Publications
Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling (JARC)
The JARC is the official publication of the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association (NRCA). JARC is widely distributed to counselors, administrators, researchers, students, support personnel, libraries in colleges, hospitals, and medical schools. JARC will keep you current on issues, approaches to practice, legislation, techniques, and innovations in the field.
JARC is published quarterly and mailed to subscribers the last month of the quarter, i.e., March, June, September, & December. ISSN 0047-2220. Publication No. 784700
Subscription Fees: Domestic - $70.00; Canada and Foreign Countries - $85.00 per year.
Subscriptions begin with the current issue upon receipt of payment.
All payments should be made to the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association in U.S. dollars only and mailed to:
P.O. Box 4480
Manassas,VA 20108
Discounts are available to Subscription agencies.
We DO NOT accept credit cards.
Previous issues of JARC are available at $15.00 per issue. Not all issues are available and others have limited quantities. Please contact the NRCA office for availability of issues.
Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling
Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Mail manuscripts to Dr. Ellen S. Fabian, Editor, Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 3214 Benjamin Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
An original and two copies of each manuscript should be submitted. All copies should be clear, readable, and on paper of good quality. In addition to addresses and phone numbers, authors should supply e-mail addresses and fax numbers, if available, for potential use by the editorial office. Authors should keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.
REVIEW POLICY
Because reviewers have agreed to participate in a masked reviewing system, authors submitting manuscripts are requested to include with each copy of the manuscript a cover sheet, which shows the title of the manuscript, the authors’ names, job title or student status, along with employer or institutional affiliations. The first page of text should omit the authors’ names and affiliations but should include the title of the manuscript. Footnotes containing information about the authors’ identity or affiliations should be on separate pages. Every effort should be made to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to the authors’ identity.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Authors should prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 150 words, typed on a separate sheet of paper. Typing instructions (all copy must be double-spaced) and instructions on preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts appear in the Publication Manual. Also, all manuscripts must avoid terminology that might imply bias against persons on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic group, disability, or age.
Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling (JARC) should be concisely written in simple, unambiguous language. They should present material in logical order, starting with a statement of purpose and progressing through an analysis of evidence to conclusions and implications, with the conclusions clearly related to the evidence presented. Manuscripts failing to meet minimally accepted standards will be returned to the author unreviewed.
PUBLICATION POLICY
APA Policy prohibits an author from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent consideration by two or more publications. As JARC is a primary journal that publishes original material only, APA policy prohibits as well publication of any manuscript that has already been published in whole or substantial part elsewhere. Authors have an obligation to consult the Editor concerning prior publication of any data upon which their manuscript depends. Authors bear the full responsibility for the accuracy of references, tables, quotations, figures, and the overall content of the manuscript. The JARC Editorial Office will send the primary author a computer printout of the edited manuscript for their final review.
MANUSCRIPTS ON DISK
Authors of accepted manuscripts are expected to supply an electronic version of their manuscript on disk (3.5). The disk format should be IBM compatible and in Word 2000 format. Authors should be aware that the electronic file is considered final material for their manuscript. Because most manuscripts require some revision, disks should not be sent with the initial submission. Authors without access to a computer will not be rejected from potential publication. They need to specify this in their cover letter to the Editor.