Author Guidelines for Preparing Manuscripts on Disk:
Routledge strongly encourages authors to send the final, revised version of their articles in both hard copy paper and electronic disk forms. These guidelines do not apply to authors who are submitting an article for consideration and peer review; they apply only to authors whose articles have been reviewed, revised, and accepted for publication.
It is essential that the hard-copy paper version of your article 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 and Macs. Please specify which program you have used. Do not save your files as "text only" or "read only".
File names: Tables, Figures and Text should each be saved as separate files. Each file should be named clearly and logically (e.g. Smith_txt.doc, Smith_tables.doc, Smith_figs.doc). End notes, footnotes and references should be saved in the Text file, not in separate files. A list of files and a brief explanation of what each file contains should be supplied with your manuscript.
Figures: Figures may be supplied on disk. We prefer figures to be saved in either TIFF (tagged image file format) or EPS (encapsulated postscript) formats. However, we can accept PICT or JPEG formats. High quality reproducible (i.e. high resolution output) hard copy paper print-outs must be supplied for all figures and must be identical to the disk versions, in case the disk is unusable. Figure captions should also be saved in the same file as the figure, not with the Text file. If figure files are very large, they may be saved on a separate disk. If compressing a file is necessary, please use "winzip". Please ensure this is clearly labelled. Photographs can be sent on disk, but the hard copy (originals) must also be supplied. Save all photographs as high resolution images.
Tables: Save Tables in a separate file, together with the Table heading. Use the table function provided with the word processing package.
Style: Word processed files should be prepared according to journal style. Please consult the journal's Notes for Contributors for style matters. The following general points should be followed:
1. Do not bookmark your files.
2. All paragraph indents must be done uniformly; all using tab key is preferred.
3. Do not justify right-hand margins, use normal word wrap function. Do not
insert "soft" hyphens at the ends of lines, i.e. do not break words. Turn off
any automatic hyphenation feature available with your software.
4. Use one hard space for word spacing throughout the document.
5. Global Search and Replace wherever possible, e.g. change all instances of
United States to US (consult Notes for Contributors and/or a back issue of the
journal for style).
6. All text which should be bold or italic should appear as bold or italic on
the electronic version of your article. All headings should be in the correct
format, i.e. font (italic, bold or roman), position (flush left or centred),
case (uppercase or lowercase).
7. Use the facility in your software for creating numbered or bullet lists.
8. Flag the position of tables and/or figures in the text, e.g. <Fig.1 here>,
<Table 1 here>.
9. Displayed material (e.g. displayed quotation) should be typed in the style
of the journal, e.g. one line space above and below and indented left and right.
10. All non-ASCII characters (mathematical symbols, Greek letters, or any other
unusual accents or characters) should be highlighted on the hard copy.
11. References should be typed as per journal style. If full caps/small caps
are used for authors' names, this must be followed. If small caps are not available,
type the authors' names uppercase/lowercase, do not type all uppercase.
Sending your File
1. Virus check your disk before sending it to the Editor.
2. Label your disk with the following information:
(a) Journal title;
(b) Name of author;
(c) File names contained on disk;
(d) Hardware used (PC or Mac);
(e) Software used (name and version, e.g. Microsoft Word 95).
3. Package disks so as to avoid damage in the post.
