The Journal of European Social Policy is a peer reviewed journal which provides unrivalled coverage of key European social policy issues and developments
Manuscript Submission
Journal of European Social Policy is hosted on Manuscript Central™, a web based online submission and peer review system - SAGETRACK. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then simply visit
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jesp to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is possible that you will have had an account created.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below.
If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission process please contact Hayley Bennett in the editorial office at jesp@ed.ac.uk
Guide to Authors
Online submission and review of manuscripts is now mandatory for all types of papers.
1. Length Papers must be submitted in English and should not exceed 8,000 words all inclusive (7,000 words for the European Briefing section). Where the paper includes Tables and Figures, this word total will be commensurately reduced, so as to allow space for them.
2. Anonymisation One submission, with a full title, must be provided and this must be fully anonymised. Anonymisation includes references to authors acknowledgements, and any electronic author identification. Papers must be provided in MS Word or rich text format. The final version of the accepted paper must be provided in MS Word format.
3. Text preamble The anonymised submission must include a short but informative title on the second page of the manuscript, together with an abstract of maximum 150 words, indicating the paper's argument, approach and findings, along with five keywords. Visit http://www.Sagepub.com/journalEditors.nav
4. Title page There must be a non-anonymised first title page, which must include the title, the full postal, email and telephone contact details of every author. The author for correspondence must be clearly identified at the time of submission.
5. Tables and line diagrams should be provided at the end (not incorporated into the typescript); their position for eventual insertion should be keyed into the text.
Any acknowledgements should appear at the end of the text.
No more than three levels of subheading should be used. Indicate in the left-hand margin the level of heading required (A, B, C).
Underline words that are to appear in italic; circle in red words to appear in bold.
Spelling should follow that of the Oxford English Dictionary; authors are responsible for consistency in spelling and nomenclature.
Use Arabic numerals for all page numbers, tables, diagrams, etc.
Footnotes should not be used. If necessary, add 'Endnotes' in numerical sequence on the final page, referred to in text as (1), (2), etc.
6. References Use the Harvard system, which in the text cites authors and year of publication, and the full reference in a List of References at the end of the main text. For example:
Biggs, A. J., Hollis, J. and Parker, B. (1989) 'The European Monetary System', Journal of Political Studies 4 (5): 33-42.
Hudson, P. J. (1988) Capital Politics. London: Croom Helm.
Morgan, R. H. and Askew, S. (1989) 'International Economic Policy', in D. Pierson and H. Aitken (eds) World Politics. London: Macmillan.
In text these references should appear as follows:
Biggs et al. (1989); Hudson (1988); Morgan and Askew (1989)
Note: If two or more publications in the same year are cited for one author, add a, b, etc. after the date.
7. Tables These should be typed (double line-spaced) on separate sheets and contain only horizontal rules. Tables should be numbered consecutively throughout and include a short, descriptive title. Any relevant footnotes should be placed below and identified using *, daggers, etc.
8. Illustrations All line diagrams are termed 'Figures' and referred to as such in the typescript. They should be numbered consecutively.
Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e. not requiring redrawing by the Publisher), each on a separate A4 sheet. They should be reproducible to a final printed width of either 63mm (single column) or 130mm (double column) and a maximum depth of 196 mm. Labels (i.e. letters within the boundary of the diagram) should use initial capital letters for the first word only (except for proper nouns). Figures will be reduced in size for a final height of 2 mm for capitals when printed.
All figure captions should be numbered corresponding to the order referred to in the text, and typed out in full. Provide captions as a separate list.
9. Non-sexist use of language The Journal is committed to a non-sexist use of language. Avoid, for example, the use of masculine pronouns (he, him, his), unless specifically referring to a male.
For full details of SAGE's publishing policy including information on the English Language Editing Service please visit http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journaleditors.nav
Authors will receive electronic offprints of their article and a complimentary journal copy. A maximum of 5 journal copies will be supplied for multi-authored articles. These will be supplied to the main author.
11. Book Reviews
Authors wishing to review books, or those wishing to send books for review should contact the Book Reviews Editor:
Dr Daniel Clegg
Email: daniel.clegg@ed.ac.uk
12. JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize Authors wishing to submit papers for consideration for this prize should email JESP@ed.ac.uk for details of guidelines and rules.
Full manuscript submission information can be found at esp.sagepub.com and in each issue of the journal.
Peer Review
For all papers the journal adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties. Book reviews and review essays are assessed by the Editors. All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors. Those that fit within the aims and scope of the journal are sent for outside review. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. Referees normally respond within two months and an editorial decision is made as soon as both referees' reports are received.
English Language Editing Services: Please click here for information on professional English language editing services recommended by SAGE.
