International Affairs

Published on behalf of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Edited by:
Caroline Soper Assistant Editor: Sabine Wolf

Print ISSN: 0020-5850
Online ISSN: 1468-2346
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 86 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 15/55 International Relations
Impact Factor: 1.228

TopAuthor Guidelines

Although many articles are commissioned, unsolicited articles are welcomed. Authors may expect to hear a decision within three months of acknowledgement. International Affairs is a refereed journal. Articles should be original and should not be under consideration elsewhere. They should be submitted to the editor (csoper@chathamhouse.org.uk) in a Word document with an abstract summarizing the main points of the article and a note about the author.

Two copies of articles, which should not exceed 7,500 words, should be submitted in double-spaced typing on good quality paper with wide margins. Footnotes should be kept to manageable proportions, and be presented in a list at the end of the article, double-spaced. Authors are asked to write clearly and economically and to avoid academic or technical jargon as International Affairs spans a wide range of fields. Acronyms should be spelt out in full when used for the first time.

Footnotes
Footnotes should include the following information: author name; title of work; (for a book) place of publication, published date and page reference; (for an article) journal title, issue number, year and page reference. Please avoid ibid. , loc. cit. and use short titles to refer to works already cited: e.g. Henry Kissinger, A world restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the problems of peace, becomes Kissinger, A world restored.

Footnotes should be presented as follows:

Books:
Jimmy Burns, The land that lost its heroes: the Falklands, the war and Alfonsin (London: Bloomsbury, 1987), p. 131.
Subsequent mentions: Burns, The land that lost its hereos, p.478.

Articles:
Lawrence Freedman, 'The Atlantic crisis', International Affairs 58:2, Summer 1982, pp. 13-17.
Subsequent mentions: Freedman, 'The Atlantic crisis', p. 15.

Articles in books:
Laurence D. Weiler, 'No first use: a history', in David N. Schwarz, ed. , NATO's nuclear dilemmas (Washington DC: Brookings, 1983).
Subsequent mentions: Weiler, 'No first use'.

Authors will be sent proofs of articles for checking on the understanding that they return them within four days of receipt. A pdf offprint will be supplied free of charge on publication. Contributors of accepted articles will be asked to assign copyright to Chatham House.

Copyright Assignment Form

Exclusive Licence Form.

Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the form for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form here or here for Book Reviews.