Manuscript Submission Guidelines  Journal Author Gateway

Submitting your article

Each SAGE journal has its own Editorial office and its own manuscript submission guidelines. To submit your article, go to the list of SAGE journals, select the one you wish to submit to, click on the “Manuscript Submission” tab to get details on how to submit your article.


Supplemental files

Selected journals are able to support supplemental files. Please check the submission guidelines for the relevant journal if you would like to submit supplemental material. Please refer to the following document for general guidance: Supplemental data on SJO - Guidelines for Authors

 

Artwork guidelines

Illustrations, pictures and graphs, should be supplied with the highest quality and in an electronic format that helps us to publish your article in the best way possible. Please follow the guidelines below to enable us to prepare your artwork for the printed issue as well as the web site.

Checklist

  1. Please read carefully through all of the following points:

    • Artwork GuidelinesResolution: Images should be supplied as bitmap based files (ie with .tiff or .jpeg extension) with a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). Line art should be supplied as vector-based, separate .eps files (not as .tiff files, and not only inserted in the Word or pdf file), with a resolution of 600 dpi.

    • Format: TIFF, EPS or PDF. MS Office files (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) are also accepted provided they meet certain conditions. For more information, see below (3. Word files).

    • Color mode:

      Please note that colored images will be published in color online and black and white in print (unless otherwise arranged).
      Therefore, it is important that you supply images that are comprehensible in black and white as well (ie, by using color with a distinctive pattern or dotted lines). The captions should reflect this by not using words indicating color.

    • Dimension: Check that the artworks supplied match or exceed the dimensions of the journal. Images cannot be scaled up after origination

    • Fonts: The lettering used in the artwork should not vary too much in size and type (usually sans serif font as a default).

  2. Artwork on disk
    If you can't submit the artwork electronically, you may send a disk by post. Possible formats are: CD-ROM, 3.5" disk, JAZ disk or ZIP disk. Figure captions should be submitted with the original main text. Please always supply hard copies along the disk or accompanying e-mails detailing the content.
  3. Word files ( Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
    Microsoft Office is essentially a family of applications that can be used to produce a variety of document types including written documents, spreadsheets, presentations and databases. Although we prefer artwork files in TIFF, EPS or PDF format, we are also aware that a number of authors already (for convenience) submit their artwork in MS Office formats and therefore we will continue to support these submission types now and in the future.

    Check for more information at http://www.microsoft.com/office.