Journal of Economic Surveys

Edited by:
Donald A. R. George, Leslie T. Oxley, Colin J. Roberts and Stuart T. Sayer

Print ISSN: 0950-0804
Online ISSN: 1467-6419
Frequency: Five times a year
Current Volume: 24 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 108/209 Economics
Impact Factor: 0.732

TopAuthor Guidelines

Notes for Contributors

Survey articles should:

• Be accessible to the non-specialist reader (i.e. a 'representative' professional economist)
• Provide a creative synthesis of existing research as distinct from a simple catalogue of recent articles.
• Place the topic in perspective in the introductory section, to help motivate the non-specialist reader.

It can be helpful to:

• Set up an encompassing model and treat contributions to the literature as special cases
• Use summary tables to highlight the key differentiating characteristics of different contributions.

• Excessive repetition of material available in text book form should be avoided. The aim is to survey recent research that has yet to be assimilated in standard texts.
• Submission of a paper implies that it contains original work that has not been published and that has not been sumbitted for publication elsewhere. Publication in a limited distribution 'Proceedings' , or in a working paper series, does not disqualify the paper.
  

Manuscript preparation:

1. Surveys should normally be 20-30 journal pages in length (10,000-15,000 words) depending on the breadth of the topic. The normal language of publication will be English.

2. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/joes.

3. An abstract should be included. This should not exceed 200 words.

4. To facilitate the production of an annual subject index please provide a list of key words (not more than six) under which the paper can be indexed.

5. Specialist terms should be explained so as to be understandable by non-specialist professional economists.

6. Footnotes should be avoided. In particular, references to the literature should be included in the text (see point 8 below). Essential notes should be numbered consecutively in the text and grouped together at the end of the article, under the heading 'Notes'.

7. Acknowledgements should be separated from the notes and should not be numbered. They should appear, under the heading 'Acknowledgements' at the end of the main body of the text, preceding the Notes.

8. 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

References to the literature in the main text or notes should use the form: Stiglitz (1997); Stiglitz (1997a). If a reference occurs within parentheses, the author and date should be separated by a comma, for example: (see Stiglitz, 1997; Stiglitz, 1992). Quotations should cite the source page of the quote, for example: (Stiglitz, 1997, p.376).

9. References should be set out in alphabetical order of the author's name in a list at the end of the article (following any notes). They should be given in a standard form, as in the following examples:

Dasgupta, P. and Stiglitz, J. (1980a) Industrial structure and the nature of innovative activity. Economic Journal 90: 266-93.
-------- (1980b) Uncertainty, industrial structure and the speed of R & D. Bell Journal of Economics 2: 1-28.
Turnovsky, S.J. (1995) Methods of Macroeconomic Dynamics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Stein, J.L. (1976) Inside the monetarist black box. In J.L. Stein (ed.) Monetarism (pp. 183-232). Amsterdam: North-Holland.

10. Sections should be numbered consecutively, using Arabic numerals (i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc.). Subsections may be double-numbered (e.g. 1.1, 1.2, etc.) or treble-numbered (e.g. 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc.) where appropriate.

11. Short quotations (less than c. 60 words) should run on in the text. Longer quotations should be indented, with a line space above and below.

12. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively (e.g. table 1, Table 2; Figure 1; Figure 2). References in the text should be by number (e.g. 'See Table 1') rather than ' in the following table'. Figures should be on a separate page from the main text and where possible camera-ready copy should be provided by the author.

Special notes for Mathematical Papers

It is important to distinguish symbols that may be confused, and in particular to distinguish carefully between (a) capitals and small letters, (b) ordinary and bold-faced letters, (c) certain Greek letters and similar Roman letters, (d) subscripts, superscripts and 'ordinary' symbols, (e) numbers 0 and 1 and letters O and I. Mathematical variables should be set in italics. However, certain standard abbreviations are set in roman font, not italic font, e.g. log, lim, exp (but not e), max, min, sup, var, cov, sin, cos.

Small font setting is technically difficult, expensive and sometimes impossible. To reduce the use of small fonts:

• Avoid elaborate notations involving mutliple suffices.
• Use the the expression 'exp' for the exponential function when the argument is longer than a single compact group of symbols, e.g. exp(a+ bt +ct^2) but e^t.

Arrangement of formulae

See journal for further information

Manuscript submission

The Journal of Economic Surveys has now adopted ScholarOne Manuscripts for online manuscript submission and peer review. The new system brings with it a whole host of benefits including:

• Quick and easy submission
• Administration centralised and reduced
• Significant decrease in peer review times

From now on, all submissions to the journal must be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/joes. Authors should submit their manuscript in word document or LATEX file formats along with a PDF of their article. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. If you require assistance then click the Get Help Now link which appears at the top right of every ScholarOne Manuscripts page. If you cannot submit online, please contact Les Oxley either by phone by phone (+64 3 364 2134) or by e-mail (les.oxley@canterbury.ac.nz).

There is neither a submission charge, nor page fee, nor is payment made to authors, but the principle author will receive a PDF offprint of their article free of charge. Additional copies of the journal may be ordered when returning corrected proofs.

Papers submitted, providing they appear to be broadly in line with the aims of the Journal, undergo a standard refereeing process. The Editors' decision is based on the referees' reports, together with the consideration of the aims of the Journal and the balance of the Journal's contents. We endeavour to reach a decision as quickly as possible.

Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

Copyright Transfer Form
Authors will be required to sign an Copyright Transfer Form (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 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. Please scan and email the signed and completed form as an attachment to:

Liz Duston
(Editorial Assistant to Prof. Les Oxley)
Email: elizabeth.duston@canterbury.ac.nz

Alternatively, the completed copyright form can be faxed to +64 3 364 2635 and attentioned to Liz Duston. Please note that the copyright forms (emailed or faxed) should indicate their respective manuscript numbers.

EarlyView
Journal of Economic Surveys is covered by Wiley-Blackwell's EarlyView service. EarlyView 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. EarlyView 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 EarlyView articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so EarlyView articles cannot be cited in the traditional 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.