Maxwell Review Submission Guidelines

Submit ONE electronic copy (attached to an email) to the maxrev@maxwell.syr.edu no later than Friday, December 14. Please direct any questions you have to the Associate Editor representing your department.

Anthropology: Laurah Klepinger-Mathew, leklepin@maxwell.syr.edu

Economics: Jennifer Swanson, jlswan01@maxwell.syr.edu, or Amy Roache, asroache@maxwell.syr.edu

Geography: Kathryn Jeanne Wells, kjwell01@maxwell.syr.edu

History: Molly Jessup, mjessup@maxwell.syr.edu

International Relations: Anthony McGovern, afmcgove@maxwell.syr.edu

Social Science: Gearoid Millar, gmmillar@maxwell.syr.edu

Sociology: Kelly Szott, keszott@maxwell.syr.edu

Political Science: Rebekah Liscio, reliscio@maxwell.syr.edu

Public Administration: Samuel Azar, spazar@maxwell.syr.edu

FORMATTING GUIDELINES

Format your paper according to the guidelines of "APA Style." For more information about APA style, please visit:

http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/apa.html

Please have at least one Maxwell colleague proofread your manuscript before submission. Spelling and grammar mistakes can turn reviewers off to an otherwise good paper.

Papers must also meet the following requirements:

1. Title Page 

Please include in your cover page:

· The author’s name

· Article title

· Department

· Keywords describing paper topic (e.g. sustainable development, women’s rights, non-profit management, etc.)

· Campus email address

· Main email address (if different from your campus email)

All references to authorship should be removed from the paper itself.

2. Statement

Include a brief (150 words) statement on your discipline and where the paper fits in the field. The statement will guide reviewers to better understand how the paper fits into the broader literature.

3. Abstract 

An abstract not exceeding 150 words should directly precede the article text. The abstract must accurately reflect the basic argument, findings, and conclusions of the article.

4. Text 

Manuscripts should not exceed 7500 words. They should be submitted in double-spaced format, using Times New Roman 12-point font.

5. Notes

There are to be NO FOOTNOTES in the text of the paper. All numbered comments are to be listed under the heading “Notes” at the end of the paper. Please use notes sparingly: they may be used occasionally to support substantive information.

6. Text Citations 

All in-text citations must be in the references. 

Use the format (Author Year) or (Year) when the authors name is mentioned. For example: 

The measurement of IQ has from its beginning entailed fraud and self-deception in the name of scientific method (Gould 1981).

Abraham Hirsch and Neil de Marchi (1985) have argued persuasively that the explanation for the cognitive dissonance in Friedman is that in his essay he was not in fact positivist at all, not even Popperian, but Deweyan.  

In the case of a direct quote, use the format (Author Year, Page Number) or (Year, Page Number) if the authors name is mentioned. For example: 

In any event, predicting the economic future is "beyond the power of any mortal man" (Ludwig von Mises 1948, 867).

Friedman (1953, 19) says that the evolutionary theory of tress, like a Chicago theory of companies, supposes that "the leaves are positioned as if each leaf deliberately sought to maximize the amount of sunlight it receives." 

If an author has more than one publication in a given year, use letters at the end of the year to differentiate. For example, two works by Smith in 1997 would be cited as (Smith 1997a) and (Smith 1997b). 

For a document on the Web, the page numbers of a printout should normally not be cited, because the pagination may vary in different printouts. If your source includes fixed page numbers or section numbering (such as numbering of paragraphs), cite the relevant numbers. Give the appropriate abbreviation before the numbers: "(Moulthrop, pars. 19-20)." (Pars. is an abbreviation for paragraphs) 

7. Punctuation

Use double quotation marks (use single marks for inner quotes), in text for quotes of less than 5 lines. Long quotations of 5 lines or more are set apart in a separate paragraph, indented 5 spaces on both sides, and do not require quotation marks. Commas and periods are placed inside quotation marks and question/exclamation marks are placed outside. Endnote numbers are placed outside punctuation (e.g., the final day,¹ or "the final day."¹).

8. Headings

All headings (example--INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION) must be in capitals and centered (using centering command- do not space it to the center). Subheadings should be in regular text, centered (use centering command) and also double spaced. Neither type of heading should be in bold.

9. References

References should be placed at the end of the text. They are to be in alphabetical order.  For more information on APA style visit:

http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/apa.html

10. Spelling

Spell check, spell check, spell check!

CONTENT GUIDELINES

The Maxwell Review is an interdisciplinary journal, and we expect there to be variation among disciplines in organization and style. Nonetheless, to maintain the integrity and continuity of the journal, we request that you follow some basic content guidelines.

1. Manuscript sections

Please include the following sections and broadly follow the description of each section. Subsections with unique names can be added within each section. Note that the bulleted items describing each section are only suggestions, as the content of these may vary between disciplines.

INTRODUCTION

§ Introduces the research question(s), hypothesis, argument, or central idea of the article.

§ Provides the reader with background information and often contains a review of the relevant scholarly literature.

§ Entices the reader.

METHODS (if applicable)

§ Describes the methods used to collect and/or analyze the information.

FINDINGS (another title can be used if this is not applicable)

§ Introduces the information collected and describes how this information supports or refutes the argument.

§ Information can come from a variety of sources- for instance, quantitative or qualitative data sets, case studies, or an analytical review of existing literature.

CONCLUSIONS

§ Evaluates the research question(s), hypothesis, or argument in light of the findings.

§ Reflects on the significance of this research to your academic discipline and to the larger social, cultural, and/or political world.

RECOMMENDATIONS (if applicable)

§ Makes policy recommendations.

§ Makes recommendations for further research.

2. Following are content-related questions that reviewers will focus on when reviewing your papers:

Is the research question, hypothesis, or central idea relevant and worthy of investigation?

Is the research question, hypothesis, or central idea clearly stated?

Is the argument well structured and logical? Is it well supported by evidence?

To what extent does the author make a unique contribution to the academic and/or practitioner debate on their subject?

Is the article clear and easy to read? Does it hold your attention?