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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).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • 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.

Author Guidelines

Submissions must comply with the Journal’s Submission Guidelines. The Journal only accepts submissions that have not been previously published and are not pending concurrent submission to another publication. Research and analysis, literature reviews, book reviews, and replication studies are encouraged. Opinion editorials (Op Eds) are not accepted. All submissions must address implications and recommendations relevant to the public or environmental topic of the paper. This could include specific policy recommendations, identification of future related research opportunities, or how the submission enhances the available literature.
The Journal employs a double-blind editorial process.

All submissions accepted for publication will be published online, on a rolling basis. Depending on the quality, quantity, and topics of published submissions, the Journal may also republish submissions in print, appearing in an Issue as directed by the Editor-in-Chief within no more than two (2) years from the time the piece is published online.

Submissions should comply with the following formatting standards and other guidelines. Complete and conformant submissions will proceed through the editorial and publication process more quickly.
   - Font: Times New Roman.
   - Font size: 12.
   - Margins: 1 inch.
   - Spacing: Single spaced.
   - Citation format: The Chicago Manual of Style (citations can be reformatted during Review and Resubmit).
   - Recommended maximum word count of 7,500 (appendices and figures not included).
   - Include an abstract of approximately 500 words. The abstract should address the thesis, methodology, and major findings of the submission as relevant.
   - Include a list three to five keywords.
   - Include the title of the submission.
   - Include a list of all authors, key contributors, and funding sources and/or sponsors.
   - The submission must address implications, recommendations and/or findings relevant to the public or environmental topic of the paper.
   - Include a list of all sources and datasets from which information was collected or pulled, as applicable.
   - Include a brief biography of the author(s) to be used in publication.

Copyright Notice

The Journal of Public and Environmental Affairs (JPEA) publishes online and in print with the Indiana University Libraries. The print journal is printed by Indiana University Press. This Author Contract presents the terms and conditions necessary for publication with JPEA.
In general, authors retain all rights to works they produce (unless the works were written under a grant or you transferred your rights in writing--if either of these are true you should check to be sure you still own the copyright in your work). Since you have copyright to your work, JPEA needs your permission (also called a license) to publish and archive your work. By signing this form, you give permission as provided below. Essentially, the permission allows JPEA to publish your work, post it online and preserve it for the long term through IU Libraries.
The license you grant JPEA in this contract is non-exclusive, which means that you can enter into other non-exclusive license agreements as you see fit. Like all forms of scholarly publishing, print or digital, some publishers will not want to republish material that has already been published. If you offer your work to another publisher, you should tell them it has been previously published in JPEA.
JPEA will, by default, assign a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC) to all published works. However, authors are allowed to choose their own Creative Commons license type, or no license, provided that choice is indicated in the agreement below. Authors are encouraged to learn more about Creative Commons licenses at https://www.creativecommons.org.