期刊名称：POPULATION STUDIES-A JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
For over half a century, Population Studies has reported significant advances in methods of demographic analysis, conceptual and mathematical theories of demographic dynamics and behaviour, and the use of these theories and methods to extend scientific knowledge and to inform policy and practice.
The Journal's coverage of this field is comprehensive: applications in developed and developing countries; historical and contemporary studies; quantitative and qualitative studies; analytical essays and reviews. The subjects of papers range from classical concerns, such as the determinants and consequences of population change, to such topics as family demography and evolutionary and genetic influences on demographic behaviour. Often the Journal's papers have had the effect of extending the boundaries of its field.
Instructions to Authors
***Note to Authors: please make sure your contact address information is clearly visible on the outside of all packages you are sending to Editors.***
General
The journal seeks original papers that contribute significantly to knowledge in any of the various disciplines of population studies. All manuscripts that seem suitable for consideration by the Journal are sent to two or more external referees for assessment. Authors are asked to ensure that their submissions conform to the specifications in these Notes and to the conventions evident in recent issues.
The papers should be of publication standard before submission-well structured, precise, and clear. They should be as short as practical. The length of the main text of most papers is in the range 5000-7500 words. Research notes of around 2000 words in length will also be considered.
Papers for publication, books for review and other editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editors, Population Investigation Committee, Room PS201, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, Telephone +44 (0)20-7955-7666, Fax +44 (0)207 955 6831, Email: pic@lse.ac.uk. in any of the following formats (submissions as email attachments are encouraged, as long as the formatting requirements are met):
as manuscript (either typed or computer printed)-three copies required
on disk in a format compatible with Word (if using WordPerfect please convert to Word before sending to us) provided that the complete paper can be sent in this way, including copies of all illustrations. Tables and figures may be sent as Excel files. Original artwork may be sent separately.
as an email attachment in Word to pic@lse.ac.uk. If using this method please also send one hard copy by mail. (WordPerfect files must be converted to Word before sending, and the Word file checked for accurate conversion.) Tables and figures may be sent as Excel attachments
Although every care will be taken, no responsibility is accepted for loss or damage to a paper or disk.
It will be assumed that authors have observed the highest ethical standards in the collection and use of data, and they should be prepared to demonstrate that their research has been formally approved by relevant ethical committees. Any work by others that has contributed to the research must be explicitly and appropriately acknowledged. Submission of a paper will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and that it is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
It will be assumed that the author owns the copyright of the paper or has the permission of the copyright owner to publish it. On acceptance of a paper, authors are asked to assign copyright to the Population Investigation Committee, London School of Economics.
A manuscript will not be returned unless this is specifically requested by the author.
Manuscripts
Manuscripts to be typewritten, preferably on A4 paper, in double spacing, using one side of the paper only. This applies to all text, including footnotes, references, extracts and quotations.
Each page (starting with the first page of text) to be numbered consecutively, preferably with the author's name before the number on each page.
The cover page to contain the following information: the full title; a short title of not more than 45 characters (including spaces) suitable for use at the head of each page of the published version; names of authors, institutional affiliation of authors; and-in the top left hand corner-a name and address to be used for correspondence.
The second page to contain only an abstract, of not more than 150 words and up to 10 keywords. Authors may wish to consult the Popline dictionary of keywords, but are not restricted to terms that appear there (http://www.jhuccp.org/popline/key.stm).
Headings. Section headings to be emboldened, sub-headings in italic, sub-sub-headings in italic on same line as first line of text. Headings of all three kinds to be in lower case
Quotations. Any deviation in wording, spelling or punctuation from the original to be explicitly indicated or explained. Where the original spelling or logic might seem questionable to the reader, the term 'sic' should be added in parentheses to indicate that the anomaly is in the original. Quotations of up to ten typed lines to be run into the text and enclosed within single quotation marks. Quotations of more than ten lines to be typed as an indented block, starting on a new line. Double quotation marks to be used for a quotation within a quotation.
Endnotes should be used rarely, if at all, and only to present information that the reader of the paper needs to know and that cannot be incorporated in the main text.
References. In the text, references to appear as follows: 'Sandor (1989, pp. 6-7) argues that ¡'; 'It has been shown that a different interpretation is possible (Sandor 1989, p.25)'; 'Recent studies contradict this view (Sandor 1987; Watson 1989)'; 'See, for example, Sandor 1990'. If a cited work has more than two authors, the name of the first author only should appear in the text, followed by et al. Where two or more sources are cited together, they should appear in date order, earliest first.
Full references to be listed at the end of the manuscript in alphabetical order of first author's name and then by year.
Full references to have the elements shown below, in the order and with the punctuation shown.
Palloni, Alberto, Kenneth Hill, and Guido Pinto Aquirre. 1996. Economic swings and demographic change in the history of Latin America, Population Studies 50(1): 105-132.
Hajnal, J. 1965. European marriage patterns in perspective, in D. V. Glass and D. E. C. Eversley (eds.), Population in History: Essays in Historical Demography. London: Edward Arnold, pp. 101-143.
Basu, Aleka Malwade. 1992. Culture, the Status of Women, and Demography. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Brass, W. 1992. Child mortality improvement and the initiation of fertility falls in Kenya, International Population Conference, Montreal 1993,Volume 1. Li¨¨ge: IUSSP, pp. 73-93.
Darskii, Leonard and Evgueni Andreev. 1991. Vosproiz vodstvo naseleniya otdel'nykh natsional'nostei v SSSR [Population reproduction among different nationalities in the USSR], Vestnik Statistiki 6:3-10
Note: Authors' names to be as they appear in the original, except family name first for first author only; titles of contributions to journals and books to be in roman and lower case except for first letter and proper names; titles of journals and books to have first letter of adjectives and nouns in upper case, and to be in italic. For titles of papers or books that are not in English, a translation should be given in square brackets after the actual title.
Spelling to be British English. The Journal uses the following as standard sources: Oxford English Dictionary, Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (Oxford University Press), and the English version (published by Blackwell) of Roland Pressat's Dictionary of Demography.
Numbers. The Journal uses the forms shown in the following illustrations:
'28 December 1998' (not 'December 28, 1998'); '1920-29' (not '1920-1929'); '1999-2000' or 'from 1999 to 2000' (not 'from 1999-00'); 'eighteenth century' (not '18th century'); '12,489-99' (not '12,489-12, 499'). In the text, numbers up to twelve to be printed in full except where they are used in close proximity with numbers over twelve.
Tables. Only tables that are evidently essential should be included. As far as practical, the title, footnotes, and structure of the table should enable the reader to understand it without reference to the text. The information provided should include, where relevant, the country or area to which the table refers, method of analysis used, source of data, and date(s)/duration of data collection..
Tables to be typed on separate sheets and identified by Arabic numbers (e.g. 'Table 3'). Approximate position in text to be indicated in text. Units to appear in the column headings and not in the body of the table. A word or number to be repeated on a successive line rather than replaced by ditto marks. Decimal fractions to be shown as 0.1, 0.2, etc., not .1, .2. Footnotes to be indicated by 1,2, etc.
Illustrations and diagrams (only those that are clearly essential should be included)-to be described as 'figures'-to be presented on separate sheets and identified by Arabic numbers (e.g. 'Figure 3'). Titles should be clearly separated from legends, captions, or notes. Approximate position in text to be indicated in the text. Figures prepared by computer are acceptable, provided they are of a quality sufficiently good for reproduction. As far as practical, the title, footnotes, legend, and presentation of the illustration should enable the reader to understand it without reference to the text. The information provided should include, where relevant, the country or area to which the table refers, method of analysis used, source of data, and date/duration of data collection. Footnotes to be indicated by 1,2, etc
Titles, captions, legends and notes for illustrations to be typed under the illustrations.
Formulae. Normally only one letter should be used to denote a variable, with subscripts if necessary. Acronymic representation is strongly discouraged. Where the derivation of formulae has been abbreviated, the full derivation should be presented on a separate sheet-not necessarily for publication.
Formalities and procedures
Use of disks
When a paper is accepted provisionally, authors will be asked to provide a copy of the final revised version on disk in Word, or as an email attachment in Word, using the formatting style set out below. We shall also require one hard copy of the paper. This version will be edited in preparation for printing.
Formatting style:
text files to be supplied in Word
tables and figures to be in a separate file from text in Word or Excel. Table title should be above the table and aligned left. Title for a figure should appear below the figure, aligned left. The axes of graphs should be centred. Blocks and lines in graphs must be clearly distinguishable in black and white.
the manuscript to be a print-out from the disk
lower-case characters to be used for title and all text elements of a table or figure, except for the initial letter of the first word of the title or column heading or other element and proper names
font changes (e.g. italic, bold, etc.) not to be applied to titles except to distinguish particular words from the rest of the title. In this case type only the word(s) to be different in bold/italic
type only one variable space between words and at the end of sentences
'en' dashes (in Word: CTRL+NUM MINUS) to be used between numbers (e.g., 1950¨C54), closed up 'em' dashes¡ªlike this¡ªfor interruptions in sentences (in Word:ALT+CTRL+NUM MINUS)
et al. after names and a and b, etc. after dates should be typed as roman
paragraphs to be tabbed, except for the first paragraph after a heading
underline to be avoided. Italic to be used instead
tab key to be used for spacing tables
standard Word symbol font to be used where possible
equations to be typed in Word Equation Editor where possible.
Violation of copyright and libel. It will be assumed that authors have obtained written permission to use material (such as tables or extensive quotations) from work other than their own, and have made appropriate acknowledgements in the text. Similarly, it will be assumed that authors have ensured that there is nothing libellous in their papers.
Proofing. Two sets of proofs will be sent to the author. Any corrections should be marked in ink of a colour different to any already used on the proofs. Only essential amendments can be accepted at proof stage. Corrected proofs should be returned to the editor within three days of receipt.
Early Electronic Offprints: Corresponding authors can now receive their article by e-mail as a complete PDF. This allows the author to print up to 50 copies, free of charge, and disseminate them to colleagues. In many cases this facility will be available up to two weeks prior to publication. Or, alternatively, corresponding authors will receive the traditional 50 offprints. A copy of the journal will be sent by post to all corresponding authors after publication. Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author’s preferential rate of ?5.00/$25.00 per copy.
House style.
The editor may alter manuscripts to achieve conformity with the stylistic conventions of the journal, a number of which are listed below.
(i) The ungrammatical term 'per capita' is never used. 'Per head' or 'average' are the preferred alternatives.
(ii) The noun 'data' always takes the plural ('the data show ¡').
(iii) The term 'methodology' is not used where 'method' is meant; the Oxford dictionary defines methodology as 'the science of method'.
(iv) 'Gender' is not used as a synonym for 'sex'.
(v) The term 'rate' is reserved for measures in which the denominator is a measure of exposure to risk. Thus 'total fertility' is used and not 'total fertility rate' to refer to the sum of age-specific or duration-specific fertility rates.
(vi) Where an acronym is used, its first appearance in the text should be in parentheses immediately after the first appearance in full of the term or expression to which it refers.
(vii) The use of the following is avoided:
'hypothesize' as a verb;
proper names as adjectives except where usage has made the name an adjective; thus 'Brass's method' is preferred to 'the Brass method' but 'the Gompertz curve' is preferred to 'Gompertz's curve';
'developing countries'; 'less developed countries' is the preferred alternative;
'sex' as an abbreviation for 'sexual intercourse';
'male' or 'female' in the position of an adjective except for words representing persons; thus 'female child' but not 'male wages' ;
'utilize' instead of 'use';
'prior to' to mean 'before';
'and/or'; where this distinction is essential, an alternative such as 'x or y or both' is preferred-except in lists;
'percent' or '%'; 'per cent' is preferred.
(viii) Excessive use of the verb 'to have' is avoided. Thus 'fertility is high in this population' is preferred to 'the population has a high fertility'.
(ix) Action by a government is attributed to the government not to the country. Thus 'The French government ¡' (not France) '¡ raised family allowances'.
(x) Where a sentence refers to a sequence of more than two items and the final item is preceded by 'and', this word is preceded by a comma. Thus 'wages, salaries, and benefits' not 'wages, salaries and benefits'.
Editorial Board
Editors:
John Simons (Managing Editor)? London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
John Cleland - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
systein Kravdal?/strong>- University of Oslo
John McDonald - University of Southampton
Gigi Santow - Formerly of Stockholm University
Wendy Sigle-Rushton - London School of Economics & Political Science
Ian Timæus - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Robert Woods - University of Liverpool
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