Journal Details
Critical Policy Studies
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts:
Critical Policy Studies is a refereed journal. Articles submitted to Critical Policy Studies should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time.
Submission should be made by e-mail to h.i.hancock@bham.ac.uk. All electronic copies must indicate the word-processing package used (preferably .doc), and must be sent as file attachments only (and not as part of the e-mail text). Failure to observe the journal's house style may delay publication of your work.
Format:
Articles should be between 8,000 to 10,000 words (including endnotes and bibliography). The article should begin with an indented and italicised abstract of c. 150 words, which should describe the main arguments and conclusions of the article.
Forum contributions should be between 4,000 to 5,000 words (including endnotes and bibliography). Contributions to the forum, which are shorter pieces than articles, should focus on theoretical, political and methodological practices that stimulate insights or provoke debate relevant to critical policy studies.
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, in addition to the exact length of the article.
All diagrams, charts and graphs should be referred to as figures and consecutively numbered. Tables should be kept to a minimum and contain only essential data. Each figure and table must be given an Arabic numeral, followed by a heading, and be referred to in the text. If mathematics is included "1/2" is preferred over "½", as is % rather than per cent.
Description of the Journal's article style
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
American spelling used throughout.
Foreign words and all titles of books or plays appearing within the text should be italicised. Non-Anglophone or transliterated words should also appear with translations provided in square brackets the first time they appear (e.g. weltanschauung [world-view])
Word templates are available for this journal.
Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk
Final Versions:
Following acceptance for publication, articles should be submitted in Microsoft Word by e-mail. Any diagrams or maps should be copied to a separate attachment 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.
Each e-mail should be labelled with the journal's name, article title, lead author's name and software used. It is the author's responsibility to ensure that where copyright materials are included within an article, the permission of the copyright holder has been obtained. Confirmation of this should be included on a separate sheet.
Copyright:
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to University of Birmingham Institute of Local Government Studies. 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.
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
