National Forum Journals

Guidelines

All of the family of NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS require that writers who submit manuscripts follow the latest technical specifications set in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Most Current Edition.

MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced in a fixed-pitch font (ex. Courier) and typically be 10-50 pages. Please do not use italics. Please submit manuscripts on a 3.5 diskette, using IBM-format Microsoft Word 2000 word processing software.

The ON-LINE SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC JOURNAL DIVISION OF NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS requires four hard copies of the manuscript. Writers must include an abstract of 100-150 words. The writer’s name, title, affiliation, telephone number, fax number, complete address, and the date of submission must be on a separate cover page, and only on this page to ensure anonymity in the refereeing and reviewing process. Authors must include on a separate page a brief biographical summary of 50-75 words.

PROCESSING FEE

At the time a manuscript is submitted for publication, the writer, institution, or agency must include a non-refundable processing fee of $30. This fee covers the initial screening and evaluation of the manuscript by the editorial staff.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEE

Many professional publications are financed by associations as a part of their dues structures. NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS has no such luxury. The ON-LINE SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC JOURNAL DIVISION OF NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS is a self-supported unit. This enables our publications to remain completely independent, non-biased, and diverse in the refereeing, review, assessment, evaluation, and publication process. When a manuscript is recommended for publication by the NATIONAL EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD, the author(s), associated institution, school, or agency is expected to submit a pre-specified nominal professional service fee. This fee simply helps us to cover expenses relative to expediting the refereeing and review process, evaluating, examining, and communicating about the manuscript, along with other constant escalating costs of advertising, marketing, and promoting the particular literary work at the national and international dissemination levels.

HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEE

The professional service fee is simple to calculate. It is determined by the number of authors and the length of the manuscript. The first author is assessed $100, second author $90, third author $80, fourth author $70, fifth author $60, and sixth author $50. Also, $25.00 per double-spaced page, typed in a fixed-pitch font (ex: Courier). Each table or figure is assessed $50.00. Each reference is assessed $10.00. There is a $150.00 administrative manuscript fee.

For example,

a co-authored 10-page manuscript with two tables and five references would cost $740.00 ($190.00 authors + $250.00 page fee + $100.00 two tables/figures + $50.00 references + $150.00 administrative manuscript fee = $740.00).

Hard Copy/Non-Electronic Journals: Each author receives one complimentary issue wherein his/her article is published.

Electronic Journals: Articles are available at www.nationalforum.com for review and printing.

Remember, your fees are tax deductible.

Our goal is to help in the global circulation of ideas to promote the kind of professional articulation that will move our profession forward. We appreciate your support.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES

A Note About Processing Fees

At the time a manuscript is submitted for consideration for national/international publication in any of our National FORUM Journals, the writer, institution or agency must include a non-refundable fee of $30. This fee covers the initial evaluation of manuscript by the editorial staff.

Each journal is a nationally recognized, scholarly, refereed, peer-reviewed professional publication intended for national and international audiences.

A Note About Our Professional Service Fees

Let me briefly explain a bit about our professional service fee. As you know, large associations finance most professional journals as part of their dues structure. We have no such luxury. Each National FORUM Journal publication is a self-supported journal. Since founded in 1983, National FORUM Journals has remained financially healthy.

The cost of publishing continue to rise. We pledge to our authors, readers, referees, and friends the highest possible quality journal.

When members of our national board recommend a manuscript for national publication, the author, institution, school or agency is expected to submit a pre-specified nominal professional service fee. This is not a publication fee. This fee simply helps cover expenses relative to processing, evaluating, examining, and communicating about the manuscript, along with other escalating costs of advertising, marketing, and promoting the particular issues at the national and international levels.

In most cases, institutions that support publishing and academic scholarship pay the professional service fee. In cases where institutional support is not forthcoming, authors share the costs. In still other cases. a small percentage of authors decide to withdrawal their manuscripts.

Our goal is to help in the global circulation of ideas to promote the kind of professional dialogue that will move our profession forward. We appreciate your support. We will continue to earn it.

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