Submission Instructions

Instructions for Authors

1. Submissions

Contributions and correspondence should be sent to the Editorial Assistant, Diane Bowden (BowdenD@Cardiff.ac.uk).

2. Copyright

Submission of a paper is taken to imply that it has not previously been published elsewhere and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. It is a condition of publication in JEBE that authors grant to Cardiff University the exclusive licence to publish their paper. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the paper to the widest possible readership. For further details please see the terms of the Licence to Publish. Contributors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any material in which they do not own copyright. Authors will receive a copy of the Licence form to sign and return on acceptance of their paper.

3. Style Guidelines

Authors are requested to use the downloadable template for submission of JEBE papers. You should download this template and the relevant formatting guidelines, which are available as MS Word files. You can either type directly into the template, or paste text in from another document. When saving your paper, you should name the file with your surname followed by your initials (eg smithaj).

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Length

There are no strict page limits since JEBE aims to publish a range of contributions from reports to short essays. Submission will be judged on a fitness for purpose basis. A report of 10,000 words may be acceptable if it focuses on issues, evidence and discussion but may be too long if it contains information of limited interest to a wider audience. Short essays, case studies and guides to good practice of 2-3,000 words may equally be acceptable if they make a succinct and useful contribution.

The general order of the components of a paper are:

• First Page
• Text including tables and figures
• References
• Appendices

A manuscript should be in JEBE style when first submitted. Nonconforming submissions may be refereed, but authors will be asked to reformat their work later if it is accepted for publication.