Abstract & keywords

You will be asked to supply an abstract of 250 words maximum. Each chapter in an edited collection needs an abstract. Include as many keywords as you can in this abstract so your book or chapters are easy to discover online. Please also provide up to six keywords that encapsulate the principal topics of the book or chapter.

Direct quotations

Provide the quote source and the page or paragraph number in brackets at the end of the quotation. Include:

• Author
• Year
• Specific page citation or paragraph number

Appendices

• Appendices will be placed at the end of the reference section and should follow this format.
• If a chapter contains two appendices, the first appendix should be named as Appendix A and the second appendix should be named as Appendix B.
• The numbering of the figures and tables in the appendix should be named as A1, A2, A3, etc., even if there is only one appendix.
• If Appendix A has three equations, the equations should be named as A.1, A.2 and A.3.

References

Your references should use the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition style. See our example references below, or find out more on the APA website.

Figures, tables & illustrations

• Make sure that tables/figures/illustrations are complete with necessary superscripts shown, both next to the relevant items and with the corresponding explanations or levels of significance shown as footnotes in the tables and figures.
• Submit all figures electronically (charts, diagrams and line drawings)
• Figures should be of clear quality, and numbered consecutively e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2
• If any figure has sub-parts please label as Figure 1a, Figure 1b
• Number tables consecutively e.g. Table 1, Table 2
• Submit high-resolution illustrations and label them clearly with the chapter and figure number.
• Supply succinct and clear captions for all tables, figures and plates.
• You can supply colour graphics, they will in colour online but will be printed in black and white.
• In the text of the chapter, the preferred position of all figures/illustrations should be indicated by typing on a separate line the words “Take in figure (No.)” or “Take in plate (No.)”. Type and included any tables as part of the manuscript rather than as graphic elements.

Transparency & openness

We are a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines, a framework that supports the reproducibility of research through the adoption of transparent research practices. As a result, we encourage you to:

• Cite and fully reference all data, programme code, and other methods in your manuscript.
• Include persistent identifiers, such as a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), in references for datasets and programme codes.
• Follow relevant international and national procedures whenever you cite data.