Instructions for Authors:
1. The editor welcomes original contributions and also commentaries and reviews. By submission of a manuscript an author certifies that the work is original and is not being considered simultaneously by another publisher. In order to safeguard authors' rights, the copyright of all material published is vested in Taylor & Francis.
2. Manuscripts should normally not exceed 6000 words; shorter is better. All manuscripts will be refereed and only those receiving favourable recommendation will be accepted for publication. Members of the international editorial board will be pleased to discuss or forward papers on behalf of authors.
3. Authors should send the final, revised version of their articles in both hard copy paper and electronic disk forms. It is essential that the hard copy (paper) version
exactly matches the material on disk. Please print out the hard copy from the disk you are sending. Submit three printed copies of the final version with the disk to the journal's editorial office. Save all files on a standard 3.5 inch high-density disk. We prefer to receive disks in Microsoft Word in a PC format, but can translate from most other common word-processing programs as well as Macs. Please specify which program you have used. Do not save your files as "text only" or "read only". Electronic submissions are accepted and should be sent to
authorqueries@tandf.co.uk, clearly indicating the name of the journal in the subject line.
4. A short abstract of around 100 words should precede the introduction. The abstract should be clear and informative, giving an indication of the scope of and results contained in the paper.
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6. Use capital letters for the main headings, lower case for subsections. Do not underline, italicise or otherwise annotate the text. Do not use footnotes; if explanatory notes are essential, refer to them in the text by superscripts 1, 2, 3, etc. The notes themselves should be gathered together at the end of the manuscript before the references section. All measurements should be in metric units, or state metric equivalents.
7. Do not insert tables and figures in the text, but gather them together at the end. Copies are acceptable for refereeing, but originals must be supplied immediately on acceptance of a manuscript. Refer to tables as Tables, numbered consecutively. All illustrations including maps, diagrams, charts and photographs must be submitted as sequentially numbered figures ('Figure 2', etc) in the order referred to in the text, and they should have brief caption details and source details where appropriate. The figures should be supplied in electronic format as JPG, TIF or GIF files. Pictorial illustrations must be resolution of no less that 300dpi/ppi, and line diagrams at a resolution of no less than 1200 dpi/ppi. When symbols are used to identify parts of illustrations, they must be clearly identified by a key in the figure. Figures submitted in colour will be reproduced in colour in the online version of the journal, but will be printed in black and white. Therefore any keys and information relying on colour shading must also be clear when reproduced in grey scale. Figures may also be printed in colour at an additional charge to the author: contact the publisher for further details.
8. References should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. Smith & Jones (1990); (Smith, 1992a, 1992b). For three or more authors, use the first author followed by et al.
9. The full references must be typed, double spaced, on a separate sheet at the end of the manuscript. They should include all authors' names and initials, year of publication, title of article or book, the full title of the journal, volume and page numbers and, for books and other documents, the publisher's name and place of publication, e.g.
Hobbs, P., Oelofse, S. H. H. & Rascher, J. (2008) Management of environmental impacts from coal mining in the Upper Olifants river catchment as a function of age and scale, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 24(3), pp. 417-431.
Biswas, A.K., Tortajada, C. & Izquierdo, R. (Eds) (2009) Water Management in 2020 and Beyond. Water Resources Development and Management Book Series (Berlin: Springer).
Brooks, D. (2008) Human rights to water in North Africa and the Middle East: what is new and what is not, what is important and what is not, in: A.K. Biswas, E. Rached & C.Tortajada (Eds) Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa, pp. 19-34 (London: Routledge).
10. Page proofs will be sent to authors in electronic PDF format, via email, if time permits. These must be corrected immediately and returned promptly to the publisher. Only typographical errors should be corrected; major changes or corrections are not acceptable.
11. Free article access: As corresponding author, you will receive free access to your article on Taylor & Francis Online. You will be given access to the
My authored works section of Taylor & Francis Online, which shows you all your published articles. You can easily view, read and download your published articles from there. In addition, if someone has cited your article, you will be able to see this information. We are committed to promoting and increasing the visibility of your article and have provided this guidance
http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/beyonepublication/promotearticle.asp on how you can help.
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12. Copyright It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the material elsewhere
after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to
International Journal of Water Resources Development as the original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors retain in a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at
http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
