Information for contributors
Aims and Scope
Accounting History is an international peer reviewed journal that aims to publish high quality historical papers. These could be concerned with exploring the advent and development of accounting bodies, conventions, ideas, practices and rules. They should attempt to identify the individuals and also the local, time-specific environmental factors which affected accounting, and should endeavour to assess accounting's impact on organisational and social functioning.
Editorial procedures
1. Address copies of all manuscripts and editorial correspondence to the Editor.
2. The cover of the manuscript should contain the following:
(i) Title of manuscript.
(ii) Name of author(s), including the name of the corresponding author for co-authored papers.
(iii) Institutional affiliation of author(s) including telephone, facsimile and email address(es).
(iv) Date of submission and, where applicable, date(s) of resubmission.
(v) Any acknowledgement, not exceeding 50 words. An acknowledgement should not be included in the consecutive number of other notes.
3. An abstract of no more than 150 words should be presented, along with the title of the manuscript, on a separate page immediately preceding the text of the manuscript. Up to eight key words should also be provided.
4. Manuscripts for review should be submitted electronically to Helen Hunter at the following address:
h.hunter@ballarat.edu.au
Manuscripts should be double-spaced, generally be no longer than 7,500 words (excluding the abstract, any acknowledgements and the list of references), and all pages should be numbered. Manuscripts currently under review for publication in other outlets should not be submitted.
5. Headings should be formatted so that major headings are flush left, bold, lower case and two font sizes larger than the main text. Second level headings should be flush left, bold, lower case and same size as main text. Third level headings should be flush left, italics, lower case and same size as main text. For example:
1. Flush left, bold, lower case, two font sizes larger than main text
2. Flush left, bold, lower case, same size font as main text
3. Flush left, italics, lower case, same size font as main text.
6. Figures, tables, diagrams and appendices should be numbered consecutively and titled.
7. Notes should appear as endnotes and be numbered consecutively. These should begin on a separate page at the end of the manuscript.
8. References should appear in the text as Burrows (2006) or Burrows (2006, p.35). The full references should be typed on separate sheets and appear after any notes at the end of the manuscript. The following guidelines should be followed:
Books:
Burrows, G. (2006), Promise Fulfilled: The History of the Accounting Discipline at The University of Melbourne 1925-2004, Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing.
Contributions in Edited Books:
Parker, L.D., (1997), "Practitioner Perspectives on Personal Conduct: Images from the World of Business, 1900-55", in Cooke, T.E. and Nobes, C.W. (eds.), The Development of Accounting in an International Context: A Festschrift in Honour of R.H. Parker, London: Routledge, pp.68-89.
Periodicals:
Lippman, E. J. and Wilson, P. A. (2007), "The Culpability of Accounting in Perpetuating the Holocaust", Accounting History, Vol. 12, No. 3, August, pp. 283-303.
Conference Papers:
Napier, C. (2007), "Other Cultures, Other Accountings? Islamic Accounting from Past to Present", The fifth Accounting History International Conference, Banff, August.
9. With regard to foreign language items: (a) Items listed in the references that were published in a language other than English will be listed as originally published and without translation. (b) Any foreign language item in the text (e.g. the title of a book: a quotation) should be followed by an English translation (to be supplied by the author of the article).
Peer Review Policy Statement
Accounting History 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. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible and an editorial decision is normally reached within 10 weeks of submission. 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.
Proofs and Offprints
Authors will receive a proof of their article for checking and correction. Authors will also receive controlled access to a pdf of their published article and a copy of the printed issue.
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