Title in bold, sentence case (capital on proper nouns only)
Rest of article in 12 point font
Occasional use of italics for emphasis or publication titles, but no use of underline or bold for emphasis
First level headings in bold, sentence case.
Use of numbers for sub-headings acceptable, but no more than two heading levels (1, 1.1)
Second level headings in bold italics, sentence case.
Abstract
Please provide an abstract for your piece of no more than 300 words. Your abstract should provide an overview and summary of your article, rather than a ‘teaser’ or an introduction. Articles selected for the ‘Updates’ section do not need to provide an abstract upon submission.
Keywords
Please provide up to five keywords
Disclosure statement
This is to acknowledge any financial interest or benefit that has arisen from the direct applications of your research.
Acknowledgements
Authors may provide a short statement to acknowledge the contribution of colleagues, research participants or reviewers.
Funding details.
Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows:
This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].
Tables and figures
Indicate in the text where the tables and figures should appear, for example by inserting [Table 1 near here]. The actual tables and figures should be supplied as separate files.
Ensure you have permission to use any tables or figures you are reproducing from another source, and provide the source details with the caption.
Captions should be provided for all tables and figures.
Tables and figures must also be referenced in the text.
…as seen in Figure 1…
As demonstrated in Table 2…
Language
All contributions must be written in English. Words or phrases from other languages may be included, but these should be indicated in italics.
Numbers
Spell out numbers one to ten, use numerals for 11 and above
Dates
No punctuation between the day, date, month and year and do not use ‘1st’, ‘2nd’, ‘3rd’, etc.
1 January 2000
Assignments must be completed by Monday 25 December 2017.
Use an en dash in a range of dates
The centre is open from 1–15 October.
Use figures and no apostrophe
in the 90s
the 1960s
Avoid use of abbreviation to prevent confusion between British/American methods of recording dates
10 March 2018
not 10/03/2018 or 03/10/2018
Capitals
Minimize capitalization, use on proper nouns, use sentence case through, including titles and subheadings
Use capitals when referring to specifics
the Australian Federal Government
Jefferson County
but avoid for general use
with regards to the government of cities
at the county-level
Quotation marks
Use single quote marks, except ‘where a “quote” is within a quote’
Dashes and hyphens
Use unspaced em dash for parenthetic expressions
Upon discovering the errors—all 124 of them—the publisher immediately recalled the books.
En dash for dates and compounds
2007-2008
long-term plan
Spelling
There is no spelling style preferred, however consistency within the manuscript is expected.
Footnotes and endnotes
Minimize use of footnotes and endnotes. Footnotes or endnotes should not be used for referencing, only explanatory text and should be used sparingly. Footnotes should be marked in superscript numerals after punctuation.1
Article types
The Radical Housing Journal selects articles for the various sections of the publication. Each article type has a different purpose and different word length. Please be sure you are aware which section of the journal you are submitting to and which your article has been selected for, and that you understand the requirements for this.
1. The long read
- Focus on critical analysis and theory-making
- MAX 8,000 words per article, including references, excluding pictures
- Papers should aim for theoretical innovation and conceptual finesse.
2. Retrospectives
- Focus on specific cases, histories, actions, events
- MAX 8,000 words per article, including references, excluding pictures
- Paper should aim for historical rigour and depth.
3. Conversations
- Reflections from the field of action, organisation, research practice
- MAX 6,000 words
- Debate-like pieces, written collectively, to reflect on specific actions, strategies, events.
4. Updates
- Reviews, provocations, updates on actions/events/movements/programs
- MAX 1,500 words per text
- If Book Review:
- In title: Include one of the following options:
- ‘Book review: BOOK TITLE. AUTHOR, YEAR OF PUBLICATION’
- ‘Your unique title: A book review of AUTHOR, YEAR OF PUBLICATION’
- In text: include publisher and year upon first mention of book in the article text [eg: In Kuhn’s book (Verso, 1995) she etc…]
- In title: Include one of the following options:
References—in-text
(Adapted from http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/layout/style_chos.pdf)
References should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses.
Baxter & Lees (2009) commented on how the combination
Social isolation may be an important factor (Evans, 2003).
If the work being cited has three or more authors, use et al.
Studies have shown that spending time in natural settings has restorative effects (Hartig et al., 1991).
If several works are being cited, order alphabetically by author surname, e.g.
There have been several recent studies on this topic (Adamson, 2000; Briars, 1999; Williams, 1900).
Direct quotes should always include page number. E.g.
Jane Jacobs has been described as ‘the most celebrated of the early critics’ of the effects of centralised rational planning on urban life (Ley, 1987, p. 307).
If two works by the same author with the same year are cited, distinguish as follows both in text and in reference list:
Housing expanded in the 1990s (Smith, 1992a, 1992b; Thomas, 1998).
If two authors with the same surname, but different forenames are cited, please include initials (or full forenames if necessary to eliminate ambiguity)
Housing expanded in the 1990s (Smith, R., 1992; Smith, T. 1994; Thomas, 1998).
Reference list
(Adapted from http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/layout/style_chos.pdf)
Use author initials only except where multiple entries with same surname occur.
Every reference list entry to end with a full stop. Italics for publication names, no quote marks for article/chapter names.
Books
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987) People in Organizations: An Introduction to Organizational Behavior, 3rd ed., pp. 3-10 (New York: McGraw-Hill).
Book chapter
Bjork, R. A. (1989) Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory, in: H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds) Varieties of Memory & Consciousness, pp. 309–330 (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum).
Journal article
Pokrant, B. & Reeves, P. (2003) Work and labour in the Bangladesh brackish-water shrimp export sector, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 26(2), pp. 359–389.
Newspaper article
Schwartz, J. (1993) Obesity affects economic, social status, The Washington Post, September 30, p. 5.
Conference paper
Singh, O. P. (1993) Drainage problems and design criteria for land drainage systems, in: Proceedings National Workshop on Sustainable Irrigation in Saline Environment, February 17– 19, Karnal, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute.
Online source
Dorling, D. (2013) Are today’s second-year students the unluckiest cohort ever? The Guardian, October 28. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/28/dannydorling-letter-to-students (Accessed 13 April 2015).
Report
Broadhurst, R. G. & Maller, R. A. (1991) Sex Offending and Recidivism Technical Report No. 3, Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia, Crime Research Centre.
Thesis
Bower, D. L. (1990) Employee assistant programs supervisory referrals: Characteristics of referring and non-referring supervisors, Doctoral dissertation, Cornell University, 1990.