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I – PROCEDURE TO LOG IN AND TO SUBMIT

Please – if you have not already done – register to the website clicking on “Log in” right bar Menu. Please use a fully functional email address.

Send your manuscript to the editor of the issue (usually the editor’s e-mail reference is at the bottom of the call for papers).

The manuscript has to be anonymous, and have to include an abstract.

Once submitted, the editors will evaluate its correspondence with the specific interests of the journal issue. After this firstly review (formal review), the article is sent to Senior Referees to be reviewed, chosen by their specific knowledge on the topic (content review). The referees remain unknown.

You can check at any time the state of your manuscript review, simply logging in and clicking on “check my papers” in the Left Menu, and then clicking on “Show Details” near the title of your manuscripts.

Once you paper is accepted for publication, the article proof will be able to be downloaded by the author for last minor corrections. After the final corrections, the article has to be send back with the same submission procedure described above.

II – GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Potential authors could be researchers and lecturers in social science domains.

2. Manuscripts should be an original work and are considered for publication only on the understanding that they are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

3. Standard length of papers is between 6.000 words and 7.500 words, including notes and references, but shorter contributions are also welcomed. They should be typed on Times New Roman 12, 1.5 line spacing and with generous margins at the top, bottom, and sides of the page.

4. Contributions may be submitted in English, French and Spanish, the three official languages of International Sociological Association (ISA).

5. The text shall have at most three levels of subtitles, thus hierarchically organized: 1st SUBTITLE – BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS; 2nd Subtitle – only the initials are in bold capitalized letters; 3rd Subtitle – only the initials are in bold letter and in italics.

6. Notes are explanatory and not bibliographic. It is recommended to use notes only for substantive supplementary comments and to limit the length.

7. The Textual Quotations will come “in brackets” and neither bold letters nor italics will be used for this purpose.

8. Authors are asked to consider any criticisms, suggestions and corrections coming from the referees. The editors will mediate any possible review conflicts.

9. Book reviews should be sent to: Emanuele Toscano: emanuele.toscano@uniroma1.it

III – ILLUSTRATIONS, FIGURES, TABLES AND VIDEOS

New Cultural Frontiers is an On-line Journal and there are no limits in terms of colour visual material that you may add to your article. Each material attached must include a descriptive title.

Illustrations, Figures and Tables should be clearly presented and should not be inserted within the pages of the manuscript but should be submitted on separate sheets attached to the article. The desired position in the text for each table, figure and plate should be indicated in the manuscript. Please number Illustrations, Figures and Photographs consecutively (Figure 1, Table 2, Graph 3 and so on). Photographs should be high resolution digital images, preferably in TIFF or JPEG formats.

Videos and audio files are also welcome. Videos should have AVI, WMV and MPG extension, with a maximum length of 5 minutes and a file size that has not be over 100Mb. Audio files can be submitted in MP3 (preferred), AIFF, MP4 or WMA.

IV – REFERENCES SYSTEM

New Cultural Frontiers uses the Harvard reference system for all citations and list of references.

Referencing in the text: should be as follows (Wieviorka, 2003). In case of references with quotations, should be as follows (Wieviorka, 2003, p.49). Several authors have noted this trend (Keck and Sikkink, 1998; Dobbs et al. 1973). [N.B. et al. to be used when there are three or more authors]. The date of publication cited must be the date of the source referred to; when using a republished book, a translation or a modern version of an older edition, however, the date of the original publication may also be given. Where there are two or more works by one author in the same year, these should be distinguished by using 1980a, 1980b, etc.

Quotations. Use single quotation marks for quoted material within the text; double quotation marks should only be used for quotes within quotes. Do not use leader dots at the beginning or end of a quotation unless the sense absolutely demands. For ellipsis within a quotation use three leader dots for a mid-sentence break, four if the break is followed by a new sentence. Quotations for over forty words should be extracted and indented and no quotation marks used.

Bibliography section: The reference list should include every work cited in the text. Please ensure that dates, spelling and titles used in the text are consistent with those listed in the References. The content and form of the reference list should conform to the following examples. Please note that page numbers are required for articles, both place of publication and name of publisher should be given for books and, where relevant, translator and date of first publication should be noted. Do not use et al. in the reference list; use surname and initials for each author. List the references in alphabetical order by authors’ last name. Do not include first names, only initials. List two or more entries by the same author(s) in order of the year of publication.

Examples:

Book/multiple author: Arnand, A; Escobar, A; Sen, J. and Waterman, P. (2003). World Social Forum: Challenging Empires. New Delhi: Viveka Foundation.

Article in edited volume: Linklater, A. (1999) Cosmopolitan Citizenship, in: Hutchings, K. and Dannreuter, R. (Eds.) Cosmopolitan Citizenship, pp.35-59. London: Routledge.

Article in journal: Olesen, T. (2005). ‘Transnational Publics: New Spaces of Social Movements Activism and the Problem of Global Long-Sightedness’, Current Sociology, 53 (3): 419-440.

Translated text. Jaspers, K. (1983) General Human Resource Management, 7th edn, trans. by J. Hoenig & M. Hamilton. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Article in newspaper. Bringel, B. (2008) La Vía Campesina propone la soberanía alimentaria como alternativa global a la crisis. Diagonal Periódico, Madrid, p.12, 30 October 2008.

On-line publications: Goodwin, J. and Hills, K. (1999). ‘A View from Hong-Kong: Chinese Representations of War, Violence and American Imperialism’, Sociological Research On-Line, 4 (2). URL: http://www.socresonline.org.uk (Accessed: 23 Jun. 09)

Notes on style: It would be helpful if contributors were to bear in mind the following points of style when preparing their papers:

Full points. Use full points after abbreviations (p.m., e.g., i.e., etc.) and contractions where the end of the word is cut (p., ed., ch.). Omit full points in acronyms (HMSO, USA, BBC, NATO, plc), after contractions which end in the last letter of the word (Dr, Mr, St, edn, eds, Ltd) and after metric units (cm, m, km, kg). Note especially ed. eds; vol. vols; no. nos; ch. chs, etc.

Numerals. In general spell out numbers under 100; but use numerals for measurements (e.g. 12 km) and ages (e.g. 10 years old). Insert a comma for both thousands and tens of thousands (e.g. 1,000 and 20,000). Always use the minimum number of figures for ranged numbers and dates, e.g. 22—4, 105—6, 1966—7; but use 112—13, 1914—18, etc. for teen numbers. Use the percentage sign only in figures and tables; spell out per cent in the text using a numeral for the number (e.g. 84 per cent).

Dates. Set out as follows: 8 July 1990 (no comma), on 8 July, or on the 8th; 1990s (not spelt out, no apostrophes); nineteenth century (not 19th century) and insert hyphen when used adjectvally (e.g. nineteenth-century art).

En rules. Use a double hyphen for en rules, use these to link number spans (e.g. 24—8); to connect two items linked in a political context (e.g. Labour—Liberal alliance, Rome—Berlin axis) and to link the names of joint authors (e.g. Temple—Hardcastle project).