Migration Letters - Author Guidelines

Migration Letters, the first international letter tye journal in population studies

Migration Letters - AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Submission Guidelines:
Letters should be original unpublished accounts less than 2,500
words or 8-9 printed journal pages in length, including the text,
figures, tables and references. Submissions must be written in
English and should be sent by e-mail to the Editor at
editor@migrationletters.com. Letters should be submitted as a
single word file including all material. Opinions expressed in
letters are only those of authors and not necessarily those of
editors or publisher. Authors are personally responsible to
obtain permission for reprint of previously published material in
other sources.

Footnotes in the text should be numbered seriatim and include
information which is not appropriate in the main text. Tables
and figures should be integrated in the text and the copy
editors may change the place of them whenever necessary. The
title page must include an abstract of no longer than 100 words
and key words. Full contact information with institutional
affiliations must also be provided. Introduction, literature review
and data should be kept to a minimum unless it is essential to
the paper. Manuscripts submitted to Migration Letters will not
be returned.

Format of the text should be as follows: Any mainstream
system of referencing (e.g. Harvard or Chicago) is acceptable.
References should follow coherent rules and be consistent. All
references to books, articles and other sources should be
inserted in the text; reference should contain the last name of
the author, year of publication and pagination where
appropriate, e.g. (Green, 2003: 187); for co-authored sources,
provide names for two authors if dual authorship, for more than
two authors use et al. after the first author’s name. For
institutions, use abbreviations.
Acknowledgements should be given in a footnote on the first
page of the manuscript.

The reference list should be placed at the end of the text and
must include only the sources referred in the text. All items
should be listed alphabetically by author and by year of
publication. Italics must be used for titles of books and journals.
The list of references should appear at the end of the text. It
should be double spaced and listed in alphabetical order by
author's name.
Examples for references are below:

For books
White, G. and I. Shade, 1999, Identity and Structure, Longman,
London.
For articles in edited works
Turner, J. and Z. Milton, 1999, “Transfer of knowledge”, in: T.J.
Crieg and M. Zubber, eds., Geographical Analysis of Consumption,
Paradox Publications, pp. 357-396.

For articles in periodicals
Gisella, F. and F. Berlin, 1988, “Identity, culture and conflict in
the Middle East”, Journal of Syrian Studies, 27(3): 121-138.

The illustrations should be inserted in the text. All graphs and
diagrams should be referred to as figures, and should be
numbered. Illustrations should not be in colour as the journal
will be printed in one colour.

Tables should also be numbered consecutively in the text and
must be inserted in the text. There should not be redundant
tables in the manuscript.

Any submission which does not conform to the above
instructions may be returned for the necessary revision before
publication.

Editorial Policy
All letters are refereed by the associate editors and/or external
reviewers. The referees are expected to provide supportive
comments regarding their decisions. Following the receipt of the
document in appropriate format, it is expected to reach a
decision within two months.

Migration Letters, Editor

Email: editor@migrationletters.com
Web: http://www.migrationletters.com

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Contact
Migration Letters
Postal:
Dr. I. Sirkeci, European
Business School, Regent's
College, Inner Circle,
London, NW1 4NS
United Kingdom

Email:
editor@migrationletters.com

Tel. +44 207 487 7758
Fax. +44 207 487 7465

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