Current Research and Reviews in Psychology and Psychiatry

Current Research and Reviews in Psychology and Psychiatry is a double blind peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published biannually (December and June). Submitted manuscripts to CRRPP should be in English or Turkish. The CRRPP publishes original research articles, reviews and case report from different fields such as psychology and psychiatry, nursing, child development, and social work.

The audience of the CRRPP is primarily researchers and academicians in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, as well as researchers and academicians in related fields such as sociology, economics, anthropology, child development, nursing and social work. The primary purpose of CRRPP is to provide original, high quality and innovative studies in the field of mental health and to provide up-to-date information and experience sharing, and contribute to the development of publishing activities in these fields.

Writing Rules

Information about the authors of the submitted manuscripts should be specified on a separate title page. On the title page, the title of the article, the names and surnames of the authors, their title, Orcid numbers, working addresses and e-mail addresses should be specified. At the end of the page, the address, telephone and e-mail address of the corresponding author must be included. The page should be prepared with Microsoft Office Word and saved as “Title Page” and the extension of the file should be in .docx or .doc format.

Current Research and Reviews in Psychology and Psychiatry (CRRPP)

Formatting and Content Requirements for Manuscripts

Font

· Times New Roman font, 12 point is used in all manuscripts.

· Use margins of at least 2.5 cm (or 0.98 inch) for bottom, top, right, and left.

Page Limit

· There is no page or word limit.

Manuscript Sections

Title

· Article titles should be boldfaced and centered.

Author(s)’s Names

· The names of all authors should not be included in the main document.

· The manuscripts including authors’ names are not processed and returned (review the sample paper)

Abstract

· Abstracts should be between 150–250 words.

· No citations should appear in the abstract.

· Keywords should be between 3-8 words .

Main Text

· Qualitative and quantitative studies should contain the following sections: Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion

· The Methods section must include Sampling/Study Population, Data Collection Tools, and Procedure as sub-sections if an original research method has been used

· Literature reviews should elaborate on the problem, analyze the relevant literature, emphasize the gaps and inconsistencies in the literature, and discuss actions toward solving these problems.

· Other types of studies can allow slight variations in sections, but they should not contain too many details and sub-sections that could distract readers’ attention and compromise readability.

References

· Both in-text citations and references should comply with the APA guidelines as provided in the Publication Manual of American Psychological Association (APA) (7th edition).

· For guidelines to follow for References pages, please see Basic Formatting for References

Tables, Figures, and Appendices

Tables and Figures

Tables, figures, pictures, graphics, and similar aspects should be embedded in the text, and not provided as appendices. (If the tables, figures, pictures, graphics, etc. are not given in the relevant place in the text and are given at appendices, The manuscripts are not processed and returned)

Appendices

Each appendix should be displayed on a separate page after the references section.

Heading Format

Forming Heading

· The first letters of the words that form the first and second level headings must be typed uppercase (exception: words like and, with, etc., should be typed lowercase always).

· Table and figure headings should also be arranged according to this rule.

Main Headings

· Heading of manuscript and main headings (Method, Findings, Discussion) shoul be typed centered and boldface (Introduction section does not include Introduction heading).

Second Level Heading

· It is typed flush left and boldface. The preceding paragraph is separated by a line space.

Third Level Heading

· It is typed flush left, 0,5 cm intended and boldface. Only the first word starts with capital letters; the rest will continue in lowercase. It ends with dot and the paragraph goes on in line with heading. It is not separated from the previous paragraph by the line space.

Fourth Level Heading

· It is typed flush left, 0,5 cm intended, italic and boldface. Only the first word starts with capital letters; the rest will continue in lowercase. It ends with dot and the paragraph goes on in line with heading. It is not separated from the previous paragraph by the line space.

Fifth Level Heading

· It is typed flush left, 0,5 cm intended and italic. Only the first word starts with capital letters; the rest will continue in lowercase. It ends with dot and the paragraph goes on in line with heading. It is not separated from the previous paragraph by the line space. (Forming of more than five headings is not recommended).

Table and Figure Headings

· Table and figure numbers should be typed as “Table 1” or “Figure 1”

· The first letters of the words that form the table and figure headings are capitalized and the title is typed in italics.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

All authors submitting articles to CRRPP are required to comply with the ethical standards published by the American Psychological Association and the Turkish Psychological Association.

Manuscripts that do not comply with publication ethics are sent back to the author without being evaluated after being reviewed by the editorial board.

Each author is obliged to comply with the following ethical rules.

The articles to be sent to CRRPP must be original and not previously published elsewhere. If the submitted study is produced from a thesis, oral or poster presentations, this should be stated by the author as a footnote on the first page of the article. If study has been presented in a scientific congress, the congress information and the type of presentation (oral or poster) should be stated.

Before submitting an article to the journal, the corresponding author (if any) must obtain approval from all other authors.

The authors are responsible for all the thoughts and opinions expressed in the articles.

The order of the authors should be determined before the manuscripts are submitted. The copyright transfer form must be signed in this order. After the article is accepted for publication, changes cannot be made in the author orders.

The data of published research articles should be kept by the authors for at least five (5) years. If it is necessary, analysis files and data can be requested from the authors.

The authors are required to inform their participants before their research and to obtain their consent by giving an informed consent form. In addition, authors should report potential conflicts of interest to the journal. When it is determined that even one of the ethical principles specified in an article is violated, the editorial board reject to study. If an ethical violation is detected in a published study, the article is withdrawn.

All studies submitted to CRRPP are examined with plagiarism checker programs. If the plagiarism rate (excluding the references at the end of the article) exceeds 20 per cent, the manuscript is rejected without being included in the review process.

After the acceptance of the manuscript, the copyright transfer form must be filled in and signed by the corresponding author and sent to CRRPP via e-mail. The copyright of the articles is transferred to CRRPP, with this agreement. CRRPP does not charge any fee from the authors for manuscripts submitted or accepted.

In research articles that require ethical committee permission, information about the permission (ethical committee name, decision date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the last page of the article.

In research articles that require ethical committee permission, information about the permission (ethical committee name, decision date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the last page of the article.