Submission Template

Our template serves both as a means of formatting your
submission and as an example of the required layout itself, providing a variety of
examples in the complex area of citations and references. The following zipped file includes templates in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org and Rich Text formats:

About our Submissions Template

The template for papers to be submitted acts as an example as well as a means
of formatting a paper's content. The examples it contains do not cover all
contingencies but provides a view of the most common usages. The examples begin
their span with a reference to the Style used to generate it.

Although the text is 'greeked', it does provide extensive examples of how to cite in
the author + date form, the citation year being used as an anchor to the corresponding
reference list item. Note that in multiple citations, the order conforms to the order
required by the References list, i.e. by author, alphabetical, same author plus others,
alphabetical, and year.

The references examples are all prefaced by the type of entry, e.g. journal article,
proceedings, book, and so on. Although the list is not exhaustive for sanity's sake, it provides
coverage of most types. Editing will pick up any discrepancies beyond these examples,
but it is very important that authors place the correct category of reference item in
square brackets before each item, even though the References list's order is alphabetical
as explained above. This will help editors to ensure formatting is correct. If, for example,
the reference is to a message posted to an electronic mailing list, then enter [message
posted to e-mail list] before the actual reference and editors will format the item.

Note the example of the footnote. Authors are encouraged to keep their references list
clear of references to websites or notes of explanation, and so on. These are best accomplished by
footnotes which appear at the bottom of the page in which they are anchored (see example).
Note that URLs to websites should be prefaced by an English language title, if only the contents
of the website's title tag for readers' ease of reference.

The selection of sub-headings structure has been confined to three levels. Generally speaking
most authors seem content with two levels or three at most. Should you need to apply a 4th or 5th
level, then it is important to contact us since this involves a
complex change in the layout.

If you have any queries about the template or matters which, for the sake of brevity, it does not
cover, then please contact ijdc@ukoln.ac.uk.