Information for Authors

Call for Papers
Submission Process
Style Guide


Call for Papers
The editors of ETHNOPOLITICS invite the submission of original research articles (up to around 12,000 words), research notes (up to 5,000 words), review essays (3,000-4,000 words) and book reviews (800-1,000 words).

Submitted manuscripts should contain:

• a cover page with a title and a short abstract;
• a separate page with name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s);
• the main text with endnotes;
• references.

Once you have submitted your manuscript, the editors will contact you and acknowledge your submission. Each manuscript receives an initial internal screening by the editors determining its suitability for the journal. This is followed by an anonymous peer-review process at the end of which the editors will make a decision about your manuscript.

The review process normally takes approximately 8-10 weeks, but can occasionally exceed this time frame. The editors endeavour to reach an informed decision quickly and to keep you up-to-date about the status of your manuscript.
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Style Guide
The cover page should contain the title and a short abstract of around 100 words. The abstract should be clear and informative, giving an indication of the scope of, and results contained in, the paper. A separate sheet should give the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s).

The main text with endnotes. All notes should be numbered sequentially and appear as endnotes. They should be referred to in the text by superscripts 1, 2, 3 etc. The notes themselves should be gathered together at the end of the manuscript before the references section.

References should be cited in the text in by giving the last name of the author(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. Smith & Jones (2003); (Smith 2001a, 2001b).

The full references must be listed on a separate sheet at the end of the manuscript in the Harvard style. They should include all authors’ names and initials, year of publication, title of article or book, the full title of the journal, volume and page numbers, and for books and other documents, the publisher’s name and place of publication.

For books:
Sisk, T.D. (1996) Power Sharing and International Mediation in Ethnic Conflicts (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press).

For articles in journals:
Weller, M. (1999) The Rambouillet Conference on Kosovo, International Affairs, 75(2), pp. 163-203.

For chapters in edited collections:
Rothchild, D. (2002) Settlement terms and postagreement stability, in: S.J. Stedman, D. Rothchild & E.M.Cousens (Eds), Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements, pp. 117-138 (Boulder, CO and London: Lynne Rienner).

For websites
Schneckener, U. (2002) Developing and Applying EU Crisis Management: Test Case Macedonia, ECMI Working Paper 14, available online at: http://www.ecmi.de/download/working_paper_14.pdf

Electronic page proofs will be sent to authors if time permits, in PDF format, via email. Any essential corrections must be notified immediately to the publisher. Major corrections are not acceptable.

Corresponding authors can now receive their article by e-mail as a complete PDF. This allows the author to print up to 50 copies, free of charge, and disseminate them to colleagues. In many cases this facility will be available up to two weeks prior to publication. Or alternatively, corresponding authors may receive the traditional 50 offprints. A copy of the journal will be sent by post to all corresponding authors after publication. Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author’s preferential rate of £15/US$25 per copy.

Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright in their articles, including abstracts, in Ethnopolitics. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the material elsewhere after publication providing that prior permission is obtained from Ethnopolitics. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
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