the corresponding author(s) for reformatting before they are editorially reviewed.
• 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). We encourage non-native speakers of English who are submitting manuscripts in English to use a copyediting service prior to submission.
• 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. The use of AI tools such as ChatGPT to assist in the production of manuscripts is an emerging issue in research. Like most journals, EPAA requires that the author(s) be responsible for the creation and interpretation of their work and accountable for its accuracy, integrity, and validity. Any use of AI to produce the submission should be detailed in the appropriate sections of the manuscript, and any text or analyses produced using AI should be checked for accuracy, refined, and elaborated by the author(s).
• 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. Manuscripts that are not fully blinded will be returned to the authors for resubmission before being sent out for peer review, which will slow down the review process.
• 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.
• If the research detailed in the text involved human participants, the Author(s) complied with the applicable ethical and legal obligations for their countries, including approvals from appropriate institutional review boards (IRBs). 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.
• The first author of the manuscript agrees to participate as a reviewer for EPAA/AAPE, especially if the manuscript is accepted.
• Author(s) confirm that there are no conflicts of interest to report.
• All necessary permissions for extensive excerpts, original or revised figures, etc. have been acquired prior to submission.
• EPAA/AAPE does not charge Author(s) a fee to publish, and we ask Author(s) to assist in the final formatting of their accepted articles. This assistance includes inserting the final, accepted version in the EPAA/AAPE 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.
• SPECIAL NOTE: Given increasing numbers of submissions and the demands required of editors and reviewers, EPAA/EPAA will not process submissions in English, Spanish, or Portuguese during the following periods:
  - mid-December to mid-January
  - the month of July