J-SAPS strictly follows a double blind peer-review policy in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and the author’s name from the reviewer. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two reviewers. The reviewers, established experts in their respective areas of study, are carefully selected. As a standard practice, at least one reviewer is from outside of Pakistan. The manuscripts received by J-SAPS are reviewed as swiftly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 4-6 weeks of submission. The final decision to publish the submitted manuscripts rests with the J-SAPS Editorial Collective.
1. Article Types
The journal accepts articles both in the social and policy sciences, particularly dealing with important issues in Pakistan, South Asia, and on issues of theory, practice, and critique in the social sciences. J-SAPS accepts Research Articles, Papers and Review Articles/ Book Reviews. The suggested word count for an article is between 5000 to 8,000 words and for a Book Review/Review 3000 words. Each manuscript should also contain an abstract of 100-200 words and at least five keywords.
2. How to Submit Your Manuscript
Format: The preferred formats for the text and tables of manuscripts are .doc, .docx, .rtf and .xls files. The photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, black and white prints with a good range of contrast. The captions for all the figures, photographs and tables should be short, descriptive, clearly typed and numbered accordingly.
Covering letter: The manuscripts submitted for publications to J-SAPS should be accompanied by a letter affirming that the article is neither published nor is currently being considered for publication by any other journal. In case of more than one authors the letter should also include a declaration by all the authors agreeing to submission.
Books for Review should be sent to: Journal of Social and Policy Sciences (J-SAPS), P.O. Box: 1379, Islamabad- Pakistan.
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have carefully read and followed all the guidelines and instructions. Manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned. Authors should send their manuscript via email to info@j-saps.org or submit@j-saps.org
3. Manuscript Citation/Reference Style
J-SAPS follows the citation style of the American Sociological Association (ASA) and all manuscripts should be prepared according to the latest ASA style guide. (For details on the style, please see Section II below)
4. Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements if any should be stated at the end of the Article. The contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an ‘Acknowledgements’ section.
5. Permissions
The responsibility of obtaining permissions from the copyrights holder for reproducing illustrations, figures, tables or text selections rests with the authors.
6. Corresponding Author contact details
Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address and telephone numbers. Academic affiliations are required for all co-authors. These details should be presented separately from the main text of the article to facilitate anonymous peer review.
7. Proofs
The authors will receive a PDF of the proofs before their articles are printed.
8. E-prints and Complimentary Copies
J-SAPS will provide author/s with two complimentary copies of the print issue and access to a PDF of the article.
9. Further information
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the Manuscript Submission process should be sent to
Mr. Abdullah Alam
info@j-saps.org
P.O. Box: 1379
Islamabad- Pakistan
UAN: 0092-51-111-739-739, Fax: 0092-51-2825336
Section-II:
Manuscript Citation/Reference Style
For the convenience of the authors key guidelines from American Sociological Association (ASA) are reproduced below (for details please visit www.asanet.org):
1. Text Citations
Citations in the text include the last name of the author(s) and year of publication. Include page numbers when quoting directly from a work or referring to specific passages. Identify subsequent citations of the same source in the same way as the first. Example:
If the author’s name is in the text, follow it with the publication year in parentheses:
…in another study by Duncan (1959).
If the author’s name is not in the text, enclose the last name and publication year in parentheses:
…whenever it occurred (Gouldner 1963).
Pagination follows the year of publication after a colon, with no space between the colon and the page number: …Kuhn (1970:71).
Give both last names for joint authors: … (Martin and Bailey 1988).
If a work has three authors, cite all three last names in the first citation in the text; thereafter, use et al. in the citation. If a work has more than three authors, use et al. in the first citation and in all subsequent citations. First citation for a work with three authors:…had been lost (Carr, Smith, and Jones 1962). Later…(Carr et al. 1962)
If a work cited was reprinted from a version published earlier, list the earliest publication date in brackets, followed by the publication date of the recent version used.
…Veblen ([1899] 1979) stated that…
Separate a series of references with semicolons. List the series in alphabetical or date order, but be consistent throughout the manuscript.
… (Green1995; Mundi 1987; Smith and Wallop 1989)
2. Reference Lists
A reference list follows the text and footnotes in a separate section headed References. All references cited in the text must be listed in the reference section, and vice versa. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that publication information for each entry is complete and correct. References should be double-spaced. List all references in alphabetical order by first authors’ last names
Include first names and surnames for all authors. Use first-name initials only if an author used initials in the original publication. In these cases, add a space between the initials, as in R. B. Brown and M. L. B. Smith.
3. Books
Author1 (last name inverted), Author2 (including full surname, last name is not inverted), and Author3. Year of publication. Name of Publication (italicized). Location of publisher, state, or province postal code (or name of country if a foreign publisher): Publisher’s Name.
Examples:
Bursik, Robert J., Jr. and Harold G. Grasmick. 1993. Neighborhoods and Crime: The Dimensions of Effective Community Control. New York: Lexington Books.
Hagen, John and Ruth D. Peterson, eds. 1995. Crime and Inequality. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Jaynes Gerald d. and Robin M. Williams, Jr. 1989. A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
4. Journal Articles
Author1 (Last name inverted), Author2 ( including full surname, last name is not inverted), and Author3.
Year of Publication. “Title of Article.” Name of Publication (italicized) Volume Number (Issue Number):page numbers of article.
Examples:
Aseltine, Robert H., Jr. and Ronald C. Kessler. 1993. “Marital Disruption and Depression in a Community Sample.”Journal of Health and Social Behavior 34(3):237-51.
Kalleberg, Arne L., Barbara F. Reskin, and Ken Hudson. 2000. “Bad Jobs in America: Standard and Nonstandard Employment Relations and Job Quality in the United States.” American Sociological Review 65(2):256-78.
5. E-Resource
Articles and books obtained from the Internet follow the same pattern as those cited above, with the exception that page numbers are omitted and the URL and date of access are included. Examples:
Schafer, Daniel W. and Fred L. Ramsey. 2003. “Teaching the Craft of Data Analysis.” Journal of Statistics Education 11(1). Retrieved December 12, 2006 (http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n1/schafer.html).
Thomas, Jan E., ed. 2005. Incorporating the Woman Founders into Classical Theory Courses. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. Retrieved December 12, 2006 (http://www.enoah.net/ASA/ASAshopOnlineService/ProductDetails.aspx?.productID=ASAOE378T05E)
6. Websites
A general rule may be applied to citing of websites: If the website contains data or evidence essential to a point being addressed in the manuscript, it should be formally cited with the URL and date of access.
In the text of the paper cite as: (ASA 2006)
In the reference list:
American Sociological Association 2006. “Status Committees.” Washington, DC: American Sociological Association. Retrieved December 12, 2006 (http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/committees/committees).