Research Evaluation

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Notes for authors

Research Evaluation is peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary. It is about the methods, experiences and lessons for ex ante and ex post evaluation of single proposals through to national performances. Readers are in universities, public agencies, research councils, consultancies, industry etc.

Papers

Papers can be up to 8,000 words. Email the file (or post three print-outs) to Professor A J van Raan at vanraan@cwts.fsw.leidenuniv.nl (or to him at CWTS, Universiteit Leiden, Wassenaarseweg 52, Postbus 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands); or to Professor Susan Cozzens at susan.cozzens@pubpolicy.gatech.edu (or by post to her at the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0345, USA) — or to the publisher, William Page in Guildford, or to any member of the editorial advisory board.

Editorial decision

We acknowledge receipt of papers. We aim to obtain refereeing reports within eight weeks (when possible). Neither you nor the referee will be told who the other is (unless you clearly refer to your previous papers, say).

Style

We accept any standard spelling (UK, US, Canadian, Indian, etc). Explain acronyms and other such details for readers who do not know your specific topic or country well. 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 sequence.

Notes and references

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 end of the text and the list of references.
References should be done thus: 'Smith (1996) claims that ...' or 'One survey (Smith, 1996a; 1989b) ...' or 'Smith et al (1997: 23)'. Put anonymous periodical articles thus: '(Time, 3 April 1998)'. Avoid dates like 3/4/96; they are ambiguous. List full citations at the end, with same dates and name spelling as in text (they often differ).

Please use this style:

Akroyd, Alan 1998. Experience of peer review of proposals in wine-making research. Journal of Policy and Restaurant Anecdotes, 5(3), September, 23–69. Available at <http://www.mysite.com/articles.pdf>, last accessed 12 June 2005.

Baarmont, A, F Thomas and P George 1998. Policy Impact of Indicators of Brewing R&D. Santiago, Chile: Booze University Press.

O'Patelson, Patrick and Abdul Hwang 1997. Measuring inputs in my own R&D. In R&D Policy and Back-Packing, ed. I H Weissbaum, pp. 112–134. Potosi, Bolivia: Bolivian Press.

After acceptance

We try to publish papers within six months of acceptance (even if subject to revisions). You will be given a publication date. All papers are copy-edited. Authors receive proofs before publication.
We prefer author's computer files for typesetting. Our ideal is Word. We prefer figures and diagrams which are compatible with Word (such as, say, Excel or bit-mapped files). Avoid colour because we print in black-and-white. Check all shading is necessary, and is quite different from any other shading used. Avoid graphics from websites: redraw them or get detailed originals.
If no file is available for a figure, we can scan it in if given a suitable, high-quality, black-and-white original.

Special free-copies service

On publication, you will receive up to 50 free copies (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.

Other publicity

Online access to the abstracts of RE papers is free at www.ingentaconnect.com (and thus through most libraries). Subscribers to the printed edition can access the full texts there free, and anyone can pay-to-view full texts.
It is in the interests of both you and the journal that your paper be widely publicised, so we will welcome other suggestions on how to draw attention to it.

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