Editorial


Information for authors

 

AQ – Australian Quarterly welcomes submissions of articles on political, economic, social, cultural, philosophical, historical and scientific issues and current events that are relevant to Australian public affairs.

 

Specifications for contributions

 

  • Articles should be between 1000 and 3000 words in length.
  • Longer and shorter articles may be considered at the discretion of the Editor.
  • 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 reasonably informed, but non-specialist, readership.
  • A short biographical note (max. 50 words) should accompany all contributions.
  • Contributors are encouraged to submit images with articles.
  • Text contributions are preferable in Word format.
  • Visual contributions should be of print quality, high resolution preferable. Please contact us to discuss.
  • 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.
  • The use of abbreviations and acronyms should also be kept to a minimum.

 

Copyright

 

Copyright of all contributions to AQ – Australian Quarterly belongs to the Australian Institute of Policy & Science.

 

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.

 

Peer review

 

AQ is not currently subject to a peer review process. However, submissions may be peer-reviewed on request from authors.

 

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.