Editorial

Information for authors

 

AQ – Australian Quarterly welcomes unsolicited submissions of articles on issues where scientific and other perspectives have a bearing on current socially and politically hot issues that are relevant to Australian public affairs and/or have global or regional significance.  We also solicit articles. Our themes for forthcoming editions include:

  • Health reform (September edition: contributions due 27 August 2010) 
  • National Broadband Network - implications and global comparisons (December edition: contributions due 19 November 2010)
  • Education (March edition: contributions due 18 February 2011) 
  • Innovation (June edition: contributions due 15 April 2011)
  • Energy & Climate Change solutions (September edition: contributions due 18 August 2011)

 

Specifications for contributions

 

  • Articles should be between 2000 and 3000 words in length.
  • Longer articles may be considered at the discretion of the Editor and are frequently accepted if below 5000 words and relevant.
  • Letters to the Editor should be no more than 700 words in length.
  • All contributions should be clearly written and argued so they can be understood by a non-specialist readership.
  • A short biographical note (max. 50 words) must accompany all contributions.
  • Text contributions should be submitted in Word format.
  • Contributors are encouraged to submit images with articles with appropriate attributions.
  • Visual contributions should be of print quality, high resolution preferable. Please contact us to discuss. Images accompanying your aricle may assist in it being accepted for publication.
  • The inclusion of references and endnotes is at the discretion of the author. The Editor’s preference is for these to be available from the author on request. Otherwise, references should be in endnote form, and should be kept to a minimum while welcome.
  • The use of abbreviations and acronyms should also be kept to a minimum.
  • AQ currently favours Australian Standard English and some proof reading amendments may be made in line with this preference.
  • All contributions should be sent to the Editor.
  • Contributors should also provide their postal address for complimentary copies of the publication, and are encouraged to suggest other recipients of complimentary editions (up to five).

 

Copyright

 

  • Copyright of all contributions to AQ – Australian Quarterly belongs to the Australian Institute of Policy & Science. Authors still retain certain royalty rights in relation to their contributions.
  • In return, authors have a non-exclusive license to publish the paper elsewhere at a future date.
  • Persons wishing to reproduce an article, or part thereof, must obtain the Institute’s permission.
  • AQ has a standard agreement for authors to sign in relation to their publications - click here to download.

 

Peer review

 

AQ is not automatically subject to a peer review process as it targets a generalist readership. However, submissions may be peer-reviewed on request from authors, and such requests are generally honoured.

 

Payment

 

AQ is unfortunately not able to offer payment for any articles or other contributions, but has thrived for 80 years on this basis.

 

Editorial

 

AQ has an Editor who works in conjunction with the Editorial Committee.

 

For further enquiries about AQ please contact us.