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Immigrants & Minorities is a refereed journal.

Articles submitted to Immigrants & Minorities should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. If another version of the article is under consideration by another publication, or has been, or will be published elsewhere, authors should clearly indicate at the time of submission.

Manuscripts. Each manuscript should be submitted in triplicate with a version on disk, preferably in Word format. Articles should be typewritten on A4/Letter paper, on one side only, double-spaced and with ample margins. All pages (including those containing only diagrams and tables) should be numbered consecutively. Manuscripts should be sent to David Mayall, Department of History, Division of Education and Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Crescent Site, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK. d.w.mayall@shu.ac.uk. All books for review should be sent to Gavin Schaffer, School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth, Milldam, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, HANTS PO1 3AS, UK.

There is no standard length for articles but 8,000 words (including notes and references) is a useful target. The article should begin with an indented and italicised summary of around 100 words, which should describe the main arguments and conclusions of the article.

Details of the author's institutional affiliation, full address and other contact information should be included on a separate cover sheet. Any Acknowledgements should be included on the cover sheet as should a note of the exact length of the article.

Following acceptance for publication, articles should be submitted on high-density 3 ½ inch virus free disks (IBM PC or Macintosh compatible) in rich text format (.RFT) together with a hard copy. To facilitate typesetting, notes should be grouped together at the end of the file. Tables should also be placed at the end of the file and prepared using tabs. Any diagram or maps should be copied to a separate disk in uncompressed .TIF or .JPG formats in individual files. These should be prepared in black and white. Tints should be avoided, use open patterns instead. If maps and diagrams cannot be prepared electronically, they should be presented on good quality white paper. If mathematics are included 1/2 is preferred to ½. Each disk should be labelled with the journal's name, article title, lead author's name and software used.

Key Words. Provision of up to six key words is much appreciated by indexing and abstracting services.

Tables. Tables, diagrams, charts should be referenced in the text as figures. All tables should be typed double-spaced on separate sheets in the same font size as the text and numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals. Each table should have a descriptive title as well as informational column headings. It is assumed that all graphics will be computer-generated.

Maps, graphs, and photos should convey ideas efficiently and tastefully. Graphics should be legible, clean, and referenced in the text. A fine neat line defining the graphic field is preferred as a visual boundary between the text and graphic.

Style guidelines
Description of the Journal's article style
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
Please use British spelling (e.g. colour, organise) and punctuation. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
This journal requires a short paragraph of bibliographical details for all contributors.

If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).

Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

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 article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors retain a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies documents. These policies are referred to at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position for full details. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources. 

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