CAPS-ACEAU 2010 received this email from Dr. Angela T. Ragusa, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Rural Society in Australia inviting conference attendees to submit manuscripts for publication in their journal. For any planning students with research interests that tend toward the rural, the next deadline is 20 December for publication in 2010, but articles are always welcome. Check out
http://rsj.e-contentmanagement.com/.
From Dr. Ragusa:
Rural Society welcomes manuscript submissions demonstrating original research that draws upon appropriate theoretical frameworks and employs sound social science (health science, behavioural science, environmental science) research methodology. Manuscripts may explore a broad-range of globally-relevant issues relating to social problems and/or community sustainability/well-being that will interest rural and regional populations.
Manuscripts are presently being sought for social science research that explores rural issues from disciplinary or multidisciplinary perspectives relating to: communication & media, criminology, cultural studies, demography & population studies, drugs, ecology & environment, economics, education, ethnicity & indigenous studies, governance, health, history, law, management, organisations, permaculture, planning, policy & politics, psychology, science & technology, skills, social work, sociology, sustainability, tourism, waste management, welfare.
Timeline for submissions for the next general issue:
20 December 2009 – Manuscript submission deadline
30 April 2010 – Intended publication datePublication & submission guidelines:
- Manuscripts may range from 4000–8000 words in length in addition to the abstract, which should range from 100–200 words;
- Manuscripts must be fully referenced using APA referencing style;
- Illustrations (tables, charts, photos [300 dpi], etc.) must be supplied as separate files;
- A statement that the article has not been submitted elsewhere must be included;
- A list of 8 keywords should be included immediately below the abstract
- Contact details, position, university/professional affiliations must be provided for all contributing authors immediately following the manuscript’s title. Please bold the author’s name who will serve as the key contact for communication.
- Any acknowledgments should be included below the list of keywords.
- Manuscripts should be submitted via the website:
- Upon acceptance, copyright must be transferred to the publisher. However, moral rights are retained by the author(s). Details are available on website.
- Questions can be directed to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Angela T. Ragusa at ruralsociety@csu.edu.au
Rural Society is a fully double-blind peer refereed journal published by eContent Management Pty Ltd, the Institute of Land Water & Society and the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Published articles gain global exposure via indexing in Thomson-Gale databases including Web of Knowledge, EBSCO Host, ERIC and a range of aggregator databases. Rural Society is in the Register of Refereed Journals and is recognised for Australian government research data collection purposes.
