Journal of Strategic Marketing

Published By: Routledge

Volume Number: 19

Frequency: 7 issues per year

Print ISSN: 0965-254X

Online ISSN: 1466-4488

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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.

Submission

Articles should be between 4,000-6,000 words. We no longer accept hard copy submissions either by paper or on disk. All submissions should be made online at the Journal of Strategic Marketing Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “Complete Version with Author Details”.

Presentation
Contributions should be typed with double-line spacing and wide margins (at least 2.5cm). Each article should be presented as follows:

Title page: title, authors' names and addresses and the name, address, and telephone and fax numbers of the author to whom all correspondence concerning the article should be sent.
Second page: title, abstract of about 150 words and up to six keywords for indexing purposes.
Main body of the paper: presented as given below.

Tables and figures
Each should be numbered in the order in which they are referred to in the text and cited as Figure 1, Figuress 2--5, Table 1, Tables 1 and 2, etc.

Figures and tables should not be included in the text but accompany the manuscript on separate pages.

It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour. Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file

Footnotes
These should not be used unless absolutely essential. If included they should be kept to a minimum, and numbered consecutively on separate sheets.

Style guidelines
Description of the Journal's article style, Quick guide
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
Any consistent spelling style is acceptable. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.

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).

Word templates
Word templates are available for this journal. If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk.

Refereeing
All articles will be double-blind refereed, and comments will be communicated to the authors. Articles will only be accepted for publication when they have been modified in line with the referees' comments.

Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author (unless otherwise specified) for correction. The author should return the proofs within 48 hours of receipt to avoid delay to publication. Extensive alterations which were not in the original manuscript are strongly discouraged.

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/beyondpublication/promotearticle.asp> on how you can help.

Reprints and journal copies

Corresponding authors can receive a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Article reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when you receive your proofs. If you have any queries about reprints, please contact the Taylor & Francis Author Services team at reprints@tandf.co.uk. To order extra copies of the issue containing your article, please contact our Customer Services team at adhoc@tandf.co.uk.

Copyright
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence 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 retain many 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.

Exceptions are made for certain Governments' employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.