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Clinical Sociology Review – Author Guidelines

The Clinical Sociology Review (CSR) publishes high-quality scholarly work that advances the theory, research, and practice of clinical sociology. We welcome articles and essays that engage critically with social problems, offer evidence-informed interventions, help us understand the history of our interdisciplinary field, or reflect innovative applications of sociological practice in diverse contexts. These guidelines are intended to assist authors in preparing manuscripts for submission.

1. About the Journal

Clinical sociology is a rights-based, humanistic, multidisciplinary field that provides critical analysis in all areas of sociology, and is concerned with improving everyone’s quality of life. The Clinical Sociology Review is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the applied, practice-oriented, and clinical dimensions of sociology. We publish, for instance, empirical research, conceptual work, methodological reflections, historical research and practice-based contributions that demonstrate the value of interventions in addressing pressing social issues.   CSR publishes contributions in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish; submissions must therefore be in one of these four languages.

CSR publishes two issues per year, typically around mid-year and year-end. The time from submission to publication depends on the peer-review process, including reviewer availability and the outcome of the review. The journal does not charge article processing or page fees. Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis, with no fixed submission deadlines.

Contributions are welcomed in any of the journal’s three sections: (i) History of Clinical Sociology, (ii) Articles, and (iii) Resources:

• The History section features work that traces the development of clinical sociology, along with introductory commentaries on historic publications by or about clinical sociologists.
• The Articles section features a wide range of scholarly submissions, including empirical research, essays, and discussions of intervention or practice-based work.
• The Resources section comprises diverse contributions, including reflections on teaching or training in clinical sociology, reviews of films and books, and pieces about clinical sociology membership organisations, programmes, and services related to the field (such as programme accreditation and professional certification).

2. Manuscript Types and Length

CSR accepts the following categories:

• History of Clinical Sociology (3,000-10,000 words)
• Original Research Articles (5,000–10,000 words)
• Contributions to the Resources section (3,000–5,000 words)

• Book or Film Reviews in the Resources section (1,500 – 3,000 words)

Word limits include the main text, the abstract, footnotes, references, and appendices.

3. Submission Process

All manuscripts must be submitted online through the journal’s submission portal:
https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/csr/about/submissions

Authors must upload:

• An anonymised manuscript (with all identifying information removed)
• A separate version of the manuscript that includes author names, affiliations, email addresses, and an ‘about the author/s’ section. All authors are required to provide their ORCID numbers.
• If your submission is in a language other than English, you must provide the title, abstract and keywords in English.

Anonymisation

Create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information from the text:

• All author names
• All author affiliations
• All author email addresses
• All author ORCIDs and social media handles
• All author biographical notes
• Headers and footers that would reveal author identities
• Acknowledgements
• Funding
• References to authors in figure and table captions
• File identifiers that would reveal author identities

Also, follow these instructions to anonymise your article: Click File – Info – Check for issues – Inspect document – Remove all identifiers. Then label the file as 'Without author details'.

Authors' affiliations are the affiliations that were in place when the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors changes affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted. By submitting to CSR, authors confirm that the manuscript is original and not under review elsewhere.

The Clinical Sociology Review does not accept manuscripts generated by AI and will ensure that all manuscripts undergo the checks and processes to ensure that this criterion is met. AI can be employed for technical editing of manuscripts, provided that humans generate the ideas, conduct data analysis, and develop arguments. Furthermore, the use of AI must be declared and explained.

4. Manuscript Format

4.1 General Formatting Standards

• Language: English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. Articles in French, Portuguese, or Spanish should include the title, abstract and keywords in English.
• File format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)
• Font: 12-point, Times New Roman
• Spacing: 1.5
• Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides
• Page numbers on every page
• Quotations: Use quotation marks for short in-paragraph quotes (1 to 3 lines long). Indent quotations that are longer than three lines. Do not use quotation marks for an indented quote. Page numbers should be provided for all quotations. If a new paragraph follows an indented quote, the first line of that paragraph should be indented five spaces.
• Paragraphs: The first paragraph in each section of the submission is not indented. The first line of all other paragraphs in the section is indented by one tab.
• 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.
• 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".
• Emphasised words or phrases: Emphasised words or phrases in the running text appear in bold. Foreign words not yet in general use should be in italics. 
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, 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 do not have end punctuation and do not include a period (full stop) after the figure number.  
• 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.

4.2 Required Manuscript Structure

• Title must be in bold Times New Roman size 14 font and centred. The article title and headings must only capitalise key terms. Titles have no end punctuation.
• Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should not contain any footnotes or citations.
• Keywords (5-8 keywords)
• Headings: Section headings have no end punctuation. 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. Headings and sub-headings are not numbered.
• 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. Indented sub-headings have end punctuation. All key terms in an indented sub-heading are capitalised.
• Main Text  

• In-text citations: Cite references in the text with author names/s and year of publication in parentheses.
  • One author: (Miller 1991) or Miller (1991, 94) states…
  • Two authors: (Miller & Smith 1994) or Miller and Smith (1994, 36) state…
  • Three or more authors: (Miller et al. 1995) or Miller et al. (1995, 49-51) state…
• References (Chicago author-date style)
• Acknowledgements (optional):
• Funding – if applicable

• About the Authors: Include no more than three sentences about each author. The first one or two sentences will identify the author's workplace and other professional connections. The last sentence will provide the email address for each author. Include your OrcID as part of this section. 
• 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.

5. Referencing Style

Include a reference list at the end of the text, covering all works cited in the submission, whether published (including online sources) or accepted for publication. The CSR uses the Chicago author-date style for all in-text citations and reference lists. Please use the following link for a style guide. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html

Entries must be arranged in alphabetical order. Apply the following rules when alphabetising:

• List all works by the author alone first, arranged chronologically by year of publication.
• Next, list all works co-authored by the author, ordered alphabetically according to the co-author’s surname.
• List all works with multiple co-authors, arranged chronologically by year of publication.
• Finally, if two articles by the same author appeared in the same year, list one as (a) and the other as (b).

Note that a place of publication is no longer required in book citations (see CMOS 14.30).

Reference examples:

• Burke, W.W. 2002. Organisation 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 The Ethics of Social Intervention, edited by G. Bermant, H. Kelman and D. Warwick. 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.

• Radulovic, U. 2022. State Capture, Civil Society Organisations and Whistleblowing under the Zuma Presidency. Doctoral Thesis, University of Johannesburg.
• Radulovic, U. 2023a. “The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance? Whistleblowing within the Context of State Capture in South Africa.” The Thinker 97 (4): 101-115. https://doi.org/10.36615/the_thinker.v97i4.2863.
• Radulovic, U. 2023b. “The role of whistleblowing as a mechanism to prevent state capture: A case from the Global South.” Nauka, Bezbednost, Policija 28 (3): 62-74. https://doi.org/10.5937/nabepo28-47438.
• Schultz, S. 2011. “Lessons to be learned about systems.” New York Times, December 28. http://nyt.lessons.12.28.2011.

All manuscripts are screened for plagiarism. See the University of Johannesburg Press plagiarism policy for details: https://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/index.php/ujp/plagiarism/. Duplicate publication as well as simultaneous submission of a manuscript are not permitted.

6. Article Removal

Published articles and essays in the CSR should 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 to protect the integrity of the literature. The Editor-in-Chief will determine the need for a retraction, but it may be initiated in cases of flawed data or conclusions at the request of the author(s). When retracting an article or essay, a notice of retraction will be published. This notice of retraction will include the title and authors of the published piece, and the reason for the retraction.