Call for Submissions

The International Encyclopedia is a World Wide Web based publication that aims to provide a general reference to all those interested in the study of Justice.  If you would like to contribute to this endeavor, please follow the guidelines below.  Please fully identify yourself in any correspondence, including your full name and contact information, affiliation, and academic degree held.  We will give consideration to work done by undergraduates.

Publication Agreement

Your submission must be accompanied by a statement (e-mail is fine) that you have read and agree to the following:

I want my work considered for publication in the International Encyclopedia of Justice Studies.  I understand that by submitting my work I am irrevocably relinquishing any and all rights to my work to Dr. Adam McKee (hereinafter "editor").  I understand my submission is in no way a guarantee of publication, and that publication decisions are made by the editor based on the appropriateness and quality of my work.  I also have the right to have my name disassociated with the submitted work at any future time by requesting in writing that the editor do so. 

By making a submission, I certify that the work submitted is entirely my own original work or, when the work of another is used, it is properly cited in accordance with the professional standards set forth by the American Psychological Association, and conforms to the fair use standards of U.S. and International copyright and intellectual property laws.

 Editorial Style

The Web has its own language, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML).  The way in which text is rendered by WWW browsers makes the APA style unwieldy.  What is suggested is that authors submit articles with the following modification to APA:

Paragraph Text

 Paragraphs are single spaced with a blank line between paragraphs.

Headings

Three levels of headings are suggested:

Title Level:  Titles, subtitles, and author names should be centered in all capital letters.  These elements should be double-spaced with hard returns (hitting the enter key versus using the format menu).

Level One: Level one headings should set off major divisions in the article.  These should be centered and all important words should be capitalized.  These headings will be typeset in bold.

Level Two: Level two headings should set off subdivisions of level one headings.  These should be left justified and underlined.

Beyond APA

In addition to those elements usually required by the APA style guide, authors should provide a list of three to six keywords—terms that can be used to identify the topic of the article in electronic searches.  These words should be very specific to the topic; terms that will be common to many articles such as crime, justice, and law should be avoided (These will be included in the HTML as meta tags). 

Authors should also provide links to quality sites pertaining to their topic on the Internet.  A handful of really good pages are preferable to a “mega list” of poor ones.  The key here is content -- we don't want to create links to links.

Length

 Articles should be as succinct as possible—omit needless words.  Articles should range between 1500 and 4000 words, depending on the complexity of the topic.  If a topic needs more space than that to be adequately covered, it should be broken down into two or more articles.

Audience

Articles should be written with the intelligent layperson in mind.  No special knowledge should be assumed.  This means avoiding jargon and writing in plain English.  Where field specific language is called for, this should be defined within the article.  Articles that deal specifically with advanced topics (such as Factor Analysis) should state explicitly what knowledge is assumed early on in the article and cross-reference to related material whenever possible.  

Revisions

One of the biggest advantages to online publishing is the ease with which updates, revisions, and corrections can be made to articles.  Periodically, someone with a keen interest in a particular topic may volunteer to update an article.  In such a case, the revision author will be given credit directly below the author following the heading “REVISED BY.”  A revision history with dates will follow the references for each article.

This document follows the suggested editorial style.

Submission

Send submission as e-mail attachments in MS Word or Rich Text formats to mckee@uamont.edu

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