Articles of 5000-7000 words should be sent to the editors below (please also read important guidelines below all addresses):
UK/Europe:
Suzanne Buchan, Editor
animation: an interdisciplinary journal
Animation Research Centre
University for the Creative Arts
Falkner Road
Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS, UK
Email: sbuchan@ucreative.ac.uk
USA:
Mark Bartlett, Associate Editor
animation: an interdisciplinary journal
2936 Schyler St #7
Oakland, CA 94602, USA
Email: mark@globalpostmark.net
East Asia:
Joon Yang Kim, Associate Editor
animation: an interdisciplinary journal
Department of Animation
Korean National University of the Arts
120-3 Yesul-gil
Seokgwan-dong, Seongbuk-gu
Seoul 136-716, Republic of Korea
Email: joonyangkim@yahoo.kr
Australasia
Angela Ndalianis, Associate Editor
animation: an interdisciplinary journal
Screen Studies
School of Culture and Communication
Room G31
Elisabeth Murdoch Building
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010, Australia
Email: angelan@unimelb.edu.au
Reviews: animation: an interdisciplinary journal includes a section in which books, conferences, events and other significant contributions to the field are reviewed. This includes both essay length and shorter contributions. Books for review and manuscripts of reviews (about 800-1200 words) should be sent to:
Reviews editor
Paul Ward
School of Media
Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Wallisdown
Poole, Dorset BH12 5HH
UK
Email: pward@aib.ac.uk
Manuscript submission guidelines
All papers submitted to animation: an interdisciplinary journal are subject to peer review by members of the appointed Editorial Board and may include members of the Editorial team. It adheres to a single-blinded peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is routinely withheld from the author unless the reviewer requests their identity to be revealed. Peer Review Process: Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees for the scientific content and presentation of submitted articles. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 4-6 weeks of submission.
Authors may suggest the names, affiliations and contact information of up to three individuals who may be suitable to serve as referees, but the Editors are under no obligation to use all or any of these individuals as reviewers.
All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors and only those that approach the scientific and editorial standards of the journal, and fit within the aims and scope of the journal, will be sent for outside review.
Submissions to the Interstices section will be peer reviewed by the Editorial team, and in some instances other reviewers may be called upon.
Submission of mss: two 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 CD or disk and email versions of the article, should be provided.
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, the 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 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 should be cited in the text as: (author, date: page)
(vii) an alphabetical references section should follow the text (and end notes if any), formatted as follows:
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 (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 on the journal website [http://anm.sagepub.com] or from Journal Production, SAGE. Also see Copyright section below.
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 or CD (IBM-compatible or Mac) of the final version.
Copyright: before publication authors are requested to assign copyright to SAGE, subject to retaining their right to reuse the material in other publications written or edited by themselves and due to be published preferably at least one year after initial publication in the Journal.
Proofs and offprints: authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to return their corrections within 2 weeks. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and an electronic offprint of their article.
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