Manuscript Submission Guidelines
European Journal of Women�s Studies
- Peer review policy
- Article types
- How to submit your manuscript
- Journal contributor’s publishing agreement 4.1 SAGE Choice and Open Access
- Declaration of conflicting interests policy
- Other conventions
- Acknowledgments
7.1 Funding acknowledgement - Permissions
- Manuscript style
9.1 File types
9.2 Journal style
9.3 Reference style
9.4 Manuscript preparation
9.4.1 Keywords and abstracts: Helping readers find your article online
9.4.2 Corresponding author contact details
9.4.3 Guidelines for submitting artwork, figures and other graphics
9.4.4 Guidelines for submitting supplemental files
9.4.5 English language editing services - After acceptance
10.1 Proofs
10.2 E-Prints
10.3 SAGE production
10.4 OnlineFirst publication - Further information
The European Journal of Women's Studies is a major international forum for original scholarship at the cutting edge of research in Women's Studies. The journal's main focus is the complex theoretical and empirical relationship between women and the particular, and diverse, context of Europe.
As well as publishing articles, the journal includes overviews on the state of Women's Studies in different European countries, short topical and polemical pieces, reviews and conference reports.
1. Peer review policy
The European Journal of Women’s Studies adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.
As well as publishing articles, the journal includes overviews on the state of Women's Studies in different European countries, short topical and polemical pieces, reviews and conference reports. The journal regularly devotes Special Issues and Features to important topics of interest.
Article length must be between 6,000 and 7,000 inclusive of bibliography, notes etc.
The EJWS also publishes book reviews. Notes for Book Reviewers, as well as information on where to submit your review, can be found here.
3. How to submit your manuscript
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you carefully read and adhere to all the guidelines and instructions to authors provided below. Manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Additional information on writing for the journal can be found on the LSE’s EJWS website.
The European Journal of Women’s Studies is hosted on SAGE track a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne� Manuscripts. Please read the manuscript submission guidelines below, and then visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ejw to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below.
European Journal of Women's Studies
Attn. Hazel Johnstone
Gender Institute/LSE
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom
Tel: 0207 955 7771
Fax: 0207 955 6408
Email: ejws@lse.ac.uk
Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ejws
Book reviews should be submitted in consultation with the book editor, Ann Phoenix (email a.phoenix@ioe.ac.uk). Further information on all submissions is available on the website http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ejws.
4. Journal contributor�s publishing agreement
Before publication SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
4.1 SAGE Choice and Open Access
If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to non subscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
The European Journal of Women’s Studies and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of articles published in the Journal. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the Journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article (removing it from the journal); taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; banning the author from publication in the journal or all SAGE journals, or appropriate legal action.
5. Declaration of conflicting interests
Within your Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement you will be required to make a certification with respect to a declaration of conflicting interests. The European Journal of Women’s Studies does not require a declaration of conflicting interests but recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
None applicable.
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an ‘Acknowledgements’ section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.
7.1 Funding Acknowledgement
To comply with the guidance for Research Funders, Authors and Publishers issued by the Research Information Network (RIN), The European Journal of Women’s Studies additionally requires all Authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit Funding Acknowledgements on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding or state in your acknowledgments that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
9.1 File types .
Only electronic files conforming to the journal's guidelines will be accepted. Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are Word DOC, RTF, XLS. LaTeX files are also accepted. Please also refer to additional guideline on submitting artwork below.9.2 Journal Style
The European Journal of Women’s Studies conforms to the SAGE house style. Click here to review guidelines on SAGE UK House Style. The Journal has also produced this style guide, which you may wish to refer to: click here to view the EJWS style guide.9.3 Reference Style
The European Journal of Women’s Studies adheres to the SAGE Harvard reference style. Click here to review the guidelines on SAGE Harvard to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.If you use EndNote to manage references, download the SAGE Harvard output style by following this link and save to the appropriate folder (normally for Windows C:\Program Files\EndNote\Styles and for Mac OS X Harddrive:Applications:EndNote:Styles). Once you’ve done this, open EndNote and choose ‘Select Another Style...’ from the dropdown menu in the menu bar; locate and choose this new style from the following screen.
9.4. Manuscript Preparation
The text should be double-spaced throughout and with a minimum of 3cm for left and right hand margins and 5cm at head and foot. Text should be standard 10 or 12 point.9.4.1 Your Title, Keywords and Abstracts: Helping readers find your article online
The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article online through online search engines such as Google. Please refer to the information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords by visiting SAGE�s Journal Author Gateway Guidelines on How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.9.4.2 Corresponding Author Contact details
Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address and telephone numbers. Academic affiliations are required for all co-authors. These details should be presented separately to the main text of the article to facilitate anonymous peer review.9.4.3 Guidelines for submitting artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE�s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
9.4.4 Guidelines for submitting supplemental files
The European Journal of Women’s Studies does not currently accept supplemental files.9.4.5 English Language Editing services
Non-English speaking authors who would like to refine their use of language in their manuscripts might consider using a professional editing service. Visit English Language Editing Services for further information.
10.1 Proofs
We will email a PDF of the proofs to the corresponding author.SAGE provides authors with access to a PDF of their final article. For further information please visit http://www.sagepub.co.uk/authors/journal/reprint.sp.
10.3 SAGE Production
At SAGE we place an extremely strong emphasis on the highest production standards possible. We attach high importance to our quality service levels in copy-editing, typesetting, printing, and online publication (http://online.sagepub.com/). We also seek to uphold excellent author relations throughout the publication process.We value your feedback to ensure we continue to improve our author service levels. On publication all corresponding authors will receive a brief survey questionnaire on your experience of publishing in The European Journal of Women’s Studies with SAGE.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the editorial office as follows:
European Journal of Women's Studies
Attn. Hazel Johnstone
Gender Institute/LSE
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom
Tel: 0207 955 7771
Fax: 0207 955 6408
Email: ejws@lse.ac.uk
Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ejws