Instructions to Authors
Global Advances in Victimology and Psychological Studies is the flagship journal of the Centre for Victimology and Psychological Studies, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences. It is published twice a year, with each issue curated as a themed dossier on a specific area of both historical and contemporary significance to Victimology and Psychological Studies. We publish peer-reviewed interdisciplinary and critical legal scholarship—with an international focus—by academics in law, victimology, psychology, and allied disciplines.
1. EDITORIAL PROCEDURE
DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW
The journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials.
Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as figures of supplementary material);
A separate Title Page should be submitted, containing title, author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page. Authors should avoid citing their own work in a way that could reveal their identity.
PERMISSIONS
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
SUBMISSION
Please submit your manuscript to cvps@jgu.edu.in with an abstract of 250 words and copy Dr. Vipin Vijay Nair, Editor, Global Advances of Victimology and Psychological Studies (vvnair@jgu.edu.in). Please ensure that you provide all relevant editable source files. Failing to submit these source files might cause unnecessary delays in the review and production process.
Typical articles are between 5000 and 7000 words in length (excluding references, tables, appendices or footnotes) although longer and shorter manuscripts will be considered.
All manuscripts should use in-text citations and APA style.
Primary research/empirical paper - 5,000-7,000 words. Review paper - 8,000-10,000 words.
2. TITLE PAGE
Please make sure your title page contains the following information.
TITLE
The title should be concise and informative.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
The name(s) of the author(s)
The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e., institution, (department), city, (state), country
Active e-mail address of the corresponding author is mandatory and e-mail address of all authors are appreciable.
Corresponding author ORCID mandatory if available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)
ABSTRACT
Please provide an abstract of 250 words. The abstract should not contain any abbreviations or unspecified references.
KEYWORDS
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
STATEMENTS AND DECLARATION
The following statements should be included under the heading "Statements and Declarations" for inclusion in the published paper. Please note that submissions that do not include relevant declarations will be returned as incomplete.
Competing Interests: Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Please refer to “Competing Interests and Funding” below for more information on how to complete this section.
3. TEXT
TEXT FORMATTING
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
Use italics for emphasis.
Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
Do not use field functions.
Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
Use the equation editor or Math Type for equations.
Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
HEADINGS
Please use no more than four levels of displayed headings.
ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
TABLES
All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITING
For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood. If you need help with quality to be understood. If you need help with writing in English, you should consider:
Getting a fast, free online grammar check.
Asking a colleague who is proficient in English to review your manuscript for clarity.
Visiting the English language tutorial which covers the common mistakes when writing in English.
Using a professional language editing service where editors will improve the English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require your review.
4. REFERENCES
CITATION
Authors are encouraged to follow official APA version 7 guidelines on the number of authors included in reference list entries (i.e., include all authors up to 20; for larger groups, give the first 19 names followed by an ellipsis and the final author's name). However, if authors shorten the author group by using et al., this will be retained.
REFERENCE LIST
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.
The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.
Journal names and book titles should be italicized.
If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g., “https://doi.org/abc”).
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
ARTICLE BY DOI
Hong, I., Knox, S., Pryor, L., Mroz, T. M., Graham, J., Shields, M. F., & Reistetter, T. A. (2020). Is referral to home health rehabilitation following inpatient rehabilitation facility associated with 90-day hospital readmission for adult patients with stroke? American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001435
BOOK
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.
BOOK CHAPTER
Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.
ONLINE DOCUMENT
Fagan, J. (2019, March 25). Nursing clinical brain. OER Commons. Retrieved January 7, 2020, from https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/53029-nursing-clinical-brain/view