JSPP Cover Letter
Title of Submitted Article
Author Names
Provide all authors’ full names in the form asindicated below.Omit all titles/degrees (e.g. Dr., Prof. etc.). Add an asterisk (*) to the corresponding author (one author only).
Author 1: [First name] [Middle name(s)] [Surname(s)][*]
Author 2:
Author 3:
(Add more when needed.)
Example: Barbara Jennifer Smith*
Author Affiliation
Provide all authors’ affiliations in the formas indicated below.
Author 1:[Department, Institution], [City], [Country]
Author 2:
Author 3:
(Add more when needed.)
Example: Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, U.S.
Corresponding Author's Contact Address
Insert the full postal and email address of the corresponding author (one author only; should be the same that is marked with the asterisk in “Author names”):
Biographical Statement
Add a biographical statement (one paragraph, max. 75 words) for each author:
Author 1:
Author 2:
Author 3:
(Add more when needed.)
Funding/Financial Support[1]
All sources of research funding, including financial support, supply of equipment or materialsshould be disclosed.Authors should disclose the role of the research funder(s) or sponsor (if any) in the research design, execution, analysis, interpretation and reporting. If there are no funding/financial sources reported, the authors agree to the following statement: “The authors have no funding to report.”
Other Support/Acknowledgement1
Any non-financial support (such as specialist statistical or writing assistance) from other persons or organizationsshould be disclosed.If there are no such sources reported, the authors agree to the following statement: “The authors have no support to report.”
Competing Interests1
Authors should disclose relevant financial and non-financial interests and relationships that might be considered likely to affect the interpretation of their findings or which editors, reviewers or readers might reasonably wish to know. This includes any relationship to the journal, for example if editors publish their own research in their journal.If no competing interests are declared, the authors agree to the following statement: “The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.”
[1]Adapted from: Wager, E. & Kleinert, S. (2011, para 5.1ff.). Responsible research publication: International standards for authors; a position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. In T. Mayer & N. Steneck (Eds.), Promoting research integrity in a global environment(pp. 309-16). Singapore: World Scientific. Retrieved from