Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Published on behalf of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Edited by:
Geoffrey Maruyama

Print ISSN: 1529-7489
Online ISSN: 1530-2415
Frequency: Once a year
Current Volume: 9 / 2009

TopAuthor Guidelines

Articles in a variety of formats are welcome. These include:

• Reports of research relevant to social issues and public policy
• Examinations of social intervention research (including unsuccessful interventions)
• Discussions of approaches to and methods of evaluating public policy
• Theoretical articles
• Reviews of the literature in current areas of concern
• Book reviews
• Reviews of web sites (including links to sites)
• Point/counter-point discussions on controversial social issues
• Invited articles from public policy experts detailing what they need from researchers

For detailed information regarding submission of articles, please click here.

Submission of Papers

Types of Articles

ASAP welcomes submissions in many forms, These include:

•Original studies

•Theoretical or historical surveys of the literature

•Methodological reviews

•Evaluation and assessments of applied research

•Book reviews and web site reviews

•Point/Counterpoint

Scope

Content areas include, but are not limited to:

•Poverty and inequality

•Education

•Health

•the Environment

•Media influences on social issues

•Peace and conflict resolution

•Intergroup prejudice

•Increasing social awareness and activism

Article Format

Papers should not be more than 40 ms pages including references. They must be submitted electronically either

by themselves or as an attachment using Ascii, Rich Text, or Word Perfect format. Authors must contact the

editor before sending an attachment and indicate the title of the attachment that will be sent. Submissions are

free and every effort will be made to keep reviewing time at a minimum. In addition to their scholarly merit,

manuscripts will be evaluated for their ability to communicate clearly their ideas to policy makers and the

general public as well as fellow social scientists.

Manuscripts will be sent electronically for review to nationally and internationally recognized scholars with

expertise in the area. Their reviews will also be sent to authors electronically. Articles will be published in

a timely manner as soon as they are accepted. At that time, the author will be requested to send a disk with

the accepted manuscript in either WORD or WordPerfect so that articles can be converted to a PDF file. All

peer-reviewed articles will also appear in a print edition of ASAP at the end of each calendar year.

Manuscripts should be in the style of the American Psychological Association.

Authors may send brief (no more than two pages) preliminary proposals to the editor of ASAP. Proposals should

be sent to: Geoff Maruyama at geoff@umn.edu.

The ASAP book review section includes reviews of recently published books and other which are likely to be

of interest to SPSSI members and the broader community of behavioral and social scientists concerned with

policy issues. Reviews include thematic essays, typically incorporating discussion of several books, as well as

reviews of single volumes.

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