- SUBMISSIONS
The Clinical Sociology Review (CSR) invites submissions at any time during the year. A contribution must be submitted online, in an anonymous version, on the website. Please remember to exclude the names of authors on that submission. The contributing author will be asked for all authors' names and contact information in a separate place on the website. Research articles and essays must be between 5,000 and 10,000 words long. We encourage the submission of book and film reviews of up to 2,000 words in length. All must be prepared according to the Author Guidelines.
2. ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM
Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts using the journal's online submission system. They need to register with the journal prior to submission. The online submission system will guide authors stepwise through the submission process. Submission by email is not accepted.
3. TITLE PAGE
After a submission is accepted for publication, a title page will be developed with all the necessary information. The corresponding author will have provided all the authors’ full names, affiliations and email addresses on the website at the same time the anonymous version was submitted.
4. ABSTRACTS AND KEYWORDS
Below the article title, add a short abstract that does not exceed 250 words. The abstract should not be italicized or indented. Following the abstract, indicate no more than six keywords.
Keywords: Clinical sociology, mandatory retirement, older adults, Iceland
5. TITLE AND HEADINGS
The submission’s title must be in bold Times New Roman size 14 font and centered. The article title and headings must only capitalize key terms. Titles have no end punctuation.
e.g., The Life and Times of Clinical Sociology in Africa: The Case of Johannesburg
Headings for sections also have no end punctuation. Up to six headings are possible in a submission. Headings in the text must be in bold and in size 12 font. Headings must be descriptive, short, and meaningful.
Sub-headings must be in italics
e.g., Clinical Sociology during the First Ten Years
Run-in sub-headings are set immediately at the beginning of a paragraph. They are formatted in bold and can follow headings or sub-headings.
e.g., (indented) Intervention Level Two. This level of intervention…
Indented sub-headings have end punctuation. All key terms in an indented sub-heading are capitalized.
6. FONT
Submissions must be in Times New Roman size 12 font.
7. QUOTATIONS
Use quotation marks for short in-paragraph quotes (1 to 3 lines long).
e.g., Mubara (2012: p. 4) wrote "…digital technologies do not lead to digital maturity automatically.”
Indent and italicize quotes that are longer than three lines. Do not use quote marks for an indented quote.
8. PARAGRAPHS
The first paragraph in each section of the submission is not indented. All other paragraphs in the section are indented five spaces.
9. TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS
Technical terms should be defined the first time they appear in the text. The first time an acronym is used, it should follow the words that are being abbreviated and be in parentheses.
e.g., National Action Plan (NAP)
10. GENDERED NOUNS
“Man” and words ending in “-man” are commonly used gendered nouns. If everyone being discussed is not a man, please replace them with more neutral language, even in contexts where many readers strongly expect the gendered noun. For example, Star Trek writers created a more inclusive version of the famous phrase “where no man has gone before” by substituting “where no one has gone before.”
11. EMPHASIZED WORDS OR PHRASES
Emphasized words or phrases in the running text appear in italics. Italics also are used for foreign words if not yet in general use.
12. FAIR USE
The author or authors are responsible for understanding the principles that govern the fair use of quotations and illustrations and, when necessary, for obtaining written permission to publish.
13. TABLES
A table caption appears above the table. Table captions begin with the term Table in bold type followed by a table number (also in bold type). A previously published table is identified by referencing the original source at the end of the caption. Do not use tables from other sources that require copyright. Table captions have no end punctuation or period (no full stop) after the table number.
14. FIGURES
A figure caption appears below the figure. Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type and are followed by the figure number which is also in bold type. Figure parts are identified by lowercase letters in bold. Previously published material is identified by a reference to the original source at the end of the caption. Do not use figures from sources that require copyright. Figure captions have no end punctuation and no period (no full stop) after the figure number.
15. FOOTNOTES
Footnotes are numbered and are always placed at the bottom of the page (not at the end of the submission). Footnotes give additional information, but they should never include the complete bibliographic details of a reference. They also should not contain any figures or tables.
16. CITATION AND REFERENCE STYLE
The Clinical Sociology Review basically uses Springer’s SocPsych Style. This style is based on the Harvard system as well as the American Psychological Association (APA) style.
Cite references in the text with author names/s and year of publication in parentheses.
- One author: (Miller 1991) or Miller (1991, p. 94) states…
- Two authors: (Miller & Smith 1994) or Miller and Smith (1994, p. 36) state…
- Three or more authors: (Miller et al. 1995) or Miller et al. (1995, pp. 49-51) state…
Include a reference list at the end of the text. Include all works cited in the submission and published (including on the internet) or accepted for publication.
Entries in the reference list are listed alphabetically. The rules for alphabetization are:
First, all work by the author alone, ordered chronologically by year of publication.
Next, all work by the author with a co-author, ordered alphabetically by coauthor.
Finally, all work by the author with.one or more co-authors, ordered chronologically by year of publication.
Reference examples:
- Burke, W.W. (2002). Organization change: Theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Donald, A. (2012). A guide to human rights interventions. London: Human Rights Institute. https://www.humanrightsinstitute.nhs.uk
- Laue, J. & Cormick, G. (1978). The ethics of intervention in community disputes. In G. Bermant, H. Kelman & D. Warwick (Eds.). The ethics of social intervention (205-232). Washington, DC: Halsted Press.
- Lee, A.M. (1979). The services of clinical sociology. American Behavioral Scientist. 22(4), 487-511.
- Oden, A. 2018. Personal correspondence to (your name). April 15.
- Schultz, S. (2011, December 28). Lessons to be learned about systems. The New York Times. http://nyt.lessons.12.28.2011
- Scrato, Y. & Hyuga, H. (2007). Rate equation approaches. Topics in Current Chemistry. https://doi.org.10.1007/128_2006_109
- Wilson, N. (2017). Nancy Wilson, Harold Wilson’s daughter, was interviewed by (give name of interviewer). July 23.
17. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Immediately after the references, write “Acknowledgements”. Briefly acknowledge if there are sources of funding, other support or permissions granted. If there are no acknowledgements, you do not need to include this category.
Please make sure to cite and acknowledge any work related to previous work you may have completed on submission topic in the reference section.
18. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
“About the Authors” should only be included in the final version that identifies the authors: After the references and acknowledgements, write “About the authors” and then include no more than three sentences about each author. The first one or two sentences will identify where the author works and other professional connections. The last sentence will provide the email address for each author.
Following “About the Authors,” the CSR editorial system will provide a standard statement about any republishing of this open-access piece and identify the licensing arrangement.
19. ARTICLE REMOVAL
Published articles in the CSR shoud remain extant and intact. However, under exceptional circumstances such as plagiarism, data fabrication or involuntary data errors, articles may need to be retracted, removed or replaced in order to protect the integrity of the literature. The Editor-in-Chief will determine the need for a retraction, but may be initiated in cases of flawed data or conclusions at the request of the author(s).
To retract an article, a notice of retraction will be published. This notice of retraction will:
-include the title and authors of the article, the reason for the retraction.
