Australian Journal of Social Issues

NOTES FOR AJSI CONTRIBUTORS

The AJSI Editorial Board welcomes contributions that discuss particular social issues, review conceptual problems, present empirical reports or debate policy initiatives. The treatment may cross one or more disciplinary fields but must be readable across boundaries. The Journal will normally publish three types of material:

Refereed contributions
- Scholarly articles of 5,000 to 7,000 words; and
- Debate or commentary essays on current social issues of 2,000 to 3,000 words.
Solicited contributions
- Book reviews of 1,000 to 1,500 words; and
- Commissioned articles on current topics of 3,000 to 5,000 words.
Themed or special issues
- Comprising 6 to 8 articles of a standard refereed article length.
- Edited by the organisers of conferences/workshops or Principle Investigators of research project based proposals. (See additional notes below.)

Submission procedures

Original articles only are accepted, on condition they are not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. Submissions should be in English and no more than the respective word limits indicated above. Preference, in general, will be given to articles that are succinct. Authors of all contributions will be required to sign a copyright agreement granting ACOSS a non-exclusive license to publish their article in journal form.

Articles considered suitable by the editors will be reviewed through a double-blind refereeing process, with final decisions made by the Editor/Editorial Board. To facilitate this process, the author(s)'s name(s) should not be shown in the body of the manuscript, and all identifying references to the author(s)'s own work(s) be masked or omitted.

For new submissions please email Louise Sims at ajsi@anu.edu.au with an electronic version of your submission; the preferred format is Microsoft Word, 1.5 spaced throughout, with 2.5cm margins. Then post three(3) hard copies printed on one side only of A4 paper to:

Louise Sims
Production Officer
The Australian Journal of Social Issues
ADSRI
College of Arts & Social Sciences
HC Coombs Building #9
The Australian National University
CANBERRA ACT 0200.

A cover page should include the title and name of the author(s); the name and address of the person to whom proofs and other correspondence should be sent; an author note giving institutional affiliation and/or any other relevant identification. This will be removed before being sent for review. The first page should include the title of the article, three keywords, and an abstract of no more than 150 words, which should not show authorship.

Please note that the editors will communicate only with a ‘nominated author' of a paper. In the case of co-authored papers, it will be the responsibility of the ‘nominated author' to pass onto their co-author(s) any editorial communications.

Themed/special issues

The AJSI Editorial Board is willing to consider ideas proposals for themed or special issues arising from workshops, conferences or high quality research projects. Proposals should be sent to the Editor setting out the rationale for the issue; a list of the papers and authors contributing to the issue; and the expected date of manuscript delivery. The Editor will consult with appropriate Editorial Board members on proposals and advise of acceptance or otherwise. The organiser(s) of themed or special issues will be responsible for:

Refereeing processes - to be discussed with The Editor;
Ensuring publication deadlines are met; and
Providing an Editorial Overview of the issue of 1,500 to 2,000 words.

Submission of a manuscript is understood to imply that

the paper is original;
it has not already been published in whole or in substantial part elsewhere;
it is not currently under consideration by any other journal;
the publication of the paper in the Journal would not infringe the copyright or other rights of any other person(s);
to the best of the author(s)'s knowledge, the paper does not contain any scandalous, libellous, obscene, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable material;
the author(s) will agree to the publication of the paper in the Journal if the paper is accepted for publication in the Journal, sign a copyright agreement granting ACOSS a non-exclusive licence to publish their article in journal form; and
the paper is available for publication in the Journal free of charge.

Journal Style

The Oxford English Dictionary provides the Journal's standard for spelling.
Substantial quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
Other quotations should be enclosed by single quotation marks. Double quotation marks should be used only as innermost quotation marks within single quotation marks or where necessary to ensure fidelity to another's work.
Sub-headings should be used to break up the text where appropriate. Main sub-headings should be typed with initial capitals, placed against the left margin. Minor sub-headings should be treated in the same way and underlined or italicised. Further levels of headings should be avoided. Text following headings should begin on a new line.
Tables and figures should be given on separate sheets, with an indication in the manuscript where they are to appear. They should be numbered separately, in Arabic numerals, with a top caption having initial capitals. All figures should be provided by the authors in camera-ready form. Such graphics should be in grayscale at a minimum of 300 dpi resolution or preferably in full colour.
Type styles should be used appropriately and with restraint. Text should be typed in a clear, plain and legible typeface, avoiding over-use of italics, boldface or capitals. Words should only be underlined or italicised if they are to be set in italics.
Acknowledgements should be given under a final sub-heading immediately preceding the References.
Endnotes should be used only in exceptional circumstances. If short explanatory notes are required they should be placed parenthetically in the text.
References should be used sparingly, to indicate specific citations or illustrate definite points. Excessive referencing detracts from readability. Such references as are used should follow the author-date Harvard system. Those in the text should give the author's surname, year of publication and page number (if a direct quote is included or specific point is referred to) as follows:
Where a reference contains more than two authors, citations consist of the first name followed by 'et al.' unless this may cause ambiguity.
At the end of the article a list of references should be provided only for those works cited in the text, under the sub-heading 'References'. These should be arranged in alphabetical order of authors' surnames, and chronologically for each author. Give the author's surname, followed by initials, year of publication in parenthesis, title of work, where it appears, and publication details, as in the following examples (note also the style of capitalisation and punctuation):

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