PAR Submission Information and Guidelines for Authors

• Date: 01 March 2003
• Published date: 01 March 2003
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6210.00287

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Public Administration Review

Submission Information and Guidelines for Authors

Authors should submit a disk copy and six hard copies

of their manuscript to:

Shelly L. Peffer, Managing Editor

Public Administration Review

The University of Texas at Dallas

The School of Social Sciences

2601 North Floyd Road

P.O. Box 830688, GR 31

Richardson, TX 75083-0688

Manuscripts should follow the style guidelines in the

Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition. Submissions should

be manuscripts that have not been published previously

and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Manuscripts should be no longer than 35 pages, including

the abstract, bio statement, endnotes, reference list, tables,

figures, charts, and appendices. The page-size guideline is

based on the U.S. standard 8.5x11 inch paper. All material

should be 12-point type, double-spaced on one side of the

page with margins of one inch. Please do not use the

autoformat feature in your word processing program and

do not embed endnotes. An abstract of no more than 150

words should appear on a separate page, preceding the first

page of the manuscript. The abstract should include the

central question addressed by the article and the author’s

findings and conclusions.

PAR uses a double-blind review process so authors should

prepare their manuscripts accordingly. Place the title of the

manuscript and all identifying material for all authors on a

detachable cover sheet (for all six copies mailed). Include

names, affiliations, mailing addresses, voice and fax phone

numbers, and email addresses. If an article has more than

one author, please designate one as the primary contact.

Include the title of the manuscript on the abstract page and

on the first page of the text. Please avoid indications of

authorship whenever possible. This is commonly done by

referring to oneself in the third person and including typi-

cal references to the work cited in the reference list. As-

suming that the text references to an author’s previous work

are in the third person, full citations should be included as

usual in the reference list. Authors should not thank col-

leagues in notes, acknowledgments, or elsewhere in the body

of the paper or mention institution names, Web page ad-

dresses, or other potentially identifying information. This

information can be added if the manuscript is accepted.

PAR readers cover a wide range of professional inter-

ests and specialties. All manuscripts should be clearly and

concisely written, with technical material set off. Please

do not use jargon or overly technical language. Use acro-

nyms sparingly and spell them out the first time you use

them. Please do not construct acronyms from phrases you

repeat frequently in the text. Consult the Chicago Manual

of Style if you are in doubt about stylistic issues.

Once a manuscript is formally accepted, authors will be

provided with instructions regarding the publication pro-

cess. Authors will be asked to make additional revisions

and to submit a final version on a disk (preferably using

Microsoft Word) along with two hard copies. Authors will

be required to assign copyright in their article to the Ameri-

can Society for Public Administration. Copyright assign-

ment is a condition of publication and articles will not be

passed to the publisher for production unless copyright has

been assigned. (Papers subject to government or Crown

copyright are exempt from this requirement.) To assist au-

thors, an appropriate copyright assignment form will be

supplied by the editorial office.

Manuscript Formatting

Bio Statement

Authors of articles should include a biographical sketch

of 50–75 words (on a separate page), providing informa-

tion about their position, organization, and professional

interests.

Tables, Figures, Charts, Appendices

Tables, figures, charts, and appendices should be kept

to a minimum. Please do not use heavy borders or shad-

ing. If the table, figure, or chart requires fill effects please

use patterns NOT shading. Each table or figure should be

on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. Indicate

the placement of tables and figures in the text as follows:

Leave two double spaces after the last line of preceding

text; insert the notation “[Table (Figure) N here]”, and leave

two double spaces before beginning the next line of text.

Quotes

Use quotation marks for all quotations that are seven

lines of copy or less. Quotes that are longer than seven

lines should be inset, set in 11-point type, and should not

have quotation marks. Double-space inset quotations. In-

clude page number where quotation appeared. Quotation

marks should be used to set off a word of unusual meaning

or an unfamiliar, excessively slangy, or coined word the

first time it is used. They are unnecessary thereafter.

Capitalization

When in doubt, do not capitalize. Only acronyms and

the word PAR should appear in all capital letters (after one

spelled-out use). Civil, military, and professional titles and

titles of nobility are capitalized only when they immedi-

ately precede a personal name. Article and section titles of

any kind should be initial caps only.

Article and Section Titles

The guidelines for article and section titles are as fol-

lows: