Submission Guidelines

JCFS - MANUSCRIPT STYLE GUIDE – 2012

For Author(s) to Follow When Submitting* an Article

RESEARCH PAPER PROCESSING FEE: Commencing January 2012 each paper submitted must be accompanied by a check, draft or money order, in the amount of $15.00 USD. (For Canadians: $15.00+GST = $15.75 Cdn.) Payable to: Journal of Comparative Family Studies. No refunds for rejected or withdrawn papers.

(1) When using e-mail, articles must be put into the MICROSOFT WORD 2003 format. One copy is sufficient. Make a SEPARATE title page with your name, title of article, and affiliation with complete postal mailing address, telephone number, and email address for EACH author. Please, do NOT use pdf files or any other file formats. On a SEPARATE page make an English Abstract of approximately 250 words.

(2) Manuscript texts are about 5000 words (20-25 pgs. maximum), line spacing 1-1/2”, one-sided, Times New Roman font, Size 12. Style: MAIN headings in UPPER-CASE, bold lettering and centered. Sub-Headings are in bold and lower-case, at left margin. Subset headings in Italics, not bold, left margin.

(3) Within the text you put all Footnotes[1] to correspond (at bottom of each page, see below). But, any other ‘Notes’ must be as Endnotes, placed at the very end of the whole paper and on a SEPARATE page.

(4) EACH Table and Figure must be camera ready, laser printer quality, and EACH one on a SEPARATE page right after the References. 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 is done in black/white ONLY, NO colors will be published).

(5) REFERENCES: Each listed reference must be cited within the text, and vice versa. Single space them, NO indentations, left aligned margin only, with one line between each reference. Follow the American Psychological Association (APA) reference style guide (except please follow #3 above for ALL Footnotes). For information on APA Editorial Style, please go to www.apastyle.org

 

FORMAT of References within the TEXT:

 

►ALL references are to be identified at an appropriate point within the text by using the 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 REFERENCES in the Appendix:

 

List ALL references in alphabetical order. Use the following example style:

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 all stages of review, and approved for publishing, then only 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 titles translated.

If your paper becomes accepted by the editor(s) you must provide the editor(s) with a final laser print copy, in MS WORD 2003 format, checked for errors, and ready for printing. This is important as we do not send out galleys. (Always use Microsoft WORD 2003 format.) NO other formats will be accepted. Times Roman Font, Size 12.

We do NOT make reprints, however, authors will receive TWO copies of the issue – from one you may make reprints for the purpose of education only – but not to sell. Always enclose the complete postal AND email 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.* (Or, Royalties are to be paid by contracting Agents.) *Permission Fee: $15.00/page reproduced.

 

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 Website: http://soci.ucalgary.ca/jcfs Telephone: 403-220-7317 Fax: 403-282-9298