HINWEISE FÜR AUTORiNNEN

Notes for contributors

1. Submission of manuscripts

An article submitted to the Austrian Journal of Political Science has to be an original, unpublished work which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Submission of articles for volumes dedicated to a main thematic focus

  • Interested authors are requested to submit proposals (including an abstract) to the editor(s) indicated in the respective call for papers.

  • After a selection process authors will be invited to submit a complete manuscript via email (as MS-Word-doc- and RTF-file) to the editor(s) of the respective issue.

  • Each manuscript will be sent out for anonymous double-blind review.

  • The final version of the manuscript have to correspond to the reviewers’ recommendations and shall be sent via email (as MS-Word-doc- and RTF-file) to the editor(s) of the respective issue.

Submission of articles outside the thematic foci:

  • Articles not concerning one of the thematic foci can be submitted at any time to the responsible editor Marcel Fink (marcel.fink@univie.ac.at). Complete manuscripts have to be sent via email (as MS-Word-doc- and RTF-file).

  • Each manuscript will be sent out for anonymous double-blind review.

  • The final version of the manuscript has to correspond to the reviewers’ recommendations and shall be sent via email (as MS-Word-doc- and RTF-file).

2. Length, format and contents of manuscripts

The length of submitted articles should not exceed 7.000 words or 50.000 signs (including blanks, notes, tables/figures and references). Reports and comments should not be longer than 3.500 words or 25.000 signs (including blanks).

Manuscripts should be made up of the following elements:

  • Address: The covering letter of the author should provide postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers.

  • Main text: The articles should be typed on A4 size paper, in double spaced (preferably 30 lines per page with 60 letters each) and with broad margins. Leave the margins ragged and avoid word divisions and hyphens at the ends of lines. Italics may be used for emphasis, but their use should not be exaggerated.

  • Gender-neutral language has to be considered throughout the manuscript.

  • New orthography: German articles have to correspond to the orthographical rules which came into effect on August 1st 1998.

  • Tables/Figures: Tables and figures should not be inserted within the pages of the main text but placed on separate pages at the end of the text. They should be numbered consecutively and contain a short descriptive heading and information about the used sources. Indicate where the tables and figures should be located in the text (e. g. "Table 3 about here").

  • Notes: The notes should be brief and typed as end-notes. They should be put at the end of the main text, on separate pages, and numbered consecutively (footnotes should be avoided).

  • References: The list of references should include all works referred to in the text, in the bibliographical information following tables and figures or in the notes. For more detailed guidelines concerning references and quotations see below, point 4.

  • Abstracts: The manuscript should come with two abstracts, one in English and one (if possible) in German. The abstracts should not exceed 15 lines each and be written on a separate page.

  • Keywords: Please submit 4 to 6 keywords in English and (if possible) in German.

  • Short title: Please submit a short title for your paper (for the header of the article).

  • Short biographical note: Together with the manuscript a short biographical note of the author should be supplied (year of birth, institutional affiliation, main research interests, address for correspondence, e-mail address).

3. Quotations

Use quotation marks for literally quoted sentences within the text. Literal quotations of over three lines in length should be set in from the margin and typed without quotation marks.

References must be integrated into the text following the Harvard reference system, giving (in brackets) the name of the author/editor, the publication year and the page number(s).

Examples:

  • Reference to one author/editor: "(Lijphart 1984)" or "(Lijphart 1984, 15)"

  • Reference to more authors/editors: "(Andeweg 1991, 116; King 1991, 25)"

  • Reference to more works of one author in the same year: "(Andeweg 1988a; 1988b)"

  • Reference to a work with two authors/editors: "(Laver/Shepsle 1994)"

  • Reference to a work with more than two authors/editors: "(Kay et al. 1986)"

  • Reference to an author within the text: "According to Lijphart (1984, 15) we conclude..."

4. List of references

All the literature mentioned in the text should be included in the list of references. The bibliographical dates should be typed in alphabetical order.

Examples:

Book:

Lijphart, Arend (1984). Democracies. Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in Twenty-One Contries, New Haven/London.

Edited volume:

Kegley, Charles (ed.) (1995). Controversies in international relations theory. Realism and the neoliberal challenge, New York.

Article in edited volume:

Andeweg, Rudy B./Wilma Bakema (1994). The Netherlands. Ministers and cabinet policy, in: Michael Laver/Kenneth A. Shepsle (eds.): Cabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Government, Cambridge, 56-72.

Article in journal:

King, Anthony (1991). The British Prime Ministership in the Age of the Career Politician, in: West European Politics, 14(2), 25-47.

Internet:

Hall, Peter A./Daniel W. Gingerich (2004). Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Macroeconomy. An Empirical Analysis, MPIfG Discussion Paper 04/5, Cologne. Internet: http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/pu/mpifg_dp/dp04-5.pdf

Further requests:

  • Please ensure that spelling, titles, and publication dates used in the text correspond to those listed in the references.

  • Spell out each author´s/editor´s full last and first name. Do not use "et al." but list the names of all authors and co-authors (editors and co-editors).

  • When using a republished work or a translation, the date of the original edition may be given as well.

  • Give the title and the subtitle of sources.

  • State the names of journals in full. Note that volume, issue, and page numbers are required for journal articles, page numbers for articles in edited volumes.

5. Proofs

Authors are expected to correct proofs within two weeks after receiving them.

6. Offprints

Two copies of the Journal will be supplied free of charge to article contributors.