Philosophy of the Social Sciences

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Guide for Authors 

PART I: SUBMISSIONS

S1.

MANUSCRIPTS should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/poss. 

BOOKS FOR REVIEW should be sent to Kei Yoshida, Managing Editor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan.

S2. All submissions are refereed. This usually takes from 2 to 4 months.

S3. REVIEW ESSAYS and REVIEWS are normally commissioned. Those interested in reviewing should contact the Managing Editor at [email protected].

PART II: ACCEPTED MSS 

A1. Final copy delivered to Manuscript Central (web address above) must be double-spaced throughout (including the Abstract, indented quotations, notes, and reference list), on 8 1/2"x11" pages, left justified only. From March 2005 Philosophy of the Social Sciences will print true footnotes. Authors using footnotes would be well advised to submit in MS Word. Queries regarding guidelines to Kei Yoshida, Managing Editor, at [email protected].

A2. The order of the manuscript should be abstract, text, followed by references, and, in the case of articles, followed by biography (see A7 below).

A3. An indicator for the position of tables or figures should be placed in the text thus:

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Table 1 (or Figure 1) about here

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Separate electronic files for tables and figures should be submitted with manuscript.

A4. Philosophy of the Social Sciences uses Chicago B reference style (chapter 16 of The Chicago Manual of Style, 13th and later editions). American spelling shall prevail. Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary will be the authority for spelling, hyphenation, etc. Dates should be fully spelled out (viz. 11 November, 1998; eighteenth century) and elision (can't, don't, I've, it's, we've and the like) eschewed. For purposes of historical accuracy, use original date of publication of the edition of works cited, not date of reprint. Thus not Winch 1977, but Winch 1958 with (1977) in parenthesis in the list of references.

A5. All authors should provide, at the time of submitting final copy updated postal address, telephone, and fax numbers at home and work, and email address, if available.

A6. An abstract of 100 words or less should be supplied with articles.

A7. Authors of articles should provide in addition a short biographical note indicating areas of research, recent publications, etc., modeled on those that have appeared in the journal.

A8. For indexing, authors should also supply four or five keywords.

A9. NB: copyright. Quotations within an article or discussion note that aggregate to 300 words or more from a single work require the permission of the copyright holder, which should be sought and obtained by the author and enclosed with the final revised copy. Some newspapers and periodicals do not acknowledge "fair use" - if in doubt, check with Sage. Review essays and book reviews do not normally require such permission.

Authors who want to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider utilizing the services of SPi, a non-affiliated company that offers Professional Editing Services to authors of journal articles in the areas of science, technology, medicine or the social sciences. SPi specializes in editing and correcting English-language manuscripts written by authors with a primary language other than English. Visit http://www.prof-editing.com for more information about SPi’s Professional Editing Services, pricing, and turn-around times, or to obtain a free quote or submit a manuscript for language polishing.

Please be aware that Sage has no affiliation with SPi and makes no endorsement of the company. An author’s use of SPi’s services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and SPi, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.

Sage Choice

If you or your funder wishes your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in Sage Choice, subject to the 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.

Preprints

Philosophy of the Social Sciences may accept submissions of papers that have been posted on pre-print servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system. Authors should not post an updated version of their paper on the preprint server while it is being peer reviewed for possible publication in the journal. If the article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the journal's author archiving policy.

If your paper is accepted, you must include a link on your preprint to the final version of your paper.

Visit the Sage Journals and Preprints page for more details about preprints.