The World Economy

Edited by:
David Greenaway

Print ISSN: 0378-5920
Online ISSN: 1467-9701
Frequency: Monthly
Current Volume: 32 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 13/48 Business, Finance; 50/209 Economics; 14/55 International Relations
Impact Factor: 1.294

TopAuthor Guidelines

The World Economy concentrates on trade policy issues both on a country basis, regionally (EC, ASEAN, North America, Asia-Pacific, etc.) and globally (GATT and other fora). The World Economy does, however, also cover broader issues (exchange rates, IMF/World Bank, debt, environmental or other international issues) as they relate to trade.

1. All submission and editorial correspondence should be sent to:

Professor David Greenaway
GEP
School of Economics
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK

2. Papers published in The World Economy are in the main verbal in presentation, with occasional data tables. The editors, however, strongly encourage pieces which make the results of numerical modelling efforts or recent developments in trade theory accessible to a wider audience. Such pieces must maintain a high degree of accessibility for non specialists in order to be publishable.

3. For submission of an article 3 hard copies and 1 disk (in Microsoft Word) are required. All copies must be typed on one side of the paper only using double spacing throughout (including any footnotes or lists of references). The editors will give preference to articles which deal succinctly with an issue which is both important and clearly defined.

4. Articles should contain a final section in which the author sets out the main conclusions. Contributors are also asked to send an abstract, not exceeding 200 words and a list of keywords (20 characters in each) indicating the contents of the article.

5. Data tables should be clearly headed and the reader should be able to understand the meaning of each row or column without delving into the text for explanation. Units of measurement, base-dates for index numbers, geographical area covered and sources should be clearly stated.

6. Bibliographical references should be carefully checked, and complete in respect of the year and place of publication.

7. Submission is free to individual subscribers of The World Economy. For non-subscribers a submission fee of £20 is chargeable for papers submitted which can be applied in part payment against a subscription to The World Economy. Cheques should be made payable to The University of Nottingham and enclosed with submission. Cheques should be in sterling and should be drawn on a UK bank. Payment can also be made by bank transfer, please contact the editorial office for information on how to do this.

8. The World Economy is covered by Wiley-Blackwell's Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early view articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so Early View articles cannot be cited in the traditonal way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article.

9. Copyright Transfer Agreement
Authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the CTA 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 Copyright Transfer Agreement 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 medium/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. Please return the signed form to: Mrs Sue MacCormick, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK (a fax to + 44 0115 951 5552 is acceptable, but the original must follow within 7 days).

10. References in Articles
There are several software packages available to help authors manage and format the references and footnotes in their journal article. We recommend the use of a software 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