Journal Details
Journal of Contemporary Asia
Instructions for Authors
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.
Authors should ensure that contact address information is included in all submissions, including email contacts.
The Journal of Contemporary Asia is an established refereed publication, it appears quarterly and has done so since 1970. A panel of advisers, mainly senior professors, advises us on submitted manuscripts.
Submission. We welcome articles submitted to JCA; they should, however, be original and written exclusively for the Journal and deal with broad problems of the economic, political and social development of Asia. Articles on economic development issues, political economy, agriculture, planning, the working class, people's movements, politics and power, imperialism and empire, international financial institutions, the environment, and economic history are especially welcomed. The journal also has a strong interest in the scientific development of theory that is of global significance, especially on the role of the state, class analysis, power and globalisation. We welcome submissions from Asia-based researchers, those working in best traditions of critical political economy, and young researchers.
Authors should provide two versions of their paper, one containing full author(s) contact affiliations and details, and one anonymous copy to allow for blinded peer-review.
Review articles should include a title for the article and should be 2,500 to 5,000 words in length and the author, book title, city/publisher and year should be listed at the top of the page. An example would be:
THE ASIA CRISIS: FROM "MIRACLE" TO CRASH
by John Smith (Sydney: Veriken Press, 2003).
Ordinary book reviews are limited to 1,300 words, focusing on publications no more than two years old. The author, book title, city/publisher and year should be listed at the top of the page, set out above.
Style. It is the authors' responsibility to carefully check and keep to the style of JCA. Click here and here to download a copy of the full style guide. Endnotes should be kept within reasonable bounds.
Proofs. These will be sent to the main author as e-proofs. Corrections should be clearly identified and returned to your Taylor & Francis contact within three days. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.
Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to the Journal of Contemporary Asia. 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 the 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.tandf.co.uk/journals/authorrights.pdf for full details. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
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