I'm currently Associate Editor for an APA journal (Journal of Abnormal Psychology), and I probably shouldn't say this, but....
The minutae of APA style just aren't considered all that important when evaluating manuscripts, as copy-editors will take care of most of the details. Unless APA style violations in manuscripts are pretty egregious, reviewers rarely make a big deal about them. Have served on the editorial boards of three other APA journals, my impressions there haven't been much different. ....Scott ________________________________________ From: Christopher Green [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source I am perennially fascinated/horrified by the interest questions pertaining to APA style seem to generate. They just seem to me to be of about the same level of scholarly import as are, say, fights over whether the toilet paper should go over or under the roll. Sure, students need to be familiar with stylistic issues, but the details of any stylistic prescription rank so far below, well, just about everything else, from an intellectual perspective... The level of drill and perfection required by some astonishes me. (Full disclosure: I was once an APA style maven, but then I started writing for journals that required other styles, and I gradually realized what a wasteful and arbitrary matter most of it is.) I think this Onion piece puts things nicely in perspective (and notice that APA isn't even a "player"). http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago,30806/ Discussion? Retribution? Chris ----- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=22742 or send a blank email to leave-22742-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22746 or send a blank email to leave-22746-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
