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Submission Guidelines

How to Submit

  • 1. Read through the guidelines below.
  • 2. Create an account on the BC Studies OJS.
  • 3. Complete submission preparation checklist.
  • 4. Upload submission document.
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A peer-reviewed scholarly journal, BC Studies welcomes the submission of articles dealing with all aspects of British Columbia, its landscapes and its cultural, economic, social, and political life, past and present. The average article length is twenty-five to thirty double-spaced pages (this includes footnotes, references, illustrations, photographs, maps, and tables, and is equivalent to approximately 7000 – 9000 words) although shorter and longer submissions will be considered. PLEASE NOTE: each full page table, map, photo, or other illustration is equivalent when published to 450 words; a half page figure is equivalent to 225 words.

In recognition of the scholarly imagination, BC Studies seeks Research Notesthat attend to diverse knowledge practices, political projects, alliances and/or engagements in any field of research. These are shorter essays that may include, research stories, works in progress, innovative methodologies, problems or dilemmas encountered during research, etc. For peer-reviewed Research Notes we encourage critical (i.e. not solely descriptive) work that is grounded in scholarly literatures within relevant fields of knowledge production. The average Research Notes is six to ten pages (3000 – 5000 words) although shorter and longer submissions will be considered. We welcome submissions of alternate media forms with accompanying text.

Sound submissions should comprise of a textual component (max 1500-2000 words) and accompanying  sonic/musical composition/recording: may be site-specific and /or related to a  particular question, intention, creative process etc. The text should relate directly to the soundscape(s) / sound clip(s) submitted (forms may include: essays, poems, stories, etc.). Essays must engage methodologically, theoretically (or in some other way) with sound studies: i.e. anthropology of sound, musicology, ethnomusicology, storytelling, communications and/or other approaches that address sound in all of its dimensions. The overall project should engage with sonic expressions, phenomenon and/or explorations of sounds in / about / of British Columbia. Sound clips may be submitted in raw and/or processed form(s) and there is no limit on length.Sound sumbissions may be approached from various epistemological perspectives: activist;  phenomenological; cultural, historical, artistic, political and /or ethical  frameworks etc. Sound sumbissions may be comprised of various forms: narrative and non-narrative voice, storytelling, collected and created sounds (environmental, urban), noises, etc.

BC Studies accepts all manuscript and sound submissions online through the Open Journal System (OJS).

To submit an article or research note, please visit: www.bcstudies.com/ojs

You must first register as an author and then follow the submission instructions.

Please provide an abstract with your article submission.

 

Ensuring a blind peer review

To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review process for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This requires authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) to take the following steps to delete or remove identities from their text and the document properties. Please ensure that:

The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with “Author” and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors’ names, article title, etc.

With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

With PDFs, the author’s name should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat’s main menu.

Publication Agreement

Submitting manuscripts to BC Studies implies the author’s commitment to publish in this journal. Authors of articles, reviews, and other materials accepted for publication in BC Studies are required to sign a Publication Agreement that formally assigns to the journal all rights in their work. The Publication Agreement also stipulates that only original articles will be accepted for publication and that neither the article submitted nor a version of it has been published, nor is being considered for publication elsewhere.

Spelling

  • Please consult the Canadian Oxford Dictionary (Second Edition, 2004) to confirm correct spellings. If the dictionary recognizes alternative spellings, the first one listed is preferred. Spelling mistakes will be assumed to be typist’s errors and will be corrected before typesetting unless followed by [sic].

Style and format

Authors are advised to conform as closely as possible to suggested guidelines for consistency of style, as follows: please submit manuscripts double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, and justified on the left margin only. Text and footnote style should follow CMS (The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition or online version) or its summarized version: Kate Turabian, Manual for Writers of Term Papers and Theses (newest edition). The following examples are provided to illustrate general rules. However, CMS should be consulted for detailed comments on exceptions to these rules.

  • all text doubled-spaced (including footnotes/endnotes, if possible).
  • footnotes are preferred, but endnotes are acceptable.
  • font: Times New Roman preferred.
  • margins: justify left.
  • block quotes: indent one tab (0.5 inches) and single-space; right margin not justified.
  • italicize (not underline) titles of books, foreign words, etc.

Punctuation

  • dashes within a sentence: double hyphens with a space on both sides ( — ). Or use an en-dash ( – ) with a space on both sides.
  • insert a comma before the last item in a series: Simpson, Ogden, and Douglas.
  • periods and commas at the end of quoted matter: to be placed inside the closing quotation marks, for example: he said the legislation was “hopelessly inadequate.” If a page number is required: the legislation was “hopelessly inadequate” (119).
  • spaces: initials of people’s names have no spaces between: E.W. Hamber, k.d. lang, W.A.C. Bennett. This applies to the text, footnotes, and bibliography.

Dates

  • format is 28 February 2009 (day precedes month); 27 September; September 1940 (no comma); 1960s (no apostrophe); nineteenth century (spell out).

Numbers

  • spell out numbers less than 100 that indicate quantity: eighteen kilometres; fifty-two years; ninety-nine copper kettles; 127 marten pelts. Use figures for numbers that do not indicate quantity: grade 6; 8 percent (not %); 2 o’clock. For year ranges, always use two digits in the second year (1872–78), unless in full in an original title or quote, or different centuries, for example, 1858–1914.

Abbreviations

  • British Columbia is rarely abbreviated to BC, but BC is used when it functions as an adjective (BC politics); otherwise, use British Columbia. US takes no periods.
  • acronyms, omit periods: e.g., CBC, NATO, BC, HBC.
  • avoid WWI, WWII, World War One, and World War Two in favour of First World War and Second World War.
  • scholarly abbreviations: do not italicize the following: ibid., et al., ca., i.e., e.g.

Capitalization

  • generally, only proper nouns and formal titles should be capitalized, except when capitalization is necessary to avoid ambiguity.

Quoted matter

  • quoted matter less than four lines long is generally run into the text.
  • block quotes: indent one tab.

References

  • references to page numbers are not preceded by “p.”
  • in reference to articles or books the title is italicized: A Crossroad in the Forest: The Path to a Sustainable Forest Sector in BCThe Resettlement of British Columbia.
  • in references to newspapers, the city name is italicized, the article omitted: Vancouver Sun, 7 July 1990; Victoria Colonist, 17 April 1989.

Metric vs. Imperial measurements

  • all measurements are metric: please convert miles into kilometres, feet to metres, acres to hectares, etc.

Geographical terms

  • interior British Columbia, the Interior; coastal islands, the Coast; northern British Columbia, the North; the North Pacific, the northern Pacific.

Nationalities and groups of people

  • capitalize specific national, linguistic, tribal, and other groupings of people: Asian, Italian, Caucasian, Indo-European, First Nations, Aboriginal. White and black are not capitalized.

First Nations terminology

  • First Nations or Indigenous or Aboriginal are the preferred terms. “Indian” is rarely used, unless for Department of Indian Affairs, Indian Act, Indian Agent, Indian Reserve. Unless quoting earlier authorities, use specific modern cultural or political names of First Nations, e.g., Kwakwaka’wakw (not Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (not Nootka), Nlaka’pamux, (not Thompson), and so on. For a standardized listing of BC First Nations’ names, see the BC Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation: http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/treaty/alpha_a_g.html
  • Include current/comtemporary First Nations names. We wish to acknowledge self-designations. Example: Tsay Keh Dene First Nation (also known as ‘Tsay Keh Dene Band’, formerly known as ‘Ingenika Indian Band’). For a list of contemporary names in use visit: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/learn/first-nations-studies 
  • In order to acknowledge current naming conventions and territorial areas, please refer to the following maps: First Nations of BC (https://bcstudies.com/?q=first-nations-bc-0) and First Nations Languages of BC (https://bcstudies.com/?q=first-nations-languages-bc)

Graphics & Images

  • BC Studies welcomes the addition of illustrations, maps, graphs, or photographs to your article. BC Studies has a preferred style for illustrations and maps, and may ask for illustrations and maps to be reworked by a cartographer familiar with this style. If your article includes graphs, please be prepared to provide either the original data, .eps or .tiff files. We encourage the inclusion of photographs with manuscripts. If you would like to use photographs, we require scans at a resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch). If you have prints or old-fashioned slides, please scan the image to meet our specifications above. The author is responsible for obtaining permission (copyright) and any costs associated, but BC Studies may be able to assist in particular, exceptional cases. Please note that BC Studies is a non-profit organization, thus not-for-profit rates and discounts apply when seeking permissions or prints.
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