Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1971
Introductory Statement The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research is an interdisciplinary journal. We are interested in the current status of the science as wetA as its history and future. Four issues will be published, each year, each issue containing approximately 90 pages. All articles submitted to the journal must be written in English and must include a short summary. The pages of the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research are open to any contributors who wish to submit their manuscripts. Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor of the journal, who then sends them on to consulting editors for review with regard to the appropriateness of content, the quality of the work, and the adequacy of the report. Comments on these points are made by the consulting editors, who then return the manuscript to the Editor. The Editor then communicates with the contributor, usually indicating the nature of the comments by reviewing either in terms of an accept-reject decision or in the form of suggestions for changes which might make the manuscript then acceptable for publication. Editors cannot conduct such a review process on the basis of a letter of inquiry; the manuscript itself must be submitted. The status of the author submitting a manuscript is irrelevant; consulting editors know the name(s) of the author(s), but make their decisions solely in terms of the quality of the manuscript, insofar as this is possible. No charge wili be made for the publication of any manuscript in the journal. The Journal o f Psycholinguistic Research is new, and so no experience with its publication lag is yet possible. However, it is likely that for the next year or so this publication lag will be less than nine months. The journal will give priority to articles on problems related to various aspects of psycholinguistics broadly defined. The journal's interests, thus, include the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Theoretical and experimental studies of the communicative process. Social and anthropological aspects of communication. The development of speech and language. Semantics (meaning) aspects of the communicative process. Biological foundations of communication.
~) 1971 Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, N.Y.
Introductory Statement
6. Psychopathological aspects of the communication process. 7. Educational psycholinguistics. As a matter of general policy, all articles accepted must add to knowledge in some way, whether they are in the form of experimental reports, review papers, or theoretical papers. Experimental studies should be of sufficiently high quality to make an original contribution. Studies with negative results are acceptable. Reviews and theoretical papers will be accepted provided they present new ideas or offer a revision o f existing views or organized ideas and/or problems in new and useful ways. It is hoped and expected that every issue will contain a mixture of these different kinds of articles. Almost every issue will contain international reviews of books and other publications dealing with the various aspects of psycholinguistics. The Editor
Introductory Statement The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research is an interdisciplinary journal. We are interested in the current status of the science as wetA as its history and future. Four issues will be published, each year, each issue containing approximately 90 pages. All articles submitted to the journal must be written in English and must include a short summary. The pages of the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research are open to any contributors who wish to submit their manuscripts. Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor of the journal, who then sends them on to consulting editors for review with regard to the appropriateness of content, the quality of the work, and the adequacy of the report. Comments on these points are made by the consulting editors, who then return the manuscript to the Editor. The Editor then communicates with the contributor, usually indicating the nature of the comments by reviewing either in terms of an accept-reject decision or in the form of suggestions for changes which might make the manuscript then acceptable for publication. Editors cannot conduct such a review process on the basis of a letter of inquiry; the manuscript itself must be submitted. The status of the author submitting a manuscript is irrelevant; consulting editors know the name(s) of the author(s), but make their decisions solely in terms of the quality of the manuscript, insofar as this is possible. No charge wili be made for the publication of any manuscript in the journal. The Journal o f Psycholinguistic Research is new, and so no experience with its publication lag is yet possible. However, it is likely that for the next year or so this publication lag will be less than nine months. The journal will give priority to articles on problems related to various aspects of psycholinguistics broadly defined. The journal's interests, thus, include the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Theoretical and experimental studies of the communicative process. Social and anthropological aspects of communication. The development of speech and language. Semantics (meaning) aspects of the communicative process. Biological foundations of communication.
~) 1971 Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, N.Y.
Introductory Statement
6. Psychopathological aspects of the communication process. 7. Educational psycholinguistics. As a matter of general policy, all articles accepted must add to knowledge in some way, whether they are in the form of experimental reports, review papers, or theoretical papers. Experimental studies should be of sufficiently high quality to make an original contribution. Studies with negative results are acceptable. Reviews and theoretical papers will be accepted provided they present new ideas or offer a revision o f existing views or organized ideas and/or problems in new and useful ways. It is hoped and expected that every issue will contain a mixture of these different kinds of articles. Almost every issue will contain international reviews of books and other publications dealing with the various aspects of psycholinguistics. The Editor
