Submissions

This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • Manuscripts are submitted in Word or other word processing program using an easily readable font.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
  • If available, references must include DOI.
  • All illustrations, figures, and tables are provided separately in either JPG or PNG format. Their placements should be clearly indicated in the text. Explanatory text to each illustration/figure is obligatory.
  • The journal accepts foot/endnotes but the amount and length of notes should be minimized. The author can make his/her own choice of commonly accepted reference system.
  • Articles must include an abstract (200-300 words) and keywords (3-6).
  • Optional (but recommended): ORCID.

Author Guidelines

Submissions should be mailed to editor-in-chief Peter Danholt at pdanholt@cc.au.dk

Review

All articles are peer-reviewed. Full research articles are refereed by two anonymous researchers. Anonymity may be suspended in order to facilitate dialogue about the article, if the author and referee are both interested. Aside from external reviewers at least one editor reads and comments on each article.

Languages

Encounters is published in either English (UK/US) or in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. All articles must include an English abstract.

Formats

STS Encounters publishes original research articles, survey articles, discussion papers and book reviews. Alternative formats (conference proceedings, artistic features, essays or the like) are also accepted. Authors are welcome to suggest other formats to the editors.

Original and survey articles should be between 6000-8000 words excl. references. Reviews and discussion papers between 2000-3000 words.

Formal requirements

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

Manuscripts are submitted in Word or other word processing program using an easily readable font.

The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).

If available, references must include DOI.

All illustrations, figures, and tables are provided separately in either JPG or PNG format. Their placements should be clearly indicated in the text. Explanatory text to each illustration/figure is obligatory.

The journal accepts end/footnotes but the amount and length of notes should be minimized. The author can make his/her own choice of commonly accepted reference system.

Articles must include an abstract (200-300 words) and keywords (3-6).

Optional (but recommended): ORCID.

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish their work through this journal accept the following terms:

1. Authors retain their copyright and give the journal the right of first publication. The author's work is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-license, giving others the right to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's author and first publication in this journal.

2. Authors may enter into several separate contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (eg, send it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), acknowledging the work's first publication in this journal.

3. Authors have the right and are encouraged to publish their works online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) (see The Effect of Open Access).

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