JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE FAMILY STUDIES

 MANUSCRIPT STYLE GUIDE

For Author(s) to Follow When Submitting an Article

1.      When using e-mail, articles must be put into the MICROSOFT WORD format. One copy is sufficient. Include: a TITLE PAGE with your name, title of article, and affiliation with complete postal mailing address, telephone number, and email address. NO pdf files please. [OR, if you can only use a postal service, then send (3) three copies of your manuscript to the Assistant Editor for evaluation and processing.]

2.   Manuscripts are usually about 5000 words (20-30 pages), line spacing 1-1/2, one-sided, text in Times Roman, font 12. It must have an English Abstract of about 250 words on a separate page. MAIN headings should be UPPER-CASE, bold lettering and centered. Sub-Headings are in bold and lower-case. Subset headings in Italics, not bold.

3.      Within the text you would put Footnotes[1] (see example below) etc. to correspond. But, any ‘Notes’ must be Endnotes, placed at the end of the Text on a separate page.  

4.      Each Table, or Figure, must be camera ready, or done on a laser printer, very clear, each on a separate page at the very end of the entire manuscript after the references, etc. Always indicate at the exact place within the text where it is to go, i.e., "Table 2 about here," "Figure 1 about here". (Note: Publishing done only in black/white.)

5.   REFERENCES: Each listed reference must be cited within the text, and vice versa. Single spaced, no indentations, with one blank line between each reference listed. Follow the American Psychological Association (APA) reference style guide (except follow #3 above as your Footnote example). For information on APA Editorial Style, please go to www.apastyle.org.

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[1] As noted above in #2. (Times Roman font, size 10, justified.)

 

Format of References in the Text: All references to articles etc. are to be identified at an appropriate point within the text by last name of author, and year of publication. The following examples illustrate the style:  "…of children (Yin and Casey, 1983)," or "Lewin (2006) and Stake et al. (2005)….”  Multiple references should be cited in alphabetical order.  

"Earlier studies (Abbott, 2006; Forge, 2004; Hunt and Wolcott, 2002; Yong, 2000)….”

Format of Reference in the Appendix:

List all references in alphabetical order. For typing format see the following examples: Coontz, S. (1992). The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. New York: Basic Books. Drobniĉ, S. (2003). Ties between lives: Dynamics of employment patterns of spouses. In W.R. Heinz and V.W. Marshall, (Eds.), Social Dynamics of the Life Course (pp. 259-278). New York: Aldine de Gruyter.  Heinz, W.R. (ed.). (1991). The Life Course and Social Change: Comparative Perspectives. Weinheim: Deutscher Studien Verlag. Xu, X., and S. Lai, (2004). Gender ideologies, marital roles, and marital quality in Taiwan. Journal of Family Issues, 25, 318-355. 

The Final Stage:

AFTER a manuscript has gone through the stages of review, and approved for publishing, then the Abstract must be sent in English, French, and Spanish, each on a separate page, line space 1-1/2. This is the author's responsibility. They do not need headings.

If your paper becomes accepted by the editor(s) you must provide the editor(s) with one final laser print copy, in MS WORD format, checked for errors, and ready for printing. This is important as we do not send out galleys. (Always use Microsoft WORD format.)

We do not make reprints, however, authors will receive two copies of the issue, and from one you may make reprints for the purpose of education only, but not to sell. Always enclose the complete postal mailing information for each author.

All copyrights are owned by JCFS and permission must be obtained to reproduce materials from JCFS. There is a permission fee.

JCFS Mailing Address:

Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Department of Sociology
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4 Canada

Email: jcfs@ucalgary.ca