Journal of Personality

Author Guidelines

The Journal is devoted to scientific investigations in the field of personality. We welcome studies of personality and behavior dynamics, personality development, and individual differences in the cognitive, affective, and interpersonal domains. The scope of the Journal is not fixed, however, and it is intended to reflect all areas of significant current research. Articles ought to make a substantial empirical contribution. Literature reviews, theoretical papers, and articles concerned exclusively with test construction or validation will ordinarily not be considered. In style, particularly in respect to citations, form of bibliographies, preparation of tables and figures, etc., manuscripts submitted should conform with the conventions adopted for periodicals published by the American Psychological Association (see the Publication Manual, fifth edition).

Manuscripts typically should not exceed 35 pages (including cover page, abstract, text, references, tables, and figures), in APA (6th ed.) style, with 1 inch margins on all sides and a standard 12 point font. The entire paper (text, references, tables, etc.) must be double spaced. Submissions that exceed 35 pages must be accompanied by a justification (e.g., multiple experiments; multifaceted longitudinal studies; studies that are unusually complex in terms of methods and/or analytic strategy), which will be evaluated by the editor.  In no case should the manuscript exceed 45 pages. Papers that do not follow these requirements will be returned without review.

An abstract of up to 200 words must include the following sections and headings: Objective: a brief statement of the purpose of the study; Method: a summary of study participants (sample size, age, gender, ethnicity), and descriptions of the study design and procedures; Results: a summary of the primary findings; Conclusions: a statement regarding the implications of the findings for personality psychology. Below the abstract, supply up to five keywords or short phrases

Authors should submit manuscripts online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jopy. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. Support can be contacted by phone (+1 434 817 2040 ext. 167), or at http://mcv3support.custhelp.com. If you cannot submit online, please contact the editorial office.

Journal of Personality is covered by the following Wiley-Blackwell Publishing services:

Accepted Articles
Accepted Articles that have been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but have not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process. Accepted Articles are published online a few days after final acceptance, appear in PDF format only (without the accompanying full-text HTML) and are given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows them to be cited and tracked. The DOI remains unique to a given article in perpetuity. More information about DOIs can be found online at http://www.doi.org/faq.html. Given that Accepted Articles are not considered to be final, please note that changes will be made to an article after Accepted Article online publication, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. The Accepted Articles service has been designed to ensure the earliest possible circulation of research papers after acceptance. Given that copyright licensing is a condition of publication, a completed copyright form is required before a manuscript can be processed as an Accepted Article. [Accepted articles will be indexed by PubMed; therefore the submitting author must carefully check the names and affiliations of all authors provided in the cover page of the manuscript, as it will not be possible to alter these once a paper is made available online in Accepted Article format. Subsequently the final copyedited and proofed articles will appear either as Early View articles in a matter of weeks or in an issue on Wiley Online Library.

Early View
Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue.  Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue.  Early View articles are complete and final.  They have been fully reviewed, revised, and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated.  Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication.  The nature of Early View articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue, or page numbers, so Early View articles cannot be cited in the traditional way.  They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite an access the article.

Instructions for ordering offprints from the printer will be provided with page proofs.

Author Services
Author Services enables authors to track their article – once it has been accepted – through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

OnlineOpen
OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley Online Library, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive. For the full list of terms and conditions, see http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/onlineopen#OnlineOpen_Terms    
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form available from our website at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/onlineOpenOrder    
Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.