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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found at the ACPR web page http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/africonfpeacrevi/forAuthor.html.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review (available during submission) have been followed.
  • To include recommended reviewers, please add the names, email addresses, and affiliation in the “Comments for the Editor” field when you submit your files.

Author Guidelines

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ACPR accepts submissions for the following kinds of works: i) Scholarly Research Articles, ii) Briefings, iii) Photo Essays (i.e. photos plus text); iv) Multimedia (i.e. audio and/or video plus text), and v) Book and Film Reviews.  

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Manuscripts submitted to ACPR should not have been previously published in a journal or by a press. Multimedia submissions should not be under the copyright of another organization. Works submitted to ACPR should also not be currently under review elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for all copyrighted materials reproduced in their submission. Authors are expected to adhere to the standards for intellectual property rights and plagiarism, and authors assume full responsibility for the content of their submissions.  

Submissions should be in English. All submissions are double blind peer reviewed. The names and affiliations of authors must be removed from the main document/file. Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s) must be on a separate cover page. The cover page should include contact information, title of the paper, and a total word count (or size of the file for audios/videos/images). Authors should submit a short biography (100 words). 

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All manuscripts must be formatted according to the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines. Also please review the following ACPR style guidelines.

Manuscripts must be double-spaced with one inch margin on all sides. They should use a standard font (e.g., Times New Roman) in a size of at least 10 pts. They should be submitted in a MS Word compatible format such as .DOC, .DOCX, or .RTF.  

Manuscripts submitted for publication as Scholarly Research Articles should be 8,000 to 10,000 words (including all notes and references), plus an abstract (100 to 150 words). Manuscripts must meet the academic research standards of works published in scholarly journals. 

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Manuscripts submitted for publication as Briefings should be 4,000 to 5,000 words (including all notes and references), plus an abstract (50 to 100 words). They should offer something of potential value to scholars, policymakers, or practitioners in our field or related ones (e.g., useful reflections, findings, best practices, etc.). The Briefings series offers some flexibility to authors and the editors, but it is anticipated that submissions will fall under the following categories:  

i) critical and/or analytical commentaries on current or recent events, policy issues, current or pending legislation, legal cases or treaties, or anything topically relevant  

ii) analytical reports on conferences/workshops/conventions/symposia/meetings  (NB: While some straightforward descriptions are acceptable, Briefings are not to be mere summaries of events. Authors should emphasize details/findings/lessons/material that others may find useful.)  

iii) analytical reports from participants or directors of training events or projects. ACPR blends theory and practice to advance both scholarship and applied work. Findings or lessons learned from training sessions or actual practice (e.g., peacebuilding projects, encounter groups, etc.) are therefore very welcome, and such submissions should be encouraged, particularly since most people will not realize that they may submit such material.  

iv) research papers or archival analyses that are shorter or less robust than standard research articles  

v) participant reflections from trainings based on research.  

Briefings do not require original research data, but they should have some innovative or fresh component, such as a unique or original perspective or set of ideas. They are typically shorter than the scholarly research papers, do not include as many citations, and should be written in a clear and straightforward style. 

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Book and film reviews should be 1,000 to 1,500 words (including all notes and references). Please include all bibliographical information about the book or film at the head of the review. If you would like to review a book or film, please contact Tricia Redeker Hepner, thepner@utk.edu and cc to ACPR@niu.edu.  

Publishers and producers interested in having their works (books and films) reviewed in ACPR should mail a copy of the book or film to: 

Dr. Tricia Redeker Hepner  
Associate Professor of Anthropology  
University of Tennessee  
250 South Stadium Hall  
Knoxville, TN 37996, USA 

Phone: 865-974-8962  
Fax: 865-974-2686  
thepner@utk.edu 

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Photo essays and multimedia works will be included in the print and/or on electronic version of the journal. Photo essays and multimedia submissions can be descriptive or analytical discussions and/or illustration of events, themes, and issues.  They should be intellectually stimulating, aesthetically engaging, and, ideally, suitable for teaching. Please contact Niklas Hultin, ihultin@gmu.edu and cc to ACPR@niu.edu for detail on file format and size.

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Authors are welcome to suggest up to four potential reviewers for their submission that ACPR may contact. Reviewers must not have any financial or family ties to the author(s). More specifically, please do not suggest someone who is employed at the same institution or who has been a recent mentor, mentee, close collaborator or joint grant holder with the author(s).

To include recommended reviewers, please add the names, email addresses, and affiliation in the “Comments for the Editor” field when you submit your files.