Submissions

Most issues of Social Research address particular themes. Articles appearing in thematic issues are by invitation of the editor. We also publish occasional nonthematic issues, which are open to unsolicited manuscripts, subject to editorial review. If you wish to submit a manuscript for review, please begin by looking at back issues of the journal to familiarize yourself with the type of work we publish. If you then feel that your paper is appropriate for Social Research, please send two copies of the manuscript as well as a cover letter and curriculum vita to our editorial office (contact). Be sure that your manuscript conforms to our style guidelines. We prefer to receive manuscripts by regular mail, but we will consider e-mailed abstracts or proposals. Please allow three to six months for the reviewing process.

STYLE GUIDELINES

1. Manuscripts should be no longer than 8,000 words (about 25 double-spaced, single-sided pages), including notes and references. Longer manuscripts will not be reviewed. Manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

2. Place the title of your article and your name at the head of the first page of manuscript. If you wish to include a note describing the origin of your article or citing acknowledgments, place an asterisk after your title and include the information at the beginning of the notes section.

3. Quotations more than five lines long should be indented at the left and single-spaced.

4. Please put all words, phrases, or sentences that need to be emphasized in italics (do not underline or bold). If you add emphasis to a quote, please state "[emphasis added]".

5. Do not use the endnote or footnote function in your word-processing program. If you do use this function and your paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to retype your notes and references separately. Notes should be numbered consecutively, with indicating numbers in brackets [1] in the text, and should be reserved for qualitative material only. All notes should be listed in a separate section at the end of the article.

6. Reference material should be cited parenthetically in the text (author last name, date of publication: page number) and then listed with complete bibliographic information in a concluding References section (see below or back issues for style, or consult MLA guidelines). For references to both books and periodical articles, be sure to include precise and inclusive page numbers. Please do not use "f" or "ff" to indicate one or more subsequent pages. Be sure to verify all url citations.

7. We will consider publishing up to five (total) black and white tables, graphs, or images. Please send graphs or images as .tif or .eps files of 300 dpi or higher.

8. Accepted manuscripts should be submitted electronically as well as in hard copy format.

9. Sample references:

Bell, Daniel, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (New York: Basic Books, 1997).

Hegel, G.W.F., Reason in History, Robert S. Hartman, trans. (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953).

Hall, Judith, "The Concerns of Doctors and Patients," in Bruce Hilton and Maureen Harris, eds., Ethical Issues in Human Genetics (New York: Plenum Press, 1973).

Sassen, Saskia. “Countergeographies of Globalization: The Feminization of Survival” <http://e-education.uni-muenster.de/boell/Sassen.doc>.

Simpson, George G., "On the Remarkable Testament of the Jesuit Paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin," Scientific American (April 1960): 201-207.

UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNODC). “Trafficking in Persons: the New Protocol.” 2003 <http://www.unodc.org/unodc/trafficking_protocol_background.html>.