International Studies

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

International Studies is hosted on SAGE Peer Review; a web based online submission and peer review system. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then visit https://peerreview.sagepub.com/isq to login and submit your article online.

The corresponding author will receive a link for the copyright form once a contribution is accepted for publication. The submission will be considered as final once the author submits the copyright form.

1. Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to the journal administrator at https://peerreview.sagepub.com/isq
    
2. All articles must be accompanied by an abstract of 150–200 words. Notes should be numbered serially and presented at the end of the article. Notes must contain more than a mere reference.
    
3. Use ‘z’ spellings instead of ‘s’ spellings. This means that words ending with ‘-ise’, ‘isation’, etc., will be spelt with ‘z’ (e.g., ‘recognize’, ‘organize’, ‘civilize’).
    
4. Use British spellings in all cases rather than American spellings (hence, ‘programme’ not ‘program’, ‘labour’ not ‘labor’, and ‘centre’ and not ‘center’).
    
5. Use single quotes throughout. Double quotes only to be used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.
    
6. Use ‘twentieth century’, ‘1980s’. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements, use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent, not %). Use thousands and millions, not lakhs and crores.
    
7. Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimised, but used consistently.
    
8. Tables and figures to be indicated by numbers separately (see Table 1), not by placement (see Table below). Present each table and figure on a separate sheet of paper, gathering them together at the end of the article. All Figures and Tables should be cited in the text. Source for figures and tables should be mentioned irrespective of whether or not they require permissions.
    
9. A consolidated listing of all books, articles, essays, theses and documents referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) should be provided at the end of the article.Inverted names: In each reference, authors’ names are inverted (last name first) for all authors (first, second or subsequent ones); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work has more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth author’s name.

   Arrangement of references: Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.

   Chronological listing: If you have more than one work by the same author(s), list them in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.

   Sentence case: In references, follow sentence case for the titles of papers, books, articles, etc.

   Title case: In references, Journal titles are put in title case.
    

10. In each reference, authors’ names are inverted (last name first) for all authors (first, second or subsequent ones); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work has more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth author’s name.Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.If you have more than one work by the same author(s), list them in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.In references, follow sentence case for the titles of papers, books, articles, etc.In references, Journal titles are put in title case.

    References to be set according to American Psychological Association (6th edition)

    Reference styles:

    Book
    Calfee, R.C., & Valencia, R.R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

    Calfee, R.C., & Valencia, R.R. (1991). . Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

    Article in an edited book
    O’Neil, J.M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B.R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107–123). New York: Springer.

    O’Neil, J.M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B.R. Wainrib (Ed.), (pp. 107–123). New York: Springer.

    Conference Proceedings

    Schnase, J.L., & Cunnius, E.L. (Eds). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL ’95: The First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

    Schnase, J.L., & Cunnius, E.L. (Eds). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL ’95: . Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

    Article from the web

    Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

    Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. . Retrieved from

    Journal Article
    Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(30), 5–13.

    Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. , (30), 5–13.

    Newspaper Article
    Schultz, S. (2005, 28 December). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp.1A, 2A.

    Schultz, S. (2005, 28 December). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. , pp.1A, 2A.

    The reference to other works should be provided in the text using citations written in the author-date method.

    Author-date method: Follow the author-date method of in-text citation, e.g., (Jones, 1998).

    Quotes: When directly quoting from a work, include the page number in the citation.

    Follow the author-date method of in-text citation, e.g., (Jones, 1998).When directly quoting from a work, include the page number in the citation.

    Citation styles:

    One Work by One Author: (Walker, 2000)

    One Work by Two Authors: (Walker and Wasserstein, 2000)

    One Work by Three or More Authors: (Wasserstein et al., 1994)

    Works with No Author: Cite the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year, for example, (‘Study Finds’, 1982).

    Two or More Works by Different authors in One Citation: (Balda, 1980; Kamil, 1988; Pepperberg and Funk, 1990)

    Two or More Works by the Same Author(s) in One Citation: (Edeline and Weinberger, 1991, 1993)

    Two or More Works Published in the Same Year by the Same Author(s): (Johnson, 1991a, 1991b, 1991c)Authors With the Same Last Name: To prevent confusion, use first initials with the last names: (E. Johnson, 2001; L. Johnson, 1998).

    Work discussed in secondary source: In the text, name the original work, and give a citation for the secondary source. For example, if Seidenberg and McClelland’s work is cited in Coltheart et al. and you did not read the original work, list the Coltheart et al. reference in the References. In the text, use the following citation: In Seidenberg and McClelland’s study (as cited in Coltheart, Curtis, Atkins and Haller, 1993)....

    (Walker, 2000): (Walker and Wasserstein, 2000): (Wasserstein et al., 1994): Cite the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year, for example, (‘Study Finds’, 1982).: (Balda, 1980; Kamil, 1988; Pepperberg and Funk, 1990): (Edeline and Weinberger, 1991, 1993): (Johnson, 1991a, 1991b, 1991c): To prevent confusion, use first initials with the last names: (E. Johnson, 2001; L. Johnson, 1998). In the text, name the original work, and give a citation for the secondary source. For example, if Seidenberg and McClelland’s work is cited in Coltheart et al. and you did not read the original work, list the Coltheart et al. reference in the References. In the text, use the following citation: In Seidenberg and McClelland’s study (as cited in Coltheart, Curtis, Atkins and Haller, 1993)....
     

11.  Book reviews must contain name of author/editor and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price.

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