Call for Papers: “Sex and Gender Differences Revisited – New Perspectives and New Findings”
A Topical Issue of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
Sex and gender are probably the most investigated interindividual factors in all areas of psychology. Although they have been studied for more than a hundred years, there has been an explosion of theories and research in this area in the past several years. There is still debate as to whether psychological differences between men and women truly exist, and if so, where they originate from. New research takes into account biological and social factors as well as the interaction between the two and addresses “the small difference” within this psychobiosocial approach. The focus of this topical issue of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology on “Sex and Gender Differences Revisited – New Perspectives and New Findings” is limited neither to bio-/neuropsychological nor to social or educational psychological research but seeks to encourage submissions that particularly advance knowledge with new perspectives – such as the explicit integration of different approaches within a psychobiosocial view. We are looking for original empirical articles as well as review-type articles that focus on the interpretation of a larger number of studies concerning sex and gender, preferably in the form of meta-analyses.
How to submit: Interested authors should submit a letter of intent including: (1) a working title for the manuscript, (2) names, affiliations, and contact information for all authors, and (3) an abstract detailing the content of the proposed manuscript to either of the guest editors:
Markus Hausmann (mailto:markus.
Barbara Schober (mailto:barbara.
There is a two-stage submission process. Initially, authors are requested to submit only abstracts of their proposed papers. Authors requested to submit full papers should then do so. All papers will undergo full peer review.
- Deadline for submission of abstracts is July 31, 2011.
- Deadline for submission of full papers is October 31, 2011.
The journal seeks to maintain a short turnaround time, with the final version of the accepted papers being due by January 21, 2012. The topical issue will be published as Issue 2 (2012).
For additional information, please contact:
Markus Hausmann (mailto:markus.
Barbara Schober (mailto:barbara.
The Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology was founded in 1890 and is the second oldest psychology journal in the world. One of the founding editors was Hermann Ebbinghaus. Since 2007, it is published in English and devoted to topical issues that provide state-of-the-art overviews of current research in psychology.
Guidelines for article preparation:
- –Only English-language submissions can be considered.
- –Contributions must be original (not published previously or currently under review for publication elsewhere).
- –Regular articles should not exceed 45,000 characters and spaces in length, including references, figures, and tables (allowances for figures and tables should be deducted on the basis of size – approximately 1,250 characters for a quarter-page figure/table).
- –Other submission formats (research summaries, opinion pieces, etc.) may be considered, please contact the Editors for details.
- –Reference citations in the text and in the reference list should be in accordance with the principles set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) – see also any recent issue of the journal.
For detailed author guidelines, please see the journal’s website at www.hogrefe.com/journals/zfp/.
