Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Published on behalf of the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

Edited by:
Victor R. Savage and James D. Sidaway

Print ISSN: 0129-7619
Online ISSN: 1467-9493
Frequency: Three times a year
Current Volume: 31 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 27/51 Geography
Impact Factor: 1.179

TopAuthor Guidelines

EDITORIAL REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board, who reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.
Manuscripts should be written in a clear, concise, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of content, the Editor and the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. Manuscripts requiring excessive alterations will be returned to the author for revision.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
All articles submitted to the Journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
The original manuscript and one copy should be submitted to:
The Editor, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Department of Geography
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link
Singapore 117570
A copy of the file (preferably Microsoft Word) should be submitted by email to: geolimkl@nus.edu.sg

It is essential that the final, revised paper version of the accepted manuscript and the file emailed are identical.
Submissions should be double-spaced, with top, bottom and side margins at least 30 mm. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page.
The following instructions should be adhered to:
• The entire article (including tables) should be supplied as a single file; only electronic figures should be supplied as separate files.
• Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text.
• Do not use Enter at the end of lines within a paragraph.
• Turn the hyphenation option off; include only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
• Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
• Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables. If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell (i.e. do not use Enter within cells).

Word 2007
Will authors please note that Word 2007 is not yet compatible with journal production systems. Unfortunately, the journal cannot accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents until such time as a stable production version is released. Please use Word's 'Save As' option therefore to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.

References in articles
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.
EndNote reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp

Covering letter
Papers are accepted for publication in the Journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter.
Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest
If tables or figures have been reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to reproduce the material, must be attached to the covering letter.

COPYRIGHT
Auhors publishing in the Journal will be asked to sign an Exclusive Licence Form. In signing the form it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received.

STYLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Spelling. The Journal uses British spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Use 'ize' and 'z' (e.g. 'industrialize', 'globalization').
Units. All measurements must be given in SI or SI-derived units. All currency must have the US$ equivalent.
Abbreviations. In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.

PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT
The length of an article (including references, endnotes and tables) should not exceed 8000 words.
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and key words, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) endnotes, (vii) figure legends, (viii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (ix) figures. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated as endnotes.

Title page
Material that might identify authorship of the paper should be placed on a cover sheet; this will be detached before the paper is sent to referees.
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent. The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.
The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. Do not use abbreviations in the title. A short running title (less than 40 characters) should also be provided.

Abstract and key words
All articles must have a brief abstract that states in 250 words or fewer the major points made and the principal conclusions reached. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.
Six key words (for the purposes of indexing) should be supplied below the abstract in alphabetical order.

Text
The text should be organised into an introductory section, conveying the background and purpose of the report, and then into sections identified with subheadings.

Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors' commercial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Personal thanks and thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

References
The Harvard (author, date) system of referencing is used (examples are given below). In the text give the author's name followed by the year in parentheses: Smith (2000). If there are two authors use 'and': Smith and Jones (2001); but if cited within parentheses use '&': (Smith & Jones 2001). When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the first name followed by et al. should be used: MacDonald et al. (2002). Use a, b etc. after the year when there are two or more references to work by one author in the same year. Where applicable, the page reference should follow the year of publication: Smith and Jones (2001: 53).
In the reference list, references should be listed in alphabetical order. Cite the names of all authors when there are six or fewer; when seven or more, list the first three followed by et al. Do not use ibid. or op cit. Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. Smith A, 2000, unpublished data). All citations mentioned in the text, tables or figures must be listed in the reference list.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references.

Journal
Wright JK (1947) Terrae incognitae: The place of the imagination in geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 37, 1-15.

Book
Driver F, Gilbert D (eds) (1999) Imperial Cities: Landscape, Display and Identity. Manchester University Press, Manchester.

Chapter in a book
Peck JA (2000) Places of work. In: Sheppard E, Barnes TJ (eds) A Companion to Economic Geography, pp. 133-48. Blackwell, Oxford.

Thesis
Bray RCL (1988) Place imagery in small towns: A cross-cultural study of Perth, Ontario and Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (PhD dissertation). Department of Geography, University College London.

Online source
Agence France Presse. PM Goh to stay in politics after stepping down [Article on the Internet] 25 August 2003. [Cited 4 Nov 2004]. Available from: http://www.singapore-window.org/sw01/030825a1.htm.

Endnotes
Endnotes should be placed as a list at the end of the paper only, not at the foot of each page. They should be numbered in the list and referred to in the text with consecutive, superscript Arabic numerals. Keep endnotes brief: they should contain only short comments tangential to the main argument of the paper and should not include references.

Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Type tables on a separate page with the legend above. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Table size should not exceed full text width (122.7 mm) and height (205 mm).

Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. All figures must be supplied in camera-ready format, sized no larger than the full text width (122.7 mm).
In the event that an author is not able to cover the costs of reproducing colour figures in colour in the printed version of the Journal, SJTG offers authors the opportunity to reproduce colour figures in colour for free in the online version of the article (but they will still appear in black and white in the print version). If an author wishes to take advantage of this free colour-on-the-web service, they should liaise with the Editorial Office to ensure that the appropriate documentation is completed for the Publisher.
If supplied electronically, figures must be supplied as high resolution - at least 300 d.p.i. .tif files for photographic figures and 800 d.p.i. .eps files for line figures. Please do not embed figures in the Word document - they must be supplied in separate files. Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package. Lettering must be included and should be sized to be no larger than the journal text.
For more information, please see Blackwell Publishing's web page for digital graphics standards.
Original slides and unmounted high-resolution photographs can be submitted if the author does not have access to scanning facilities. Photographs should be on glossy paper.
Figure legends. Type figure legends on a separate page. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

PROOFS
It is essential that corresponding authors supply an email address to which correspondence can be emailed while their article is in production.
Notification of the URL from where to download a Portable Document Format (PDF) typeset page proof, associated forms and further instructions will be sent by email to the corresponding author. The purpose of the PDF proof is a final check of the layout, and of tables and figures. Alterations other than the essential correction of errors are unacceptable at PDF proof stage. The proof should be checked, and approval to publish the article should be emailed to the Publisher by the date indicated, otherwise, it may be signed off on by the Editor or held over to the next issue.

OFFPRINTS
A free PDF offprint will be supplied to the corresponding author. A minimum of 50 paper offprints will be provided upon request, at the author's expense. These paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit http://offprint.cosprinters.com, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields. If you have queries about offprints please email offprint@cosprinters.com.
The corresponding author of each article and book review will be sent one free copy of the issue of the Journal in which his or her article appears after publication.

BLACKWELL JOURNALS ONLINE
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