The International Journal of Sociological Research addresses a broad spectrum of sociological issues. International in scope, it publishes refereed theoretical as well as qualitative and quantitative substantive and applied research papers. All areas of sociological study are considered. The Journal publishes two issues per year and one special issue per year.
Submission of Manuscripts: Anyone wishing to submit manuscripts should send four hard copies as well as an electronic version, formatted in Word, to the following address:
Daniel W. Phillips III, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Program, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, Kentucky 42728, USA, email: phillipsd@lindsey.edu
The electronic version can be submitted via email or on Disc. If you submit the electronic version on disc, label it with the author(s) name(s) and the name of the file. Each manuscript should also be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and is not currently under review elsewhere. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become property of the publisher. All manuscripts must be typed and doubled-spaced, with 1 inch margins on all sides. They must follow the current American Sociological Review Style for formatting, citing and referencing. The pages of the manuscript should be numbered consecutively. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a title page including complete author(s), name(s), affiliation(s), mailing address, phone, fax, and e-mail information (for multiple authors, provide all information for each of the authors and indicate the corresponding author).
Review of Manuscripts: Submitted manuscripts undergo blind peer review. Therefore, authors should avoid placing any form of identifying information on the body of the manuscript or on the required abstract of 100 words or less. All manuscripts submitted by International Journal of Sociological Research editorial board members will undergo the same blind review process as other submissions. Manuscripts submitted by the Editor-in-Chief will be handled by an independent Special Editor who will coordinate a blind review process and make the final decision as to the suitability of the manuscript(s) for publication.
References: Should be listed at the end of the paper and refer only to material cited in the manuscript. They should be listed in alphabetical order and follow the current American Sociological Review style. In the text, reference citations should include author, year of publication, and where needed, page numbers (Brown 1995, p. 54). Identify subsequent citations of the same source in the same way as the first, not using ibid., op. cit., or loc. Cit. Give both last names for dual authors; for more than two, use “et al.” in the text. When two authors have the same last name, use identifying initials in the text. For institutional authorship, supply minimum identification from the beginning of the complete citation (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1963, p. 149).
In the reference section, list all source citations alphabetically by the first author’s last name, and within author by year of publication. The reference list must be complete and include all references in the text. The use of “et al” is not acceptable in the reference list; provide the names of all authors. If there is more than one reference to the same author and year, delineate them by the letters “a,” “b,” etc. added to the year (Levy 1963a). Give the publisher’s name in as brief a form as is fully intelligible. If the cited material is unpublished, use “forthcoming” with the name of the journal or publisher; otherwise use “unpublished.”
Books: Wilson, Jim J., Howard W. Jenkins, Jr., and Jody Smith. 1990. Criminal behavior. Philadelphia, Penn.: Pilgrim Press.
Periodicals: Smith, John. 1985. “The Effects of Violence on Women.” Pacific Sociological Review 122:3-34.
Picou, J. Steven, Richard H Wells, and Kenneth Nyberg. 1978a. “Paradigms, Theories, and Methods in Rural Sociology.” Rural Sociology 43:559-583.
Picou, J. Steven, Richard H Wells, and Kenneth Nyberg. 1978b. “Reply to Bealer: The Skeptic as Ritualist.” Rural Sociology 43:596-609.
Collections: Johnson, S. 1980. “The Problem of Drug Abuse.” Pp. 145-161 in Studies in the Science of Society, edited by G. Murdock. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Illustrations: Illustrations submitted (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be clean originals or digital files Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines:
300 dpi or higher; sized to fit on journal page; EPS, TIFF, or PSD format only; Submitted as separate files, not embedded in text files.
Tables and Figures: Tables and figures should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate sheets or files. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below. All units must be included. Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. Captions should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate sheet. All original figures should be clearly marked in pencil on the reverse side with the number, author’s name, and top edge indicated.
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