Get your Health Psychology Review paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 13 August, 2026
Submitting to Health Psychology Review goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Health Psychology Review guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Health Psychology Review. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Health Psychology Review journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Health Psychology Review guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Health Psychology Review guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Health Psychol Rev requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract, single paragraph, fewer than 200 words. For Methods articles: structured abstract with sections Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion |
| Main text | No length restrictions imposed on submitted articles for review articles. should be appropriately concise and pithy. For Methods articles specifically: between 2500 and 4000 words in length |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Six keywords for indexing or searching should be included. For Methods articles: between 3 and 6 keywords |
| References | APA style (journal reference style tf_apa.pdf will be applied post-acceptance by Taylor & Francis). At initial submission, references can be in any style or format, so long as a consistent scholarly citation format is applied; APA format required after acceptance |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees |
| Submission | rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=RHPR |
Read the Health Psychology Review guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Health Psychology Review in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Health Psychol Rev papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Health Psychology Review journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Health Psychology Review guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.