- Proposals should use a 12 Times New Roman font (as per APA guidelines) and they should be single-spaced, with their length not exceeding 10 pages (including the overview but excluding the Appendix).
- Proposals should start with an Overview chapter (Chapter 1), which clearly identifies the theme, scope of, and need for the monograph.
- An overarching theoretical framework should inform the monograph. Individual chapters may also have additional/different theories that inform the work.
- Proposals should provide the abstracts for all chapters (6-10 chapters). Each chapter’s abstract should consist of the following elements: Title, Background, Purpose, Method, Data Analysis, Results, and Discussion/ Conclusions.
- Data should have already been collected at the time the proposal is submitted and results should be present in the proposals.
- Proposals should conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010), except than the text should be single-spaced.
- Guest editors should be identified in the Appendix and serve as liaisons between chapter lead authors and JTPE Coeditors.
- An Appendix should be submitted separately that provides the contact information of guest editors, the title of each of the chapters and its contributing authors with lead author contact information, along with an abbreviated CV (2 pages) for each of the guest editors and lead authors.
Proposals should be submitted through Manuscript Central, the online submission system for JTPE. The URL is http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hk_jtpe.
Proposals are due by July 31 of each year.
All proposals are reviewed by a four-person review committee comprised of the two JTPE Coeditors and two members of the JTPE Editorial Board.
The selection process is based on the following criteria: (a) relevance of topic and (2) quality of proposals, as determined by the four-person committee. Guest editors will be notified regarding the selection of monographs by September 15th of each year. If selected, guest editors submit a complete monograph for further consideration in JTPE.
The complete monograph is due three months after notification of selection (December 15).
Once received, it will be reviewed by the four-person review committee through the Manuscript Central online review process with reviews sent only to the monograph guest editors. Henceforth, the review process continues following the standard JTPE format until the monograph is considered ready for publication or the monograph is rejected.
