Instructions for authors
About
BJPsych Open is an international peer-reviewed journal owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It publishes original work in all fields of psychiatry. Please see the journal’s Aims & Scope for further information about its focus and readership.
BJPsych Open is not responsible for statements made by contributors and material in BJPsych Open does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor-in-Chief or the College.
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted online as a word document via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bjpsych-open. Authors may track the progress of their manuscript(s) at any time via the submission website. For assistance with online submission, please email BJPOpen@rcpsych.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 3701 2719.
Peer Review
All submissions will be initially assessed for suitability by the Editor-in-Chief (or Handling Editor, if the Editor-in-Chief has a conflict of interest, or if he has delegated editorial responsibility for certain topic areas). After the initial assessment, submissions are single-blind peer-reviewed by a minimum of two independent, anonymous expert referees and the assigned Handling Editor. Find out more about what to expect during peer review here.
All articles in this journal are peer-reviewed. No person is permitted to take any role in the peer-review of a paper in which they have an interest, defined as follows: fees or grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in, or any close relationship with, an organisation whose interests, financial or otherwise, may be affected by the publication of the paper.
When editorial board members of this journal submit papers, the journal follows the below process:
1.Editorial board members include a declaration of interest statement in their submission stating their role with the journal.
2.Editorial board members submit to the journal via ScholarOne and do not take part in the review or decision-making process regarding their own paper.
3.Editorial board members who have submitted papers to the journal are blinded from accessing information on their paper in the system and are notified of decisions in the usual way.
Preparing your Submission
Checklist: What to Include
Authors will be asked to confirm the following elements are included during submission. Any omissions may cause delays.
Word Document:
1.Title – The title should be brief and relevant. Titles should not announce the results of articles and (apart from editorials) they should not be phrased as questions.
2.Author Names – The full names of the authors should appear on the title page in the form that is wished for publication. When submitting a manuscript authored by a group, please specify the name of the group and identify the group members on the title page who can take credit and responsibility for the work as authors. Other group members (non-author contributors) should be listed under Acknowledgements or in Supplementary Material.
3.Main Text – See relevant Article Type for individual specification.
4.Clinical Trials Registration – In accordance with ICMJE guidelines, BJPsych Open requires all clinical trials to be registered in a public trials registry at the beginning of the research process (prior to patient enrolment). Trial registration numbers should be included in the abstract, with full details of the trial in the Methods section.
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