Information for Authors (Submission Guidelines)

General information:

Population Review publishes socio-demographic research that covers a broad range of social science disciplines, including demography, sociology, social anthropology, socio-environmental science, communication, and political science.

The journal emphasizes empirical research with a focus on analytical demography/sociology.  The editor welcomes submissions that combine theory with solid empirical research.  Articles that are of general interest to population specialists are also desired.

International in scope, the journal's focus is not limited by geography.  Submissions are encouraged from scholars in both the developing and developed world.

Population Review publishes original articles and book reviews.

Successful submissions tend to have the following qualities: information is important and relevant (often timely); material is original; theory is sound; analysis is fair and accurate; descriptive material is useful; writing is clear and concise; criticisms are constructive; data are valid; research methods are appropriate; conclusions are supported by the data and reasonable.

Submission process: Contact the editor, Dr. Saad Z. Nagi at:  saadznagi@gmail.com    Explain what you have done and why it is important enough to warrant publication (2-3 paragraphs is normally sufficient).

Include the title, abstract, list of keywords, word count, and the titles and affiliations of all authors. If possible, include links to the academic departments and personal websites of all authors.

Authors who want their books reviewed should submit a short summary of the book along with their initial inquiry.  Include the focus and importance of the book in the summary.

Upon request by the editor, send your submission to the editor via email. 

The peer review process: Population Review provides a rigorous, rapid peer review process. Reviews are carried out by select members of the Scientific Review Board.  The names of the referees who review a specific contribution are not revealed to the author(s) of the contribution. Referees are not given information about the author(s) of contributions under review.

Preparing your manuscript for submission:

Language: All contributions must be in English. Poorly written submissions will be rejected.

Reference citation style:

Direct citation:  Chadwick (1985) found that……….

Indirect citation:  Other research supports this view (Smith 1980).

Citing particular pages or chapters:  The evidence is not clear (Jones 1985:26–27; Ray 1990: chap. 7).  

For works with more than four authors: (Davis et al. 1990)

Two or more works by the same author (s) cited together:  (Dunbar 1984, 1985).

Citing more than one reference within parentheses:  (Conrad 1984; Jones 1985; Smith 1980).

More than one reference to an author in the same year:  (Shaw 1992a, 1992b).

Personal communications are not included in the reference list, but are cited in the text: (J. Roberts, personal communication, March 18, 2007).

Reference list style:

A complete reference lists the author (s), date of publication, title of work, and publication information.  It may also include website information.  Examples:

Journal (single author)

Richards, Henry C. (1997). “Determinants of  Health.”  Developmental Process 14 (5):76–98.

Journal (two authors)

Miller, J. and Shawna Korenman (1984). “Children’s Health Status in the People Republic of China.” Far Eastern Journal of Epidemiology 140 (3):233–43.

More than four authors

Candice, Joan et al. (2006). “Review of Qualitative Research in Demography.”  Journal of Population Dynamics 34 (4): 43-88.

Book (non edited)

Laughlin, E.P. and Richard B. Jones (1988). Allocation of Wealth among Households in Kenya.  Boston: University Press.

Book (edited)

Bhasin, Martin, ed. (1995). Resource Exploitation in India. Delhi: Raja Press.

Section of book

Cohen, C. P. (1998). “United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child: Relevance for Indigenous Children,” (pp. 173-187) in Children in Contemporary Societies, edited by D.K. Bherea.  Delhi: Rajakam Publications.

Meeting paper

James, Harrison (2002).  “Problems of Social Integration among Lao Migrants in New York.” Paper presented at the International Seminar on Social Change, New York University, October 14 to 16, 2002.

Report

UNDP (1984).  Report of an Expert Panel on MAB Project 8: Impact of Human Activities on Mountain and Tundra Ecosystems. MAB Report Series No. 18, Paris: United Nations Development Programme.

Online

Richards, Wayne C. (1997). “Early Child Care as a Determinant of Mental Health.”   Developmental Psychology 14 (5):76–98.  [http://www.developmentalpsych.com, assessed January 2, 2004]

UNAIDS, UNICEF, USAID (2002).  Children on the Brink 2002.  A Joint Report on Orphan Estimates and Program Strategies. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Children's Fund, United States Agency for International Development [http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/

pub_children_on_the_brink_en.pdf]

Online (no date provided)

UNICEF (online database).  HIV/AIDS in the Region:  Impacts and Risk Factors.  The Mekong Partnership and Beyond:  UNICEF and HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific.   [http://www.unicef.org/eapro-hivaids/general/situation_impacts.htm, accessed February 23, 2007]

Tables and figures: Tables and figures may be placed within the main text or on separate pages. Number all tables and figures in the order of their citation in the text. Include a title for each table and figure.  Tables and figures should easily fit on a normal (8 1/2 by 11) page.

Notes: Use notes or endnotes for substantive comments. Place them either at the bottom of the page (but not in the footer) or at the end of the article.

Font type and size: Use Times New Roman 11 point font for the main text. Use Times New Roman 8 - 10 point font for tables and figures (a smaller or larger font size may be used for tables and figures).

Page numbering:  Page numbers may be inserted at the bottom right corner.

Headers and footers:  Do not create any automatic headers or footers.

Page breaks:  Do not insert page breaks in your document.

Spacing: Use single spacing. Do not double space. 

Paragraphs:  Use a block style (no indentation) with a double space between paragraphs.  Example:

Taiwan has experienced a rapid expansion in higher education since the 1990s, a period during which the demand for technically trained personnel has also increased worldwide. In 1990, there were 121 institutions of higher education with a total of 576,623 students; by 2004, the number of institutions was 159, serving 1,285,867 students (ROC Ministry of Education 2005). As a result of this expansion, 29 percent of the adult population aged 25-64 received higher education in 2004, a percentage almost twice as large as a decade ago.

There are good reasons to suspect that earnings returns to higher education have changed in Taiwan, as in many other countries, in recent years. How can we assess this change quantitatively? A simple approach is to compare estimated returns over time with a Mincer-type regression model based on human capital theory. However, this approach relies on an unrealistic assumption that returns to higher education are homogeneous across different members of a population. Recent work by Heckman and his associates (e.g., Heckman and Sedlacek 1990; Heckman, Layne-Farrar, and Todd 1996; Heckman 2001; Carneiro and Heckman 2002; Carneiro, Hansen, and Heckman 2003; Heckman and Li 2004; Heckman and Navarro-Lozano 2004; Heckman and Vytlacil 2005) suggests that returns to higher education should be conceptualized as heterogeneous at the individual level and that, due to self-selection, persons for whom the returns are greatest may be mostly likely to receive higher education when it is limited to only a small proportion of the population. Consideration of the treatment effects of higher education specific to those individuals who are at the margin of attending college is crucial for a study of how educational expansion changes earnings returns to college education. In this paper, we reformulate a “marginal treatment effect” approach, with the marginal treatment effect defined as the average treatment effect of persons at the margin of enrolling in college based on observed covariates.

URL links: The URL (universal resource locator) address for a WWW site should not be given directly in the text of your contribution. Full URL addresses should only appear in your references or notes.

Diagrams: Diagrams should be submitted as .jpeg, .jpg or .gif files either imbedded in the text file or as attachments. If you send attachments, name each file clearly as to which figure it contains, for example: figure1.gif. The attachments should contain the figure number and caption within the graphic itself.

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