Unpublished manuscripts which serve to progress Gestalt theoretical research and applications are accepted. In accordance with the aim of multidisciplinary research, mentioned in the sub-title of the journal, contributions are sought from authors in different research and application areas (human, social, scientific, architecture, design, art and so forth); as a rule familiarity is assumed with the psychological Gestalt and field theory and (or at least) the apparent intent to develop one’s own area of expertise in relation to Gestalt theory. Publication languages are German and English.

RELATING TO MANUSCRIPTS

I. General

1. The manuscripts must be submitted by Email to Mrs. Bettina Turi-Ostheim at journal@gestalttheory.net.
2. The number of characters (included empty spaces) must be given.
3. The desired formatting as bold, italics, underlines, paragraph breaks must be present in the text, but the manuscript should be free from all other formatting matters. Please do not use tabs!
4. Each table and/or graph and/or pictogram and/or figure must be sent on its own as a PDF/GIF/JPG/BMP or CGM-data file and must be able to be edited in Microsoft Word.
5. Templates with fitting indications like “figure 1” or “graph 2” must be placed at the appropriate places in the text.
6. Figures can only be printed in black and white; colored figures can only be used if the author will pay the costs or, after consultation with the publisher, special arrangements have been agreed.

II Manuscript – format

1. Order

• . Title
• . Subtitle (in case)
• . First name and family name of the author
• . Main text divided into paragraphs
• . Short summary. If possible, for English papers also a German summary    and for German papers an English one.
• . Bibliography
• . Mailing address
• . Email address

2. Further information, which may be added

• . Keywords (max 3 – 5) – if possible, both in German and English
• . Number of words (with spaces)
• . Short biography of the author

III. Lay out requirements

• Letter type: Times New Roman, 10, 1 ½ spacing
• The desired formatting – bold, italics, underlines, paragraph breaks – must be present in the text.
• Names are not extra highlighted (thus, Wertheimer and not WERTHEIMER). The first name of an author must be included at the first time she/he is named (thus, Max Wertheimer).
• As much as possible the use of footnotes should be avoided or be integrated in the text. In cases where this is impossible small footnotes may be used sparingly.
• In the bibliography at the end of the text only manuscripts cited or mentioned in the text may be included.
• At the appropriate places templates must be placed that indicate graphs, figures and so on.

IV. Method of quotation:

In the text:

• Literal citations must be placed in quotation marks “ … Original citation …” (Smith 1995, 32)
• Paraphrasing: the literature reference is the guiding principle; “see” must be placed before (see Smith 1995, 32)

1. Quotations in the text:

• One author: (family name, year of publication, page

                  Example: (Smith 1997, 42).

• Two others: family name (1), family name (2), year of publication, page

                  Example: (Smith, Meyer 2006, 123).

• Three or more authors: family name (1), family name (2), et. al., year of publication, page

                  Example: (Brooks, Hall et al. 2003, 75).

• Literal citation of a paper that appeared in an anthology: (name, original year of publication, “in” name, year of publication, page)

                  Example: (Smith, 1976, in Meyer 2004, 475). In the bibliography the quotation must be referred only as Meyer …

• Paraphrasing of a quote from a paper that appeared in an anthology: (“see” name, original year of publication, “in” name, page)

                  Example: (See Smith 1976, in Meyer 2004, 146). 

• Use of a quote of a third work in a consulted manuscript: name, year (of the quoted work), quote in name, year, page (of the consulted manuscript)

                  Example: (Rheingold, Eckermann 1979, quote in Kruse 1991, 34).

• Several publications by the same author in the same year are differentiated through letters placed after the year

                  Example: (Smith 2005a) (Smith 2005b) (Smith 2005c).

• A quote that occupies two pages in the quoted text

                  Example: (Smith 2006, 45f).

• A quote that occupies more consecutive pages of a manuscript

                  Example: (Smith 2006, 45ff).

• A quote from the internet: Author, year that it appeared, Internet

                  Example: (Smith 2006, Internet).

• In case the year of appearance is missing: w.s. (without specification)

                  Example: (Smith w.s., Internet).

2. In the bibliography

Monographs:

• One author: family name, initial., (publication year): book title, in case subtitle. Place: Publisher. Example: Brown, J. (1991): Self and Process. New York: Springer

• Two authors: family name, initial. & family name, initial., (publication year): book title, in case subtitle. Place: Publisher. Example: Fagan, J. & Shepherd, I.L. (1970): Gestalt Therapy now. Theory, techniques, applications. New York: Harper & Row.

• Three or more authors: family name, initial., family name, initial & family name, initial, (publication year): book title, in case subtitle. Place: Publisher. Example: Grawe, K., Donati, R. & Bernauer, F. (1994): Psychotherapie im Wandel. Von der Konfession zur Profession. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

• Editor is indicated by (ed.) after the name of the last author. Example: Guss, K. (ed.) (1975): Gestalttheorie und Erziehung. Darmstadt: Steinkopff.

Contribution from an anthology:

• The same rules apply where the quoted text is written in normal letter type, the title of the anthology in italics.

Example: Ballsteadt, St.-P. (1987): Zur Dokumentanalyse in der biographischen Forschung, in Jütteman, G. & Thomae, H. (ed.) (1987): Biographie und Psychologie, 203-216. Berlin: Springer.

• In the case of several contributions from the same anthology, the anthology is mentioned in the bibliography, it is sufficient to refer to the individual contribution in the following manner:

            Example: Ballstaedt, St.-P. (1987): Zur Dokumentanalyse in der biographischen Forschung, in Jütteman, G. & Thomae, H. (ed.) (1987), 203-216.

Contributions from journals:

• Family name, initial, (year): title, in case subtitle, name of the journal, year, index number, complete page numbers.

            Example: Galli, G. (1997): Beziehungen zwischen Lewin’s wissenschaftstheoretischen Begriffen und der Psychoanalyse. Gestalt Theory 22 (2), 107-121.

Contributions from the internet

• Author(s) just like the other contributions, (year of appearance): Title. In case subtitle. Source. Links. Internet address (schedule date).

Example: Petzold, H.G. (1999): Lebensgeschichten verstehen lernen heißt, sich selbst und andere verstehen lernen – Über Biographiearbeit, traumatische Belastungen und Neuorientierung. http://bidok.uibk.ac.at/library/beh699-verstehen.html (06.09.2006).

V. Author’s biography

Each author is briefly introduced in the journal issue in the section “About the Authors – Über die Autoren.” The year of birth must be mentioned in the text ; furthermore the following information could be of interest to the reader: title, profession and present day activities, field of interest and research, professional and scientific functions and so on. The text can have as maximum 450 characters (including empty spaces); the editors may shorten longer pieces.