INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Top of pageSubmission of manuscripts
JIRD publishes original, peer-reviewed manuscripts that provide theoretically informed empirical analyses of issues in international relations and international political economy, as well as original theoretical or conceptual analyses.
Manuscripts should be submitted to jird@fdv.uni-lj.si, preferably in Word format. The title page should be a separate file, or may be included in the covering e-mail.
In extreme circumstances we will accept paper submissions, but this may considerably delay the review of the paper. Authors should submit five copies of their article (with any original illustrations and including all references and notes) to:
- Journal of International Relations and Development
Editorial Office
Centre of International Relations
Faculty of Social Sciences
PO Box 2547
SI-1001 LJUBLJANA
SLOVENIA
Authors should confirm at point of submission that their article is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Top of pagePresentation of the paper
Articles should be in English, typed in double spacing (including all notes and references).
Articles should not normally exceed 12,000 words in length.
Authors are requested to send two electronic versions of their article on disk, preferably as a Word file (for details, see below). For paper submissions, it is important that the manuscript should be an exact printout of what is on the disk.
When you submit your article, please also attach:
- an abstract of 150 - 200 words, in English, stating precisely the topic under consideration, the method of argument used in addressing the topic, and the conclusions reached;
- a list of up to six keywords suitable for indexing and abstracting services;
- a word count at the end of the manuscript, together with the date of the manuscript;
- a full postal and e-mail address, as well as telephone and fax numbers for the author. If the manuscript is co-authored, then please provide the requested information for the corresponding author;
- on a separate sheet, provide a brief biographical note about each author, including current institutional affiliation, research interests and any recent and/or forthcoming publications.
All articles are refereed; they undergo a double-blind peer review. At least two external referees review manuscripts. JIRD reserves the right to reject any manuscript as being unsuitable in topic, style or form without requesting an external review.
In order to ensure anonymity during the peer-review process, the name(s), title(s), and full affiliation(s) of the author(s) should only appear on a separate cover sheet, together with her/his preferred mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.
JIRD reserves the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication.
Top of pageStyle guidelines
Below are some guidelines for in-text citations, notes, and references, which authors may find useful when preparing manuscripts for submission.
Manuscript style guidelines
In order to preserve anonymity during the peer review process, we ask authors to include two files in their first submissions. One file is destined for the referee process and should omit obvious references to their own publications (e.g. 'As I argued in my 2001 article, XXX') as well as other indications that may reveal their identity. The second file, which will be used for editorial purposes, should include all self-references
Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity. Descriptive or explanatory passages, necessary for information but which tend to break up the flow of text, should appear in endnotes designated in the text by superscript (consecutive Arabic numerals). Please do not use footnotes.
Long quotations of about five lines should be indented and single-spaced without quotes. Authors should be aware, however, of the fair usage principle when quoting other authors' works. Longer quotations of the work of other authors - more than five lines - will be discouraged in principle.
Numbers of 11 and higher should be in figures.
Dates should be in the form of 5 September, 1990; 1994-1998; or, the 1990s.
References in the text
In the text, refer to the author(s) name(s) (without initials, unless there are two authors with the same name) and year of publication. Unpublished data and personal communications should include initials and year. Publications which have not yet appeared are given a probable year of publication and should be checked at proof stage on author query sheet.
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Example:
Since Paterson (1983) has shown that ... This is in results attained later (Kramer, 1984, 16). Results have been reported (Robinson, 1989, personal communication) which suggest ....
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Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be identified with a, b, c (1974a, 1990b) closed up to the year and separated by commas. Publications in references which include different authors are separated by a semicolon (Miller 1994a: 32, 1994b: Gordon 1976). If the year of first publication by a particular author is important, use the form (e.g. Marx 1857/1973: 31). If there are two authors for a publication, put both names separated by 'and' (not &). If there are more than two authors, put the name of the first author followed by 'et al.' References to unauthorised material on the Internet must be given in brackets in the text or endnotes, not in the reference list. The full URL must be given as well as the date of access.
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Example:
(www.nature.com/onc/v18/n1/1234567.html (15 July, 2003))
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References to unauthorized data from periodical publications may be also given in brackets in the text together with the exact page(s).
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Example:
'(quoted in Europe Magazine (July 1998): 8).'
If such a reference is included in the reference list, a title of a contribution you are referring to must be provided, While a short title without inverted commas and a year of publication is used for in-text-referencing (e.g. Short title 1999). As a general rule, an exact web address of a particular article substitutes its exact page(s).
List of References
References are placed in alphabetical order of authors. Examples of correct forms of references for alphabetical style:
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BOOKS:
Single authored books:
Gunnel, John G. (1998) The Orders of Discourse: Philosophy, Social Science and Politics, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Two or more authors:
Altvater, Elmar and Birgit Mahnkopf (2000) Grenzen der Globalisierung: Ökonomie, Ökologie und Politik in der Weltgesellschaft, Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot.
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EDITED VOLUMES:
Rittberger, Volker, ed. (1993) Regime Theory and International Relations, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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CHAPTERS FROM MONOGRAPHS:
Lijphart, Arendt (1990) 'Democratic Political Systems', in Anton Bebler and Jim Seroka, eds. Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and Typologies, 117-34, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Printed journals:
Jackson, Robert H. (1992) 'Juridical Statehood in Sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of International Affairs 46(1): 1-16.
Online editions of journals:
Hoffmann, Stanley (2003b) 'America Goes Backward', The New York Review of Books 50(10), available at http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16350 (2 November, 2003).
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
Printed editions:
Daalder, Ivo and James M. Lindsay (2003) 'American Empire, Not "If" but "What Kind"', The New York Times (10 May): B9.
Online editions:
Cooper, Robert (2002) 'Why We Still Need Empires', The Guardian Unlimited, 7 April, available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4388915,00.html (2 November, 2003).
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MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Kaplan, Robert (2003) 'Supremacy by Stealth: Ten Rules for Managing the World', The Atlantic Monthly (July/August): 65-83.
Elliott, Michael (2002) 'The Trouble With Saving the World', Time (30 December): 108.
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RESEARCH REPORTS AND PAPERS FROM CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
Szakolzai, Arpád (1994) 'Thinking Beyond the East-West Divide: Patocka, Faucault, Hamvas, Elias, and the Care of the Self', Florence: European University Institute, EUI Working Papers in Political and Social Sciences, No. 94/2.
Spelling
Use either US or UK spellings consistently throughout. For UK spellings, take as a guide the new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors; Websters Collegiate for US spellings. UK spellings will therefore prefer -ize to -ise, as a verb ending (e.g., realize, specialize, recognize, etc.).
Illustrations and tables
Supply tables, figures and plates on separate sheets at the end of the article, with their position within the text clearly indicated on the page where they are introduced. Provide typed captions for figures and plates (including sources and acknowledgements) on a separate sheet. Electronic versions should be saved in separate files to the main body of text and should be saved in either TIFF or JPEG format.
Authors are asked to present tables with the minimum use of horizontal rules (usually three are sufficient) and avoiding vertical rules except in matrices. It is important to provide clear copies of figures (not photocopies or faxes) which can be reproduced by the printer and do not require redrawing. Photographs should be preferably black and white glossy prints with a wide tonal range.
Proofs
These are received as PDF attachments to an email to only the first (or corresponding) author of a multi-authored article. Please print the PDF attachment, correct your proofs within the time period indicated and return your proofs as directed. Please make no revisions to the final, edited text, except where the copy editor has requested clarification.
Offprints
A copy of the printed journal and article offprints (25, to be shared with any co-authors) are dispatched to the corresponding author shortly after publication.
Copyright
Clearing Permissions. 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.
