Manuscripts will be evaluated primarily based on the degree to which the submitted work advances knowledge broadly in developmental psychopathology and makes a more than incremental contribution to the field. Development and Psychopathology will prioritize manuscripts that focus on aspects and principles of developmental psychopathology including: 1) emphasizing the interplay between normal and abnormal, between adaptation and maladaptation; 2) highlighting multiple pathways and processes, including the consequential concepts of equifinality and multifinality; 3) focusing on lifespan development (i.e., not only samples of children and adolescents); 4) demonstrating that both continuity and change co-exist in lifespan developmental pathways and processes that contribute to adaptation and maladaptation; 5) emphasizing an intentional, truly multidisciplinary domain of inquiry that explicitly focuses on and encourages integration across allied disciplines and fields; and 6) articulating the importance of multiple levels of analysis for understanding both typical and atypical development over the lifespan. The journal will also prioritize manuscripts that are interdisciplinary, cut across multiple levels of analysis, use multiple methods and contain approaches cutting across multiple units of analysis, and ultimately present the best science emanating from developmental and clinical psychology, adjacent social sciences (e.g.,  cognitive psychology, affective psychology, social/personality psychology), and allied fields (e.g., neuroscience, genetics, biology, behavioral neuroscience, social work, sociology, anthropology, etc.).

The Co-Editors-in-Chief of Development and Psychopathology strongly encourage the submission of work: (a) focused on diverse populations that (b) covers the full range of substantive issues in research on development and psychopathology, (c) using a wide variety of methods, and (d) submitted by authors who represent a cross-section of the fields of clinical and developmental science and allied disciplines, including international voices. Additionally, they encourage submission of papers that: (a) ideally consider and include participants sampled and studied across the lifespan in meaningful, developmentally appropriate ways or (b) use experimental methods, such as randomized clinical/controlled trials (RCT) that use interventions as ethical experiments with humans to more strongly investigate potential causality, as well as non-human or cross-species experimental research from other fields (e.g., biology, behavioral neuroscience, etc.)

Preparation of Manuscripts

Development and Psychopathology strongly supports Open Science practices that maximize the transparency, reproducibility, and ultimately the replicability of published research in the journal and in the broader literature. Development and Psychopathology will follow Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Level 2 guidelines and adhere to APA Style’s Reporting Standards. Upon submission, authors will need to indicate how, where, and the extent to which TOP guidelines have been adhered to. For Development and Psychopathology, please provide this information in a required Acknowledgments section in your manuscript (see below) and in your cover letter. So that authors can be sure to include the needed information in the submission, here we reproduce the text from TOP level 2 guidelines:

Citations

All data, program code and other methods must be appropriately cited.

1. All data sets and program code used in a publication must be cited in the text and listed in the reference section.
2. References for data sets and program code must include a persistent identifier, such as a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Data, Analytic Methods (Code), and Research Materials Transparency

The journal publishes papers only if the data, methods used in the analysis, and materials used to conduct the research are clearly and precisely documented and are maximally available to any researcher for purposes of reproducing the results or replicating the procedure.

1. Authors reusing data available from public repositories must provide program code, scripts for statistical packages, and other documentation sufficient to allow an informed researcher to precisely reproduce all published results.
2.  Authors using original data must:
   • make the data available on the Open Science Framework website (e.g., http://openscienceframework.org/). (Note: If all data required to reproduce the reported analyses appears in the article text, tables, and figures then it does not also need to be posted to a repository.)
   • include all variables, treatment conditions, and observations described in the manuscript.
   • provide a full account of the procedures used to collect, preprocess, clean, or generate the data.
   • provide program code, scripts, codebooks, and other documentation sufficient to precisely reproduce all published results.
   • provide research materials and description of procedures necessary to conduct an independent replication of the research.
3. At times, despite authors’ best efforts, some or all data or materials cannot be shared for legal or ethical reasons. In these cases, authors need to inform the editors at the time of submission. It is understood that in some cases access will be provided under restrictions to protect confidential or proprietary information. Exceptions to data and material access requirements may be granted, provided authors:
   • explain the restrictions on the dataset or materials and how they preclude public access.
   • provide steps others should follow to request access to the data or materials (e.g., via contacting lead authors with reasonable requests).
   • provide software and other documentation that will allow reproduction of all published results.
   • provide access to all data and materials for which the constraints do not apply.
4. Data, program code, research materials, and other documentation of the research process should be made available on the Open Science Framework website (e.g., http://openscienceframework.org/).  The OSF adheres to policies that make data discoverable, accessible, usable, and preserved for the long term.  The OSF also assigns unique and persistent identifiers. Author-maintained websites are not compliant with this requirement. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their articles continue to meet these conditions. 

Design and Analysis Transparency

The journal publishes papers where authors follow standards for disclosing key aspects of the research design and data analysis.  Authors are required to review the standards available for many research applications (e.g., from http://www.equator-network.org/) and use those that are relevant for the reported research applications.  At manuscript submission, authors must confirm that they reviewed the standards, report whether any standards were relevant for the research application, and confirm that they followed those standards in the manuscript. Authors can indicate they have reviewed these standards in their cover letter to the Editors and may also be asked to provide this information via check-lists provided in the on-line submission portal. 

Preregistration of Studies and Analysis Plans

The journal requests that authors indicate whether they conducted research that was preregistered with an analysis plan, with a preregistration uploaded to the Open Science Framework website (e.g., http://openscienceframework.org/). Note that preregistration is not required to have papers published in Development and Psychopathology. Preregistration of studies involves registering the study design, variables, and treatment conditions prior to conducting the research. Including an analysis plan involves specification of sequence of analyses or the statistical model that will be reported. Note that preregistration can include descriptive and exploratory data analytic plans or statistical models for studies to be published in Development and Psychopathology. This means that the many existing longitudinal studies that have studied developmental trajectories of adaptation and maladaptation will be continued to be of interest at the journal, and we encourage authors to pre-register their questions (e.g., when exploratory or descriptive) and/or hypotheses (e.g., when theory testing) and their data analytic plans. If the analysis was pre-registered, a link to the preregistration in OSF must be made available in the manuscript, in the Acknowledgments, prior to publication. The journal’s staff will verify that preregistration adheres to the specifications for preregistration and then provide certification of the preregistration in the article.

1. Authors must, in an Acknowledgments section, indicate if they did or did not preregister the research with or without an analysis plan in an independent, institutional registry, and specify the registry where this plan can be located and checked (more details below).
2. If an author did preregister the research, the author must:
   • confirm that the study was registered prior to conducting the research with links to the time-stamped preregistration(s) at the institutional registry, and that the preregistration adheres to the disclosure requirements of the institutional registry.
   • report all preregistered analyses in the text, or, if there were changes in the analysis plan following preregistration, those changes must be disclosed with explanation for the changes. These disclosures do not need to occur in the main manuscript, per se, but deviations from preregistration could, for example, be included in on-line supplemental materials.
   • clearly distinguish in text analyses that were preregistered from those that were not. This can be done, for example, by describing which analyses were preregistered and which were conducted post-hoc with a rationale. The main purpose of distinguishing such analytic choices involves transparency for readers of the scientific literature.

Replication

The journal encourages submission of replication studies, particularly of research published in this journal.  Replication studies are normally reviewed in two stages, the first being results-blind.  Please note that Registered Reports submissions will follow these steps.

1. On initial submission, authors of replication studies should:
   • denote in the Editorial cover letter that the manuscript is a replication study submission.
   • include a full manuscript for the abstract, introduction, and methods without the results and discussion sections.  The submitted manuscript must not indicate information about the outcome-relevant results.
   • disclose that the methods contain a complete analysis plan of what is to be included in the full article.
   • If relevant, outcome-irrelevant results can be reported to demonstrate, for example, that experimental manipulations were effective, or outcome variables were measured reliably and conformed to distributional assumptions.
2. If the submission passes initial review, then the authors will submit a complete manuscript for second stage review to confirm that the final report adequately addresses reviewer concerns from the initial submission.

Acknowledgements section

Consistent with these Level 2 TOP guidelines, authors submitting manuscripts to Development and Psychopathology must include an Acknowledgments section in each manuscript that provides, at minimum: (1) information about funding sources supporting the research reported, (2) information on how these TOP standards were followed, including whether data, code, and/or methods/material will be made available (and reasons if they cannot be), and (3) whether the analyses presented were (or were not) pre-registered (with any deviations from the pre-registration clearly articulated).  If data, code, or materials are publicly available, you must provide information on how to access those materials in the Acknowledgments section. For example: “The data and code necessary to reproduce the analyses presented here are publicly accessible, as are the materials necessary to attempt to replicate the findings. Analyses were also pre-registered. Data, code, materials, and the preregistration for this research are available at the following URL: http://www.example.org.” (Note that all such materials must be published on OSF).

Abstract and Methods: Additional required information

Abstracts and Methods sections for papers submitted to the journal are required to contain (1) demographic information about who the participants are (minimally including information about age, sex/gender, and race/ethnicity), with such demographic information reported in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of the study and important for readers to know, (2) a clear reporting of how many individuals participated in the study reported (sample size), and, if applicable, (3) a characterization of the focal effect size (generally as a d or r for quantitative studies).

Submissions not conforming to these requirements will be returned to authors for revision prior to consideration by the Co-Editors-in-Chief. Nonetheless, action editors (including the Co-Editors-in-Chief) will be sensitive in the application of these requirements to the different challenges and constraints that operate internationally in the collection and presentation of demographic data in particular. For example, in some limited instances it may be necessary to describe the population from which the sample was drawn and/or to describe cultural proscriptions related to the collection of such data.

Authorship

Development and Psychopathology follows the ICMJE definition of authorship and expects anyone listed as an author on any article submitted to this journal to fulfil the criteria listed and that no authors who would reasonably be considered an author have been excluded. In the event of a dispute or change request, at any stage of the publishing process, this journal will be guided by the relevant COPE flowchart in deciding the appropriate action(s). 

Eligibility for authorship should be based on these four criteria (ICMJE recommendations):

1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; and/or 
2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 
3. Final approval of the version to be published; and 
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. 

Note that, regardless of individual contribution, authorship of a manuscript confers a joint responsibility on all authors for the integrity of the work.

The corresponding author is responsible for communicating with co-authors. Anyone who does not meet these criteria should be listed in the Acknowledgement section with their permission.

The corresponding author's specific responsibilities include: 

• Manuscript correction and proofreading. Handling the revisions and re-submission of revised manuscripts up to the acceptance of the manuscripts. 
• Agreeing to and signing the Author Publishing Agreement on behalf of relevant co-authors and/or arranging for any third-party copyright owners’ signature. 
• Arranging for payment of an APC (article processing charge) where one is required. The affiliation of the corresponding author is used to determine eligibility for discounted or waived APCs under read and publish agreements. 
• Acting on behalf of all co-authors in responding to queries from all sources post-publication, including questions relating to publishing ethics, reuse of content, or the availability of data, materials, resources etc.

Requests to change the corresponding author after submission will be subject to scrutiny and a formal process, as with any authorship change. This applies to both pre- and post-publication of the article. 

Authorship statements should be transparent about who contributed to the work and in what capacity. 

This journal's author instructions contain further information on submitting your author list with your manuscript.

Statistics

For manuscripts that involve quantitative data analysis including statistical significance testing, authors must report effect sizes and confidence intervals for the major results. If such reporting is not possible, authors need to indicate this to the Editors in the cover letter with rationale. For reporting figures with bar and/or line graphs, these and other relevant graphical representations of the data should include distributional information, often via confidence intervals or standard errors.

Manuscript Preparation and Style

General. All manuscripts must be provided in MSWord format in 12-point type with 1-in. margins on all sides. The entire manuscript must be double-spaced and numbered consecutively. The language of publication is English.

Style and Manuscript Order. Follow the general style guidelines set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). The Editor may find it necessary to return manuscripts for reworking or retyping that do not conform to requirements. Do not use embedded references, end notes, or bookmarks. Manuscripts must be arranged in the following order:

Title Page. To facilitate blind review, all indication of authorship must be limited to this page, which should be submitted as a separate file. Other pages must only show the short title plus page number at the top right. The title page should include the (a) full article title; (b) name and affiliations of all authors; (c) acknowledgments; (d) mailing address and telephone number of the corresponding author; (e) address of where to send offprints, if different from the corresponding author; and (f) a short title of less than 50 characters.

Acknowledgments. These should be placed below the affiliations. This section must be used to indicate grant support, provide required open science attestations, note substantial assistance in the preparation of the article, and for other author notes, if applicable.

Abstract Page. Include (a) a full article title, (b) an abstract of no more than 200 words, and (c) up to five keywords for indexing and information retrieval.

Text. Use a standard paragraph indent. Do not hyphenate words at the ends of lines or justify right margins.

References. Bibliographic citations in the text must include the author’s last name, date of publication, DOI and may include page references. Examples of in-text citation style are Cicchetti (2002), Durston (2008, pp. 1133–1135), Hunt and Thomas (2008), (Hunt & Thomas, 2008), (Posner, Rothbart, Sheese, & Tang, 2007), and subsequently (Posner et al., 2007). If more than one, citations must be in alphabetical order. Every in-text citation must be included in the reference section; every reference must be cited in the text. Examples of reference styles:

Journal Article.

Haltigan, J. D., Roisman, G. I., & Fraley, R. C. (2013). The predictive significance of early caregiving experiences for symptoms of psychopathology through midadolescence: Enduring or transient effects? Development and Psychopathology, 25(1), 209-221. doi:10.1017/S0954579412000260

Book.

Buss, A., & Plomin, R. (1984). Temperament: Early developing personality traits. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Chapter in an Edited Book.

Gottlieb, G., & Willoughby, M. T. (2006). Probabilistic epigenesis of psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti & D. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology (Vol. 1, 2nd ed., pp. 673–700). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Appendix (optional). Use only if needed.

Tables. Tables must be submitted as a separate MSWord file. Each table should begin on a separate page, and be typed double-spaced, numbered consecutively with an Arabic numeral, and given a short title (e.g., Table 5. Comparisons on language variables). All tables must be clearly cited in the text, and must be clearly labeled at the location they are to appear, e.g. “TABLE ONE HERE”.

Figures. Figures must also be submitted as separate files, in either .TIFF or .JPG format. Each figure must be numbered consecutively with an Arabic numeral and a descriptive legend. Legends must be provided separately from the artwork (e.g., Figure 3. The progress in language development). Figures should be no larger than 6 × 9 in. Diagrams must be computer generated. All labels and details must be clearly presented and large enough to remain legible at a 50% reduction. Artwork should be identified by figure number and short title. All figures must be cited in the text, and their location labeled in the same manner as Tables

Funding Statement

As noted above, authors must include a Funding Statement in their title page in the Acknowledgments. Within this statement please provide details of the sources of financial support for all authors, including grant numbers, for example: “Funding Statement: This work was supported by the Medical Research Council (grant number XXXXXXX)”. Grants held by different authors should be identified as belonging to individual authors by the authors’ initials, for example: “Funding Statement: This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (AB, grant numbers XXXX, YYYY), (CD, grant number ZZZZ); the Natural Environment Research Council (EF, grant number FFFF); and the National Institutes of Health (AB, grant number GGGG), (EF, grant number HHHH).”

Where no specific funding has been provided for research, you should include the following:

“Funding Statement: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.”

Copyright and Originality 

It is a condition of publication that all manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. All authors must sign the Author Publishing Agreement before an article can be published. Government authors whose articles were created in the course of their employment should download the Government Employer LTP. Authors must obtain written permission from the copyright owners to reprint any previously published material included in their article and provide the permissions to Cambridge University Press.

In addition, authors must obtain permission from copyright owners to reprint or duplicate published measures or modifications to any published instruments. If applicable, written permission must be submitted with final manuscripts.

Publishing Ethics

This journal publishes in accordance with Cambridge University Press’s publishing ethics guidelines, which apply to authors, peer reviewers, the editorial office and the journal as a whole. Anyone who believes that these guidelines have not been followed should raise their concern with the editor or email [email protected]. 

Authors should see the Instructions for authors for additional instructions regarding publishing ethics. 

Seeking Permission for Copyrighted Material

If your article contains any material in which you do not own copyright, including figures, charts, tables, photographs or excerpts of text, you must obtain permission from the copyright holder to reuse that material. As the author, it is your responsibility to obtain this permission and pay any related fees, and you will need to send us a copy of each permission statement at acceptance.

When do I need to request permission?

You need to request permission to reuse any material for which you are not the copyright holder. This can include anything created, published, owned, held or produced by a third party, but also other published material that you authored, as the original publisher may hold the copyright.

If you make minor changes to the original material, you still need to seek permission to use it. Cosmetic changes such as tinting, relabeling, or redrawing as is are not enough; material needs to be substantially modified to avoid needing permission to reproduce, and even then the original source still needs to be acknowledged.

Who do I send a permission request to?

Usually the publisher of the original work holds the copyright, unless explicitly stated otherwise. We recommend that you approach the original publisher first, and they will inform you if you need to contact the author.

How do I request permission?

Most publishers have forms on their websites that can be completed electronically, or use automated electronic permissions services like Rightslink® to grant permissions automatically online.

If no electronic form or service is available, you must send an email or letter to the copyright holder.

When do I not need to request permission?

• Creative Commons – where third party content is published under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY / CC-BY-NC / CC-BY-NC-ND etc.), you may not need to request permission to reuse the content as long as you fully acknowledge the original source. Please check carefully the terms of the license before reusing material. More information about Creative Commons licenses can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
• Content in the public domain – material that is not under copyright is considered to be in the public domain, and you do not need to request permission to use such material. This includes works for which the copyright has expired and has not since been renewed.

My article includes third party materials and will be published Gold Open Access. What type of permissions do I need to request?

If your article is to be published Gold Open Access, you will have to make sure all of the permissions requested from third party copyright owners includes the non-exclusive right to use the third party materials in the open access version of your article and under an equivalent creative commons license.

If your article is transformed to a Gold OA publication post-submission, you will need to review the current permissions already in place and determine whether or not the rights originally granted cover the open access version of your article. If not, then you will need to request further permissions from the copyright holder.

How do I acknowledge permission in my paper?

Even if written permission is not required, you must fully acknowledge the original source of any material where you do not hold copyright in your article. The copyright holder will inform you if there is any specific wording required for this acknowledgement. For figures or tables from other sources, you should place this acknowledgement at the end of the caption.

What permissions information do I need to provide to my journal?

You will be asked to supply copies of any emails or letters granting permission to reuse material with your transfer of copyright or license to publish form.

Patient photographs

Please note that hospitals usually hold copyright for any photographs taken during the course of work done on their premises. Permission to use the photograph in your article also needs to be obtained from the patient in the photograph if the subject of the photograph can be recognized.

Material from the internet

Please be aware that even if a copyright notice is not displayed, content on websites is still protected by copyright and so permission to reuse material will need to be obtained from the copyright holder