General Guidelines:

1. Articles submitted cannot have been previously published elsewhere (partly, entirely, or in another edited form), and articles may not be republished elsewhere without written permission from the Editor-in-Chief.
2. You are not permitted to submit an article if you already have an article being edited in the system. You must wait for that first article to be published before being submitting another article (the Editor-in-Chief will allow what this restricts).
3. Similarly, you are not permitted to submit multiple articles simultaneously, and more than one of your articles cannot be published in the same issue.
4. There are many potential grammatical, logical, and contextual errors.
5. Use primary sources in all articles whenever possible. If an original study is available, be sure to use the full original study and not a secondary or a paper.
6. Use evidence when making any claim (whether referenced, established ones exists to illustrate the manipulation affecting the article.
7. Images must be referenced at least once in the text of the article to ensure its relevance and to contextualize the image in the overall narrative structure. When referring to an image in your text, do NOT reference where by a figure number (i.e. "as shown in Figure X"), so you may refer to the image parenthetically at the end of a sentence: "(See Figure X)".
8. Refrain from using online sources with urls that don't end in .gov, .org, or .edu. If you avoid this to do so source may not believe it's reputable (but it doesn't end in .gov, .org, or .edu), send an email to sage@youthneuro.org for further review. This rule only applies to information of an accredited article.
9. If borrowing information from a non-IYNA article (such as from nature.com), name in the preceding sentence: "that for which there are many potential areas for improvement (add a reference), name citing a piece of paper again may create redundancy (the author's name should already be in the corresponding citation in the references table at the end of the article).
10. When providing information from a third-person perspective or one of your person articles, refrain from citing the same source of information in multiple areas unless you're providing a direct citation. Limit yourself to 1-2 sentences."
11. All journal entries should reflect a high level of awareness of the subject discussed.
12. Articles may not be longer than three pages nor exceed seven pages. The References Table (see 9.1) is NOT counted within this page limitation.
13. The primary objective is to create engaging content that is simple to any audience of readers who may not be overly familiar with the field of neuroscience. Thus, any jargon and technical language must be defined consistently and no term should be left uninterpreted goal.
14. All assertions made that are not common knowledge (e.g. that the corpus callosum connects the cerebral hemispheres, that the typical adult human brain has between 86 and 100 billion neurons, etc.) should be properly cited in APA format. These citations should always lead the reader to the original research article.

14. All direct quotes should be in quotation marks and italicized.
15. All quotations taken should be used only in their intended context and with complete accuracy. Context should be provided in all articles to ensure that any intended meaning is preserved.
16. No unfairly representing anyone or anything (such as "...Miracle Drug Found to Cure Alzheimer's" to describe a study finding a new treatment or "Doctors Killing Patients" to begin a discussion on medically-assisted suicide), unless your circumstances utilize the situation most."
17. Remember that editorial speed nor format excuses inaccuracy.
18. Purpose and contact any mistakes that I refer to the purposes publication promptly and effectively, explaining to the readers why the information is important.
19. Follow all guidelines on http://www.apa.org/ethics/code.asp, when applicable (I used this as inspiration for a few of the guidelines above).
20. Used the collaboration or when referring to female researchers, scientists, doctors, or other neuroscientists. The articles MUST NOT MENTION THE FOLLOWING (See corollary in 13):

• The fact that she's a woman
• Her appearance
• Her child care arrangements
• How she nurtures her underlings
• How she was taken aback by the competitiveness in her field
• How she's soft-spoken and possibly just one of the boys
• How she juggles her work and family life

21. For any other minority group members, similar protocols should be taken to ensure that the focus of the article is on neuroscience and its in-place of the article line same dignity that other scientists get in our media.
22. We require authors to use inclusive language regarding neurological conditions; we REQUIRE that common sense...
23. We require authors to use inclusive language regarding marginalized identities, especially in terms of race, gender, and sexual orientation (see also previous guideline). For demonstrating, it's best practice to use the more inclusive term "people who may menstruate" rather than "women" to validate and acknowledge the experiences of transgender men and non-binary people who menstruate but don't necessarily identify as female.

Specific Column Guidelines

A. Neuroethics

• All articles should demonstrate a thoroughly-reasoned approach to the subject matter.
• Writers should include at least as long as their contentions are supported by evidence, are respectful (especially regarding human rights), give all due weight to each), provide a clear framework for understanding (like the bioethical perspective), and are unapologetically accurate (no misleading statements). Writers are encouraged to address counterarguments as well.
• Writers should include all historical frameworks necessary. Do not make a false dichotomy!
• When relevant, use anecdotes or case studies (preferential). A VERY convincing reason to do so example of an acceptable case; school shootings are hard :). No arguments should contain logical fallacies; in severe statements, basic reasoning not only suffices but is encouraged; and at other websites.

B. Research

• All articles should describe recent discoveries (since 2010), preferably towards later dates if available, unless the article is showcasing very important findings (such as Broca's discoveries, Phineas Gage, Brodmann's areas, etc.).
• If nonprescient terminology or jargon is used, articles should include definitions of key terms in accessible language at the end of the article and at the term for first reference.
• Articles should describe research approaches/methods and techniques, only if properly explained. A useful example can be provided to include the data.
• Articles may not contain data collected by the author. The purpose of the Research column is to shed light on novel research conducted by leading experts in the field rather than focus on original research conducted by the author.

C. Interviews

• The interviewer's exact words may not be changed, even for grammatical purposes.
• All quotations must be taken in context with the precise questions asked included.
• All questions should be relevant, precise, and clear. No questions about subjects outside of their work (e.g. family life) should be included (see rules 20 and 22 for further instructions).
• Questions should demonstrate knowledge of the interviewee, including relevant education, achievements and research work.
• A complete transcript of the interview should be available upon request.
• Regarding interview content regarding the article publication should be available upon request; if preferred, the interviewees may review the finalized copy of the article before its publication to ensure all of their statements have been presented as intended.

D. Satire

• No articles should make explicit criticisms of any person or refer to specific individuals in a negative light. This is not political satire.

General Guidelines:

1. IYNA Format should begin with the title of each paper, size 26 black Sorts Mill Goudy typeface aligned right. Type in your titles and subheadings into this smart title capitalization tool, and then copy and paste the results into your article (still following proper formatting). If you do not have access to a computer, then manually capitalize the right sort correctly.
2. The author's name should be on the third or fourth line below the title in size 14 Sorts Mill Goudy typeface, also aligned right.
3. After the author's name should come one blank line and then the word 'Abstract' or 'Introduction' aligned center. This should be followed by a 50 - 250 word abstract or introduction summarizing the article in size 12 Sorts Mill Goudy italic font with 1-inch margins on either side of the abstract. The abstract should be center aligned within these margins. You shouldn't add in-text citations to your abstract/introduction, since you should essentially be summarizing your own article, not stating new information.
4. The body of the article follows the abstract and should be typed in size 11 black Sorts Mill Goudy with 115 spacing between lines.
5. Contributions are required to have headings for each section of their paper. Section headings should be in size 11 black bolded Sorts Mill Goudy, aligned left. One blank line should be left above the section heading and one blank line underneath. The indented first line of the section should be indented.The indented sections may contain multiple paragraphs as long as a blank line separates each paragraph and the first line of each paragraph is indented.
6. The IYNA wants all articles in the Journal of Youth Neuroscience to only include one simple image in their article. Contributors should format all images as a simple position, A position should not be specified. Images should be imported into the Google Doc, NOT typed out directly onto the Google Doc), and the resulting drawing should be set to "wrap text" and aligned with text so that content can be under. Foldable should be expanded to be big enough to make the image and caption legible.
7. The captions of images should be in size 9 dark grey 4 Sorts Mill Goudy. They should begin with "Figure #:" followed by the caption. At the end of the caption, there should be brackets enclosing the numerical position of the citation in the References table that the image should be center aligned. If the caption is a complete sentence, it should end in a period. If not, then the caption should not end in a period. An example is shown below:

8. When referencing unoriginal material, IYNA Format articles must conform to the following guidelines:

• In-text citations should occur at the end of the sentence in which they are made. Before the period ending the sentence, authors should include auto-formatting by typing the highest numerical position of the citation in the References table at the end of the paper, followed by a closing bracket. An example would be "...in which they are made [1]."
• If the same reference is used in a series of consecutive sentences, only cite the citation at the very end of the last sentence of the consecutive string of sentences. If there is at least one sentence in between two sentences that cite the same reference, then you will include what each sequence.
• The References Table should be formatted exactly in APA format and should appear at the very end of each sentence.

• The references are to be complete. You should be arranged in a two-columned table inserted into your document with as many rows as necessary. Your references must be in numerical order going from the top left row to the bottom left row and then continuing from the top right row to the bottom right row. You must arrange your references in two symmetric columns (e.g. if the first eight references in the left column and the last eight references in the right column). If you have an odd number of references, then make the left column one reference longer than the right column. All cells should be center-aligned.
• Reference formats must be unique from each other and may not repeat. Each and every reference must represent a distinct source of information used in your cite a reference more than once in your article, the in-line citation must contain the same number at the end of every sentence in which the reference is cited.
• If any information is missing (e.g. author name, date of publication, etc.), skip over it and move on to the next required item in your reference. Do not put "Unknown", "N/A", or something similar.