Journal of Health Service Psychology - Ethics & Disclosures

Commitment to Access, Equity, and Inclusion

The Journal of Health Service Psychology is committed to bias free language in all submissions. Manuscripts should clearly frame race and ethnicity as social constructs that exist in a sociopolitical context and are not genetic or biological. Bias free language applies to a host of constructs including but not limited to the individual characteristics of age, disability, gender, racial and ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Please refer to current APA style guidelines on this topic with the link below.

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language (this opens in a new tab)

General Process and Guidance

Authors should also adhere to Springer’s editorial policies including: Author Responsibilities and Ethics, Competing Interests, Data Availability and Standards of Reporting, Ethics and Biosecurity, and Peer-Review Policy.

https://www.springer.com/gp/editorial-policies (this opens in a new tab)

Authors should also refer to the Instructions for Authors guidelines in submitting manuscripts.