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About the journal's theme issues
Tidsskrift for Forskning i Sygdom og Samfund is an interdisciplinary journal based on medical anthropology. The purpose of the journal is to promote and develop the research that lies in the boundary between health sciences and the humanities/social sciences. The aim of the journal is to act as a forum where these subjects can meet and inspire each other – epistemologically, methodologically and theoretically – in different research contexts. The journal conveys the debate and theoretical development that takes place in the growing professional collaboration and research initiatives that arise from this frontier field. The journal is aimed at everyone with an interest in research into disease and society, and in particular at researchers and practitioners in the healthcare field.
The journal is published twice a year as themed issues, which are edited by a guest editor in close collaboration with the journal's permanent editors.
The Journal of Research in Disease and Society offers immediate Open Access to the journal's content based on the principle that free public access to research supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Proposals for theme numbers must be a maximum of 3000 – 4000 characters.
The number of publications in the individual theme issues varies, but it is a prerequisite for acceptance of a theme issue that guest editors draw up a list of 10-15 potential contributors.
It is not a prerequisite for the adoption of a theme number that all potential contributors have given an undertaking to contribute.
Collection of abstracts and commitments from possible contributors takes place after a theme number has been adopted and in collaboration with TFSS' editorial staff.
TFSS's editors reserve the right to propose revisions of submitted proposals for theme issues before they are published in collaboration with TFSS. TFSS also reserves the right to make all proposals for theme numbers public and to ensure that they are widely distributed.
A call should contain:
- A brief and precise description of the theme and/or problem area that the theme number will highlight, and a justification for this.
- A condensed presentation of the primary academic/theoretical discussions the issue contributes to.
- A number of specific examples of questions and topics that can be addressed in the theme issue.
- A list of possible contributors (these do not need to have pledged, and this list is not included in the maximum number of grants).
See possibly TFSS website for examples of theme numbers.
Proposals for theme numbers are sent to the responsible editor, Sara Marie Hebsgaard Offersen:
What does a guest editor do?
As a guest editor, your tasks are to…
- prepare a call for papers for the theme number in question
- follow submitted manuscripts through peer review and the editorial process together with members of the permanent editorial board
- make suggestions about relevant reviewers
- write an introduction to the theme issue
The permanent editorial team works with you in every step, introduces you to the publishing process and the system and ensures that the process moves forward. We expect you to adhere to planning and deadlines.