GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTERS

Language and types of contribution

The EJSS contains several forms of contributions: Articles (10-15 pages), reports (3-6 pages), congress reports (2-3 pages) and book reviews (1-3 pages). All manuscripts must be submitted in English. British spelling should be used. The texts must show an appropriate language level and must have been reviewed by a native English speaker.

Number of copies

Three copies should be submitted. They will not normally be returned, so authors should ensure that they keep a copy. Additionally, all manuscripts must be submitted on a CD-ROM or by e-mail (address see below) in WordPerfect 5.1 or 6.0, Word for Windows, or in an IBM format compatible with WordPerfect or Word for Windows.

Abstract

An abstract of 100-200 words and 5 key words maximum must also be supplied, typed on a separate sheet, together with a biographical note of 25 to 50 words.

Quotations

All direct quotations of 35-40 words or more should be displayed as indented text, but still double-spaced.

Notes

Try to avoid using too many notes. Where they are necessary, they must be brief and should appear at the bottom of the page.

Format of references

We follow the rules described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition, 2001 (APA-citation rules). Identify all references to books, monographs, articles and other sources, at an appropriate point in the main text, by citing the author’s last name, year of publication, and pagination where appropriate, all within parentheses. Specify subsequent citations of the same source similarly; do not use ‘ibid.’, ‘op.cit.’ or ‘loc.cit.’. If the author’s name is in the text, use only the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. Fasting (1988). If the author’s name is not in the text, include both the author’s name and the year of publication separated by a comma within the parentheses, e.g. (Elias, 1982). Pagination follows year, e.g. (Bourdieu, 1981, 45-6). With dual authorship give both names, for three or more use ‘et al.’, e.g. (Birrell & Cole, 1987) and (Smith et al., 1986). If there is more than one reference to the same author and year, distinguish between them by use of the letters ‘a’, ‘b’, etc. attached to the year of publication, e.g. (Foucault, 1979a). A series of references should be enclosed within a single pair of parentheses, separated by semicolons, e.g. (Maguire, 1984; Rowe, 1987; Thompson, 1988).

Format for reference list

List all entries cited in the text, or any other items used to prepare the manuscript, alphabetically by author and year of publication in a separate, headed, reference section. Please follow the examples given:

Bourdieu, P. (1991). Sport and social class. In C. Mukerji & M. Schudson (Eds.), Rethinking popular culture. Contemporary perspectives in cultural studies (357-373). Berkeley (CA): University of California Press.

Coakley, J. (1986). Sport in Society (3rd edn). St Louis, MO: Times Mirror/Mosby.

Laura, R. & White, S. (Eds.). (1991). Drug Controversy in Sport: the Socio-ethical and Medical Issues. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

Lenskyj, J. (1991). False Starts: System Responses to Violence Against Women. Paper presented at the National Girls and Women in Sport Symposium. Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.

Theberge, N. (1989). A Feminist Analysis of Responses to Sports Violence: Media Coverage of the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Sociology of Sport Journal, 6, 247-256.

Figures, tables, maps and diagrams

These items must be presented on separate sheets of paper at the end of the article, and should carry short descriptive titles. Their position within the text should be clearly indicated. They must be precisely and boldly drawn to enable photographic reproduction. Line diagrams should be presented as camera-ready copy (b/w – unless an arrangement has been made to reproduce in colour) and, if possible, as an Illustrator, EPS file (all fonts embedded) or TIFF file (without tints or corrections). For scanning, photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted b/w prints with a good range of contrast.

Proofs

Authors will see proofs for checking and correction.

Preparation of manuscripts

All pages must be typed, double-spaced (especially the notes and references), with generous side margins, on one side on an A4-size page.

Correspondence

PD Dr. Bernd Schulze
Institut für Europäische Sportentwicklung und Freizeitforschung
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6
50933 Köln

Germany

Tel. +49(0)221 4982-4870