Guidelines for Contributors to the
Journal of Education for Sustainable Development
We seek well-researched articles and critical analyses of philosophies, policies and issues; substantiated reports on innovative projects, activities, initiatives and best practices that have relevance or implications for other practitioners; reviews of educational materials and programmes, and news on upcoming events as well as highlights of relevant conferences and meetings.
1. Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development at jesd@ceeindia.org, or Centre for Environment Education, Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad 380054, INDIA.
2. Contributors must provide their affiliation; complete postal and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers with their papers.
3. All articles must be submitted in electronic format, preferably in MS Word using default settings. All articles must be accompanied by an abstract of 150 words.
4. Articles should be no more than 3,000 words and shorter articles are encouraged especially in the conceptual and descriptive categories. News articles and conference reports should be up to 1,500 words.
5. Notes should be numbered serially and embedded in the manuscript. They should be presented at the end of the article. Notes must contain more than a mere reference
6. Limit the levels of heading within an article to two, or at most three. Avoid lengthy headings and do not number them.
7. British spellings throughout ('labour' not 'labor', 'centre' not 'center'); universal 's' in '-ise' and '-isation' words
8. Single quotes throughout; double quotes used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.
9. Use 'nineteenth century', '1980s'. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent not %). Use thousands and millions, not lakhs and crores.
8. Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimised, but used consistently. Avoid excessive italics for emphasis but use it for book titles, journal names, as well as foreign words.
9. Tables and figures must be numbered sequentially and indicated by number in the text (see Table 1, see Figure 1), not by placement (see Table below). Present each table and figure in a separate file Name the files by the number of the table or figure. Tables should be submitted in MS Excel or MS Word. Figures can be submitted as TIFF or JPEG files. Do not provide excessive formatting for tables and figures. Each table or figure should have a heading, an explanatory caption if necessary and a source or reference in a separate Word file.
10. Photographs should be scanned and supplied as a TIFF or JPEG file. Photographs should have a heading, caption and credit for the photographer or source in a separate Word file. Authors should obtain permission to reproduce any photographs, tables, figures or extended quotations of material from other sources.
10. An alphabetical reference list of all books, articles, essays and theses referred to in the text should be provided. References for tables and figures should accompany the table or figure. All articles, books and theses should be listed in alphabetical order of author, giving the author's surname first followed by name. If more than one publication by the same author is listed, the items should be given in chronological order. References should be embedded in text in the anthropological style. For example: '(Sarkar 1987: 145)'. Citations should be first alphabetical and then chronological, for example, '(Ahmed 1987; Sarkar 1987; Wignaraja1960)'. The detailed style of referencing is as follows:
A. FOR PUBLISHED SOURCES:
a) Books:
Odum, Eugene P. 1983. Basic Ecology, 3rd edition. New York: CBS College Publishing.
b) Edited Volumes:
Raghunathan, Meena, and Mamata Pandya (eds). 1999. The Green Reader: An introduction to environmental concerns and issues. Ahmedabad: Centre for Environment Education.
c) Articles in Edited Volumes:
Agarwal, Anil. 1987. 'Between need and greed-the wasting of India; the greening of India', in Anil Agarwal, Darryl D'Monte and Ujwala Samarth (eds), The Fight for Survival. Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, 169-95.
d) Articles in Journals:
Cook, Earl. 1971. 'The flow of energy in an industrial society', Scientific American, 225 (3): 135-44.
e) Material from Website
http:/www.cseindai.org/htlml/lab/lab_airqual_school.htm as viewed on 30 March 2003.
12. Book reviews must contain name of author and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price.
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