Editorial Guidelines

TPT is dedicated to maintaining ethical responsibility and scholarly quality in clinical psychological research.

1. Submission and Initial Evaluation

  • Scope: PTSD, Evidence-Based Therapies, Resilience, and Mental Health Studies.

  • Plagiarism: Similarity index must be under 15%; Turnitin is used for all checks.

  • Formatting: Must follow clinical reporting standards, including ethics and conflict of interest declarations.

  • Licensing: Published under CC BY-NC 4.0.

2. Peer Review Policy

  • Integrity: A double-blind process with independent experts in clinical psychology.

  • Ethics: Reviewers must uphold strict confidentiality due to the sensitive nature of the topics.

3. Editorial Decision-Making

  • Decision Outcomes: Accept, Minor/Major Revision, or Reject.

  • Resubmission: Authors must resubmit revised work within the specified deadline.

4. Ethical Standards

  • Human Subjects: Research must be accompanied by ethical clearance and informed consent statements.

  • Confidentiality: Authors must ensure anonymity of any clinical cases or participants.

5. Post-Publication Policy

  • Actions: Immediate retractions are performed for ethical violations or data fraud.

  • Preservation: All clinical research is preserved in secure digital repositories.

6. Editorial Board Responsibilities

  • Expertise: Members are selected for their clinical background and research reputation.

  • Diversity: Board members are drawn from various global psychological institutions.

7. Communication

  • Support: The office is available to help authors navigate the sensitive process of publishing trauma-focused work.