Innovation – The European Journal of the Social Science Research is the international quarterly research journal of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR). Innovation is a general social science journal with a focus on Europe and the European Union and a commitment to policy-relevant research. As an interdisciplinary journal it invites contributions from all social science disciplines, laying particular emphasis on the use of more than one discipline or method as well as on comparative approaches. In promoting interdisciplinarity and comparative research the journal is in part organised thematically. The official languages of the journal are English and French.
Typical subject areas covered include: European public policies relating to sustainability (environment, energy, transport, food safety, biodiversity); multilevel governance (comparison of EU and national policies and regulatory impact assessment); the role of institutions and civil society; science and research policies (new emerging technologies; converging technologies; role of humanities) and university reform; European identity (public culture, arts festivals, science citizenship); EU neighbourhood policy and community conflicts; EU enlargement and foreign relations. The journal also welcomes papers contributing to research methods insofar as these are also thematically interesting.
Innovation – The European Journal of Social Science Research has also a European Research Review section with outlines of ongoing or recently completed research projects by groups or consortia of European researchers. Research notes must relate to an ongoing or recently completed research project which is explicitly referred to and described in a box within the research note (and with information on grant or contract number, RTD programme, partners and financing).
A new feature in Innovation will be a specific section for debate. We want to encourage scholars to react to articles published in the journal as most of them deserve a serious discussion. Furthermore, there are science policy issues that concern all professionals in the field. Universities and higher education institutions are facing reforms throughout Europe. Furthermore, the research landscape is also undergoing change. European research policies, and national ones as well, have an impact on research structures, and the involvement of stakeholders in the formulation of research questions and the debate on usefulness and dissemination are changing the way in which scientific knowledge is produced. Innovation invites scholars to debate the assets and liabilities of the new concepts of knowledge and the interfaces between science, policy and society. Contributions to the debate sections are by definition flexible in size. They should, however, not exceed 2’000 words.
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Submission procedures
- By e-mail (to innovation@iccr-international.org) on either
- Microsoft Word, Word Perfect or ASCI. Mac versions have to be converted to PC format. The manuscripts should be:
- double spaced with ample margins,
- pages must be numbered.
Submission will bear the
- title of the contribution,
- the name(s) of the author(s), an
- abstract of 100-150 words which is to precede the actual article.
- Article length can range between 6,000 to 10,000 words for original articles and 2,000 to 4,000 words for research notes.
On separate pages,
- the name(s) of the author(s),
- a short biographical note and the
- full postal address(es) of the author(s) who will receive correspondence and offprints are required.
“Innovation” publishes articles in English and French. For English articles, British spelling is used (behaviour, labour, etc.), with the exception of words that are spelled with “s” in British English, those are to be written with “z” (organization, specialize, etc.)
Proofs will be sent to the authors electronically. They should be corrected and returned within three days.
Papers accepted become the copyright of the journal, unless otherwise specifically agreed. A copyright form will be sent to authors for signature upon acceptance of the article. This should be returned directly to the publishers at the address indicated on the form.
Guidelines for authors of resrearch notes
General structure and format for articles considered for publication in INNOVATION
The elements of the text have to appear in the following order:
1. Title of article:
- in bold print
2. Name(s) of author(s):
- in normal print
- institutional affiliations in italics
- full correspondence details in italics
3. Abstract:
- Indented in normal print
4. Text of article:
- double-spaced.
- Paragraphs have to be clearly recognizable as such,
- indented and
- separated by an empty line.
- A first order heading is in bold print, only the first letter in the first word of a heading within the text is capitalized.
- a second order heading in bold and italics, only the first letter in the first word of a heading within the text is capitalized.
- The text is aligned on both sides.
- Within the text, single quotation marks are used.
- References to other works within the text and in footnotes are made in parentheses. They contain:
- the name of the author(s),
- the year of publication,
- References of more than one work are separated by a semi-colon.
- Two authors are linked with “and”.
- In the case of more authors, the main author, followed by “et al.” (italicized) is given in the parentheses within the text
- Only for direct quotes, in (single) quotation marks that are not paraphrased are the page numbers included in the parentheses within the text and separated by comma from year. In all other cases, page numbers appear in the bibliographical entry in the reference section that follows the text of the article.
5. References are arranged
- alphabetically at the end of the text, full details have to be given.
- all lines of bibliographical entries are aligned,
- with no indents and
- no empty lines between entries.
- Innovation follows the Harvard Referencing Style. Examples are provided at the end of this document.
6. Notes: endnotes have to be
- numbered and placed at the end of the article after the reference section. Items such as acknowledgements are indicated in the notes section as well.
Examples of references within the text:
Paraphrased reference:
In a popular study Harvey (1982) argued …
As Harvey (1982, p.21) said …
As discussed by several authors (Smith 1993, 2003, Brown 1995, Smith and Jones 1997)
Offices costs amount to 20% of all costs (Wilson et al. 1997) …
A study by Smith (1960 cited Jones 1984) …
Anonymous work:
Use ‘Anon’ (Anon 1988)
Examples of how to organize a reference list:
Books, monographs, single author:
Barth, F., 1989. Ethnic groups and boundaries. London: Allen and Unwin.
Dow, D., 1964. A history of the world, 3rd ed. London: Greenfield
Multi-authored volumes:
Pearce, I.F., et al., 1976. A model of output, employment, wages and prices in the UK. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Edited book:
Pohoryles, R.J., et al., eds., 1994. European transformations: five decisive years at the end of the century—an ‘Innovation’ reader: 1988-1992, Aldershot, Avebury.
Corporate authorship:
Unesco, 1993. General information programme, Paris: Unesco, PGI-93/WS/22
Chapter:
Bantz, C.R., 1995. Social dimensions of software development. In: J.A. Anderson, ed. Annual review of software management and development. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 502–510.
Journal article:
Evans, W.A., 1994. Approaches to intelligent information retrieval. Information processing and management, 7 (2), 147–168.
Online journal:
Korb, K.B., 1995. Persons and things: book review of Bringsjord on Robot-Consciousness. Psycoloquy [online], 6 (15). Available from: http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000462/ [Accessed 20 May 2004].
European Union publication:
Proposal for a Council directive establishing a European Fund to promote cinema production, COM (95)546, final.
Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/92 of 30 June 1992 on agricultural production methods.
Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of excise duties.
Official journal:
OJ No. C311, 17.11.93, p. 6.
Internet:
Holland, M., 2004. Guide to citing Internet sources [online]. Poole, Bournemouth University. Available from: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/guide_to_citing_internet_sourc.html [Accessed 4 November 2004].
If no author, reference by title.
CD-ROM or DVD:
Hawking, S.W., 1994. A brief history of time: an interactive adventure. [CD-ROM]. Crunch media.
Conference proceedings:
Silver, K., 1991. Electronic mail: the new way to communicate. In: D.I. Raitt, ed. 9th international online information meeting, 3–5 December 1990 London. Oxford: Learned Information, 323–330.
Dissertation or thesis:
Agutter, A.J., 1995. The linguistic significance of current British slang. Unpublished thesis. Edinburgh University.
Film:
Macbeth, 1948. Film. Directed by Orson Welles. USA: Republic Pictures
TV broadcast:
Yes, Prime Minister, 1986. Episode 1, The Ministerial Broadcast. TV, BBC2. Jan 16
Government document:
School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 1997. Guide to national tests. London: The Stationery Office
Newspaper:
Independent, 1992. Picking up the bills, Independent, 4 June, p. 28a.
Personal communication:
According to J. Green (personal communication, 19 Jan 2007).
