Beech Tree Publishing
Submitting a paper to Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
IAPA is an international refereed journal. It welcomes papers on the environmental, social, health, sustainability and other assessments of projects, programmes, plans and policies. Authors reach its many library users, plus the 1,500 members of IAIA, and searchers online. IAPA is online at Ingenta Connect, EbscoHost, SwetsWise, etc and is a member of CrossRef.
Manuscripts
Papers and practice reports should be submitted to the editors, ideally by email.
Papers should normally be from 4,000 to 8,000 words.
Shorter original papers describing conceptual, methodological or empirical innovations are also encouraged. Online manuscript submission will go live around May 2010 at www.manuscriptcentral/iapa. To submit by email, contact the editors, either Dr Angus Morrison-Saunders, a.morrison-saunders@murdoch.edu.au (School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Australia) or Dr Francois Retief, Francois.Retief@nwu.ac.za (School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa). The first page, which referees will not see, should give author name(s) and address(es), a contact point, and (if needed) mention sponsorship and acknowledgments. The next page should include the title, an abstract of around 140 words and up to 10 keywords. Please confirm the paper has not been published in print nor submitted elsewhere.
Shorter original papers describing conceptual, methodological or empirical innovations are also encouraged. Online manuscript submission will go live around May 2010 at www.manuscriptcentral/iapa. To submit by email, contact the editors, either Dr Angus Morrison-Saunders, a.morrison-saunders@murdoch.edu.au (School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Australia) or Dr Francois Retief, Francois.Retief@nwu.ac.za (School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa). The first page, which referees will not see, should give author name(s) and address(es), a contact point, and (if needed) mention sponsorship and acknowledgments. The next page should include the title, an abstract of around 140 words and up to 10 keywords. Please confirm the paper has not been published in print nor submitted elsewhere.
Papers and practice reports will be assessed in terms of:
i) originality of approach or insights;
ii) validity of the work reported;
iii) quality, brevity and clarity of presentation;
iv) significance, relevance and timeliness;
v) adequacy of references;
vi) appropriate messages/conclusions directed at the IAPA audience.
Practice reports (1,000 to 4,000 words) are encouraged. They should describe innovations in practice that are likely to be generally applicable. Send reports to the editors (see above).
Book reviews are edited by Dr Luis Enrique Sánchez, at lsanchez@usp.br (Escola Politécnica, University of SãoPaulo, Av. Prof Mello Moraes 2373, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900 Brazil).
Style
We accept any standard spelling (UK, US, Australian, etc). The readership is diverse, so define any technical terms, avoid spurious jargon and explain all acronyms. Tables should be mentioned in the text, and numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. Figures and equations should also be referred to in the text, with their own 1, 2, 3, etc sequences. Figures should be in black and white, with no subtle shading, in any usual format such as .tif, .jpg or .xls. Avoid graphics from websites: redraw them or get
detailed originals. Notes should be used sparingly and be indicated with raised numbers, like this,¹ and then be given at the end of the paper, between the text and the list of references.
References
References should be done thus: ‘Smith (2006) claims that …’ or ‘One survey (Smith, 2001a,b) …’. Page numbers may be included, as in ‘Smith (2006: 23)’. Anonymous articles should be given thus: ‘(Time, 3 May 1996)’; avoid dates like 11/3/01, as they are ambiguous. Full citations should be listed at the end, in the following style. Please avoid the common error of different dates and spelling of names from those earlier in your text.
Brown, C C, D C Black Jr and E F White 2007. Sharks, Jelly Fish and Tourists. Alice Springs, Australia: Desert Promotion Press.
Dylan-Baez, R Z 2005b. The Weather is Still A-Changing. http//:
www.oldthing.com/abcd.htm, last accessed 25 December 2009.
www.oldthing.com/abcd.htm, last accessed 25 December 2009.
Jones, A A and J D Thomas 2006. Impact assessment in East Lynne. In Assessment around the World, eds. B B King and J Dean, pp. 22–73. New York: World Publishers.
O’Jacobson, Abdul 2007. Environmental impact assessment of Dams. Journal of Restaurant Anecdotes, 22(3), June, 177–179.
Editorial decision
We acknowledge receipt of manuscripts. We aim to obtain referees’ reports within three months (but that is not always possible). Neither you nor the referee will be told who the other is (unless, for example, you unambiguously refer to your previous papers). Once a paper has been accepted, we hope to publish it within six months (even if it is subject to minor revision), and possibly sooner.
After acceptance
You will be given a publication date. All papers are copy-edited. You will receive proofs for checking before publication.
Special free-copies service
You will receive up to 50 free offprints of your paper, with two copies of the whole issue for each author. We will gladly mail out copies of your paper to people you specify — up to a few hundred or more, if you like — and all at no charge to you or them.
Online publication
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/beech/iapa hosts the online version. All items become open access 24 months after publication. IAPA is covered by Google Scholar, SCOPUS, and many other indexing and abstracting services. It uses CrossRef.
It is in the interests of both you and the journal that your paper be widely publicised, so we will welcome other