Submission of mss: only manuscripts written in good English can be accepted for publication. Acta Sociologica is hosted on ScholarOne™ Manuscripts, a web based online submission and peer review system - SAGE track. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then simply visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acta_soc to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is possible that you will have had an account created.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below.
Email: acta@sociology.gu.se
Address: Editorial Office, Acta Sociologica, Department of Sociology, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
Once an article has been accepted for publication, please send a revised electronic version and an identical hard copy of the manuscript, fully numbered, labelled and typed in double spacing throughout, on one side only of white A4 or US standard size paper. Please put at the bottom of the title page the total number of pages and include a word count for the text and references (excluding title and abstract pages, tables and figures).
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 (50-100 words) should be supplied on a separate sheet.
(ii) abstract of 150-200 words
(iii) 5-8 key words
(iv) main text and word count - suggested target is about 5000-8000 words for articles and 1000-3000 words for review articlesmments and debates. Text to be clearly organized with only three levels of headings, and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text
(v) end notes should be kept to a minimum and should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references
(vi) references should be cited in the text as (author, date: page) with an alphabetical references section following the text. Examples below:
Book
Surname, X. and Surname, Y. (year) Title with Initial Caps: Subtitle with Initial Caps. Place: Publisher.
Article in book
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Chapter', in X. Surname and Y. Surname (eds) Title of Book, pp. xxx-xxx. Place: Publisher.
Journal article
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.): xx-xxx [page range].
Paper
Surname, 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. 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 215 mm x 145 mm. Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIFF or EPS files at high resolution. 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. Further details are available on the journal website or from Journal Production, SAGE.
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.
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. Use as few italics as possible. Do not italicize foreign words or repeated foreign vocabulary.
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 be asked to send corrections to SAGE within 2 weeks. They will receive a complimentary journal copy. A maximum of 5 journal copies will be supplied for multi-authored articles. These will be supplied to the main author. And controlled access to a pdf of their article after publication.
Reviews: Acta Sociologica includes a section in which books and other significant contributions to the field are reviewed. This includes both essay length and shorter contributions. Suggested target is 1000-4000 words for review articles and debates and up to 1000 words for book reviews. Books for review and manuscripts of book reviews should be sent to Dr Micael Björk, Department of Sociology, Gothenburg University, Box 720, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
[email: acta.books@sociology.gu.se].
Peer Review: The journal 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. In general, Editors will seek advice from two or more expert reviewers about the scientific content and presentation of submitted articles. However, 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.
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