journal of visual culture adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and the author are concealed from both parties.
Submission of mss: four identical copies of the manuscript, each fully numbered, labelled and typed in double spacing throughout, on one side only of white A4 or US standard size paper, plus a disk version of the article, should be sent to either the UK/Europe editorial office:
Joanne Morra, School of Art, Central St Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, 107-9 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H ODU, UK [email: g.morra@csm.arts.ac.uk]
or the Americas editorial office:
Raiford Guins, Department of CLCS, Humanities Building, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5355, USA [email: rgun81@gmail.com].u].
We regret that we can only accept articles in English.
Covering letter: please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
Format of mss: Each manuscript should contain:
(i) title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate sheet.
(ii) abstract of 100-150 words
(iii) 5-8 key words
(iv) main text and word count - suggested target is about 5000-7000 words. Text to be clearly organized, with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text
(v) end notes, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references
(vi) references in both the text and end notes should follow Harvard style whereby references should be cited in the text as (author, date: page) and an alphabetical references section follows the text. Examples below:
Book
Surname, X.X. and Surname, Y. (year) Title with Initial Caps: Subtitle with Initial Caps. Place: Publisher.
Article in book
Surname, X.X. (year) 'Title of Chapter', in X. Surname and Y. Surname (eds) Title of Book, pp. xxx-xxx. Place: Publisher.
Journal article
Surname, X.X. (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.): xx-xxx [page range].
Paper
Surname, X.X. (year) 'Title of Paper', paper presented at Name of Conference, City, Month of presentation.
Website
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.), URL (consulted Month, Year): http:/xxxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xxxx/xxxx
Tables: tables should be typed (double line-spaced) on separate sheets and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text. All tables should have short descriptive captions with footnotes and their source(s) typed below the tables.
Illustrations: all line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively and presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e. not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet. They should be reproducible to a final printed text area of 205 mm x 130 mm. Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIF or JPEG files scanned in at high resolution (at least 300 dpi) to a size of 205 mm x 130 mm. Images should be provided separately, i.e. not embedded in a Word document. Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of contrast. Slides are also acceptable, black and white if possible. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet. Further details are available from Journal Production, SAGE. Please contact Mark Little [email: mark.little@unn.ac.uk] if you have any queries or need any more details.
Authors are responsible for obtaining printed and electronic permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Permission letters must be supplied to SAGE.
Style: use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, define them when first used. Use non-racist, non-sexist language and plurals rather than he/she.
Spellings: UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
Punctuation: use single quotation marks with double quotes inside single quotes. Present dates in the form 1 May 1998. Do not use points in abbreviations, contractions or acronyms (e.g. AD, USA, Dr, PhD).
Disks: on acceptance of your manuscript for publication, you will be asked to supply another diskette (IBM-compatible or Mac) of the final version.
Proofs and offprints: authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to Journal Production, SAGE, 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, UK within 2 weeks.They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and an electronic offprint of their article. A maximum of 5 journal copies will be supplied for multi-authored articles, which will be supplied to the main author.
Reviews: journal of visual culture includes a section in which books and other significant contributions to the field are reviewed. This includes both essay length and shorter contributions. Books for review and manuscripts of book reviews should be sent to
Mark Little, Book Review Editor, School of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Lipman Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST, UK [mark.little@unn.ac.uk].
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