The Journal of Classical Sociology aims to publish cutting-edge articles that will command general respect within the academic community. The aim of JCS is to demonstrate scholarly excellence in the study of the sociological tradition.
Peer Review Policy
All articles go through a pre-review process when the editors assess whether the article is appropriate – mainly in terms of content – to be reviewed for the journal. We aim to have three reviewers per article. We seek to provide sound scholarly advice to authors giving detailed reasons for acceptance or rejection. Most articles that appear in the journal have been revised in the light of reviewers’ comments. We provide a list each year of external reviewers. We seek reviewers who are not Board members and who are recognized experts in their field.
The Journal encourages submission of papers from all and any of the relevant social and cultural disciplines, all papers should, however, have a methodological focus, with reference to empirical research. The manuscript should be sent as an attachment to an email to the Managing Editor.
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 (submissions will be refereed anonymously by at least two referees), 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) up to 10 key words
(iv) main text and word count suggested target is about 8000 words. Text to be clearly organized, with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text. Texts of a length greatly exceeding this will be considered as interest warrants and space permits.
(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. References are cited in the text thus: (author, date: page)
(vii) an alphabetical references section should follow the text (and end notes if any),using the Harvard system as in the following examples:
Books: Titmuss, Richard M. (1970) The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy. London: Allen and Unwin.
Chapters in edited books: Besnard, Philippe (1983) 'Introduction', pp. 1-39 in Philippe Besnard (ed.) The Sociological Domain: The Durkheimians and the Founding of French Sociology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Articles in journals: Kalberg, Stephen (1996) 'On the Neglect of Weber's "Protestant Ethic" as a Theoretical Treatise: Demarcating the Parameters of Postwar American Sociological Theory', Sociological Theory 14: 49-69.
Tables and figures should be presented on separate sheets of paper at the end of the piece and should carry short titles. Their position in the text should be clearly indicated and they should be numbered. Line diagrams should be presented as camera-ready copy on glossy paper (b/w, unless to be reproduced - by arrangement - in colour) and, if possible, on disk as EPS files (all fonts embedded) or TIFF files (with LZW compression) - b/w only. For scanning, photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted b/w prints with a good range of contrast or on disk as TIFF files (with LZW compression, resolution x 2 line screen, e.g. 266 dpi for 133 line screen output).
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Permission letters must be supplied to SAGE.
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).
Proofs and offprints: Authors will receive proofs of their articles and will be asked to send their corrections to SAGE. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and controlled access to a pdf of their article after publication.
Manuscript submissions address:
Simon Susen
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Email: simon.susen@ncl.ac.uk
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