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GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS ON PREPARING MANUSCRIPTS
Click here for a detailed overview on preparing your manuscript, including general policies, the review process, types of manuscripts published, and guidelines for preparing tables and figures.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences has implemented a web-based manuscript submission and tracking system to accelerate the peer review process and shorten the time from manuscript submission to publication decision. Thus, the Journal will no longer accept manuscripts and letters by mail.

To submit your paper, please visit the manuscript submission site at Manuscript Central and either create an account or use your existing account. Then follow the instructions to upload your manuscript. All submissions must include a title page and be accompanied by a cover letter and list of suggested reviewers.

AUTHORSHIP, DISCLOSURE, AND COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORMS
Please visit the American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI), website for forms.

PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY
Broad access to the research literature and the rights of our authors are important to APPI, the publisher of The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Read our public access policy for guidelines on deposit mandates for research funded by NIH and others and institutional repositories.

NIH-Funded Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research (Public Access Policy), which took effect on April 7, 2008, requires all investigators funded by the NIH to submit or have submitted for them their final peer-reviewed manuscript upon acceptance for publication to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC) to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. APPI acknowledges that the Author retains the right to provide a copy of the manuscript to the NIH upon acceptance for publication (i.e., after all modifications from the peer review process but before copyediting, formatting, and production work performed to produce the final published article) for public archiving in PubMed Central. Except for special circumstances in which specific arrangements have been made, APPI does not deposit manuscripts on behalf of authors. The NIH has developed a password-protected, web-based NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system to implement the NIH Public Access Policy.

Learn more about APPI’s guidelines for research funded by NIH and other funders.

AUTHOR REPRINTS
No author reprints are furnished gratis. A reprint order form will be sent to the corresponding author before publication of the article. Reprints are mailed to the corresponding author approximately 6 weeks after the article has been published. Reprints of Book Reviews and Letters to the Editor are not available, but they can be downloaded by subscribers from the Journal website at neuro.psychiatryonline.org.

Click here for information on ordering bulk reprints for commercial use.

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Reviewers

BECOMING A REVIEWER
Individuals interested in reviewing for The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences should visit Manuscript Central and create an account.

Abstracts of articles within a reviewer’s given area of expertise are sent via e-mail to the reviewer. Within 3 days, the reviewer is asked to indicate willingness to review and availability to perform the review within a 2-week time frame.

COMPETING INTERESTS
Most competing interests, financial or otherwise, do not disqualify one from participating in the peer review process, but the Journal requests that you indicate any conflict that you may have in reviewing any particular manuscript. You can also notify the Journal if you feel that you cannot review a manuscript because of a competing interest. This will not affect your reviewer status in any way.

CONFIDENTIALITY
Manuscripts must be reviewed with due respect for authors’ confidentiality. In submitting their manuscripts for review, authors entrust the Journal with the results of their scientific work and creative effort, on which their reputation and career may depend. Authors’ rights may be violated by disclosure of the confidential details of the review of their manuscript. Reviewers should never copy, share, or discuss a manuscript under review or the data within with anyone without expressed written permission of the Journal’s Editor and the authors.

RECEIVE CME CREDIT FOR REVIEWING
The American Psychiatric Association (APA), in keeping with American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines, offers AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM  for review of manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

The Editor will award credit for reviews submitted on time that provide a comprehensive and constructive critique of a manuscript and reveal an extensive knowledge of the literature and evidence base. A review deemed worthy of CME credit should not only assist an author in preparing a revision suitable for publication but also provide an important educational service to clinicians and investigators regarding their medical/scientific writing.

By submitting such a review, participants also will have improved their own skills by performing critical analysis of the medical literature, identifying gaps in knowledge, and obtaining new information to contribute to their research and/or practice.

Once a review has been judged worthy of CME credit, the reviewer will be notified by the APA Department of CME. An evaluation will be provided to all participants in the form of an Impact Survey. Participants will complete the Impact Survey and then indicate the number of credits earned and check a box to confirm Attestation of Credit. A CME certificate then will be generated by APA and sent to the participant. Up to three AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM per manuscript review may be granted, with up to five reviews per year (up to 15 credits). The APA Department of CME will maintain CME records on file for 10 years in keeping with ABPN requirements for recertification.