INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

• Type of submissions |
• Address for submissions |
• Format of submissions |
• Abstract and keywords |
• Description of author(s) |
• General guidelines |
• References |
• Photographs |
• Figures |
• Tables |
• Internet screen dumps |
• Review procedure |
• Copyright |
• Accurate reproduction |
• Offprints and free copies |

Type of submissions

Submissions of the following types are accepted for review in the Journal:

• Academic research (4,000-6000 words)
• RI insights (1000-3000 words)
• Industry survey (1000-3000 words)
• Top of mind (1000-3000 words)
• Book reviews (500-1000 words)

Address for submissions

Submissions should be sent to:

• Marijke Baumann
  E-mail: CRR@rsm.nl
  

Please clearly state for which journal you are contributing.

Format of submissions

Submissions should be typewritten, double-spaced, on A4 or US letter paper and supplied electronically, preferably in Word for Windows format. Please see below for details of required formats for figures, photos, tables and screen dumps.

Abstract and keywords

All articles should be accompanied by a short abstract, outlining the aims and subject matter, and up to six keywords should be provided for indexing purposes.

Description of author(s)

All articles should be accompanied by a short (about 100 words) description of the author(s) and, if appropriate, the organisation of which he or she is a member.

General guidelines

Authors should not seek to use the Journal as a vehicle for marketing any specific product or service.

Authors should avoid the use of language or slang which is not in keeping with the professional and academic style of the Journal.

Titles of organisations, etc. should be written out first in full, followed by the organisation's initials in brackets, eg. The Reputation Institute (RI) and thereafter the initials only should be used.

Authors are asked to ensure that references to named people and/or organisations are accurate and without libellous implications.

References

References in the text

The whole citation should follow the Harvard style, enclosed within parentheses (author surname, year) if not a natural part of the surrounding sentence; the year should be enclosed within parentheses if the names do form a natural part of the surrounding sentence. Citations of works by two authors should have ‘and’ (not an ampersand) between the names. Citations of works by three or more authors should have the first author followed by et al in italics with no trailing stop.

Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be identified with a, b, c (e.g. 2008a, 2008b) closed up to the year.

Personal communications should be listed as such where they are cited in the text, and not listed in the references.

Example:
Since Paterson (1983) has shown that… This is in results attained later (Kramer, 1984). Results have been reported (Don Graham, 1989, personal communication).

Articles not yet published should show ‘forthcoming’ in place of the year (in both the reference and the citation). ‘In press’ should be used in place of the volume, issue and page range details.

Example:
Sharp Parker, A.M. (forthcoming) Cyberterrorism: An examination of the preparedness of the North Carolina local law enforcement. Security Journal, in press.

List of References

References are placed in alphabetical order of authors. Examples of correct forms of references for alphabetical style:

Book

Slovic, P. (2000) The Perception of Risk. London: Earthscan Publications.

Edited volume

Nye Jr, J.S., Zelikow, P.D. and King D.C. (eds.) (1997) Why People Don’t Trust Government. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Chapter in book

Flora, P. and Alber, J. (1981) Modernization, democratization, and the development of the welfare state. In: P. Flora and A.J. Heidenheimer (eds.) The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books, pp. 17–34.

Article in journal

Thompson, K., Griffith, E. and Leaf, P. (1990) A historical review of the Madison model of community care. Hospital and Community PsychiatryS 41(6): 21–35.

Article in newspaper

Webster, B. (2008) Record bonus for Network Rail chief, despite Christmas chaos. The Times, 6 June: p1.

Newspaper or magazine article (without a named author)

Economist (2005) The mountain man and the surgeon. 24 December, pp. 24–26.

Article online

Gardener, T. and Moffatt, J. (2007) Changing behaviours in defence acquisition: a game theory approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, advance online publication 28 November, doi: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602476.

Other online resource

Green Party. (2005) Greens call for attack on asylum ‘push factors’. Green Party report, 4 March, http://www.greenparty.org.uk/index.php?nav=new&n=1838, accessed 9 March 2005.

Conference proceedings

Sapin, A. (ed.) (1985) Health and the Environment. Proceedings of the Conference on Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals; 30–31 March 1984, Chicago, IL. Chicago: American Toxological Association.

Conference paper

Harley, N.H. (1981) Radon risk models. In: A.R. Knight and B. Harrad, (eds.) Indoor Air and Human Health. Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences Symposium; 29–31 October, Knoxville, TN. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp.69–78.

Papers/talks presented at a conference but not published

Martin, S. (2003) An exploration of factors which have an impact on the vocal performance and vocal effectiveness of newly qualified teachers and lecturers. Paper presented at the Pan European Voice Conference; 31 August, Graz, Austria.

Dissertation/thesis

Young, W.R. (1981) Effects of different tree species on soil properties in central New York. MSc thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Research papers/reports/working papers

Bloom., G. et al (2005) Poverty Reduction During Democratic Transition: The Malawi Social Action Fund 1996-2001. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies. IDS Research Report no. 56.

Mimeo

Bond, S. A., Hwang, S., Lin, Z. and Vandell, K. (2005) Marketing Period Risk in a Portfolio Context: Theory and Empirical Estimates from the UK Commercial Real Estate Market. Cambridge, UK: Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (mimeo).

Speech

Blair, A. (2003) Britain in the World. Speech to FCO Leadership Conference. London, 7 January.

Photographs

Photographs can be supplied as good quality black and whites. They must be of sufficient quality with respect to detail, contrast and fineness of grain to withstand the unavoidable loss of contrast inherent in the printing process. Their approximate final positions should be indicated in the text. Electronic copies of photos should be provided, where possible, as GIF, TIFF or BITMAP files (minimum acceptable resolution 300 dpi).

Figures

• Figures may only be supplied in black and white. Authors are required to ensure where possible that figures reproduce clearly in grey-scale. Figures should be submitted in electronic format, preferably in MS Word, Excel or PowerPoint. More detailed graphics should be submitted as EPS files with fonts embedded or as TIFF files.
• Figures should be referred to in the text and numbered consecutively. They should be supplied separately from the main body of the text, with their approximate final positions, and legends marked within the main text.
• Figure legends should describe the figure content and should be understood independently from the text.
• Most figures will be set portrait-style (145 mm), or if necessary landscape (210 mm). Figures should be prepared to publication size with all labeling in Times New Roman, no smaller than 10 point. Where possible, a reasonably sized key should be included, ideally in the right-hand corner.
• Abbreviations should be avoided in figures. If abbreviations or symbols are used in the figures they should be explained in the figure legend, if they have not been explained in the key.
• Line charts, bar charts and pie charts should be two-dimensional, with single categories, a generous margin, and no shading in the background. Appropriate scales should be used and sources should be quoted.
• Bar charts should have two categories or more and at least five observations; otherwise the data should be presented in a table. Horizontal lines should be used to mark the major values on the y-axis.
• Line charts should show changes over long time spans and should have at least ten observations.
• Pie charts should be used to show proportions and have a minimum of four segments, and a maximum of twelve.

Tables

• Tables should be submitted in electronic form, preferably in MS Word or Excel.
• Tables should be referred to in the text and numbered consecutively. They should be supplied separately from the main body of the text, with their approximate final positions indicated in the text.
• Each column should have a short heading and, where appropriate, the units should be stated.
• Table legends should describe the content and should be understood independently from the text.
• Data columns should be right-hand aligned, or aligned by decimal place, where appropriate; data should be sorted where possible.
• Footnotes should be included on the same pages as the tables themselves and should be used to explain any abbreviations used in the table and denote them by letter. Footnotes should also be used to quote sources.

Internet screen dumps

Internet screen dumps should have a white background to increase the contrast between the illustration and the background and should be provided electronically as BITMAP, with a minimum acceptable resolution of 300 dpi. Their approximate final positions should be indicated in the margin of the text. Authors should be aware that graphics supplied with low resolution are not guaranteed to reproduce well and should be avoided whenever possible.

Review procedure

All contributions sent to the Publisher, whether they are invited or not, must bear the author's full name and address, even if this is not for publication. Contributions, whether published pseudonymously or not, are accepted on the strict understanding that the author is responsible for the accuracy of all opinion, technical comment, factual report, data, figures, illustrations and photographs. Publication does not necessarily imply that these are the opinions of the Editorial Board, Editors or the Publisher, nor does the Board, Editors or Publishers accept any liability for the accuracy of such comment, report and other technical and factual information. The Publisher will, however, strive to ensure that all opinion, comments, reports, data, figures, illustrations and photographs are accurate, insofar as it is within its abilities to do so. The Publisher reserves the right to edit, abridge or omit material submitted for publication.

Articles received by the Editors will undergo a pre-screening process to increase the efficiency of the publication process. Papers that are considered to be of minor importance to the readership of the Journal are not reviewed. Papers selected for review are sent out to two referees, who agree to undertake the refereeing within a short period of time.

Copyright

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing through any medium of communication those illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Add your acknowledgements to the typescript, preferably in the form of an "Acknowledgements" section at the end of the paper. Credit the source and copyright of photographs or figures in the accompanying captions.

The journal's policy is to own copyright in all contributions. Before publication, authors assign copyright to the Publishers, but retain their right to republish this material in other works written or edited by themselves, subject to full acknowledgement of the original source of publication.

The journal mandates the Copyright Clearance Center in the USA and the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK to offer centralised licensing arrangements for photocopying in their respective territories.

No contribution will be accepted which has been published elsewhere, unless it is expressly invited or agreed by the editors and the Publisher.

Papers and contributions published become the copyright of the Publisher, unless otherwise stated.

Accurate reproduction

All reasonable efforts are made to ensure accurate reproduction of text, photographs and illustrations. The Publisher does not accept responsibility for mistakes, be they editorial or typographical, nor for consequences resulting from them.

Offprints and free copies

Authors will be given the opportunity to purchase offprints of their paper once typesetting has been finalised. The Publishers will send first-named authors up to three free copies of the issue containing their paper.