Mediterranean Politics is a refereed journal. Copyright in articles published in Mediterranean Politics rests with the publisher.
These notes are intended to guide authors in the preparation of articles for
Mediterranean Politics. They provide more detailed guidance than the Notes that appear among the endpapers of the journal. Separate guidelines are available for contributors to the
Profile and Reviews sections of the journal.
1. The submission of articles
Mediterranean Politics welcomes the submission of original, research-based articles, in English. Manuscripts should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length, including abstract, notes and references.
Articles should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. If another version of the article is being considered by another publication, or has been, or will be published elsewhere (even as a working paper), authors should clearly indicate this at the time of submission.
Articles should be submitted directly to the Deputy Editor, Hakim Darbouche, by email attachment (hakim.darbouche@liverpool.ac.uk) accompanied by the submission form available at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/FMEDsubmissionform.doc. All contributors must submit:
- the text of their article
- a 100-word abstract
- a single-sentence description of themselves (institutional affiliation or occupation)
- a completed article submission form
2. Refereeing policy
The editors will send copies of the article to three readers or referees, one member of the editorial board and the others external. Care will be taken to ensure the anonymity of both author and reader. Our aim is to let authors have a decision regarding publication within one month of forwarding their submission to all three referees, although this is not always possible.
Authors are often asked to revise their articles to address points raised by referees. Once an article has been revised, it should be returned together with a point by point account of how they have responded to the referees' comments. Once an article has been accepted for publication and received by Taylor & Francis, corresponding authors will receive notification via Taylor and Francis' CATS system.
3. Presentation of text
(a) It is preferable for material to be submitted in electronic format. Any articles submitted as hard copy should be clearly typed on single sides of good quality A4 paper and should be paginated throughout, including pages bearing tables, notes and references. The text, notes and references should be 1½ line spaced and generous margins (at least 1") should be left.
(b) If any notes accompany the text, these should be placed as endnotes rather than footnotes. They should be keyed into the text by means of superscript numerals. Endnotes should not normally include references (on which see section 5). Their purpose is not primarily to indicate sources, but to elaborate on a point made in the text. At most they should include an abbreviated reference (e.g., Kedourie, 1992: 57), leaving the full details to be provided in the list of references.
(c) All sources must be cited in a list of references, appearing at the end of the article. References to sources within the text should be limited to a brief reference presented in parenthesis, e.g., (Kabasakal, 1991: 13).
(d) Tables should also be placed at the end of the text. Tables should be saved as text using the appropriate function within your word processor. If this function is not available then tables should be prepared using tabs. Any diagrams or maps should be copied to a separate disk separately in uncompressed .TIF or .EPS 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 is involved 1/2 is preferred to ½.
4. Spelling and punctuation
(a) Spelling should conform to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
(b) Quoted material that is more than 40 words long should be indented, without quotes, and with a line space above and below. The spelling and punctuation of the original should be copied exactly.
(c) Italics (or alternatively underlining, but not bold print) should be used in the case of foreign words, the titles of books and journals (but not articles in journals) and special names (e.g., ships). Where foreign words are used, an English translation must be provided. The use of italics should be kept to a minimum.
(d) Standard spellings and style conventions
-ize, not -ise word endings
paralyse, analyse
Hizballah, Muslim, Qadhafi, shariah, Maghreb, Mashreq, Yasser, Zeroual,
co-operation, co-ordination, south-east
Islamist rather than Islamic militants
political, social and economic, not political, social, and economic
1 July 1996, 24 August
1986–96, not 1986–1996, 1975–77, not 1975–7
use the 1990s (not the nineties or the 1990's)
76 per cent, not 76%
€24bn, $2,980m, £25.50
Quotations marks: single in text throughout, double within single, single within indented quotations
Use capitals sparingly:
capitals for Parliament, unique institutions (e.g., the Knesset) and ministries (e.g., 'the Ministry of the Interior planned the coup')
capital letter for specific presidents/kings (President Mubarak of Egypt), but lower case in phrases such as 'the Egyptian and Tunisian presidents Hosni Mubarak and...'
lower case for ministers, including prime ministers
lower case for embassies
The Turkish Constitution or the 1926 Constitution when first mentioned, but the constitution thereafter
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
Communist/Socialist/Liberal/Nationalist, etc. only in the case of specific parties with that name
The Italian Left, the French Right
to the left, to the right
the radical wing of the party includes left-wing nationalists
capitals for the East and West, North and South, when global; lower case for western, eastern, northern and southern.
(e) All acronyms must be explained when first used, with the full name followed by the acronym in parenthesis – e.g., the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA). Names of organizations and institutions should be presented in English, or in the language in which they are most commonly referred to internationally. The acronym should correspond to the original name (e.g., UMA rather than AMU).
5. References
References (i.e., bibliography) should appear in alphabetical order. Authors should check that all works mentioned in the text are included in the references, and that dates of publication given in the text and in the references are the same. Examples of the journal's referencing style follow:
- Çarkoglu, A. and E. Kalaycioglu (2007) Turkish Democracy Today: Elections, Protest and Stability in an Islamic Society (London: I.B. Tauris).
- De Larramendi, M.H. (2008) Intra-Maghrebi relations: unitary myth and national interests, in: Y.H. Zoubir & H. Amirah-Fernández (Eds) North Africa: Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation (London: Routledge).
- Bicchi, F. (2006) ‘Our Size fits all': normative power Europe and the Mediterranean, Journal of European Public Policy, 13(2), pp. 286-303.
- Pace, M. (2001) Rethinking the Mediterranean: Reality and Re-presentation in the Creation of a ‘Region', PhD thesis, University of Portsmouth.
In the text itself, there should be a short reference appearing in parenthesis, including page references where relevant – e.g. '(Ludlow ed., 1994: 2–8)' or 'as Barbé (2000: 135–7) says...'. Where there are two or more works by one author in the same year, they should be distinguished as 1996a, 1996b, etc. Authors should not abbreviate publishers' names in the references (e.g., by using an acronym).
6. Tables
Tables and Figures should be kept to a minimum. Tables should have no vertical rules and a minimum of horizontal rules (three – after caption; between heading and tabular material; between tabular material and Table footlines); the source should be given in a table footline. If a table is taken from another publication, it is necessary to obtain permission to reproduce it from the copyright holder.
Notes pertaining to Figures in Tables should not be numbered as this can cause confusion – letters or symbols are preferable.
Tables and Figures should all be specifically cited (referred to) in the text, for example, 'as described in Table 1', ‘(See Figure 2).' rather than 'in the Table following'.
7. Permissions
Authors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive (more than fifty words) extract from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as "derivative reproduction", where the contributor has created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source.
8. Proofs
Electronic proofs will be available to corresponding authors via Taylor & Francis' CATS system. Corresponding authors will receive details on how to log in and notification when the proofs are available. Corrections should be returned within three working days of receipt. Major alterations cannot be accepted.
9. Reprints
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
Mediterranean Politics can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received, or alternatively on our journals website. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at
reprints@tandf.co.uk10. 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 www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
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12. Guidlines for Referees
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13. Guidelines for Profiles
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