Canadian Mennonite University

Submission Guidelines

  1. Submit by email to peaceresearch:@:cmu.ca an electronic copy of the manuscript. The electronic copy can be submitted as either a Word DOC or DOCX file or an RTF file from any other word processing program. To aid our electronic filing system, please include your last name and date in the electronic file name (e.g., Derksen and McCutcheon – OCT 07 – PR Submission.rtf). To submit manuscripts by paper mail in hard copy please contact the editors.
  2. Articles published in Peace Research are evaluated in a double-blind peer review process. Please provide a list of possible reviewers for your article, including the institutional affiliation and email address for each potential reviewer. The provision of these names does not determine the final selection of peer reviewers.
  3. The preferred length is 20–30 pages (or approximately 6,000–9,000 words) typed, double-spaced (including all block quotes and endnotes), on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with 1 inch margins on each side using ragged right margin and 11- or 12-point font. We will consider articles that are shorter or longer than these guidelines if the subject of the article warrants it.
  4. Your article submission should have four parts:
    1. an unnumbered cover page that includes the author's name as it would appear in print, institutional affiliation, and contact information;
    2. a separate unnumbered page with a 120 word abstract of the article;
    3. a separate unnumbered page with a 60 word biographical statement;
    4. the manuscript itself with the title of the article on the top of the first page (not the author's name) and consecutive pagination beginning with page 1.
  5. Tables, graphs and charts must be professionally readied for reproduction.
  6. Peace Research uses the Chicago Manual of Style (17th Edition) as the final arbiter of all matters related to proper citation of sources and style. The 9th edition of Turabian: A Manual for Writers is based on the Chicago Manual of Style (17th Edition), and can be usefully consulted when the Chicago Manual of Style is not available. Where there are discrepancies between the two, the Chicago Manual of Style will be used.
  7. Use the Chicago Manual of Style (17th Edition) endnote style. Endnotes should be double-spaced and begin on a new page. Numerous online resources illustrate the Chicago style. We prefer the use of shortened author and titles for second and following citations of the same work.
  8. Authors are responsible for securing copyright agreements for any long quotations found in their articles.
 

Book Review Guidelines

Peace Research invites publishers and authors to suggest books and alternative media for review that are relevant to the mission of the journal. For those who are asked to do book reviews for Peace Research, here are guidelines.

  1. As with articles, book reviews should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition).
  2. Reviews should be no longer than 750 words, double-spaced, on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with 1 inch margins on each side using ragged right margin and 11 or 12 point font.
  3. Review submissions should contain the following items in the header, followed by the text of the review:
    • Author(s) or Editor(s)
    • Title of book
    • Place and date of publication
    • Publisher
    • Number of pages
    • ISBN
    • Price
    • Series, if applicable
  4. A separate page should include the reviewer's name, contact information, and a brief biographical statement.
  5. As a general guideline, reviewers may wish to consider these elements of the book:
    • central and secondary theses
    • evidence cited for these theses
    • author's theoretical base or assumptions
    • key quotations
    • alternative interpretations of the data
    • author's other important works
    • applicability to peace and conflict studies
  6. Publication of accepted reviews takes place within eighteen months.
 

Contact the Book Review Editor.

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