Papers should normally be between 5000 and 8000 words in length, accompanied by a 100/150 word abstract and about five key words on a separate sheet. It is desirable that the abstract should be provided in French as well as English.
Manuscripts should be prepared double-spaced throughout, and printed on A4 paper with generous margins. Contributions should have been word processed using a package such as Word for Windows and supplied (a) by email to the address below and (b) on disk accompanied by two hard copies.
Up to three orders of heading are acceptable in the journal. Please indicate clearly the status of your headings.
Footnotes should be kept to a minimum, numbered consecutively throughout the text, and presented as a typed double-spaced list before the References at the end of the manuscript.
References should be Harvard system, and in the following style: e.g.
Wagner, Richard K. and Robert J. Sternberg, eds (1986) Practical Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Blanckaert, Claude (1993) 'Buffon and the Natural History of Man: Writing History and the "Foundational Myth" of Anthropology', History of the Human Sciences 6(1): 13-50.
Tyler, T. R. (1984) 'Justice in the Political Arena', in R. Folger (ed.) The Sense of Injustice, pp. 189-225. New York: Plenum.
Folger, R. and R. Buttram (1993) Multiple obligations of fair treatment. Unpublished manuscript.
Bibliographic references in the text should use the author-date system (e.g. Blanckaert, 1992).
All figures and tables should be of a reproducible standard and submitted on a separate sheet with their position indicated in the text.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material, whether text or illustrations.
Use single quotation marks only, except for quotes within quotes. Quotations of more than three lines should be displayed indented, i.e. to a narrower measure than the main text.
In order to assist refereeing, which is anonymous, the title, name of author and biographical material (which will accompany your article upon publication and should not exceed 50 words for a single author and 25 words each in the case of multiple authors) should be typed on a separate sheet.
Contributors are encouraged to submit an outline or initial draft in order to ensure that articles are broadly consistent with editorial policy.
Because of the broad range of subject-matter covered by the journal, authors are encouraged to supply the names of one or more potential referees. Doing so in no way guarantees that the editor will request reviews from these individuals, although such referees may be called upon in addition to those of the editor's choosing.
Proofs are sent to contributors by the publishers; they must be returned to the editors within two weeks. Only typesetting errors may be corrected at this stage.
Two hard copies of all manuscript submissions plus one on disk should be submitted to: The Editorial Office, Evaluation, EDRU, The Tavistock Institute, 30 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4DD, UK.
Publishers should send books for review to the above address.
An electronic version of all submissions should be emailed to the editorial team at the Tavistock Institute at the following address:
evaljournal@tavinstitute.org
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