Review of Policy Research

the Policy Studies Organization

Edited by:
Paul Rich, Interim Editor

Print ISSN: 1541-132X
Online ISSN: 1541-1338
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 27 / 2010

TopAuthor Guidelines

Instructions to Contributors

Editorial Policy
The Review of Policy Research publishes research and technical articles produced by social and natural scientists interested in advancing the state-of-the-art in basic and applied policy science. RPR encourages submission of manuscripts for peer preview that
reveal and analyze public policy processes and evaluate the outcomes of particular policies. It welcomes also theoretical work that addresses the logic of policy inquiry and policy practice. RPR is interested in work at scientific and technical frontiers that meets the highest standards of analytical rigor and that also has practical implications. RPR is a journal of the Policy Studies Organization - an interdisciplinary group affiliated with the American Political Science Association.

Article Manuscripts

All manuscripts and editorial correspondence should be submitted as an MS Word document through our online submission process at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rpr.

Manuscripts must be formatted in a 12-point font, double-spaced with 1' margins. Authors and co-authors must not be identifiable in the body of the text, and the title of the manuscript should appear on the first page of the text. For all submissions, footnotes, references, tables, figures and charts must follow the main body of the text. Tables, figures and charts must be numbered consecutively, clearly titled and the author must specify the position in the text where they are to be placed. Camera-ready copy and computer files of all figures, tables and charts are required upon notification of acceptance for publication.

Footnotes are not used for citation purposes, but for substantive comments. They should be identified by consecutive number in the text and grouped at the end of the text. References follow the main body of the text and should appear in alphabetical order by
first author's surname. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style guide used for references, footnotes, endnotes and tables. Manuscripts not in proper format will be returned for correction. Authors are requested to pay particular attention to making citations in notes and references complete and accurate. Each manuscript must contain a short (150 words) abstract.

In general, RPR considers manuscripts up to 12,000 words in length. RPR does not consider manuscripts submitted to other publications; submission of a manuscript to RPR implies that the author has not submitted the manuscript to another journal.

Data Sharing
Submission to RPR will be taken as an indication of an author's willingness to document any data sets used in analysis and to make such data available for purposes of replication by other researchers.

Abstracts and Indexes
The Review of Policy Research is abstracted or indexed in ABC Poli Sci, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, American History and Life, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research abstracts online, Energy
Information Abstracts, Environmental Science, Excerpta Indonesica, Policy and Management Abstracts, Environment Abstracts, Future Survey, Geographical Abstracts Human and Physical, Historical Abstracts, Human Resources abstracts, International development abstracts, International Pol. Sci. abstracts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, PAIS Indexes, Peace research abstracts, personnel Literature Abstracts, Pol. sci. abstracts, Public Administration abstracts, Risk abstracts, SAGE urban studies abstracts, SAGE pubic administration abstracts, Social planning, policy and development abstracts, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, and Social Sciences index.

Symposia
Correspondence and proposals concerning symposia should be sent to J.P. Singh, Communication, Culture & Technology, Georgetown University, 311 Car Barn, 3520 Prospect St. NW, Washington, DC 20057, 202-687-2515, e-mail: rprjournal@georgetown.edu