Peer review policy
The Journal of Sociology operates a strictly blinded peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed. Decisions on manuscripts will be taken as rapidly as possible. Authors should expect to have reviewer’s comments within approximately 8 weeks.
Submission of articles
All submissions should be made online at the Journal of Sociology SAGETRACK website http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jos
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Please log onto the website. New users will first need to create an account. This is a 3-step system that takes a matter of minutes to set up. Log-in information is sent via email immediately upon completion. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website. 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.
Submissions should be made via the Author Center and the 'Click here to Submit a New Manuscript' option. For questions and a user guide, please use the 'Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's Manuscript Central customer support at +1 434-817-2040 x 167, or email: support@ScholarOne.com
Please ensure that your Microsoft Word or RTF document does NOT include a title page or page numbers; the Journal of Sociology SAGETRACK system will generate them for you. 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.
Preparation of copy
The Journal of Sociology is a peer-reviewed publication. Articles between 4000-7000 words (double spaced pages) including tables, notes and references, are accepted for review. The Editors reserve the right to return papers to authors where they exceed this word limit. Submission of a manuscript to another journal while under review by the Journal of Sociology is unethical. Breach of this principle will result in the paper being removed from consideration for publication in the JOS. Each manuscript must be accompanied by a signed statement that it has not been published previously and that it has not and will not be sent for consideration by another journal while submitted to the Journal of Sociology.
Prepare copy as follows:
1. Manuscripts should be double spaced and should not include page numbers as the SAGETRACK system will create these automatically.
2. Manuscripts should be submitted with the name and affiliation of the author as a supplementary document to preserve anonymity. Please provide the word count on the manuscript.
3. All manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract of 100-150 words plus 5 or 6 key words.
4. Footnotes should be numbered serially, typed double-spaced, and should be listed at the end of the article or research report, and should be kept to a minimum.
5. Each table should be typed on a separate page. Insert a guideline, e.g., [Table 1 about here] at the appropriate place in the manuscript. Complex tables can present problems in the conversion from one program to another. Please key tables into the text using one tab only between columns. Do not use spaces between columns. Do not worry about the alignment of columns, but indicate on the printout how the table should appear. Key in a return at the end of a line. Do not tab to wrap.
6. For general style conventions please consult the Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 5th Edition (revised) 1998.
7. Please provide a separate brief (no more than 50 words) autobiographical note with your contribution and ensure that a full mailing address and email address is included.
References in the text:
All references to books, articles and other sources are to be identified at an appropriate point in the text by name of author, year of publication, and pagination (within parentheses). Footnotes are to be limited to substantive observations only. There is no need for 'ibid', 'loc cit' or 'op cit'. For example:
1. If the author's name is in the text, follow it by the year of publication and a page reference: As Brown (1999: 267) has shown in her case study . . . . If the author's name is not in text, insert at an appropriate point surname, year of publication and page reference, for example: Australian research on changes to the middle class suggests …. (Solomon 1998: 135). Note that pagination, author and year are separated by a colon.
2. Where two authors are involved, cite both surnames. Where more than two authors are involved, cite the first surname followed by et al. For institutional authorship, supply only sufficient information for positive identification: The aim of this working paper is to explore the future of sociology in Australia (Department of Sociology, Flinders University, 1997).
3. Separate multiple citations by semicolons: The professions are the subject of considerable sociological attention (e.g., Chagnon 1994; Lorber 1992; Vassiliou 1999).
4. Where there is more than one reference in an article to the same author and year, use letters (a, b, etc.) to distinguish them one from the other. For example: (Roberts 1999a; 1999b).
Format of references:
List all items cited in the text alphabetically by author and for each author, by year of publication in an appendix titled References. List all authors by name - do not use et al. or ampersands (&). For example:
Burke, M. (2002) 'Global Boom and Bust Following the World Trade Centre Collapse', Journal of Sociology 38: 135-51.
Shaw, M. J. (2000) Life as a Graduate Student in Australian Universities. London: Sage.
Thompson, M. and J. Smith (1999) 'Gender and Wealth: Beyond the Patterns and the Paradox', pp. 156-87 in J. Montague (ed.) Wealth in Australia: Sociological Concepts and Issues, 2nd edn. Sydney: Prentice Hall.
If you would like to discuss your article with the editors prior to submission, please contact the managing editor: Riccardo Rivera, C/o: Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University , Nathan QLD, 4111, Australia
E-mail: r.rivera@griffith.edu.au
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