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 references 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 submitted.

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 accommodated 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.
New Footnote Policy
Footnotes should not be used for literature references. The work cited should be referenced using the author’s name and year of publication in the body of the text, inside square brackets, e.g. [Garbutt, Spring 1984, p. 84]; [Garner, 1954]. If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, it need not be repeated in the reference, e.g. “Previts [Fall 1984] asserts. . .” If a reference has more than three authors, only the first name and et al should be used in the text citation. References to statutes, legal treatises or court cases should follow the accepted form of legal citation.

Textual footnotes may be used sparingly to expand and comment upon the text itself. These should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript, using superscript arabic numerals.

List of references. This should appear at the end of the manuscript and contain full reference to all sources actually cited and arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author. Information 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 underscored; 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 references entries are as follows:

FOOTNOTES

1Chatfield, p. 52. 2Previts (1982a), p. 8. 3Previts (1982b), pp. 19-20.

REFERENCES

Chatfield, Michael. A History of Accounting Thought. Hinsdale, III.: The Dryden Press, 1974.
Previts, Gary John.”Hazy History: Fact and Folklore in Accounting.” The Accounting 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, published 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:

Gary John Previts, Manuscripts Editor The Accounting Historians Journal Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
FOR ALL OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE JOURNAL, CONTACT: Ashton C. Bishop The Accounting Historians Journal School of Accounting James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807 U.S.A.