Adaptive Behavior
Manuscript Submission Guidelines:
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ad-behav to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Adaptive Behavior will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
1. What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
Before submitting your manuscript to Adaptive Behavior, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
1.2 Article Types
Articles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words.
Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual inquiry, typically containing more than 12,000 words.
Commentaries - Extremely brief communications responding to previously published articles, typically containing under 500 words.
Opinions - Evaluations of existing research, hypotheses, and future trends, typically under 2,000 words.
Short communications - detailing original research results, typically containing under 2,000 words.
Book reviews - Short communications responding to previously published books, typically under 2,000 words.
Reports - Evaluations of conferences, workshops, and other intellectual gatherings, typically under 2,000 words.
1.3 Writing your paper
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
2. Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
SAGE does not permit the use of author-suggested (recommended) reviewers at any stage of the submission process, be that through the web-based submission system or other communication. Reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Our policy is that reviewers should not be assigned to a paper if:
• The reviewer is based at the same institution as any of the co-authors
• The reviewer is based at the funding body of the paper
• The author has recommended the reviewer
• The reviewer has provided a personal (e.g. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail) email account and an institutional email account cannot be found after performing a basic Google search (name, department and institution).
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