Guidelines for Authors

The Journal of Conflict Studies is published twice a year, in Summer and Winter. The Editorial Board welcomes unsolicited submission of article manuscripts, review essays and book reviews on topics written in the field of low-intensity conflict studies, such as: terrorism, revolutionary/civil war, guerrilla warfare, counter-insurgency/counter-terrorism operations, propaganda and psychological warfare, intelligence activities, media coverage of such conflict, peacekeeping, foreign/military policy and strategic studies as they relate to the field.

Manuscripts submitted for consideration by the journal should be sent to: Brent Wilson, Executive Editor, The Journal of Conflict Studies, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 5A3. Authors can submit copies of their proposed article/review electronically as an e-mail attachment (jcs@unb.ca); in hard-copy format along with a copy on disk in any non-Mac program; or, for manuscripts not written on a computer, please submit three hard copies. They may be in either English or French. They should be accompanied by an abstract of 100- 200 words and by a biographical note on the author. Ideally submissions should be up to 10,000 words in length, with complete endnotes included on separate sheets. Manuscripts must be typed or word-processed and double-spaced. Any tables, charts or graphs must be on separate sheets and in camera-ready form. These should be kept to a minimum. For standard punctuation, documentation and format, see Turabian, Manual for Writers (6th ed.).

Since the journal is designed for a broad readership, ranging from defense specialists and academics to interested laymen, authors are urged to avoid 'jargon' whenever possible.

Manuscripts submitted are reviewed by the Editorial Advisory Board and external referees, a process which usually takes three to four months. Manuscripts will then be rejected and returned, accepted on condition of author revisions or accepted with minor editorial revisions. Final proofs are not normally sent to authors once any major textual revisions have been approved because of the limited time-frame.

Copyright on published material is retained by the Centre for Conflict Studies unless otherwise determined. Normally, this means an article may reappear, as a reprint with full-credit given to the author, in another publication three or four months after the article's publication in The Journal of Conflict Studies. Authors are notified where appropriate. In no case does The Journal of Conflict Studies receive monetary compensation for such reprints.

Correspondence regarding Review Essays and Book Reviews should be directed to Peter J. Woolley, Department of Social Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, USA, 07940. Tel: (973) 443-8725; Fax: 973-443-8799; email: Woolley@fdu.edu.