The Journal of Political Philosophy

Edited by:
Robert E. Goodin

Print ISSN: 0963-8016
Online ISSN: 1467-9760
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 18 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 11/28 Ethics; 32/99 Political Science
Impact Factor: 0.902

TopAuthor Guidelines

Instructions for Contributors

1. Manuscript Preparation

Authors should send submissions as email attachments, in Microsoft Word, to goodinb@coombs.anu.edu.au. Authors who are unable to do that may send (by overseas airmail if appropriate) hard copy together with CD a copy of the same paper in Microsoft Word to:

The Editors
Journal of Political Philosophy
RSSS
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Australia

2. These materials will not be returned to you, so authors should retain a copy for their own use.

3. Submission of work to The Journal of Political Philosophy is taken to imply that the same manuscript is not under consideration by another journal.

4. If the manuscript submitted forms part of a book currently in press, please note at the time of submission specifying: details of the book's publisher; its projected publication date; and the precise relationship between the material in the submitted manuscript and in the book.

5. 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 (US Federal 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 from www.wiley.com/go/ctabglobal. Please return your completed form to: The Editors, Journal of Political Philosophy, RSSS, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.

6. Submissions should conform to the following stylistic requirements:

(a) LENGTH: Manuscripts over 10,000 words will be considered only in exceptional circumstances. Contributions to the Debate Section should not exceed 5,000 words. These counts include all text, footnotes, references, etc.

(b) SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION: Authors may employ either American or English forms, provided that style is used consistently throughout their submission.

(c) FOOTNOTES: Should be numbered consecutively and collected together at the end of the manuscript. Authors may either

(i) employ footnotes of the traditional sort, containing all bibliographic information within them; or else

(ii) collect all bibliographic information into a reference list at the end of the article, to which readers should be referred by footnotes (NOT in-text reference) of the form 'Barry 1965, p. 87l`

(d) BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: should be presented in either of the following formats:

(i) If incorporated into the footnotes themselves:

Jürgen Habermas, Legitimation Crisis, trans. Thomas McCarthy (London: Heinemann, 1976), p. 68.

Catharine A. MacKinnon, 'Feminism, Marxism, method and the state', Feminist Theory: A Critique of Ideology, ed. N. O. Keohane, M. Z. Rosaldo and B. C. Gelpi (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982), pp. 1-30 at p. 27.

John Rawls 'Justice as fairness', Philosophical Review, 67 (1958), 164-94 at p. 185.

(ii) If collected together in a reference list at the end of the article:

Habermas, Jurgen. 1976. Legitimation Crisis, trans. Thomas McCarthy. London: Heinemann.

MacKinnon, Catharine A. 1982. Feminism, Marxism, method and the state. Pp. 1-30 in N. O. Keohane, M. Z. Rosaldo and B. C. Gelpi (eds), Feminist Theory: A Critique of Ideology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Rawls, John. 1958. Justice as Fairness. Philosophical Review, 67, 164-94.

In footnotes/references, spelling should follow the original while punctuation should conform to the style adopted in the body of the text, being either American (double quotation marks outside closing commas and full stops) or English (single quotation marks inside them).

For Survey Articles or Debates, option ii (the reference list at the end of the article, together with the corresponding footnote style) is preferred.

(e) All material - including quotations and footnotes - should be DOUBLE-SPACED throughout.

(f) Camera-ready copy or PDF files of FIGURES will be required prior to publication but need not be included, in that form, in initial submissions.

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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/bauthor/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

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