European Journal of Personality
The European Journal of Personality is an official journal of the European Association of Personality Psychology. It aims to advance empirical and theoretical personality psychology, within Europe and elsewhere, by publishing original research, meta-analyses and reviews of existing research, theoretical discussions and methodological advances.
Personality psychology aims to provide an integrative understanding of individual differences between persons as well as the psychological structures and dynamics that characterise the individual as a whole.
Accordingly, European Journal of Personality publishes personality research in its broadest sense, including but not restricted to topics such as the structure, causes and consequences of individual differences, and short-term variability and developmental changes within individuals alongside their interactions with social and non-social experiences.
Besides accepting regular submissions, European Journal of Personality takes a proactive approach to advancing personality science by publishing invited articles, commentary and special issues.
With its long-standing legacy, rigorous editorial policy and strict adherence to open science standards, European Journal of Personality is a premium outlet for the field of personality research.
| René Mõttus | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| D.A. Briley | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Giulio Costantini | University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy |
| Elisabetta Crocetti | Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy |
| Kenn Konstabel | University of Tartu, Estonia |
| Odilia M. Laceulle | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| Kristian Eric Markon | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Julia Rohrer | Universität Leipzig, Germany |
| Isabel Thielmann | Max Planck Institute, Germany |
| Jenny Wagner | University of Hamburg, Germany |
| Lisanne de Moor | Tilburg University, Netherlands |
| Micheala McIlvenna | Queen’s University Belfast, UK |
| Jonathan Adler | Case Western Reserve University, USA |
| Guido Alessandri | Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy |
| Mathias Allemand | University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Jeromy Anglim | Deakin University, Australia |
| Michael Ashton | Brock University, Canada |
| Mitja Back | University of Münster, Germany |
| Anna Baumert | Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany |
| Edward Bell | Brescia University College, at Western University, Canada |
| Maya Benish-Weisman | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| Wiebke Bleidorn | University of California, Davis, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Tom Booth | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Janina Bühler | Heidelberg University, Germany |
| Erika Carlson | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Alexander Christensen | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Taya Cohen | Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
| David Condon | University of Oregon, USA |
| Filip De Fruyt | Ghent University, Belgium |
| Reinout de Vries | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Jaap Denissen | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| M. Brent Donnellan | Michigan State University, USA |
| Katharina Eckstein | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany |
| Malgorzata Fajkowska | Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
| Velichko Fetvadjiev | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| William Fleeson | Wake Forest University, USA |
| Jochen E. Gebauer | University of Mannheim & University of Copenhagen, Germany & Denmark |
| Katharina Geukes | University of Münster, Germany |
| Jeffrey Girard | University of Kansas, USA |
| Eileen K. Graham | Northwestern University, USA |
| Samuel Greiff | Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany |
| Gabriella Harari | Stanford University, USA |
| Peter Harms | University of Alabama, USA |
| Marie Hennecke | Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
| Benjamin E. Hilbig | University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany |
| Christopher J. Hopwood | University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Kai Horstmann | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| Lauren Human | McGill University, Canada |
| Bertus F. Jeronimus | University of Groningen, Netherlands |
| Wendy Johnson | The University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Markus Jokela | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Aleksandra Kaurin | University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany |
| Kevin M. King | University of Washington, USA |
| Anna E. Kornadt | University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Kibeom Lee | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Sointu Leikas | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Daniel Leising | Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
| Jennifer Lodi-Smith | Canisius University, USA |
| Steven G. Ludeke | University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
| Maike Luhmann | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany |
| Margherita Malanchini | Queen Mary University of London, UK |
| Robert R. McCrae | USA |
| Oana Negru-Subtirica | Babes-Bolyai University, Romania |
| Steffen Nestler | Universität Münster, Germany |
| Franz J. Neyer | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany |
| Lars Penke | University of Goettingen, Germany |
| Marco Perugini | University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy |
| John F. Rauthmann | Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany |
| Anu Realo | University of Warwick, UK |
| Manfred Schmitt | University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany |
| Stefan Schmukle | Leipzig University, Germany |
| Luke D. Smillie | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Christopher Soto | Colby College, USA |
| Sarah Havens Sperry | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA |
| Yannick Stepha | University of Montpellier, France |
| Gundula Stoll | University of Tübingen; Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Germany |
| Amber Gayle Thalmayer | University of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Uku Vainik | University of Tartu, Estonia |
| Alithe van den Akker | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Jan Wacker | Universität Hamburg, Germany |
| Rebekka Weidmann | Michigan State University, USA |
| Sara J. Weston | University of Oregon, USA |
| Eunike Wetzel | Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany |
| Aidan G.C. Wright | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Ingo Zettler | University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Matthias Ziegler | Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| Johannes Zimmermann | University of Kassel, Germany |
Manuscript Submission Guidelines: European Journal of Personality
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Only manuscripts that meet the Evaluation Criteria of European Journal of Personality will be considered for publication. The Journal also expects empirical papers to comply with Open Science Policy.
Please also read the author guidelines below. Manuscripts that do not conform to these guidelines may be returned prior to peer review.
Here are some common reasons for a desk-rejection.
To upload your manuscript, visit our submission site where you can also check the progress of your paper.
Sage Publishing is committed to diversity and inclusion, and encourages submissions from a diverse range of authors from all countries and backgrounds.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.
European Journal of Personality accepts submissions of papers that have been posted on pre-print servers (e.g., PsyArXiv). You should include the pre-print DOI in the designated field in the manuscript submission system; you should not update the pre-print during the Journal’s editorial process; and you must include the link to the final Journal’s version on your pre-print, if and when the work is accepted.
If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journal Solutions Portal.
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper
1.4 Plain Language Summaries - Editorial policies
2.1 Open Science Policy
2.2 Peer review policy
2.3 Streamlined review
2.4 Authorship
2.5 Funding
2.6 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.7 Research Ethics - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplemental material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 Sage Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
European Journal of Personality publishes a diverse range of empirical, review, theoretical, and methodological articles that are consistent with its Aims and Scope and meet its Evaluation Criteria. Most notable topics covered in the Journal include the structure, assessment, causes and consequences of personality differences between people, variability and developmental changes within individuals and the interactions of these with experiences. Studies on the applications of personality science in other fields or for practical purposes are also welcome.
The European Journal of Personality is an official journal of the European Association of Personality Psychology. It aims to advance empirical and theoretical personality psychology, within Europe and elsewhere, by publishing original research, meta-analyses and reviews of existing research, theoretical discussions and methodological advances.
Personality psychology aims to provide an integrative understanding of individual differences between persons as well as the psychological structures and dynamics that characterise the individual as a whole.
Accordingly, European Journal of Personality publishes personality research in its broadest sense, including but not restricted to topics such as the structure, causes and consequences of individual differences, and short-term variability and developmental changes within individuals alongside their interactions with social and non-social experiences.
Besides accepting regular submissions, European Journal of Personality takes a proactive approach to advancing personality science by publishing invited articles, commentary and special issues.
With its long-standing legacy, rigorous editorial policy and strict adherence to open science standards, European Journal of Personality is a premium outlet for the field of personality research.
European Journal of Personality accepts the following article types:
- Empirical and non-empirical papers
These include original empirical research articles, meta-analyses, reviews and theoretical articles on any topic related to personality research and its applications, as long as they are consistent with the Aims and Scope of the Journal, meet its Evaluation Criteria and comply with its Open Science Policy. Typically, the Journal does not publish articles about the development and validation of assessment tools or associations between psychological constructs observed in cross-sectional self-report data, including factor analyses of self-report data. Papers on specific clinical phenomena without broader relevance for personality are also not considered.
We encourage authors to write as succinctly as possible, while still a) thoroughly describing the rationale for their research, b) transparently describing their analyses and results, and c) thoughtfully discussing their findings and the implications of these. Manuscripts are expected to be no longer than absolutely necessary for achieving these aims and editors may ask excessive parts of the text to be shortened, moved to Supplemental Material, or removed.
As the upper limit, regular empirical articles should be no longer than 10,000 words; multi-study articles, theoretical articles and meta-analyses no longer than 12,500 words; and replications no longer than 5,000 words. These word counts include tables and figure captions, but not the title page, abstract, references and Supplemental Material, and apply to submissions from 1st January 2022 onward. Editors can allow longer submissions if compelling reasons for this are clearly described in the Cover Letter.
We encourage authors to post RMarkdowns (or equivalents) of their empirical analyses as online Supplemental Material, making the statistical analyses and results more transparent for Reviewers, Editors, and Readers. Often, using RMarkdowns allows some parts of the main text (e.g., those describing the analytic strategy or less-focal details of the results) to be shorter. The Markdowns can be either:
submitted alongside the manuscript to be posted as Supplemental Material on the journal website upon acceptance or
published at Open Science Framework.
For a more detailed discussion of RMarkdowns and guidance on preparing them, see here.
- Registered Reports:
These are a special form of empirical articles in which the rationale, methods and analyses of the proposed article are preregistered and reviewed prior to data collection and statistical analyses; only if and when these are accepted by the Journal, authors are asked to proceed with their work. The rest of the manuscript will be reviewed later as a revision of the initial submission. Initial submissions will include a description of the theoretical and empirical background alongside the main research questions and hypotheses (essentially the introductory section of the planned article), and a detailed Methods section that outlines planned procedures, measures, sampling strategies and statistical analysis, and describes findings based on pilot data (if applicable). For more information, please see here.
- Target Articles:
These are theoretical articles that review the state of art in a key topic of personality science, initiate new lines of research and theory, provide a coherent framework for existing theory and areas of research, or discuss key or controversial issues that have important consequences for personality research or its applications. For proposing a target article, please contact the editor René Mõttus (ejp.eic@gmail.com).
Before preparing your manuscript, please consult the Evaluation Criteria used by the editors and reviewers as well as the Journal’s Open Science Policy.
Formatting guidelines for all manuscripts:
- In the main document, the title page should only include the title of the paper without any information about authors’ names or affiliations. However, a separate document including the names and affiliations of all authors should be uploaded as “Title Page”; this separate document should also include the full address and email of the corresponding author, the name(s) of funders along with grant number(s), declaration of any conflict of interest, and other acknowledgements, if applicable.
- Include an abstract of up to 200 words. This is a concise summary of the whole paper, including the methods and conclusions, and should be understandable without having read the rest of the paper. It should not contain citations.
- Include three to five keywords.
- In the main text, the Journal encourages authors to be as succinct as possible and yet as detailed as necessary. Regular empirical articles should be no longer than 10,000 words; multi-study articles, theoretical articles and meta-analyses no longer than 12,500 words; and replications no longer than 5,000 words. Please use Supplemental Material for any non-essential details of the materials, data, analyses, and results (see below)."
- Where appropriate, use sub-headings to structure the Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion parts of of the manuscript.
- Embed the Tables and Figures in the manuscript (see also here).
- It is not necessary to double-space the text.
The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.
A plain language summary (PLS) must be provided for all article types that require an abstract. The plain language title (approx. 50 words) and plain language summary (approx. 300 words) should describe the article using non-technical language, making it accessible to a wider network of readers. More information and guidance on how to write a PLS can be found on our Author Gateway.
The PLS publishes directly below the scientific abstract and are open access making it available online for anyone to read. Peer review of the PLS will be conducted following our PLS reviewer guidelines. When submitting, authors should enter their plain language title and plain language summary into the box provided in the submission system. The PLS does not need to be provided in the manuscript text or as a separate file. Manuscripts without a PLS, or a PLS which is a direct copy of the scientific abstract, will be returned. If the article type does not require an abstract and therefore does not require a PLS please enter “N/A” in each box.
If you need professional help writing your Plain Language Summary, please visit our Author Services portal.
2.1 Open Science Policy
European Journal of Personality has signed the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP)-Guidelines (see https://osf.io/9f6gx/) and open science is a key part of the Journal’s identity. For Journal’s current TOP score, see topfactor.org. During submission, authors have to confirm how their manuscript complies with open science standards.
European Journal of Personality allows variability in how authors address the open science standards, but it asks for transparency about their choices. This policy accommodates circumstances that do not allow authors to meet all of the standards. However, editors give credit to (empirical) submissions that comply with them and do not accept articles that fail to provide an explanation for why the standards cannot be met.
Material, data and analysis scripts are generally considered “open” if the paper includes a URL to an openly accessible file stored at a permanent public repository (such as the Open Science Framework; OSF). Therefore, all manuscripts must have a Open Science Statement after the Discussion (before References) that states where materials, data and scripts can be accessed (or why they cannot be accessed), preferably with direct URL(s). Simply noting that other researchers can request material is not considered “open”. For example, the statement could read: “The study materials, data and analysis scripts used for this article can be accessed at [a permanent and openly accessible URL].”
During submission, authors are invited to apply for Open Science Badges (Open material, Open data, Preregistered). The badges are assigned based on how the paper complies with the open science standards.
European Journal of Personality operates an anonymized peer review process in which the reviewers’ and authors' names are withheld from each other. The reviewer may, at their own discretion, opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our default policy is for both identities to remain concealed.
The Journal does not use author-suggested reviewers.
European Journal of Personality has partnered with Publons, a third-party service that tracks, verifies and gives credit for peer review. Reviewers can opt in to Publons to claim their reviews or have them automatically verified and added to their reviewer profile. Reviewers who claim credit for their review will be associated with the Journal, but the article name, reviewer’s recommendation and the content of their review is not published on the site. For more information visit the Publons website.
The editor or members of the editorial board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the Journal. In these cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the board and the submitting editor/board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.
European Journal of Personality offers transparent peer review as a choice for authors, where the reviews at each stage, author responses and editor’s decision letters will be publicly available on the ScholarOne Transparent Peer Review platform and linked to from the published article should the article be accepted. Authors have the opportunity to opt-out during submission. Reviewers are encouraged to sign their reviews but their comments will be published anonymously should they choose not to do so.
2.3 Streamlined review
European Journal of Personality allows authors to ask for a streamlined review and deals with it within the regular submission system. Authors can request streamlined during the submission process and in the cover letter, indicating the name the journal that originally rejected the manuscript. As Supplemental Material, authors should also upload copies of the original (i.e., unaltered) decision letter and reviews along with a document describing their responses to these comments. Editors will take this information into account, but are not bound by it. If the previous decision letter, reviews and the authors’ responses to these allow editors to make a decision without or with a smaller number of reviews, they will do so.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgements section (in the Title Page uploaded as a separate document). They may include a person who provided purely technical help, someone who read and commented on the manuscript or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
2.4.1 Third party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:
- Disclose this type of editorial assistance, including the individual’s name, company and level of input
- Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
- Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations such as conflicting interests or funding.
Where appropriate, Sage reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.
European Journal of Personality requires all authors to acknowledge their funding on the title page that is uploaded as a separate document, as well as during the submission. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.6 Declaration of conflicting interests
European Journal of Personality requires authors to declare any conflicting interests during the submission. For this, authors may review the good practice guidelines on the Sage Journal Author Gateway.
If your research includes human or animal subjects, include an ethics statement in the Participants section of the article (e.g., reference to the approval of the research by an Institutional Review Board).
2. Publishing Policies
3.1 Publication Ethics
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway.
3.1.1 Plagiarism
European Journal of Personality and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the Journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants the European Association of Personality Psychology the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
If an article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the Journal's author archiving policy. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
European Journal of Personality offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred formats for your manuscript are .DOC, .DOCX, or .ODT. LaTeX files are also accepted. A LaTex template is available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article.
This Journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc.) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplemental files.
European Journal of Personality uses Open Science Framework (OSF) for externally (outside Sage servers) hosted Supplemental Material (e.g., materials, data, scripts, additional analyses).
4.4 Reference style
European Journal of Personality adheres to the APA reference style. View the APA guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the Journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Language Services. Visit Sage Language Services
European Journal of Personality is hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/per to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the Journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID IDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this Journal. If you already have an ORCID ID you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID ID will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID ID is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID ID please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
When submitting your work, you have to warrant that this is your original work, that you have the rights to it, that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that the work is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, except for pre-print servers.
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway.
6. On acceptance and publication
Your Sage production editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be made available to the corresponding author via our editing portal Sage Edit or by email, and corrections should be made directly or notified to us promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.
Open Science badges will be assigned automatically based on your responses to open science standards statements.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
For information and guidance on how to make your article more discoverable, visit our Gateway page on How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
The Social Media Team of European Journal of Personality may contact you with and offer an option to introduce your work through the Journal’s channels such as the ejp-blog.com.
All papers published in European Journal of Personality are eligible for Panel A: Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience in the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) and for Psychology in the Excellence for Research in Australia.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the European Journal of Personality editor René Mõttus (ejp.eic@gmail.com).
7.1 Appealing the publication decision
Editors have very broad discretion in determining whether an article is an appropriate fit for their journal. Many manuscripts are declined with a very general statement of the rejection decision. These decisions are not eligible for formal appeal unless the author believes the decision to reject the manuscript was based on an error in the review of the article, in which case the author may appeal the decision by providing the editor with a detailed written description of the error they believe occurred.
If an author believes the decision regarding their manuscript was affected by a publication ethics breach, the author may contact the publisher with a detailed written description of their concern, and information supporting the concern, at publication_ethics@sagepub.com