Style Sheet Guidelines
Guidelines for authors
The Irish Journal of Public Policy is a refereed journal. The editors welcome initial approaches from prospective authors. Acceptance of articles is subject to an anonymous refereeing process. The editors cannot accept responsibility for any damage or loss of manuscripts. Statements of fact or opinion appearing in the Irish Journal of Public Policy are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by the editors or publisher.
Articles submitted to the Irish Journal of Public Policy should be original contributions but may be under consideration for another publication at the same time. Articles which fit into the aim and scope of the journal should be submitted by electronic mail to ijpp@ucc.ie. Articles can be sent in either: Word, Wordperfect or open access.
Authors published in the Irish Journal of Public Policy may be called upon at a later date to peer review submissions in their research area.
There is no standard length for articles but 6,000-8,000 words (including notes and references) is a useful target. The article should begin with an indented and italicised summary of around 100 words, which should describe the main arguments and conclusions of the article. The author should provide brief biographical details including affiliation and research interests.
Style
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts conform to the journal style.
Sub-headings should be in capitals (or Roman numerals); sub-sub headings in lower case italic. Quotations should be in single quotation marks, double within single. Long quotations of five or more lines should be indented without quotes. Capitals should be used sparingly, principally for proper titles and where they may be necessary to avoid ambiguity. British spelling to be used throughout ('s' not 'z' in organisation etc.). Common foreign words such as regime, role, elite to be unaccented. No full stop after abbreviations (e.g. Dr, MP), and no apostrophe in plurals such as MPs, the 1930s. % to be written per cent. Dates should be in the form 31 March 1992; 1994-95.
Copyright
References
The Irish journal of Public Policy uses the Harvard system of referencing.
Reference s should be inserted in round brackets at the appropriate place in the text, stating author's surname, publication date of work referred to and, where appropriate, relevant pages. For example: (Ludlow, 1992: 85).
Reference list to appear after the list of notes, containing all the works referred to, listed alphabetically by author's surname (or name of sponsoring body), stating author's surname, forename and/or initials, date of publication, title of publication, edition, place of publication and publisher, and pages if relevant.
A Book
Walsh, K., 1995, Public Services and Market Mechanisms,
Chapter in a book
Collins, N. (2004), ‘Corruption in
Journal article
Murphy, T. and O’ Callaghan, O. (2002), ‘Is God a woman?’, Journal of Theology, Vol. 4, no. 3, pp.134-156
Paper Presented
Rhode, M. (2006) 'The transition to democracy in
Electronic journal article
Lebessis, N. and Paterson, J. (2000) ‘Developing new modes of governance’, Working Paper, European Commission Forward Studies Unit, http://europa.eu.int/comm/cdp/gouvernance/index_en.htm (accessed 20 October 2007)
Webpage
Treaty of
PhD thesis (unpublished)
Murphy, N. (2003) 'Fianna Fail coalition governments – continuity or change’. Unpublished PhD thesis, Department of Politics,
Newspapers
Collins, S. (2008) 'Kenny defends his criticism of Ahern’, Irish Times, 07 April, p. 7.
Comments to appear as notes, indicated consecutively throughout the article by raised numerals corresponding to the list of notes placed at the end of the page. Please keep footnotes to a minimum.