• Policy Commitments of JoM-EMIT
• General Theme and Scope
• The Review Process
• Initial Submission for Review
• Acceptable Electronic Formats
• Style
• Final Published Format

Policy Commitments of JoM-EMIT to Authors

• We accept only the highest quality papers in terms of originality, significance and accuracy.
• Given this we aim for a rapid publication process. The means of submission, review and publication are entirely electronic. Papers will be reviewed in less than two months (unless a specialist or third reviewer is required). After receipt of the final version in the specified style and format, papers will be published in ten working days.
• We will give contributors a clear yes/no decision, subject only to possible revision in order to meet our stylistic standards or correct factual errors. Any conditions of publication imposed will not seek to change the direction or sense of a paper. Referees may suggest changes of content but if the article is accepted for publication then these will not be compulsory. If rejected the author will be given clear reasons for this decision.

General Theme and Scope

Each paper should be original unpublished work that is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Versions of works that have been published at conferences will be considered.

If the paper is rejected on grounds of content, the author will be given clear reasons why this was so. The managing editor will also give an opinion as to whether the paper would be acceptable if revised. Only if the deficiencies communicated are remedied can the paper can be accepted for review once more.

Criteria for Publication

1. Content: relevance to the journal, originality, soundness of argument, validity of method and sources, and the importance of its conclusion.
2. Style: readability, clarity of aims and conclusion, clarity of reasoning, conciseness, good grammar and adherence to the journal style.

The Review Process

• All papers will receive two referee reports initially.
• If these two are in disagreement as to acceptance then a third referee report will be obtained . The author will be informed of this fact, as this might entail a delay.
• Each paper will be sent to the referees along with clear guidelines for assessing articles.
• Each referee will be required to give a clear yes/no decision as to acceptance. If a referee does not feel this is possible, a replacement referee will be found.
• Papers will be reviewed within six weeks, unless it has been necessary to obtain a specialist or additional referee, in which case it may take longer.
• Referees will give clear reasons if they decide to reject a submission. If they decide that the submission is acceptable for publication they may make suggestions about the content but these are not compulsory for publication.
• If accepted the managing editor may make reasonable requests for revision in order to meet the stylistic standards of the journal, based on the referee's reports and the managing editor's own judgement. These are compulsory if the article is to be published.
• Adherence to guidelines regulating format and style of final submission are compulsory for any paper accepted.
• After a paper is accepted, authors will be required to transfer copyright of the article to the editorial board. The article cannot be reprinted in another publication without the publisher's permission, although this will frequently be given. Authors may keep electronic copies accessible to the public on their local server on condition that it is clearly indicated that it is published in JoM-EMIT and a clear link made to URL http://cfpm.org/jom-emit
• The author then has one month to make revisions. If authors need longer they need to negotiate this with the managing editor.
• Once the manuscript is returned in the specified format and style, papers will be published in the current volume of the journal within ten working days.
• Papers are only publicly advertised in newsgroups and mailing lists when a complete volume has been collected. Although immediate notification will be made to those who have subscribed to the journals announcement list.
• Once published the authors may submit further forward links to subsequent electronically published work that is relevant to the published article.

Optional Commentary Process

The managing editor decides if a paper is suitable for commentary, but will not decline before discussing it with the author, and the reviewers.

Commentaries can only be asked on the basis of a paper that is already approved of in peer-review. All commentaries will be reviewed by one reviewer. After all commentaries have been approved, the author can write a reaction. This reaction will be reviewed by one reviewer.

Initial Submission for review

1. the names and affiliations of all authors;
2. the e-mail addresses the authors (at least one must be provided);
3. contact addresses for all authors;
4. a short abstract of not more than 300 words;
5. a list of all external URL links referenced in the paper
6. a description of any software or other related materials the authors wish to be made accessible with the paper.

If it is possible and the author does not feel it is inappropriate to the nature of the submission, we prefer the initial submission to be in the form of ascii text. In this case please email it directly to jom-emit@mmu.ac.uk .

If this is difficult to provide or the paper includes many diagrams, tables or equations then they will have to use one of the formats specified below and use anonymous ftp to upload it to the /pub/jom-emit/submissions directory at cfpm.org using binary mode.These can be collected and/or compressed using gzip, compress, tar, pkzip or programs that are 100% compatible with these.

Exceptionally we will also accept articles on a 3.5" floppy disk. In this case please e-mail the managing editor for instructions.

Acceptable Formats

• Microsoft Word™ Version 6.0 or Version 2.0
• Wordperfect™ Versions 5.x
• FrameMaker 4.0 MIF format
• Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF)
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) with or without Netscape's HTML extensions
• Pure Ascii text

If computer programs are to be included then they must be in a form that is freestanding or will operate with public domain software that is readily available over the Internet. Each computer program should be accompanied by its source code and complete documentation including step by step instructions for the installing and running the program. If you intend to submit software please contact the publisher first.

Articles may be accompanied by appendices containing data, instructions, or any other material that is relevant but might make the main article unwieldy.

Any queries about formats should be e-mailed to the publisher.

Style

• The language of the journal is English.
• The written style of the article should be readily comprehensible to an academic in the field and grammatically correct. The Chicago Manual of Style is a good guide to this.
• We strongly encourage authors to be concise. Short, high-quality articles will be welcomed, in addition to more lengthy articles
• The article should start with the title, the authors' names and institution. We also encourage the addition of e-mail addresses and any relevant URLs.
• The paper should include an abstract and a list of up to 10 keywords describing the paper.
• It should include an introduction which includes a brief preview of the sections of the article.
• There should be no more than 3 levels of headings (sections, subsections and sub-subsections). These should be numbered 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2.2, 1.2 etc. for ease of reference.
• Each diagram, table and chart to be included must be explicitly referred to in the text. However, the content of diagrams, tables and charts should be meaningful and understandable without extensive reference to the text of the article.
• Any equations that are important or are referred to elsewhere in the text should be numbered.
• Any acknowledgements should be placed at the end of the article in a separate section just before the references.
• References should be made numerically. The references should be listed at the end of the article in order of author's surnames then date. If an electronic version or other electronic information is available for any reference, please include the relevant URL. For different types of references the following should be included:
• Books: authors, publication year, title, publisher, city of publication.
• Chapters in collections: authors, publication year, title of chapter, book editors, book title, publisher, city of publication and page numbers
• Journal articles: authors, publication year, title, unabbreviated journal title, volume number and page numbers.
• Proceedings: authors, publication year, title of paper, full conference title, proceedings editors, book title, publisher, city of publication and page numbers.
• Other - Electronic (discussion papers, technical reports, etc.): include the full URL that would be used by readers on the general internet.
• Other - non-Electronic: authors, publication year, title, reference number (if any) and a full address to write to request a copy.

Final displayed format

The publisher may make reasonable changes, in consultation with the author, in order that the hypertextual nature of the presentation works to the best advantage of the reader.

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