Submission Guidelines

Papers may deal with any aspect of philosophy, broadly construed.
Papers should include an abstract of not more than 300 words, and should include a list of keywords (for automated search).
Papers should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words, although occassionally shorter or longer papers may be considered.
Papers must be processed using Microsoft Word.
Authors should use Times New Roman 12 font.
The paper should be double spaced.
A cover sheet should be included detailing the name, contact details and academic affiliation of the author (if applicable).
The name of the author should not appear on any part of the essay.
The paper should be emailed to: editor@philosophicalfrontiers.com.
Papers should not be under consideration by other journals at the time of submission.

Formatting Guidelines

Footnotes should be used rather than internal notation or endnotes.
References in footnotes should be listed as follows: name, year, page number (e.g. White (2006), 121).
A List of References (with the header 'References') should be included at the end of the paper, which only includes books/articles etc. that have been referred to in the article.
The list of references should be ordered albhabetically and then chronologically.
The reference list should have the following format:
Books:
Bloggs, J. (1998). Title. Place, Publishing House.
Chapters/Articles in Books:
Bloggs, J. (1998). Title of Chapter/Article. In Doh, J. (ed.) (1998). Book Title. Place, Publishing House, 113-135.
Articles:
Bloggs, J. (1998). Title of Article. Title of Journal, 33, 129-164.
For mutliple articles/books by the same author:
Bloggs, J. (1998). Title of Article. Title of Journal, 33, 129-164.
_____(1999). Title of Article. Title of Journal, 34, 165-184.  (the total number of joined underscores is 5)
Books that have been translated should be listed as follows:
Bloggs, J. (2000). Title of Book (trans. Doh, J.). Place, Publishing House.
In all instances, numbers should be used rather than Roman Numerals. Numbers that designate sections should be followed by a full-stop. Thus: 3. rather than III. Subsections should be as follows: 3.1.
Quotations may be included in the main body of a paragraph if the total quotation does not exceed one sentence. If a quotation exceeds one sentence it should be double indented and separated above an below by one the space of one line.
Thus:

Main body of paragraph. main body of paragraph.

                  Quotation. Quotation. Quotation.

Main body of paragraph. Main body of paragraph.

The titles of Sections should be in Times New Roman 14 in bold font.
The titles of Subsections should be in Times New Roman 12 in bold font.
If accepted for publication, authors may be asked to reformat their papers if they do not conform to the formatting guidelines.
Prior to publication, authors will be sent formatted proof copies of their articles/reviews which must be checked and approved.

Reviewing Procedure

The editorial board will initially short-list papers for blind review. Papers that are not short-listed will not receive feedback.The author will be informed of the editorial decision as soon as possible.
Submissions that are short-listed will receive feedback at the discretion of the editorial board.
The editors retain the right to make minor alterations to the text.
All papers that are short-listed will be sent to two suitable referees (the expertise of all referess has been assessed by the editorial panel). If they are in agreement about the article's suitability for publication, then their decision will be actioned. If they are in disagreement, then the paper will be sent to a third reviewer, with the majority decision being actioned.

Book Reviews

Reviews of books that deal with any area of philosophy are welcome.
Books reviewed must be of an academic nature, and it should not be more than three years since the publication date. The editor may also have copies of  books for review. Please click here.
The review may, or may not, be published in the journal (according to its merits).
Reviews should not be greater than 2,000 words.
Use the formatting guidelines above with the following exception:
When making reference to a particular page in the book under review do so as follows:
Joe Bloggs states that X (2).


Critical Reviews

The journal publishes critical reviews of papers that have been accepted for publication by the journal.
Use the formatting guidelines above with the following exception:
When making reference to a particular page in the article being critically reviewed do so as follows:
Joe Bloggs states that X (2).
If a paper appears in the electronic form of Philosophical Frontiers then it is available for critical review, and published reviews will appear in the hard and soft editions.
Critical Reviews should not exceed 3,000 words.

Copyright

Submissions become the copyright of Philosophical Frontiers, once accepted for publication.  Rejected papers remain the copyright of the author.

Proof Copies

Authors  will receive copies of articles that have been formatted for publication in pdf format only. This is because the journal is primarily intended to be an open access resource.

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