INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

• Notes to contributors |
• Presentation |
• Notes |
• References |
• Spelling |
• Figures |
• Proofs |
• Copyright |
• Book Reviews |

Notes to contributors

Papers should be submitted via the EJournal Press online submission system at: http://sub.msubmit.net.

All articles are subject to peer review and the final decision to publish rests with the editors. In the peer review process for Subjectivity both author and reviewer will be anonymous. Please ensure that no author names are given on the first page of the manuscript and that author names have been taken out of the ‘File’ ‘Properties’ screen in Word. Articles would not normally exceed 8,000 words. Please supply a word count at the end of your article; word counts should include abstract, notes, references and any acknowledgements.

Contributors should bear in mind that Subjectivity is an interdisciplinary journal and should prepare their papers for such an audience.

We welcome short questions or inquiries about the appropriateness of manuscripts. Please send inquiries to the Editors at subjectivity@palgrave.com.

Presentation

General style
All manuscripts should be in English 12 point font, double line spaced and submitted in MS Word or a compatible software file.

You will be required to submit two documents

Author Contact Details / Biographies
This should include:

• the title of the article and suggestions for a short running title of no more than 40 characters (including spaces);
• the author(s)’ names and affiliations;
• a short biography of no more than 100 words for each author;
• contact details (including email address) for the corresponding author.

Please note that your submission will not be accepted without this file.

Article
This should include:

• the title of the article;
• an unstructured abstract of no more than 150 words;
• 3-6 keywords that describe your paper, for indexing and for web searches on your manuscript;
• the full article text, including references (see formatting instructions below).

Please make sure that this file does not contain any information identifying the author(s). Also, please take care to create a title and an abstract that are direct and ‘reader-friendly’.

Notes

Do not use footnotes. Keep endnotes to a minimum. Indicate endnotes with superscript numbers, and type the notes between the end of the article and the beginning of the references. Do not use the foot/endnote macro in MS Word as this data is lost in the production process.

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.

Spelling

Please use either UK or US spellings consistently throughout the text. For UK spellings follow the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors. Use Webster's Collegiate for US spellings. US spellings will prefer '-ize' to '-ise' as a verb ending.

Figures

Authors are requested to follow our instructions on how to prepare and submit their figures, for more information see www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/palgrave_artwork_guidelines.pdf.

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.

Two copies of the issue in which the paper appears will be dispatched to the corresponding author shortly after publication.

Corresponding authors will receive a copy of the journal and a PDF of their article. This PDF offprint is provided for personal use. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to pass the PDF offprint onto co-authors (if relevant) and ensure that they are aware of the conditions pertaining to its use.

The PDF must not be placed on a publicly-available website for general viewing, or otherwise distributed without seeking our permission, as this would contravene our copyright policy and potentially damage the journal’s circulation. Please visit www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/authors/rights_and_permissions.html to see our latest copyright policy.

Copyright

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders of any copyrighted material and for any costs incurred in the process. Add any acknowledgements as a separate section before the references. Credit the source and copyright of all 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 they retain 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 arrangements for photocopying in their respective territories.

Book Reviews

Subjectivity welcomes the submission of book reviews. Reviews should be submitted via the online submission site. Please ensure you select ‘book review’ as the article type.

Given that Subjectivity is a multi-disciplinary journal, book reviews should not be written with a specialist audience in mind, but rather for a diverse audience of readers interested in different aspects of subjectivity. Importantly also, the topic of subjectivity should be of central importance to the review. Book reviews would not normally be longer than 1,500 words.