Scandinavian Political Studies, Bind 5 (New Series) (1982) 1Information for authorsAll manuscripts to be considered for publication in the journal should be sent to the editors,
Form Prospective authors should submit three typed copies of the manuscript, in English. These should be typed on one side of the paper in double spacing on A4 paper, with wide margins (c. 5-6 cms.) on all sides. An abstract, references, tables and diagrams should be typed on separate sheets. All sections of the manuscript should be numbered consecutively.
Title Page The title page should also include the full names of authors, academic or other affiliations,
Length Articles should be around 5,000 words. Abstract Each copy of the manuscript must include an abstract of not more than 150 words. Cross References Do not cite specific page numbers. If cross references are used extensively, use numbered
Footnotes Footnotes should be brief, and limited to explaining points in the text. They are not to be used References References to literature must be integrated in the the text line and footnotes by enclosing in parentheses the author's surname, year of publication and, where necessary, page numbers: e.g. (Rokkan 1966). Where a publication has three or more authors, it should be quoted in the text as (Lewin et al. 1972). If more than one paper of an author appeared in the same year then the citation should read, e.g. (Rokkan 1966b). Complete reference citations should be listed alphabetically on a separate sheet, giving the
Books/Monographs Author's names, followed by initials - year of publication (in parentheses and accompanied Pesonen, P. 1968. An Election in Finland. New Haven: Yale University Press. Valen, H. and Rokkan, S. 1974. 'Norway: Conflict Structure and Mass Politics in a If the book is part of a series and marked as such on the title page, the name of the series Benedictow, O. J. 1977. Fra rike til provins 1448-1536. Oslo: Cappelen (Norges Historie,
Reports in Institute Series Reports circulated by research institutes, etc., without a commercial publisher, should be Uusitalo, H. 1975. Class Structure and Party Choice: A Scandinavian Comparison. Helsinki:
Journals Authors' names and initials - year of publication (accompanied by a, b, etc. if necessary) - Damgaard, E. 1974. 'Stability and Change in "the Danish Party System over Half a Papers presented at Congresses, Workshops, etc. Papers circulated without any form of cover should be treated as articles. Example: Rokkan, S. 1975. 'Towards a Generalized Concept of Verzuiling', Paper, ECPR Tables and Diagrams All tables and diagrams should be discussed or mentioned in the text, and numbered in order of mention. Elach must have a brief descriptive title. All footnotes to a table or diagram are to be placed at its foot. Each table and diagram must be typed on a separate sheet, do not include them in the text, but indicate where they are to occur.
Illustrations Original drawings submitted must be suitable for reproduction or the authors will be
Formulae Formulae should be typewritten, if possible, or clearly written in black ink. Leave ample Permissions If the manuscript includes any figure, table or more than a few words of text from previously
Proofs All accepted manuscripts are subject to copy editing. Once a manuscript has been sent to the publisher, no changes in the text can be made, apart from the correction of typographical errors. Proofs are sent to authors to be corrected. They must be returned to the publisher within 10 days. Contributors are reminded that once their paper has been accepted for publication, all further correspondence should be sent directly to the publisher, and not to the editor.
Reprints A total of 50 reprints of each paper will be supplied free of charge to the senior author. The |