Norms for Book Publication

Papers approved and presented at CIAP may be published in an E-Book, registered at the National Library (ISBN), following the guidelines presented below:

The author and co-author(s) of academic papers presented at this CIAP who are interested in publishing their work may do so. This book will be in e-book format and may also be published in print version. To accomplish this, they must submit the complete manuscript in book chapter format to the CIAP Scientific Committee, following the formatting guidelines below:

a) Title and subtitle, if any, in bold.

b) The title should not be written entirely in uppercase letters.

c) Author(s) name(s) on the fourth line below the title (or subtitle, if any).

d) Footnote on the first page, containing a brief curriculum of the author(s), including information such as their academic qualifications, graduating institution, and other relevant academic qualifications. The text should be a maximum of 5 lines.

e) The text should be in Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, and justified alignment.

f) Citations and references according to APA formatting guidelines.

g) Top and bottom margins with 2.5 cm and left and right margins with 3 cm.

h) Graphical elements in the body of the text according to APA formatting guidelines, respecting a maximum of 5, which may include tables, figures, charts, and graphs. Figures should have a minimum resolution of 144 dpi; they can be black and white or color.

i) Captions below the images in Times New Roman font size 10, single spacing, centered alignment, and no automatic text wrapping formatting. It should reference the source from which the image was extracted or indicate authorship if it’s original.

II) The text structure should be in chapter format, with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 12 pages, including references.

a) The structure must minimally include sections related to:

1. Introduction Section: Brief presentation of literature references in the area, importance of your work for psychological science; relevant statistical data for the topic; objectives.
2. Development Section: The title of this section should not be “Development”; this section will be titled according to the contents of your work and should contain the presentation of your results, along with discussion grounded in scientific literature.
3. Conclusion Section: In this section, you will present in a brief, objective, and concise manner the main results of your work, its relevance, and may indicate suggestions for future research and studies within the researched area.
4. References: In APA standards.

III. The complete and already revised manuscript must be sent, mandatory, in Word format (doc. or docx.). Encoded files or files in other formats will be excluded from the publication process.

1. The complete and already revised manuscript must be submitted through the form (form link)  by November 13, 2024, with the subject: Manuscript Publication/Author’s Name. You will have a period of 60 days to organize it along with the other chapters of the work and send it to the Publisher, where it will take an average of 90 days for its final publication.
2. Chapters that do not comply with APA standards will be automatically excluded.
3. Manuscripts that do not comply with all the rules of this call for submissions will be immediately rejected. Works that are not accepted will not be returned to the authors.

IV. The Scientific Committee of CIAP will have autonomy in defining criteria and procedures for evaluating the texts to be published.

V. When submitting the complete manuscript, the author and co-author(s) must provide a Copyright Transfer Agreement stating that they expressly authorize the Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Psychological Assessment (CIAP) the right to publish their manuscript for scientific-academic and non-commercial purposes.