Submission Guidelines
Submit manuscripts in Word format to the Editor-in-Chief, Alain Bauer, at [email protected]. Files must be sumitted as MS Word documents. Upload a title page, with contact information for all authors, and be sure that all authors’ names listed. Please review the following guidelines:
General guidelines:
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines:
References:
To avoid symbolic or ceremonial references, discuss only literature that pertains directly to the thesis or research of the paper, and make it clear how it relates to your work. Cite a representative set of references when there is a large literature. References to articles, books, and other source works should be cited in the text by noting—in parentheses—the last name of the author, the year of publication, and page numbers for direct quotations or to refer to a point in a book. Do not use "ibid.," "op. cit.," or "loc. cit."; specify subsequent citations of the same source in the same way as the first citation. In the reference section, list every reference cited in the manuscript; do not list a reference that isn't cited in the text. Provide authors' last names and initials, year, title, volume and pages of journals, editors' names and inclusive pages for chapters in edited volumes, and place of publication and publisher for books. Use the following guidelines in citing references:
List all references as an appendix to the manuscript. Alphabetize by author and, for each author, list in chronological sequence. List the authors' last names and initials. Use no italics or abbreviations. Use one tab between the date and the title. See examples:
REFERENCES
Burt, R. S. (2000), "The network structure of social capital." In B. M. Staw and R. I. Sutton (eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, 22: 345–423. New York: Elsevier/JAI.
Chan, C. S.-c. (2009a) "Creating a market in the presence of cultural resistance: The case of life insurance in China." Theory and Society, 38: 271–305.
Chan, C. S.-c. (2009b) "Invigorating the content in social embeddedness: An ethnography of life insurance transactions in China." American Journal of Sociology, 115: 712–754.
Davis, G. F. (1993) "Who gets ahead in the market for corporate directors?' Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Glaser, B. (1992) Basics of Grounded Theory Analysis. Mill Valley, CA: Sociology Press.
Haidt, J., S. Koller, and M. Dias (1993) "Affect, culture, and morality, or is it wrong to eat your dog?" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65: 613–628.
Hambrick, D. C. (2005) "Upper echelons theory: Origins, twists, and turns, and lessons learned." In M. A. Hitt and K. G. Smith (eds.), Great Minds in Management: 109–128. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hoberg, G., and G. Phillips (2016) "Text-based network industries and endogenous product differentiation." Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming), published online ahead of print. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1520062.
Kenny, D. A. (1998) "Multiple factor models." http://davidakenny.net/cm/mfactor.htm.
Pray, L. (2002) "Interdisciplinarity in science and engineering: Academia in transition." Science Career Magazine. Accessed at http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2002/01/interdisciplinarity-science- and-engineering-academia-transition.
Sasovova, Z., A. Mehra, S. P. Borgatti, and M. C. Schippers (2010) "Network churn: The effects of self-monitoring personality on brokerage dynamics." Administrative Science Quarterly, 55: 639–670.
Using Suggested Reviewers:
As part of the submission process, you may suggest the names of peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Suggested reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) those below:
The editors are not obliged to accept the author’s suggestions for preferred or non-preferred reviewers.
Contact: Submissions can be sent to Daniel Gutierrez, at [email protected].
General guidelines:
- A submitted manuscript should not be under review for publication in another outlet (e.g., book chapter, journal) while it is under review at IJC.
- Authors should take reasonable precautions to preserve the sanctity of the blind review process and avoid potential conflicts of interest in the submission process. This includes not requesting as reviewers people who have previously seen the paper, previous or current coauthors, or colleagues at the authors’ institutions. Authors should also refrain from requesting peer reviewers who would have a conflict of interest in handling the paper. In addition, authors should remove submitted manuscripts from public websites during the review process to the degree that is possible.
- Cover letter: Please include a cover letter that lists people who have already viewed the paper, members of thesis committees and colleagues who would have a conflict of interest in reviewing the paper, and any other circumstances that might affect the integrity of the blind review process. Authors should use the cover letter to tell the editor whether any of the data in submitted manuscripts has been published elsewhere or is being used in manuscripts under review in another outlet. It is not necessary to include a description or summary of the paper in the cover letter.
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines:
- IJC does not have page limits, but we favor manuscripts that offer high intellectual value per page. Because of the difficulty of finding scholars who are willing to review very long manuscripts, we suggest, as a general guideline, that authors aim for manuscripts of 30 pages or less of text (not including references, tables, figures, or appendices). Editors reserve the option to return manuscripts longer than 30 pages back to their authors for editing down before considering them for review. Include an informative abstract of 200 words or less. Good abstracts describe the material presented in the paper, including the question or focus, the type of study reported (e.g., empirical, laboratory, qualitative, field, network study, etc.), the context and in what country it was done if that’s important to context, the main data source, and the most significant findings. The better your abstract, the higher to the top of web search results your article is likely to come up. See abstracts of published work on the IJC web page (https://www.criminologyjournal.org ) for examples.
- Provide at least five keywords for the paper.
- Type all copy, except tables, double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman type. Tables may be single spaced and in smaller fonts, if necessary, for formatting. Essential material should be incorporated in the text; material with weak relevance should be deleted. Organize the manuscript by using primary, secondary, and tertiary headings (see a recent issue of IJC for format), rather than numbered headings.
- To preserve anonymity in the blind-review process, authors should avoid revealing their identity in text through obvious self-references to previous work or in footnotes. If authors cite their own published work or work in progress, however, these references must be included in the references with full bibliographic information. Authors should reference their own work as they would the work of any other scholar. Reviewers will ask what the contribution of a manuscript is above what has already been published and must have this information.
- Omit italics unless absolutely necessary. Use only abbreviations and acronyms known to the general public and avoid acronyms invented only to save page space; spell out an abbreviated term when first used. Avoid parentheses in textual material. Use quotation marks only for direct quotations. Spell out numbers from one to nine and those that begin a sentence. Write out "percent" in text; use percentage sign in tables.
- Type each table or figure on separate pages at the end of the manuscript after the references, rather than inserting them in the text. Include a note (i.e., Insert table 1 here) at the point in the text where a table or figure is referenced. Present graphic material so that the meaning is immediately clear by including a title on every figure and table and labeling axes and diagrams.
- Use the active voice whenever possible, but use "we" only for multiple authors. Use the past tense for discussing earlier studies or for presenting methods. Use the present tense for discussing tables or figures as they are presented in text.
- Define a term accurately when it is first used and use it consistently with that meaning throughout. Find the best way to express an idea once, rather than repeating the same idea in different words. Do not use a clause where a phrase will do or a phrase where a word will do. Avoid jargon; do not mistake it for technical terminology.
References:
To avoid symbolic or ceremonial references, discuss only literature that pertains directly to the thesis or research of the paper, and make it clear how it relates to your work. Cite a representative set of references when there is a large literature. References to articles, books, and other source works should be cited in the text by noting—in parentheses—the last name of the author, the year of publication, and page numbers for direct quotations or to refer to a point in a book. Do not use "ibid.," "op. cit.," or "loc. cit."; specify subsequent citations of the same source in the same way as the first citation. In the reference section, list every reference cited in the manuscript; do not list a reference that isn't cited in the text. Provide authors' last names and initials, year, title, volume and pages of journals, editors' names and inclusive pages for chapters in edited volumes, and place of publication and publisher for books. Use the following guidelines in citing references:
- If the author's name is in the text, follow it with the year in parentheses [e.g., "Glaser (1992) recommended . . ."]. If the author's name is not in the text, insert it in parentheses, followed by a comma and the year. Multiple references are listed chronologically in parentheses, separated by semicolons.
- For two or three authors, give all the authors' last names in text each time the work is cited (e.g., Haidt, Koller, and Dias, 1993). For four or more authors, give only the first author's name followed by "et al." and the date (e.g., Sasovova et al., 2010) in each citation, including the first one.
- Page numbers, to indicate a passage in a book or to give the source of a quotation, follow the year and are preceded by a colon.
- If there is more than one reference to the same author in the same year, postscript the date with a, b, c, etc. (e.g., Chan, 2009a, 2009b).
- For a source that is forthcoming or in press but not yet available, give an estimated year of publication and use that date for citations in text. Add "in press" or "forthcoming" in parentheses at the end of the bibliographic information in the references. If the source is published online ahead of print and is available, give the name of the publication (and “forthcoming”), the online publication date, and the DOI identifier, showing where the source can be found.
- For an online source, cite the publication date of the source if there is one, or the date that the source was accessed, and provide the URL where the source can be found.
List all references as an appendix to the manuscript. Alphabetize by author and, for each author, list in chronological sequence. List the authors' last names and initials. Use no italics or abbreviations. Use one tab between the date and the title. See examples:
REFERENCES
Burt, R. S. (2000), "The network structure of social capital." In B. M. Staw and R. I. Sutton (eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, 22: 345–423. New York: Elsevier/JAI.
Chan, C. S.-c. (2009a) "Creating a market in the presence of cultural resistance: The case of life insurance in China." Theory and Society, 38: 271–305.
Chan, C. S.-c. (2009b) "Invigorating the content in social embeddedness: An ethnography of life insurance transactions in China." American Journal of Sociology, 115: 712–754.
Davis, G. F. (1993) "Who gets ahead in the market for corporate directors?' Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Glaser, B. (1992) Basics of Grounded Theory Analysis. Mill Valley, CA: Sociology Press.
Haidt, J., S. Koller, and M. Dias (1993) "Affect, culture, and morality, or is it wrong to eat your dog?" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65: 613–628.
Hambrick, D. C. (2005) "Upper echelons theory: Origins, twists, and turns, and lessons learned." In M. A. Hitt and K. G. Smith (eds.), Great Minds in Management: 109–128. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hoberg, G., and G. Phillips (2016) "Text-based network industries and endogenous product differentiation." Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming), published online ahead of print. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1520062.
Kenny, D. A. (1998) "Multiple factor models." http://davidakenny.net/cm/mfactor.htm.
Pray, L. (2002) "Interdisciplinarity in science and engineering: Academia in transition." Science Career Magazine. Accessed at http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2002/01/interdisciplinarity-science- and-engineering-academia-transition.
Sasovova, Z., A. Mehra, S. P. Borgatti, and M. C. Schippers (2010) "Network churn: The effects of self-monitoring personality on brokerage dynamics." Administrative Science Quarterly, 55: 639–670.
Using Suggested Reviewers:
As part of the submission process, you may suggest the names of peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Suggested reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) those below:
- The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission
- The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors
- Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted
The editors are not obliged to accept the author’s suggestions for preferred or non-preferred reviewers.
Contact: Submissions can be sent to Daniel Gutierrez, at [email protected].
