Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The author, by submitting, agrees to granting New Zealand Sociology the copyright if the article is published in the New Zealand Sociology journal.

Author Guidelines

Please see Instructions for Authors for detailed stylistic and bibliographic requirements.

Manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words (including references, tables/figures and abstract)

Submitted manuscripts should be anonymised and accompanied by a cover letter that includes:

  • the author's name(s), departmental or institutional affiliations, snail-mail and e-mail addresses;
  • a short biography for each author (50 words maximum);
  • up to six key words.

Articles

The Editors welcome submitted manuscripts all year round. Authors are also invited to contact the Managing Editor to discuss their work before submission.

All manuscripts submitted will be considered for publication, on the understanding that they are original material and are not being considered for publication elsewhere. Please submit only completed manuscripts that have been formatted according to the specifications indicated in the author guidelines.

Book reviews

Those interested in offering to submit a book review (1-2000 words) must contact Jason Ran (j.ran@napier.ac.uk) before doing so.

Review essays

Those interested in offering to submit a review essay must contact the appropriate editor before doing so.  Communication about review essays should be with co-editors jessica.terruhn@waikato.ac.nz or shinya.uekusa@canterbury.ac.nz.

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