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Author Guidelines
Prospective authors for The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law should register as authors (see the 'On Line Submission' details above).
First, click here to download the guidelines which you will find in PDF format. All articles are peer-reviewed. Please contact the Book Review editor before submitting a book review to ensure that the book you wish to review has not already been assigned. We will acknowledge your submission upon receipt and let you know the anticipated timeframe for a decision. If your article is accepted, we will send you further instructions for submitting the final manuscript of your article.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- This is an original publication and has not been published elsewhere and has not been submitted elsewhere.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word compatible format, is in English and conforms to the usual length (for regular articles) of between 3,000 and 8,000 words (up to 10,000 words in exceptional cases).
- All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; uses italics where needed and underlining only where underlining is required in the final publication.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- The text, if submitted to a peer-reviewed section (e.g., Articles), has had the authors' names removed. If an author is cited, "Author" and year are used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author's name, paper title, etc. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.
- Transcripts are set out using a Courier font and do not exceed 65 characters per line including any line numbers and speaker names.
- Tables are included in the manuscript at the point they are intended to appear, preceded by a table caption. Tables do not contain tints.
- Any artwork is supplied as separate files which conform to the specifications outlined in the Artwork Checklist for authors PDF.
- Phonetic transcriptions are displayed using SIL IPA93 Doulos or Charis fonts.
- All transcripts are set out using a Courier font and do not exceed 65 characters per line, including any line numbers and speaker names.
- All permissions have been cleared for any copyrighted material. If in doubt, please see Permissions Guidelines for Equinox Authors.
Copyright Notice
The editors will not consider manuscripts which are under consideration by other publishers. It is assumed that once you have submitted an article to this journal, it will not be sent to other publishers until a decision about inclusion has been made. Only by special arrangement will the editors consider previously published material. Full details of our conditions related to copyright can be found by clicking here.
Click Here for the contributor contract, which you should print, sign and post back to us once your manuscript is accepted.
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