AJCEB - Guidelines for authors

Papers will be referred to acknowledged expers for comment as to suitability, orginality, interest and content.  Only those receiving facourable recomendations from the referees will be accepted for publication.  If an author is uncertain about whether a paper is suitable for publication, it is acceptavle to submit a synopsis first.

Submission of disks

Disk must be supplied with the manuscript.  Contributors should sumit a 3.5" disk formatted on a PC or Macintosh computer in MS Word (Version 5 and above) and / or MS Excell (Version 4 and above) ir e-mail their papers to the above address.  Papers in MS Word format is the most acceptable.

Effective communication

The paper should be written and arranged in a style that is sussinct and easily followed. An informative title, a concise abstract and a well-written introduction will help achieve this. Simple languate, short sentenances and a good use of headings all help to communicate information more effectively.  Discursive treatments of the subject matter are discouraged.  Figures should be used to aid the clarity of the paper, not pad it out.  Think about your reader.

English language assistance

As the language of the publication is English, it is strongly recommended that non-English speaking authors seek assistance from a competent English writer to ensure that the spelling, grammar and style are correct.  The Editor may be able to assist in identifying appropriate people to consult.

Manuscript

Presentation:   Depending on their nature papers may be up to 5,000 words in length. Manuscripts should be typed at 1.5 line spacing, left-hand justified, including references. A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including full name, position held and name of employing organisation.  The manuscript should be arranged under headings and subheadings.

Title page:   The first page of the manuscript must contain the full title, the alliflation and address of the author(s), a runnung title of not more than 75 characters and spaces, the name and address of the author who will be responsible for correspondence and correcting the proofs, and up to five keywords for the purpose of indexing.

Keywords:   Authors should also provide 5 keywords or descriptors that clearly describe the subject matter of the article.  These terms have two purposes: to help describe the subject content of an article to prospective readers; to index the article for retrieval from a database or bibliography.  Such keywords might include: Country, geographical area (e.g. New Zealand, Sri Lanka) organisation / organisation related (company name or industry sectors), specific purposes, technologies or applications (e.g. databases, advanced maufacturing), broad functions or disciplines (e.g. information technology, cost management, innovation studies) or other prcesses and subject areas (e.g. industrial relations, economics, design, research).

The abstract:    An abstact should be included. It must not exceed 200 words and must precis the paper giving a clear indiciation of the conclusions it contains.

Ilustrations:   Illustrations much accompany the manuscript but should not be included in the text.  Photographs, standard forms and charts should be referred to as Figure 1, Figure 2 etc.  They should be numbered un the order in which they are referred to in the text.  Indicate where in the text you wish the figure to appear.  Send accurate and clear drawings to enable good reproduction.

Tables should be numbered consecutively and independently of any figures.  Each table must have a number, a brief title, and headings down and accross.  Type tables on sparate sheets of papers, and indiciate in the text where you wish them to appear.

Photographs, preferably transparencies, should be labled with the figure number and an indication which is on top.  Where letting is to appear on the photograph, two prints should be supplied, one of which should be unlettered.

Measurements:   Metric units should be used, if other units are used then metric equivalents should be given in parentheses.

References:   The Harvard system is used.  References in the text should be quoted in the following manner: Smith (1975) ... or ... (Brown and Green, 1983) ... or, if there are more than two authors ... Jones et al (1980).  References should be collected at the end of the paper in alphabetical order by the author's surname.  If references to the same author have the same year, they should be differentiated by using 1980a and 1980b etc.  The style should follow the examples below:

Smithers, N (1966). Cost benefit analysis in town planning.  Urban studies, 33, 4-47

Stone, P.A. (1980). Building Design Evaluation: Cost-In-Use. E. & F.N. Spon, London.

Burnes, S. (1981). Implementation of public policy. In Policy and Action (edited by S. Barrett and C. Fudge), pp 1-33. Chapmann and Hall, London.

If no person is named as the authort the name of the organisation should be used, for example:

Australian Institute of Building (1980) Report on building management practice, Canberra.

Notes:   A limited number of explanatory notes is permissable.  These should be numbered 1, 2, 3, consecutively in the text and denoted by superscripts.  They should be typed on a separate page at the end of the text.  End notes should not be used for academic or project citations.

Proofs:   Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for correction.  The difficultly and expense involced in making amendments at profe stage make it essential for authors to prepare their manuscript carefully: any alterations to the original text are strongly discouraged.  Our aim is rapid but considered publication: this will be helped if authors provide good copy following the above instructions, and return their proofs as quickly as possible.  The editors reserve the right to amend style, gramma and tyopgraphical errors without reference to the authors.

Copyright:   Submissions of an article to the Australian Journal of Construction Economics and Building is taken to imply that it represents original, unpublished work, not under consideration for publication elsewhere.  Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against and breach of such warranty.

On submitting a manuscript authors will be asked to transfer the copyright for their article to the publisher if and when the article is accepted for publication.  The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute toe article, including reprints, photographic reproductsions, microfilm or any reproduction of a similar nature, and translations.

Permission to publish illustrations must be obtained by the author before submission and acknowledgements should be included in the figure captions.

Refereeing proceedure:   The decision whether or not to publish is the Editorial Board's. At least two members of the Editorial Board and / or other acknowledged experts will be consulted.