• Author should submit manuscripts in MS Word or WordPerfect formats, using "Arial" 12 point font and saved as a word document (.DOC).

• Authors should submit articles in a web-friendly version, which includes eliminating the use of "tabs" and auto formatting.

• Authors should use subheadings where appropriate and paragraph breaks must be done using "carriage returns". Authors should not use paragraph indentions.

• Authors should adhere to the guidelines in The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition) for citations, although legal references can be cited in accordance with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (17th edition).

• Authors should use endnotes for citations instead of footnotes.

Authors should include their institutional/ organizational affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail address along with a one or two sentence biostatement as a separate attachment along with a submitted manuscript.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: jason.borenstein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

After a manuscript has been received, the journal will send an e-mail acknowledging that the submission is under review.

CATEGORIES OF MANUSCRIPTS CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION

The Journal will consider the following types of contributions:

• scholarly articles
• book reviews
• profiles of legal cases
• consensus papers
• conference reports
• letters to the editor
• commentaries on past articles
• student papers
• policy proposals

REVIEW PROCESS

Submitted manuscripts will undergo double blind peer review in order to determine whether the subject matter fits within the scope of the journal and to assess the quality of the manuscript. The Editor will remove all identifying information from a submitted manuscript before it undergoes review. Some categories of manuscripts, such as solicited book reviews and letters to the editors, may be exempt from the peer review process.

AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Authors should submit their manuscripts in as polished a form as possible, which includes having complete citations and writing in as clear a form as possible. Authors should also be mindful that the Journal's readers belong to a variety of different fields when submitting a manuscript for publication.

Authors are expected to submit their own original work. Plagiarism is wholly unacceptable, which includes, but is not limited to, presenting someone else's work as your own, or submitting a manuscript for publication that has already been published without informing journal editors. Authors are also expected to cite all research materials appropriately.

Authors should disclose any professional, financial, or other significant conflicts of interest along with a manuscript when it is submitted for publication. Following the peer-review process, if a manuscript is accepted for publication, the editorial staff will discuss with authors how information relating to conflicts of interest will be disclosed to the reading audience.

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