Guide for Submitting Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be in English and of acceptable style and organization for clarity of presentation. Submit three copies typewritten, double-spaced (except for indented quotations) on one side of 8% x 11 inch (approx. 28.5 cm x 28.0 cm) white paper; paragraphs should be indented. An abstract of not more than 100 words should accompany the manuscript on a separate page. The manuscript should not exceed 7,000 words and margins should be wide enough to facilitate editing and duplication. All pages, including footnote and bibliography pages, should be serially numbered.
The cover sheet should state the title of paper, name(s) of author(s), affiliation, and the appropriate address for further correspondence. The title, but not the name(s) of the author(s), should appear on the abstract page and on the first page of the body of the manuscript. Acknowledgments should appear at the bottom of the first page of the body of the manuscript and be excluded from the consecutively numbered footnotes.
Manuscripts currently under review by other publications should not be sub mitted.
Major headings within the manuscript should be centered, underscored, and un-numbered with the first letter of major words capitalized. Subheadings should be on a separate line beginning flush with the left margin, and underscored with the first letter of major words capitalized. Third-level headings should lead into the paragraph, be underscored, and followed by a period; text should immediately follow on the same line.
Tables, figures, and exhibits should be numbered (arabic), titled, and, when ap-propriate, referenced. Limited use of original documents, etc. can be accommo dated in The Journal for authors providing glossy black and white prints. Important textual materials may be presented in both the original language and the English translation.
Footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript with superscript arabic numerals and placed on a separate page at the end of the manu-script with appropriate reference to the sources appearing in the bibliography. Do not use ibid. or op. cit.
Informational footnotes are to be presented at the bottom of the page, single-spaced, referenced by lower case letters, and limited in size and number.
When referring to statutes, court cases, or legal treatises, citations acceptable in law reviews should be used.
The bibliography should appear at the end of the manuscript and contain full reference to all sources actually cited (but not limited to those sources), and ar-ranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author. Informa-tion about books and journals should include the following: Books—name of author, title underscored, place of publication, name of publisher, date of publication; Journals—name of author, article title within quotation marks, journal title under scored, date of issue in parentheses, page numbers. Multiple works by an author should be listed in chronological order of publication, and when multiple works of an author appear in a single year, the suffix a, b, etc. should be used after the year. Illustrations of footnote and bibliography entries are as follows:
FOOTNOTES
1Chatfield, p. 52. 2Previts (1982a), p. 8. 3Previts (1982b), pp. 19-20.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chatfield, Michael. A History of Accounting Thought. Hinsdale, III.: The Dryden Press, 1974.
Previts, Gary John. “Hazy History: Fact and Folklore in Accounting.” The Account-ing Historians Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall 1982a), pp. 7-9.
. “Old Wine and . . . The New Harvard Bottle.” The Accounting
Historians Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall 1982b), pp. 19-25.
As a helpful guide to questions of style not covered above, refer to A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian, pub lished in paperback by The University of Chicago Press.
Galley proofs will be sent to the author(s) as permitted by scheduling; however, additions of new material must be strictly limited. The author(s) will be provided five copies of The Journal issue in which the manuscript is published.
Reprints may be ordered from the printer. Costs of these are billed directly to the author(s) by the printer. Minimum order 100, prices to be established by printer.
SUBMIT MANUSCRIPTS TO:
Edward N. Coffman, Manuscripts Editor The Accounting Historians Journal School of Business Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia 23284 U.S.A.
FOR ALL OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE JOURNAL, CONTACT: Mervyn W. Wingfield, Production Editor The Accounting Historians Journal School of Business James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807 U.S.A.
