Editorial Policies

Editorial Policies

Editorial Policies

The editorial policies of the Nature-Nurture Journal of Psychology (NNJP) are designed to ensure ethical research practices, transparency, and academic integrity.

1. Ethics and Consent

  • Research involving human participants must receive approval from an appropriate ethics committee, following the Declaration of Helsinki or APA guidelines.

  • Manuscripts involving vulnerable groups must include detailed consent information.

  • Authors must obtain informed consent for participation and publication of personal data. Retrospective ethics approval is generally not acceptable unless explicitly approved.

2. Reporting Standards

  • NNJP promotes complete and transparent reporting. Authors are encouraged to use checklists such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, depending on the study design.

  • Statistical methods and measures must be clearly described, with justifications for chosen analyses, following APA guidelines.

3. Competing Interests

  • Authors must declare financial and non-financial competing interests.

    • Financial interests include funding, patents, or fees from organizations that may benefit from the study.

    • Non-financial interests include political, personal, or academic biases.

  • Editors may request further information regarding declared interests.

4. Authorship

  • Credit is based on substantial contributions to study conception, design, data analysis, or manuscript drafting.

  • The corresponding author ensures all authors approve the final manuscript and transparency in publication processes.

  • Authorship disputes are handled according to COPE guidelines.

5. Acknowledgements

  • Contributors who do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged for technical, administrative, or other support.

6. Manuscript Submission

  • Only authors may submit manuscripts; third-party submissions are not permitted.

7. Citations

  • Claims must be supported by proper and relevant citations. Authors should avoid excessive self-citation and ensure citations accurately represent original work.

8. Originality and Duplicate Publication

  • Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. Authors must disclose overlapping or duplicate content, and related unpublished manuscripts should be available upon request.

9. Open Science

  • Authors who have publicly shared data (e.g., via blogs or social media) may submit findings, but editors will assess potential duplication or prior dissemination.