The Journal of Volunteer
Administration
Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts
The Journal Of Volunteer
Administration
seeks to publish original manuscripts that provide for an exchange of
ideas and sharing of knowledge and insights about volunteerism and
volunteer management and administration. Manuscripts may focus on
volunteering in any setting, in North America and
internationally.
The Journal is a refereed publication of the
International Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA) and expands
and updates the research and knowledge base for professional volunteer
administrators and other not-for-profit managers to improve their
effectiveness. In addition, The Journal serves as a forum for
emerging and contemporary issues affecting volunteerism and volunteer
administration. The Journal
is written, peer-reviewed, edited,
and published by professional volunteer administrators, researchers, and
consultants, sharing with their colleagues successful applications,
original and applied research findings, scholarly opinions, educational
resources, and challenges on issues of critical importance to volunteerism
and the field of volunteer administration.
Manuscripts may be submitted at any time during
the year. The Journal is published quarterly. Authors
submitting manuscripts to The Journal
must follow the guidelines in this document. Submissions that
deviate from these guidelines will be returned to the corresponding
authors for changes. Manuscripts must be submitted for one of five focus
areas:
Feature Article (reviewed by three reviewers): Discusses applied
concepts and research findings of particular interest and significance to
volunteerism and volunteer administration both in North America and
worldwide. Connects theory to practice and emphasizes implications for the
profession. (Maximum length: 2000-3500 words, plus abstract, tables, and
graphics.)
Research in Brief (reviewed by three reviewers): Summarizes basic and
applied original research results of importance to volunteer
administrators. (Maximum length: 1000-2000 words, plus abstract, tables,
and graphics.)
Ideas That Work (reviewed by one reviewer): Describes novel ideas,
training formats, innovative programs, and new methods of interest to
volunteer administrators. (Maximum length: 1,500 words plus abstract,
tables, and graphics.)
Tools of the Trade (reviewed by the editor): Reports on specific
materials, books, and technologies useful to volunteer administrators.
(Maximum length: 1,000 words plus abstract, tables, and graphics.
Commentary (reviewed by the
editor): Offers a challenge or presents a thought-provoking opinion on an
issue of concern to volunteer administrators. Initiates discussion or
debate by responding to a previously published The Journal
article. (Maximum length: 1,500 words
plus abstract.)
- Submit manuscripts as MicroSoft Word 5.0 for
Windows or Word Perfect 5.2 or higher, 12-point type, Times New Roman
font, double-spaced, 1.5 margins all round. May be submitted
either by floppy disc (labeled with the author(s) names), or via e-mail.
- All manuscripts must have a running head, which
is an abbreviated title that is printed at the top of the pages of a
published article to identify the article for readers. The head
should be a maximum of 50 character, counting letters, punctuation, and
spaces between words.
- Manuscripts must have all identifying
information removed. Include all author's name/s, affiliation/s,
address/es, phone number/s and e-mail address/es on a separate cover
page that will be removed for the review process.
- Include a short (3-4 sentence � maximum 100
words) biography of each author.
- Include an abstract of 120 words or less.
- Double space everything: text, abstract, end
notes, author's notes/acknowledgments, references, block quotations,
appendixes, AND tables.
- References should be italicized, not
underlined.
- Left-justify everything with a ragged
right-hand margin (no full justification).
- Begin each required section on a separate page,
and in this sequence: title page, abstract, text, appendix(es), notes,
references, table/s, figure/s.
- End notes are used for discursive purposes
only. They should be grouped on a separate page. There are no footnotes.
- All in-text citations are included in the
reference list; all references have in-text citations.
- Figures are camera ready; they appear exactly
as they should in The Journal, except for sizing. Do not send
glossies.
- In all other aspects, follow the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
(Fifth Edition, 2001).
- The Journal will not accept
submissions that are under consideration by another publisher.
- Authors are advised to use inclusive language.
Use plural pronouns or �s/he.�
- Written, signed permission has been obtained for (a) all quotations
from copyrighted publications and (b) all tables or figures taken from
other sources. Permission is required to reprint:
- � More than 300 words from a
single journal article.
�
More than 500 words from a full-length scholarly
book.
� Anything,
even a few words or a phrase, quoted directly
from
newspaper
article, magazine, poem or
song.
� Anything quoted
directly from a news
broadcast.
� Any table or
figure reproduced or adapted from another work.
ANY direct quote requires a page reference or a
reference to the name of the person and the date of the interview. Any
quotes without permissions must be paraphrased or deleted if the
manuscript is accepted for publication. Please check with the The
Journal
editor for
more information.
Please send manuscripts to: Association for Volunteer Administration,
P.O. Box 32092, Richmond, VA 23294 USA, Attention: Journal Editor. Fax:
804-672-3368 or e-mail [email protected].
Depending on the type, manuscripts will be
reviewed by editor and/or editorial reviewers within six weeks of receipt.
For Feature Articles, Research in Brief, and Tools of the Trade, the
author(s) name(s) is/are removed for the review process. The author will
be notified in writing of the outcome of the review process. The
Journal
retains the right to edit
all manuscripts for mechanics and consistency.
If a manuscript is returned for major revisions and the author(s)
rewrite(s) the manuscript, the second submission will be entered into the
regular review process as a new manuscript.
Authors may be asked to submit a hard copy of the final version of an
accepted article. It may be mailed or faxed, double-spaced, 1.5
margins all round, printed on one side of the paper only.
All authors of published manuscripts receive two complimentary issues
of the TJOVA in which his/her articles appeared.
Copyright for all published articles is retained by the Association for
Volunteer Administration and should be referenced when appropriate. No
portion of the contents may be reproduced in any form, including posting
to the World Wide Web, without the prior written permission of the Editor,
except for brief quotations (not to exceed 500 words) in a review of
professional work. Credit must be given to TJOVA.
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