Submissions

Guidelines for Authors

Thank you for your interest in submitting an article for publication in Emergency Management Review (EMR).  EMR welcomes papers that contribute to the understanding and debate around emergency management and its related subject areas, and that develop issues relating to theory and practice.

Papers that make a clear contribution to such debates, and are of interest to academics and practitioners will be subject to a double blind peer review process. They should usually be between 3000 and 4000 words in length, be fully referenced, and provide a concise message for the journal's target audience.

Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format and conform to the following guidelines for standard journal articles (other submissions, such as practice/work based papers, may have different requirements):

 

Title Page

This should include:

• The title of the manuscript, author names, institutional affiliations together with full postal addresses and an email address for each author. In order to enable the publisher to do everything to ensure prompt publication, please indicate the author in charge of correspondence and, in addition to their postal and email address, provide a telephone number if possible.
• A short author biography of 50-75 words for each author.
• Acknowledgements

Please Note: To assure anonymous review, authors should not identify themselves, directly or indirectly, in any parts of the manuscript except for the cover page and the author biographies.

 

Main Document Text

• All text should be in English. Authors whose first language is not English should ensure that their final draft is carefully checked by a competent person for accuracy.
• Spellings can use British or American conventions but this must be consistent throughout.
• Text should be keyed in as simply as possible, without bold, or centred justification.
• All text should be 11pt Arial font formatted onto A4 portrait paper.
• Articles should contain the headings Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Discussion, Conclusion and References in bold. Any sub-headings should be in italics.
• Paragraphs should have a line space between them and the first line should not be indented.
• Quotations should be contained within quotation marks and be supported by a reference containing a page number.
• All abbreviations should be explained on first occurrence in brackets.
• Generally, avoid full stop punctuation after abbreviations.
• Dates should be formatted as per the following example: 3^rd April 2021

Abstract

Submission requires you to include an abstract of no more than 600 words including a brief introduction of the subject matter, an overview of the findings, and a summary of the conclusions.

A list of specific keywords for your submission should be included.

 

Tables, Figures and Diagrams

• All tables and figures must be discussed or mentioned in the text and numbered in the order in which they are mentioned.
• They should be included within the text at an appropriate location close to and relative to where they are first mentioned within the text.
• All data should be defined in the column/row/axis headings and all table/figure footnotes placed at the end of the table.
• All figures and tables should be free from copyright restrictions.
• Each should have a brief descriptive title and should be understandable even without reference to the text.

Figures should be centralised on the page. The numbering and descriptive title of figures should also be centralised below the figure in a font which is distinctive from the main body of text. (i.e. it could be a small font size and in a different colour).

Tables should be centralised on the page. The numbering and descriptive title of tables should also be centralised above the table in a font which is distinctive from the main body of text. (i.e. it could be a small font size and in a different colour).

 

References in the text

• Citations should follow the Harvard style, enclosed within parentheses (i.e. authors surname, year) if not a natural part of the surrounding sentence.
• If the reference name(s) form a natural part of the surrounding sentence then only the year should be enclosed within parentheses.  (i.e. "Smith (2021) indicates that..."
• Avoid '&' in references).
• Citations of works by four or more authors should have the first author followed by 'et al' in italics.
• Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be identified with a, b, c next to the year (e.g. 2008a, 2008b).
• Page numbers in references supporting paraphrasing are not required, but they are encouraged (i.e. Smith, 2007, p.56 or Smith, 2007, pp.56-58), except for quotes for which page numbers must be included.
• Articles not yet published should show ‘forthcoming’ in place of the year (in both the reference and the citation) and ‘In press’ should be used in place of the volume, issue and page range details.

 

Format of In-text Citations/References

 

One Author	(Smith, 2015)	…Smith (2015) argues that….
Two Authors	(Smith and Jones, 2015)	…according to Smith and Jones (2015)….
Three Authors	(Smith, Jones and Brown, 2015)	….research by Smith, Jones and Brown (2015) showed that….
Four or more Authors	(Smith et al., 2015)	Smith et al. (2015) proved that….
Organisation	(University of Wolverhampton, 2015)	Information from the University of Wolverhampton (2015) states…

 

Some Examples:

• Excellent study skills are fundamental to academic success (Cottrell, 2010, p. 19)
• Cottrell (2010, p. 19) argues that excellent study skills are fundamental to academic success.
• “The importance of academic skills should not be underestimated” (Cottrell, 2010, p. 19)

 

 

Formatting the Reference List

 

Book with four or more authors Include the following information: Surnames and initials of all authors (Published Year) Title of book. Edition (if later than 1st). Place of Publication:  Publisher.   Example:  Epstein, O., Perkin, G.D., Cookson, J., Watt, I.S., Rakhit, R., Robinson, A.W. and Hornett, G.A.W. (2008) Clinical examination. 4th edn. Oxford: Mosby Elsevier.

Chapter in an edited book Include the following information: Chapter author(s) (Published Year) ‘Title of chapter’, in Editor(s) of book followed by (ed.) or (eds.) Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Page numbers of whole chapter.   Example:  Tan, J. (2012) 'Education and children’s rights', in Jones, P. and Walker, G. (eds.) Children’s rights in practice. London: Sage, pp. 109–123.

Journal article Include the following information: Author(s) (Published Year) ‘Title of Article’, Title of Journal, Volume number (issue number), Page numbers of whole article. Example:  Kirwan, B. and Leather, C. (2011) ‘Students’ voices: a report of the student view of dyslexia study skills tuition’, Support for Learning, 29(1), pp. 33-41.   Note: if the article is only available online, give the doi (digital object identifier) at the end of the reference. If there is no doi, include Available at: web address (Accessed: date) instead.   Example:  Ratnawati, V., Freddy, D. and Hardi, H. (2018) ‘Ownership structure, tax avoidance and firm performance’, Archives of Business Research, 6(1), pp. 1-7. doi: 10.14738/abr.61.4011

Web page Include the following information: Author(s) (Published Year) Title of webpage. Available at: web address (Accessed: date).    Example with named author(s): Greenfield, S. (2018) Women in science. Available at: http://www.susangreenfield.com/science/detail/women-in-science (Accessed: 15 August 2018).   Example with organisation author: Smart Design (2017) Getting a grip: a long-term project that changed kitchens everywhere. Available at: https://smartdesignworldwide.com/projects/oxo-partnership (Accessed: 15 August 2018).

Reports Include the following information: Author(s) or organisation (Published Year) Title of report. Place of Publication: Publisher.   OR if accessed online   Author(s) or organisation (Published Year) Title of report. Available at: web address (Accessed: date).  Example – print copy: Department for Education (DfE) (2017) Early education and childcare: statutory guidance for local authorities. London: The Stationery Office.   Example – accessed online: Department for Education (DfE) (2017) Early education and childcare: statutory guidance for local authorities. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/ uploads/attachment_data/file/596460/early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2017.pdf (Accessed: 13 April 2017).

Newspaper article Include the following information: Author(s) (Published Year) ‘Title of article’, Newspaper name, Day and month published, page number(s) if available.   Example: Allen, K. (2014) ‘Barratt moves to tailor house designs and locations to older population’, Financial Times, 4 November, p. 1.   Note: add Available at: URL (Accessed: date) at the end for newspaper articles accessed online. If the article has no named author, move the newspaper name in italics to the start of the reference.

UK Statutes (Acts of Parliament) Include the following information: Title of Act including year and chapter number. Available at: web address (Accessed: date).   Example: Health and Social Care Act 2012, c. 7. Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/contents/ enacted (Accessed: 17 July 2018).   Note: the in-text citation for an Act would give the Act name and year all in italics, for example: Recent social care legislation (Health and Social Care Act 2012) specifies that …