SUBMISSIONS

Manuscripts should be submitted using the online submission system. Authors have the opportunity to append supplementary material not essential for inclusion in the text of a manuscript as online-only content linked to the online manuscript.

Authors of submissions should note especially the following points:

1. Submissions are welcome in any language, but should be accompanied by an English-language abstract.
   
2. Manuscript files should be submitted in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect.
   
3. All articles should use author-date in-text citations, including all authors' full first and last names.
   
4. All material, including extracts, endnotes, references, appendixes, and captions for illustrations, must be double-spaced.
   
5. Article submissions should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length.
   
6. Author's complete mailing address and phone/fax/e-mail information must appear on the title page of the manuscript, along with a brief biographical statement.
   
7. All manuscripts must be accompanied by a 50-100 word abstract (page 2).
   
8. Embedded footnotes or endnotes should be avoided; rather, notes should be created as regular text and placed before the references.
   
9. All tables must be in word processing files rather than spreadsheet or database files.
   
10. The author's name and address should appear only on the title page of the manuscript. The author's name or any other information which could identify the author should not appear in the abstract or manuscript.

Social Politics follows the style instructions of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed (2003). For guidance on notes, references, tables, graphs, diagrams, maps, and photographs, please consult this manual. Requirements for figure file types should be discussed with the managing editor, Kyle Schafer.

LICENSE

It is a condition of publication in the journal that authors grant an exclusive license to Oxford University Press. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. As part of the license agreement, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication and Oxford University Press as the publisher.

FUNDING

Details of all funding sources for the work in question should be given in a separate section entitled 'Funding'. This should appear before the 'Acknowledgements' section.

The following rules should be followed:

• The sentence should begin: ‘This work was supported by …’
• The full official funding agency name should be given, i.e. ‘National Institutes of Health’, not ‘NIH’ (full RIN-approved list of UK funding agencies) Grant numbers should be given in brackets as follows: ‘[grant number xxxx]’
• Multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma as follows: ‘[grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]’
• Agencies should be separated by a semi-colon (plus ‘and’ before the last funding agency)
• Where individuals need to be specified for certain sources of funding the following text should be added after the relevant agency or grant number 'to [author initials]'.

An example is given here: ‘This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [AA123456 to C.S., BB765432 to M.H.]; and the Alcohol & Education Research Council [hfygr667789].

PERMISSIONS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES

Permission to reproduce copyright material, for print and online publication in perpetuity, must be cleared and if necessary paid for by the author; this includes applications and payments to DACS, ARS, and similar licensing agencies where appropriate. Evidence in writing that such permissions have been secured from the rights-holder must be made available to the editors. It is also the author's responsibility to include acknowledgements as stipulated by the particular institutions. Oxford Journals can offer information and documentation to assist authors in securing print and online permissions: please see the Guidelines for Authors section. Information on permissions contacts for a number of main galleries and museums can also be provided. Should you require copies of this, please contact the editorial office of the journal in question or the Oxford Journals Rights department.

LANGUAGE EDITING

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.