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Philosophy of Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis

For more information, please see Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis Aims and Scope page.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis, please contact the editors.

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Formatting Requirements

Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. However, research articles (double-blind peer reviewed) should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words, while book reviews and commentaries (subject to editorial review) typically fall within the 2,000 -- 5,000 word range. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

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Rights for Authors and Scholars Junction

All articles published in Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis are licensed under a Creative Commons ‘Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives’ [4.0 International License]. This license enables reusers to copy and distribute published material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you wish to translate your article into another language for publication in a different journal, please contact the editors.

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