JMF encourages brief reports or research notes for significant or timely contributions (e.g., replications, innovative designs) that do not require full-length manuscripts.  In brief reports, the background presents a brief description of the theoretical framework and prepares the reader for the sample, the measures, and the analytic strategy. It includes a succinct review of only the literature directly relevant to these points. Readers should get to the method by page 5 or 6 (title page is p. 1, abstract is p. 2). The method and results sections are not much different from a full-length manuscript. Rather than a discussion, however, research notes have a conclusion summarizing the major findings, limitations, and a brief statement of the study's contribution. Generally, the conclusion runs around 3 pages. The reference list should not exceed 4 pages, and the manuscript should not exceed 25 pages, including the title page, abstract, text, references, tables, figures, and any appendices.