Submitting a Paper
All manuscripts must be submitted via our web-based submission system. Manuscripts must be submitted as two PDF files using the submission form: one with the title page and one anonymous copy with the main text stripped of the title page and any other identifiers to preserve author anonymity in the review process. Manuscripts will be processed by that editor who, in the opinion of the three editors, is the most familiar with the topic of the paper.
Once a paper arrives at the journal an e-mail is sent to the corresponding author acknowledging that the paper is under review. If you do not receive an e-mail verifying our receipt of your paper then it has not been processed and it is likely we do not have it. Please contact the journal to help us determine if your paper has been lost somewhere in the submission process.
You can help ensure the smooth processing of your paper by making sure it adheres to the recommended style guidelines for initial submissions.
All resubmissions of papers under review before the implementation of the web-based submission system should go directly to the editor who originally handled the manuscript.
Submission fees
The submission fee is US$170. Most of this is used to defray the cost of having the paper refereed. Paying our referees helps to encourage both quick turnaround times, and quality reports. We hope that you will agree that while this imposes an additional financial cost, it is more than made up by the reduced time from submission to reply.
Payments by Check
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All checks (whether from the U.S. or elsewhere) MUST have encoding at the bottom. Banks use this string of numbers to automatically route checks to the appropriate source. If your check does not have encoding it will be returned to you, and you will be asked to send a new check. Without encoding our bank will not process your check!
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For payments by check in U.S. dollars by a non-U.S. bank (for example, a check written off of a German bank in U.S. dollars): These checks are not acceptable! Checks must be written against banks with an associated U.S. branch. Acceptable checks have encoding and typically a U.S. clearing bank such as Citibank U.S. noted somewhere on the check.
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Checks should be sent to: Professor Bruce N. Lehmann, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0519.
Payments by Credit Card
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Authors can pay their submission fees with credit cards within the electronic submission system.
If a decision on a manuscript is not rendered within 100 days the journal will refund the US$170 submission fee. In order to fall under the expedited policy for Ph.D. students the cover letter should state which author or authors are students, and include the institution from which they are seeking a degree.
There are no page charges. Submission of a paper will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
The Editors do not accept responsibility for any loss of papers submitted. Upon acceptance of an article, author(s) will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
A portion of the submission fees will be used to compensate referees who turn in prompt and helpful reports.
