INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

• Type of submissions |
• Address for submissions |
• Format of submissions |
• Abstract and keywords |
• Description of author(s) |
• General guidelines |
• References |
• Photographs, illustrations and figures |
• Review procedure |
• Accuracy of content |
• Copyright |
• Proofs |
• Accuracy of reproduction |
• Offprints and free copies |

Type of submissions

The Journal's Editors and Editorial Board particularly welcome submissions which present case study material, new approaches, techniques, empirical research or conceptual papers.

Address for submissions

Submissions should be submitted via email in Microsoft Word format to the publisher:

• Brenda Rouse
  Publishing Editor
  Palgrave Macmillan Journals
  The Macmillan Building
  4 Crinan Street
  London N1 9XW, UK
  Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7843 4684
  E-mail: submissions@palgrave.com
  

Please clearly state for which journal you are contributing.

Format of submissions

Contributions should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words in length. All submissions should be typewritten and double spaced on A4 or US letter paper and supplied electronically, preferably in Word for Windows format.

Abstract and keywords

All articles should be accompanied by a short abstract outlining the paper's aims and subject matter.

All articles should be accompanied by up to six keywords.

Description of author(s)

Articles should be accompanied by a short (about 80 words) description of the author(s) and, if appropriate, the organization 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 organizations etc. should be written out first in full and thereafter in initials.

Authors must ensure that references to named people and/or organizations are accurate, not racist or sexist, and without libellous implications.

References

Papers should be supported by references. References should be set out in accordance with the Vancouver style - that is, they should be referred to by number in the text and set out in full at the end of the text in the style shown in the following examples:

• For journal articles:

  1. Author (year) 'Title of article', Journal name, Vol., No., pp

• For books:

  2. Author (year) 'Title of chapter' in 'Editor' (ed), Book title, Publisher, City.

Photographs, illustrations and figures

Photographs and illustrations supporting articles should be submitted where appropriate. Their approximate final positions should be indicated in the text.

Figures and other line illustrations should be submitted in electronic format (preferably as Adobe Illustrator .AI or .EPS files, or Adobe Photoshop .PSD files, although we can also accept TIFF, JPEG, PDF or figures embedded in MS Word/PowerPoint files, so long as the image resolution is a minimum of 300 dpi). Any photographs supplied as prints should be good quality positives, printed from the original negatives and preferably in black and white only.

Review procedure

All contributions sent to the Publisher, whether invited or not, will be submitted to the Journal's Editors and Editorial Board. Any such contribution must bear the author's full name and address, even if this is not for publication.

All Articles submitted for publication will be subject to a double-blind refereeing procedure.

Accuracy of content

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 Publisher 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.

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 rights 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 Publisher.

Proofs

The corresponding author will be sent an email containing a link to an online PDF proof of the article. Please print a copy of the PDF proof, correct within the time period indicated and return as directed. Please make no revisions to the final, edited text, except where the copy editor has requested clarification.

Accuracy of 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.

The Publisher reserves the right to edit, abridge or omit material submitted for publication.

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 three free copies of the issue containing their paper.