Prospective authors should send their manuscript to the Managing Editor at rationality@cornell.edu. Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format. Manuscripts should include a short abstract of no more than 150 words, and up to 5 key words. Authors should also send a brief biographical sketch of 100 words or fewer, with current job title and affiliation, research interests and recent publications or projects. The author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s) should appear in a separate file to facilitate anonymous review. Authors should supply their current address and telephone number and, if possible, fax and email addresses.
All materials, including end notes and references, should be double spaced. Figure and table captions should be included at the end of the text. Tables and figures should be submitted in a separate file from the text. Figures should be supplied in tiff or jpg format. Tables should be supplied in Word or Excel format. The social science substance of papers employing mathematics should be accessible to readers who will not follow the mathematical derivations.
Rationality and Society follows the Chicago Manual of Style for the format of references.
References to journal articles should be in the following form:
Platt, I. 1973. 'Social Traps.' American Psychologist 28: 641-51.
References to books should be in the following form:
Allison, G.T. 1972. The Essence of Decision. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the Editor.
Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement.
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If you wish your article to be freely available online immediately upon publication (as some funding bodies now require), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Open subject to payment of a publication fee. Manuscript submission and refereeing procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Open. For further information, please
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