Submission of Manuscripts

Geography Research Forum publishes articles on all subjects in human geography and related social sciences. Manuscripts are expected not to exceed 5,000 – 6,000 word (plus-minus) and typed in double space. All manuscripts should be carefully edited. The title of the manuscript and name, position, institutional affiliation, address and e-mail address of the author(s) should appear on a separate page; only the title of the manuscript should appear on the opening page. All indications of the author's identity should be removed from the text of the manuscript. References should appear within the relevant sentence or paragraph, as follows: (Smith, 2002) or (Smith, 2002, 21 for citations). Endnotes are accepted, but should be kept at reasonable length and quantity.

The list of references should be arranged alphabetically in the following format:

Smith, J.L. (2001) The Frozen City. Antarctica City: Polar Publishing House.

Smith, J.L. (1999) Architecture and ice. In Gelida, C.C. (ed.) Frozen Cities. Antarctica City: Polar Publishing House, pp. 3-43.

Smith, J.L., Jones, B. and Brown, S. (2002) The evolution of frozen cities in Antarctica. Polar Forum, 15(3): 25-32.

An abstract and 6-8 keywords should appear immediately following the author's name and affiliation. All illustrations should be submitted as black and white high resolution eps, tiff, or PhotoShop files. Captions for tables should appear at the top of the table. Captions for the illustrations should also appear on a separate sheet. All illustrations and tables, including captions, should not exceed the size of 12x18 cm and should be high resolution (250 dpi). Text in tables should be 10 pt or, if necessary, 9 pt. Acknowledgements should be typed as a note at the end of the manuscript.

Manuscripts should be submitted in their final form on computer diskette or e-mailed. A printout should be mailed to the editor. Computer type and word-processing program should be indicated. Text should be saved twice, once as a word-processing program file and once as an RTF text file. Authors must certify that the article has not been published previously in any journal or book.

Send manuscripts to: Editor

Geography Research Forum

Dept. of Geography and Environmental Development

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel

E-mail: ameir@bgu.ac.il

http://www.geog.bgu.ac.il/grf