期刊名称：AREA
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Area publishes excellent geographical research and scholarship across the field of geography. Whatever your interests, reading Area is essential to keep up with the latest thinking in geography. At the cutting edge of the discipline, the journal:
- is an outlet for new ideas, from both established and new scholars
- provides rapid publication
- is accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage in their careers
- contains shorter articles that focus on topical issues, new research results, methodological theory and practice and academic discussion and debate
Instructions to Authors
Notes for Contributors
Contributions should be sent to:
Alastair Bonnett
Editor (Area)
Royal Geographical Society
(with The Institute of British Geographers)
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AR
UK
E-mail: area@rgs.org
NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell's Author Services.
Author Services enables authors to track their articles - once accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Typescripts
Four copies plus an IBM-compatible disk of all papers should be submitted to the Managing Editor. The target length of papers is 5000 words equivalent (1500 words in the case of Observations and Commentaries). Typescripts should be double-spaced with wide margins, and at least one copy should be typed on one side of the page only. They should be set out in the manner of recent issues of Area and in conformity with the information set out below.
Title page
The title of the paper, name(s), main professional/academic affiliation(s) and full address(es), including email, of the author(s)should appear on a separate title page, as papers are submittedanonymously to referees.
Abstract and key words
An abstract not exceeding 100 words is required. Six key words should follow on a separate line: one for locality, one for topic, one for method and three others.
Headings
Only the first letter and proper names are capitalized. A maximum of two levels may be used:
This is a first-level heading
First-level headings are flush left on a separate line. The first text line following is flush left.
This is a second-level heading
Second-level headings are flush left on a separate line. The first text line following is flush left.
Illustrations
These should be of high quality and submitted both as ink-on-paper copy and in a standard electronic format (tiff or eps files) wherever possible. Black-and-white prints of illustrations must be submitted to a standard suitable for reproduction (page size 14 x 19 cm; column width 7 cm). All Scale lines should be labelled km. Titles should not be given on the drawings, but figure numbers should be pencilled lightly on the back. After a paper has been accepted, the author must submit the originals of all illustrations. These will not be returned unless specifically requested. Electronic copies of illustrations should be supplied: continuous tone images as .tif at 300dpi, line art of combination line/tone as .eps at 800dpi. Ensure that heavy lines in line art are saved as pure black, and avoid using uncommon fonts in illustrations. The use of colour, particularly for complex maps and diagrams, is encouraged for the electronic version of the journal. However, a subvention will be required to cover the costs of production should the author wish to have colour in hard copy. For details of costs please apply to the publisher. Contact sally.moore@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
Captions must be typed on a separate sheet. Figures and photographs are numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals (Figure 4, etc). All are referred to as `Figures'.
Tables must be typed using few horizontal rules and no vertical rules. They are numbered consecutively using Roman numerals (Table IV, etc). Titles should be concise, but as informative as possible. The approximate position of tables and figures in the text should be marked in the typescript.
Equations should be numbered consecutively with bracketed Arabic numerals in the right-hand margin. Authors must provide instructions in the margin for any special typeface required (eg bold, italic, Greek, etc). Careful attention must be paid to sub- and superscript symbols, and upper- and lowercase letters.
Copyright It is the author's responsibility to obtain copyright clearance for the reproduction of Figures, Tables or photographs and to ensure adequate acknowledgement.
Measurements must all be given in SI metric system. In exceptional cases, English equivalents in brackets may be allowed. Numerals should be used in the text for all full units of measurement, but words should be used for quantities of objects, persons, etc and for numbers from one to twelve.
Notes Informational notes must be restricted to the minimum; usually the material can be incorporated into the text. Endnotes only are to be used.
References Authors must use the Harvard system, in which authors' names (no initials) and dates are given in the main body of the text, with specific pages indicated if required (Linton and Moisley 1960, 29). References are listed alphabetically at the end of the paper under the heading References, and set out as follows:
Papers
Linton D L and Moisley H A 1960 The origin of Loch Lomond Scottish Geographical Magazine 76 26-37
Theses
Chalkley B S 1978 The relocation decisions of small displaced firms Unpublished PhD thesis Department of Geography, University of Southampton 21-5
Books
Stoddart D R ed 1981 Geography, ideology and social concern Blackwell, Oxford
Chapter of book
Dury G H 1979 The future of geomorphology in Embleton C Brunsden D and Jones D K S eds Geomorphology, present problems and future prospects Oxford University Press, Oxford 262-74
World Wide Web pages
RGS-IBG 1998 Notes for contributors(http://www.rgs.org/pu/8publano.html) Accessed 1 December
Other publications
Where there is doubt (eg Occasional papers), include all bibliographical details. The place of publication should always be given when books are referred to.
Non-sexist, non-racist language Papers should be written in non-sexist, non-racist language. It may be helpful to refer to Area 23, 290-94 and the Journal of Geography in Higher Education (1996, 123-36).
Exclusive Licence Form (ELF)
Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author's Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission, authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the form for further details). A copy of the form can be downloaded here
Editorial Board
Editor
Alastair Bonnett
University of Newcastle, UK
Co-Editor (Physical Geography)
Louise Bracken
Durham University, UK
Human Geography Book Review Editor
Helen Jarvis
University of Newcastle, UK
Physical Geography Book Review Editor
Jasper Knight
University of Exeter, UK
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