Guide to Contributors in Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts for Review
Conditions of Manuscripts. Articles must be first submitted in hard copy to the editors found in the "Contact Us" section. Following a double blind peer-review, manuscripts deemed acceptable for publication will need to be transmitted to the production editors for copy-editing and production typesetting using a recent version of Microsoft Word (Windows XP PC compatible).
Citations. All works cited should be listed alphabetically by author at the end of the manuscript. See the most recent issue for examples of citation procedures. Data must include the author's full name, title of the work, and (in the case of books) the place of publication, publisher, and date or(*in the case of articles) the periodical, volume number, date, and inclusive pages. Citations in the text should include author and year and should be enclosed in parentheses.
Footnotes. Footnotes may be used for comments, explanations, and the like. Their length should be minimal. Endnotes should NOT be used in any circumstance. Acknowledgments should be listed separately at the end of the manuscript but should NOT allow identification of the author(s).
Mathematics Equations should be identified by consecutive Arabic numbers in parentheses on the right.
Figures. Figures (illustrations and/or graphics) must be of professional quality and digitally available using a compatible design/graphics software (contact editors to ensure compatiblity). Figures can be of any size but need to be easily reducible to 7.5 x 10 inches. All illustrations must have captions.
Tables. Tables should be numbered consecutively throughout the article. Each table should have a descriptive heading as well as a number.
Number of copies. Four (4) copies of the manuscript are required for peer-review.
Book Reviews. We encourage the submission of reviews of recent books that pertain to regional analysis and policy.
Pedagogy. The editors of The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy wish to encourage our readers to submit their suggestions/techniques for improving the teaching and learning environment in courses devoted to regional analysis and policy. Papers submitted may describe new data sources appropriate for class exercises, applied techniques designed to illustrate facets of our discipline, new software utilized in the classroom environment, or, simply, new perspectives on presenting the core concepts of our courses. While not undergoing the usual blind review process, the editors and editorial board will try to maintain a level of utility and clarity as well as a lack of redundancy in publishing submissions. We hope this section of JRAP becomes a regular feature for the exchange of pedagogic techniques designed to stimulate nascent scholars in our discipline.
Guide for Final Submission of Accepted Manuscripts
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