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SUBMIT A PAPER
General Guidelines
Review Process
Research Papers
Commentaries
Book Reviews
Style Guide
Propose a Paper
Submission Deadlines
General
Guidelines
CRIA is published in English. Certain high quality
papers may also be published in Russian provided that they are submitted
with an adequate English translation.
CRIA publishes three categories of
solicited and unsolicited
material: research papers, commentaries and book
reviews.
CRIA usually accepts articles from contributors as original
contributions. If another version of the article is under consideration
by another publication, or has been published elsewhere, authors should
clearly indicate this at the time of submission.
Authors are requested to give a brief biographical note in a footnote on
the first page of the paper.
Submissions must be accompanied by a
cover email containing contact information: postal address, telephone
and fax numbers (if available), and e-mail address for each author (if
the paper is co-authored). In this case one of the authors should be
designated as the “corresponding author.
Manuscripts should be
emailed as an attachment in Word to:
contact[at]cria-online[dot]org
Copyrights:
Contributors will retain the copyright in their work. However, a
submission of a paper to CRIA implies that the author grants an
exclusive license to CRIA to publish his/her contribution. In granting
this exclusive license, authors may later use their own material in any
form in other publications provided that CRIA is acknowledged as the
original place of publication, and is notified in writing and in
advance.
Disclaimer: Articles published in CRIA do not
represent the views of the Editors. The Editors do not accept any
responsibility for the views expressed in any article.
Note on Plagiarism:
In regard to submissions, the responsibility to avoid
plagiarism falls squarely upon the shoulders of authors. It is always
important, even if under a tight deadline, to ensure that any material
that has been gathered from another source, regardless of the source
language, including newspapers, online articles, and unpublished papers
or conferences is properly paraphrased or cited. It should be remembered
to never copy anything word for word unless the author intends to set it
off in the submitted paper as a quote (and the correct footnote should
be added). When paraphrasing, authors should not simply change a few
words in the section from which the information is taken; they must put
the passage into their own words, contextualising the main idea in their
work. Since we have authors submitting texts from across the world, with
sources in many different languages, our editors fastidiously check each
fact and reference, and we use the appropriate software to detect
discrepancies. Plagiarism, therefore, whether intentional or otherwise,
will definitely be discovered, and it makes everyone’s job much more
difficult. If at any point in the writing-process you have any
questions, do not hesitate to contact the Editors at
contact[at]cria-online[dot]org .
We will do the utmost to answer any questions or address any concerns
you have. For further reading and information on this subject, an
excellent source of information can be found on
the Owl at Purdue
website.
Review
process
CRIA carefully considers all manuscripts that it receives. We
review pieces anonymously, without regard to the author's name,
affiliation, prior publications, or pending publication offers. Each
manuscript is individually peer-reviewed and evaluated.
There is no "best" time to submit a manuscript to CRIA. We will
never reject an article for lack of space; rather, we will hold it over
for consideration for the next issue. We encourage contributors to
submit articles as soon as they are ready. For submission deadlines
please refer to the relevant section below.
We will
notify authors of the decision by email. We normally do not inform
authors of the status of their manuscripts other than through email. As
a matter of policy, we do not discuss the reasons for our publication
decisions.
Research
papers
Research papers should normally be within 3,000 to
9,000 words including all notes and references. All submissions must
be single-spaced and written in Times New Roman regular font,
12 point throughout. Justified margins; top and bottom 2 cm, left and
right 2 cm are required. An indented and italicised abstract of up to
150 words, describing the main arguments and conclusions, and 5-7 keywords,
indicating the main themes of the manuscript, must precede the main
text. An introduction should follow the abstract and the article should
consist of sections with a conclusion. For referencing guidelines see
the section “Style Guide”.
See the sample research paper
Commentaries
Commentaries should mainly reflect personal thoughts
of the author on the given topic. CRIA invites scholars, policy-makers
and practitioners to submit commentaries. Commentaries should normally
be within 1500 to 3,000 words including all notes and references.
Compared to research papers commentaries need not be replete with notes
and references, although it is up to the author to decide whether to use
notes and references in the relevant parts of the paper. All submissions
must be single-spaced and written in Times New Roman regular font, 12
point throughout. Justified margins; top and bottom 3 cm, left and right
2.5 cm are required. As in research papers, commentaries should also
include an abstract of up to 150 words, 5-7 keywords, introduction,
sections and conclusion. For referencing guidelines see the section
“Style Guide”.
See the sample commentary
Book
reviews
Book reviews should assume that the reader has not read the book(s)
under review and offer a very brief summary of the same. The review
should position the book within the relevant field of literature, as
well as give a few points of information on the author's background. It
is imperative that the book review contain substantive analysis and
comments on issues raised by the book(s).
Books under review should be listed at the beginning
of the review, with complete bibliographical information, including
number of pages. Notes and references should follow the forms outlined
in the style guide. Please note that page references to books under
review should be incorporated into the text, in parentheses.
Manuscripts may be up to 5,000 words in length, including all notes and
references. All submissions must be single-spaced and written in
Times New Roman regular font, 12 point throughout. Justified
margins; top and bottom 3 cm, left and right 2.5 cm are required. The
author is requested to give a brief biographical note in a footnote at
the beginning of the book review. For more manuscript guidelines see the
section “Style Guide”.
CRIA invites authors of reviewed books
to respond. Reviews of books published in other main languages are also
considered.
See the sample book review
Style
Guide
As
a referencing style of manuscripts CRIA will apply the humanities
system of the
Chicago Manual of Style
from the Spring 09 issue on.
The contributors are asked to use full footnotes (not
endnotes) and refrain from including a bibliography. In general,
authors should only use footnotes for citations. Long explanatory
footnotes can distract the reader, and therefore, authors should
consider integrating these explanations into the body of their text, or
cutting them out entirely. In addition, do not use footnotes to refer
the reader to other sections of the text. Instead, place these
references in parentheses at the end of the paragraph, before the full
stop. Quotations should be placed within double quotation marks ("……").
Lengthy quotations (exceeding 40 words) should be displayed separately
in the text in indented and italicized form. Titles and section headings
should be brief and clear. Tables should be kept to a minimum and
contain only essential data. Tables and figures should have short,
descriptive titles, and their position in the text should be clearly
indicated. All footnotes to tables and their source(s) should be placed
under the tables. Column headings should clearly define the data
presented.
If copyrighted material is used in the article, it is
the author's responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright
holder. Names of the authors, places and publishing houses must be
written in their original form. Original
titles of the quoted books, edited volumes, newspaper
and journal articles in a language other than English must be followed
by an appropriate English translation in brackets, without italics or
quotation marks. Parentheses may be used instead of brackets, but
brackets more clearly distinguish the translation from publishing
information in parentheses. For example:
Sebastian Mayer, Die Europäische Union im Südkaukasus. Interessen und
Institutionen in der Auswärtigen Politikgestaltung [European Union
in the South Caucasus. Interests and
institutions in the foreign policy formulation] (Baden-Baden: Nomos,
2005)
The style of references in footnotes should conform
to the following examples (for more details please refer to
Chicago Manual of Style):
Articles in print journals: Klinton W. Alexander, “NATO's
Intervention in Kosovo: The legal case for violating Yugoslavia's national
sovereignty in the absence of Security Council approval,” Houston
Journal of International Law, vol. 22:3 (2000): 450.
Articles in online journals: Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach, “Competing
Islamic Traditions in the Caucasus,” Caucasian Review of
International Affairs, vol. 3:1 (2009): 65, http://cria-online.org/6_6.html (accessed
March 27, 2009).
Books: Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations
and Remaking of World Order (New York: Simon Schuster, 1991), 210.
Edited volumes: Jonathan Hall and Ashok Swain, “Catapulting
Conflicts or Propelling Peace: Diasporas and Civil War,” in Globalization
and Challenges to Building Peace, ed. Ashok Swain et al. (London,
New York & Delhi: Anthem Press, 2007), 45.
Working papers and other unpublished works: Deborah D. Lucki
and Richard W. Pollay, “Content Analyses of Advertising:
A Review of the Literature” (working paper, History of Advertising
Archives, Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
1980).
Signed newspaper articles: William S. Niederkorn, “A
Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery,” New
York Times, June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.
Unsigned newspaper articles: New York Times, “In
Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor,” July 30, 2002.
Articles from online newspapers: Alison Mitchell and Frank
Bruni, “Scars Still Raw, Bush Clashes with McCain,” New
York Times, March 25, 2001, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/25/politics/25MCCA.html (accessed
January 2, 2002).
Conference or meeting papers: Brian Efird, "Power Transition
Analysis of the Caucasus Region" (paper presented at the annual
meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village,
Honolulu, Hawaii, March 03, 2005).
Website: University of Georgia, "Points of Pride,"
University of Georgia, http://www.uga.edu/profile/pride.html (accessed
October 30, 2008).
The typescript should be carefully checked for errors before it is submitted
for publication. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations
and for supplying complete and correct references.
Propose a paper
If you have a manuscript that you would like to
submit to CRIA, but you are not sure if it’s “right” for the
journal, email us at
contact[at]cria-online[dot]org
to ask whether we are interested.
Please bear in mind that it’s impossible to
evaluate manuscripts that we haven’t seen, but we can tell you
whether, for example, we have just accepted another article on the same
topic. We can also assess whether the topic is suitable for CRIA
and whether the editors might have a particular interest in considering
your paper.
Submission deadlines
We
accept submissions on a rolling basis. The following deadlines, however,
are worth keeping in mind in order for a paper to be considered for a
particular issue:
For the Winter issue (published in the beginning of February) - December
15;
For the Spring issue (published in the beginning of May - March
15;
For the Summer issue (published in the beginning of August) - June
15;
For the Autumn issue (published in the beginning of November) - September
15.
We encourage potential authors to submit their papers for a particular
issue much before the actual deadline. |
