R&D Management

Published in association with RADMA

Edited by:
Jeff Butler

Print ISSN: 0033-6807
Online ISSN: 1467-9310
Frequency: Five times a year
Current Volume: 39 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 16/77 Business; 25/89 Management
Impact Factor: 2.043

TopAuthor Guidelines

1. Preference will be given to papers which advance the state of the art in research, development, design and innovation management. They should address current or anticipated problems and issues, and implications for managers, R&D teams and organizations. The application of new methods and concepts is especially relevant. Research papers and high quality practitioner perspective papers are published.

2. A paper must be preceded by an abstract, which will clearly reveal the purpose, value and impact of the paper. The abstract should be optimized for search engines. It should state briefly why the work reported was done, how it was carried out, what are the most important conclusions and what are their implications for R&D management.

3. A paper is submitted to referees upon receipt. The editors will do all they can to expedite the reviewing process and ensure that their decision is reached with the minimum of delay. However, submission of a paper to the journal is taken to imply that:

(a) the paper has not been previously published in the open literature.
(b) it is not currently being considered by other journals for publication, nor within three months of submission to this journal will it be submitted to other journals, and only then with prior notice to the journal editors.

4. Papers hould be submitted by email to RnDManagement@mbs.ac.uk. They should not reveal the identity of the authors. Please send authors' names, affiliations and short biographies and paper title in a separate file.

5. Papers should be prepared using MS Word, preferably on A4 paper, with double spacing and wide margins. They should not normally exceed 5,000 words and specialist terminology and endnotes should be avoided. Mathematical analysis and statistical data should be placed in appendices wherever possible. The priorities of headings and subheadings should be clearly indicated. Paragraphs may be numbered, using decimal points to indicate the hierarchy. If the numbers are not to be reproduced in print they should be enclosed in square brackets.

6. Books and articles should be referred to in the text by the author's name(s) and date of publication, e.g. Baker & Pound (1964). Full references should be included at the end of the paper in alphabetical order using the following convention:

Baker, N. R. and Pound, W. H. (1964) R&D project selection: where we stand. I. E. E. E. Transactions on Engineering Management, EM-11, 124-134.
Price, D. J. (1963) Little Science, Big Science. New York and London: Columbia University Press.

7. The contribution of the author(s) should be a completely original one, it should in no way violate any existing copyright, and it should contain nothing of a libellous or scandalous character. 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.

8. On publication authors will be provided with an electronic (PDF) offprint of their article. Additional paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit the following website, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields: http://offprint.cosprinters.com. If you have any queries about offprints please email: offprint@cosprinters.com.

9. Books in relevant fields should be sent for review to the editorial office.

R&D Management (MIoIR, Manchester Business School)
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
England

Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 5859
Fax: + 44 (0) 870 429 9491
Mobile: +44 (0) 7939 034395
Email: RnDManagement@mbs.ac.uk

10. Proofs. The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following web site:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately.

11. NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwell's Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthors for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.