Monday, October 5, 2009

Identify and discuss key factors for publishing research in top-tier journals like CSP

CSP is devoted to problems of Central and Eastern Europe. It is a forum for scholars from a range of disciplines: language and linguistics, literature, history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, geography and the arts. This is the only interdisciplinary scholarly outlet for Slavists in Canada and one of the major journals in the field in North America. It has an international readership and subscribers.

All articles submitted to CSP are subject to blind refereeing. Only previously unpublished manuscripts that are not under consideration by another journal are considered.

***The maximum length for articles inclusive of bibliography, notes, tables etc. should be 8000 words, and for Commentary & Issues 4000 words, including notes and references. The typescript should be carefully checked for errors before it is submitted for publication. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations, for supplying complete and correct references, and for obtaining permission where needed to cite another person's material. Papers that significantly exceed these limits may be returned to the contributor for editing before being considered.
*** Papers are expected to be accessible and jargon-free. Lengthy quotations of more than 40 words should be indented; shorter quotes should be retained within the body of the text. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Tables and Figures should be presented on separate sheets of paper at the end of the article. Their position within the text should be clearly indicated.
*** For citing and referencing use the Harvard-style system. References in the text should read as Hall (1995: 63-4), or Hall and Smith (1993, 1998). Use 'et al.' when citing a work by more than two authors, e.g. Hall et al. (1997). The letters a, b, c etc. should be used to distinguish citations of different works by the same author in the same year, e.g. Hall (1988a, b). Enclose within a single pair of parentheses a series of references, separated by semicolons, e.g. (Hall and Smith, 1993; Jones, 1985). Use also parentheses to insert any brief phrase associated with the reference, e.g. (but see Jones, 2000: 23-4). For an institutional authorship, supply the minimum citation from the beginning of the complete reference, e.g. (Department of Health, 1996: 36). The reference list should be alphabetically ordered.
*** Authors will be asked to provide an electronic copy of the final version of their paper following acceptance for publication. The author is responsible for ensuring that the final hard copy and electronic versions of the manuscript are identical.
*** Authors are sent proofs for checking and correction. Proofs should be corrected carefully; the responsibility for detecting errors lies with the author. On publication authors will receive a bound copy and access to the final pdf of their article.
*** It is a condition that copyright should be assigned to Critical Social Policy Limited, with certain rights retained by authors. Further details will be sent to authors before publication. No paper will be published until the appropriate forms are completed and returned.

RESOURCES:
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdManSub.nav?prodId=Journal200748

No comments:

Post a Comment