Organization operates a strictly blinded peer review process in which the reviewer's and author's names are withheld, though reviewers may reveal their names at their own discretion. All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors and only those papers that meet the scientific and editorial standards of the journal, and fit within the aims and scope of the journal, will be sent for outside review.
SUBMISSIONS:
We are pleased to inform you that Organization: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Organization, Theory and Society has now moved to a web based system of submission and reviewing for all manuscripts submitted from 1 January 2008. All new submissions should be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/organization.
Manuscripts submitted before this date will continue to be dealt with under the old system for as long as necessary so please continue to send any queries or documents relating to 2007 and earlier manuscripts to our usual email address organization@le.ac.uk
New User Account
Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. Follow the instructions and please ensure to enter a current and correct email address. Creating your account is a three-step process that takes a matter of minutes to set up. When you have finished, your User ID and password is sent via email immediately. Please edit your user ID and password to something more memorable by selecting 'edit account' at the top of the screen. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the 'Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website.
New Submission
Submissions should be made by logging in and selecting the Author Center and the 'Click here to Submit a New Manuscript' option. Follow the instructions on each page, clicking the 'Next' button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen. If at any stage you have any questions or require the user guide, please use the 'Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's® Manuscript CentralTM customer support at +1 434 817 2040 x 167.
To upload your files, click on the 'Browse' button and locate the file on your computer. Select the designation of each file (i.e. main document, submission form, figure) in the drop down next to the browse button. When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the 'Upload Files' button
Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) and then click the Submit button
You may suspend a submission at any point before clicking the Submit button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also log back into your author centre at any time to check the status of your manuscript.
Please ensure that you submit editable/source files only (Microsoft Word or RTF) and that your document does not include page numbers; the Organization SAGETRACK system will generate them for you, and then automatically convert your manuscript to PDF for peer review. Furthermore, it is imperative that authors remove from their submissions any information that will identify them or their affiliations to reviewers. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by email.
If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission process please contact the Organization editorial office at the following email address: organization@le.ac.uk
Submitting a Revised Submission
Authors submitting revised manuscripts should follow the instructions above to submit through the SAGETRACK system. To create a revision, go to the 'Manuscripts with Decisions' option in your Author Dashboard and select 'create a revision in the 'Action' column. Authors of all revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in your manuscript. As this will be provided to reviewers, it is important that authors do not identify themselves in these responses.
The journal publishes theory papers and speculative essays, review articles and theoretically grounded methodology and empirical articles. Thematic symposia (typically comprising 3 or 4 papers) on a particular theme will be published from time to time.
Articles should be written in English and should not have been published nor be currently under review elsewhere. Organization will consider papers which have been published elsewhere, in languages other than English, if they are submitted with an accompanying English translation.
REFEREEING PROCEDURES: Organization sets out to serve its contributors well by responding in a timely and constructive fashion to papers that will often be interdisciplinary and 'hard' to categorize. To this end the journal makes every effort to match papers with referees of appropriate theoretical backgrounds. Referees are also encouraged to provide prompt and constructive critiques of papers, and, where revision is required, to highlight potential avenues for further development.
The journal aims to keep contributors informed of the progress of their submissions on a regular basis, and, in recognition of this commitment, provides a first indication of a paper's progress within 8-10 weeks of the initial acknowledgement of receipt, and apprises them of developments thereafter. It is the editors' intention, by these means, to deal fairly and in good faith with potential contributors and readers.
PAPER PRESENTATION: Manuscripts MUST be submitted electronically, double-spaced throughout (this includes Notes and References sections) on one side of A4 or US standard size white paper with generous margins. All manuscripts submitted must include a word count on the title page. Reviewing is anonymous, so authors should supply two title pages, one with full identifying information (plus fax and e-mail numbers), one with title only. If short manuscript items are supplied in the first instance as e-mail documents, a double-spaced hard copy should be mailed when accepted for publication.
Extent. Full papers should be between 5000 and 8000 words, exceptionally 10,000. Book reviews will usually be commissioned.
Abstract. This should be 100-150 words in length, typed double-spaced on a separate sheet at the beginning of the manuscript.
Notes. Keep them to a minimum; number them consecutively through the text and present them typed as a double-spaced list before the References at the end of the manuscript. Do not present them as footnotes to the individual pages of citation; this is not the style used by this journal.
References. Represent these in the text by author and date [typically: ... as Calás (1992) and Gellner (1993) comment ... as demonstrated (Reed, 1992; Alvesson, 1993)], and collate into an alphabetical and date-order (double-spaced) list at the end of the manuscript, in the following style.
Books. Shapiro, Michael J. (1992) Reading the Postmodern Polity: Political Theory as Textual Practice. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Journal articles. Burrell, Gibson (1988) 'Modernism, Post-Modernism and Organizational Analysis 2: The Contribution of Michel Foucault', Organization Studies 9(2): 221-36.
Chapters in books. Smircich, Linda (1985) 'Is the Concept of Culture a Paradigm for Understanding Organizations and Ourselves?', in P.J. Frost, L.F. Moore, M.R. Louis, C.C. Lundberg and J. Martin (eds) Organizational Culture, pp. 55-72. London: Sage.
Conference and other papers. Saal, F.E. (1986) 'Males' Misperceptions of Females' Friendliness: Replication and Extension', paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association (May), Chicago.
Tables and Figures. Supply on separate pages from the text, complete with captions and any source details (figures to be clear black and white originals, preferably suitable for direct reproduction). Indicate in the text where they are to be incorporated. [Note that authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures--or lengthy quotations--previously published elsewhere.]
ALTERNATIVE FORMATS: Organization also welcomes shorter pieces of relevance to the critical study of theory, society and organizations.
Speaking Out: Provocative and polemical essays, designed to challenge contemporary orthodoxies in our field (3000 words maximum).
Connexions: Essays that tie together critical social problems and the study of organizing and organization, emphasizing connections between theory and practice, between the international political and economic order and organizational analysis and between action and disinterested observation (5000 words maximum).
We are also willing to publish commentaries or critiques (1000 words maximum) of Speaking Outs in later issues if the content and quality of the contribution or reader response justifies this.
PROOFS: All article and review article authors will see a set of proofs (usually by email) prior to publication.
OFFPRINTS: On publication, article and review article authors will receive a printed copy of the journal, and an emailed link for offprints will be sent to the first author of the article.
REVIEW COPIES: US publishers, send books for review to George Cheney, Dpt of Communication, University of Utah, 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 2400, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0491, USA. UK publishers, send books to Robyn Thomas, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK.
English Language Editing Services: Please click here for information on professional English language editing services recommended by SAGE.
