Author Guidelines

Submission of your paper indicates your agreement to abide by the following policies:  

Original Work: Only papers that have been not published elsewhere in the open literature—whether in print, electronic, or other medium—in the same form, in any language, may be submitted. Suitably revised papers printed in the proceedings of certain technical meetings may be submitted for consideration.

Q. What does "suitably revised" mean?

A. Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Arts and Sciences (JTRAS) publish original, previously unpublished work that represents theoretical and practical advances. Papers published in this journal must adhere to the ethical guidelines regarding duplicate publication as described in the code of conduct of the American Psychological Association (the Publication Manual of the APA has a detailed discussion).

Although duplicate publication of data is generally prohibited (in part because of issues raised for meta-analyses), the ethical standards allow for some exceptions when the data that were previously published are presented in a different way that represents a significant advance of theory or practice, and there is a proper acknowledgment that the data were previously published elsewhere. Solely adding length to a proceedings paper typically is not sufficient to warrant publication in the journal. The key consideration is whether the publication represents a significant advance beyond previously publishe, such as introducing new data or reanalyzing or reframing previous data in light of current theory and practice. Authors who are uncertain about whether their paper is suitably revised may contact the journal's editor in chief.

Copyright 

For all articles published in JTRAS, the copyright is retained by the authors. Articles are licensed under an open-access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, namely, anyone may download and read the paper for free. Furthermore, the article may be reused and quoted provided that the original published version is cited. These settings allow for maximum use and exposure of the article while making sure that the authors receive proper credit. 

In special circumstances articles may be licensed differently. If you have special condition (such as funded research) that does not allow this license, please disclose this to the editorial office of the journal at submission. Exceptions will be granted at the discretion of the publisher.

Permissions 

Reproducing Published Material from other Publishers

Authors must obtain permission to reproduce any published material (figures, schemes, tables or any extract of a text) which does not fall into the public domain, or for which they do not hold the copyright.

For reproducing any published material (figures, schemes, tables or any extract of a text) permission should be requested by the authors from the copyright holder.

Permission is required for:

  1. The work that you have published by other Publishers and you did not retain copyright.
  2. Significant extracts from others’ works.
  3. Use of tables, graphs, charts, and artworks if they are unchanged or slightly modified.
  4. Photographs for which you do not hold copyright.

Permission is not required for:

  1. Reconstruction of your own table with data already published elsewhere. However, the source of the data should be cited in the form of either "Data from..." or "Adapted from...".
  2. Reasonably short quotes do not require permission.
  3. Graphs, Charts, Schemes and Artworks that are entirely redrawn and considerably changed by the authors do not require permission.

Obtaining Permission

To avoid unwarranted delays in the publication process, author(s) should start acquiring permissions as soon as possible.  JTRAS cannot publish material from other publications without permission.

Coauthor Consent

All authors named in the work must consent to submission and (upon acceptance) publication of the work. If at any time consent is withdrawn by any named author, it is the primary author’s responsibility to notify JTRAS immediately.

Should the work be withdrawn from consideration, evidence must be submitted to JTRAS indicating that all authors of the work consent to its being withdrawn.

Internal Clearance 

Do not submit your manuscript until you have obtained any necessary clearance or authorization that your institution requires.

Ethical Guidelines 

Submissions to JTRAS publications should be consistent with the ethical guidelines published in the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002, including 2010 and 2016 Amendments), section 8, Research and Publication (or the most current available draft of that document). In addition, the following JTRAS guidelines should be observed:

Publications

Submitting authors generally have the obligation to report their work to the general scientific community and to give credit to those who have contributed on a professional level to that publication.

Submitting authors give credit, proportional to their contribution, to all those responsible for the formulation, experimental design, analysis, or other treatment of the material if their contribution was on a professional level. Such credit should be extended by a listing of all contributors' names in the publication. That listing can be in the form of joint authorship with the name of the most substantial contributor listed as senior author, or by a footnote or introductory statement when the contribution is minor. This Principle deals with credit for professional contributions only and in no way affects copyright ownership.

Submitting authors ensure that their work is reported factually, bearing professional responsibility for all elements of their reportage, including the accuracy of analysis, quotation from other works, and conclusions drawn. Authors maintain the highest standards of scientific experimentation and analysis.

Subject Precautions 

Submitting authors have the responsibility of treating both human and animal subjects humanely and in accordance with federal, state, and local laws or regulations, as well as the generally accepted procedures within the scientific community.

Submitting authors determine, through consultation with colleagues or institutional review committees, that the exposure of human or animal research subjects to hazards, stress, divulgence of history or preferences, or tedium is commensurate with the significance of the problem being researched.

Submitting authors determine the degree of hazard present in the exposure of human or animal research subjects, avoiding any exposures to human subjects that may result in death, dismemberment, permanent dysfunction or extreme pain, and utilize the lowest levels of exposure to both human and animal subjects consistent with the phenomenon under consideration.

Submitting authors ensure the ethical treatment of human and animal research subjects by collaborators, assistants, students, and employees.

Submitting authors establish an informed consent with human research subjects when required by institutional, state, or federal codes or regulations, making explicit in plain language the terms of participation, particularly with respect to any elements of risk or stress involved, and adhere to those terms throughout the experiment. One of these terms must be that the subject has the right to terminate participation at any time without prejudice.

Submitting authors do not coerce potential human research subjects to participate as subjects, nor do they use undue monetary rewards to induce subjects to take risks they would not otherwise take.

Submitting authors preserve the confidentiality of any information obtained from human research subjects that, if divulged, may have harmful effects on those subjects.

Plagiarism Policy 

Plagiarism is the copying of ideas, text, data, and other creative work and presenting it as original work without proper citation. Plagiarism extends to the use of ideas that have been presented in prior work, regardless of whether or not the ideas are expressed using the same words, tables, or images.

 The following guidelines are to be employed in preparing work for publication.

  • Word-for-word copying of the work of others must be clearly identified. Short segments of text, a few words to a sentence or two, should be put in quotes or italicized; longer segments should be indented or italicized. In both cases, the quoted work must be followed by a citation. Extensive copying of the work of others, even if clearly indicated, is not allowed.
  • Extensive word-for-word copying of one's own published work is permitted, with permission of the holder of any copyright, but must be clearly indicated.
  • Reuse of empirical data to support new analyses must clearly identify the original source of the data and the degree to which the data is being reused or analyzed.
  • Except for mathematical models and algorithms that are commonly employed, credit must be given for mathematical ideas just as it is for other contributions.
  • Manuscripts found to contain plagiarized content will be rejected and the authors of such manuscripts may face additional penalties. If a case of plagiarism is discovered after a manuscript has been published, the journal will publish a correction that identifies plagiarized content and gives credit to the actual source.
  • Because plagiarism can sometimes occur unintentionally–for example, when authors cite a source that itself contains plagiarized content–all authors are strongly encouraged to make use of automated plagiarism screening tools to detect problems prior to submission.

Conflict of Interest 

It is the responsibility of the author to indicate any conflict(s) of interest with regard to funding or sponsorship of the research reported in the article, as well as the name and nature of the relationship with the funder/sponsor. The text of such disclosures should appear in the Acknowledgments section of the paper.

Manuscript Formatting 

Unless otherwise indicated in the Instructions for Authors for the relevant publication, manuscripts should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Only manuscripts that are prepared according to these instructions will be considered for publication.

JTRAS Due Diligence

 Though the likelihood of such action is extremely rare, JTRAS reserves the right at any time to review any material submitted to JTRAS publication for reasons including, but not limited to, suitability, methodological soundness, ethics, or risk of legal consequences to the JTRAS. This right extends even to material previously accepted by the editor. In such a case, the JTRAS may refer the manuscript for review by legal counsel or other qualified individuals

JTRAS Research Data Sharing Policies

The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research.  The journal follows the ethics code of the American Psychological Association regarding the sharing of research data (https://www.apa.org/ethics/code).