The journal encourages submission of papers from all and any of the relevant social and cultural discipline. All papers should however, have a methodological focus, with reference to empirical research.
Submission of Mss Authors should retain one copy of their manuscript and send three identical copies, each fully numbered and typed in double spacing throughout, on one side only of white A4 or US standard size paper, to:
Sara Delamont and Paul Atkinson, Qualitative Research, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT, UK.
AND NOW ACCEPTING EMAIL SUBMISSIONS: Please send all submissions to jonesa7@Cardiff.ac.uk
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:
- 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.
- also for the purposes of blind refereeing, authors should replace all self-citations in the text and reference list with anonymous citations, in the style (Author, 2009), etc.
- owing to the broad range of subject matter, authors are encouraged to supply the names of three independent referees, who should be based in countries other than that of the lead author.
- abstract of 100-150 words.
- up to 10 key words.
- main text and word count suggested target is about 6000 to 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.
- the journal uses notes where necessary. Historical, documentary or archival sources should be cited in endnotes. Discursive endnotes are also allowed. Endnotes are signalled in the text by superscript numbers.
- references in both the text and in any endnotes should follow Harvard style. References are cited in the text thus: author, date: page.
- an alphabetical References section should follow the text (and endnotes if any), using the Harvard system.
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. Line diagrams should be 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 115 mm x 185 mm. Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of contrast. Slides are also acceptable. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
Style Articles must be written in English. 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. Dates should be presented 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 a diskette (preferably PC-compatible) of the final version.
Proofs and Offprints Authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to the editors within 2 weeks. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal anda PDF of their article.
Books For Review and Manuscripts of Reviews
Send to Reviews Editor, Dr Maggie Gregory, CESAGen: ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, 6 Museum Place, Cardiff CF10 3BG, UK.
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