Institute for International Relations

Refereeing Policy and Submission of Papers

All papers will be subject to a double-blind peer refereeing process. Manuscripts might be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief in three copies. The paper must be accompanied with a 100-120 words abstract. An electronic copy (disk) should be included with the final version of the manuscript once it has been accepted for publication. CIRR generally accepts papers up to 10,000 words with the preferred length of 5,000 to 8,000 words. Papers from the field of economic and political sciences, especially international political economy and macroeconomic policy as well as related areas (e.g., security, diplomacy; business, development, social science methodology, and comparative social research) might be considered for publication.

Typeset Layout, Language, and Formatting

Papers should be submitted in English. Io special circumstances papers might be submitted in Croatian to be subsequently translated to English. It is preferred that the papers are written consistently in either British or US English. All accepted papers will go through a language editing process, but the authors are advised to make the text us correct as possible before submission. Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the paper, double-spaced, with wide margins. The final version should be accompanied with a DOS-formatted floppy disk. The electronic version of the paper might be in MS Word format. Papers with plenty of graphics and/or scientific notation might be written in Scientific Word or LaTeX. All submitted electronic tiles should be virus-scanned before submission by the authors themselves. Infected damaged or improperly formatted files will be returned.

Graphics and Tables

All figures, tables, and graphs as well as other graphics should be supplied with the paper, on separate sheets, with an indication in the text of where these should be included (approximately). Scientific notation such as mathematical expressions or formulas should be included in the text at the appropriate places, and not on a separate sheet of paper.

Endnotes and References

References should be in alphabetical order, given at the end of the paper. Notes should be given in numerical order at the end of' the last paragraph of the paper, before the references. Each endnote should be clearly indicated at the appropriate place in the text with a superscripted Arabic number. Endnotes should he numbered consecutively. It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that endnotes are properly marked and indicated in the text of the paper. All references must be linked. The unlinked references will be deleted before publication. The list of references should be typed as follows:

Journal Article:

Fisher, S., S. Ratna, and C.A. Vegh (1996) "Stabilisation and Growth in Transition Economics: The Early Experience," Journal of Economic Perspectives 10(2): 45-66.

Book:

Blejer, M.J. and M. Škreb, eds. (1997) Macroeconomic Stabilisation in Transition Economies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapter:

Burton, D. and S. Fischer (1998), "Ending Moderate Inflations," in Cottarelli, C. and G. Szapary. eds. (1998) Moderate Inflation: The Experience of Transition Economies, pp. 25-69. Washington: International Monetary Fund and National Bank of Hungary.

Monograph:

Greene, J.F. and P. Isard (1991) Currency Convertibility and the Transformation of Centrally Planned Economies. Occasional Paper 81. Washington: International Monetary Fund.

Conference Proceedings:

Kalotay, K. (1998) "Foreign Direct Investment: Trends and Future Prospects." Roundtable of Foreign Direct Investment in the Countries of the Central European Initiative, Zagreb, November 18-9, 1998: Institute for International Relations and Croatian Investment Promotion Agency, pp. 9-16.

Web Sources:

Personal Site

Pellegrino, J. "Homepage," 12 May 1999. URL: http://www.english.eku.edu/pellegrino/default.htm. (12 June 1999).

Professional Site

Mortimer, G. The William Faulkner Society Home Page, 16 September 1999. URL: http://www.utep.edu/mortimer/faulkner/main faulkner.htm. (19 November 1997).

National Association of Investors Corporation, NAIC Online, 20 September 1999. URL: http://www.better-investing.org. (1 October 1999).

Book

Bryant, P. J. "The Age of Mammals," in Biodiversity and Conservation April 1999. URL: http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/index.html. (11 May 1999).

Article in an Electronic Journal (ejournal)

Browning, T. "Embedded Visuals: Student Design in Web Spaces." Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments 3, no. 1 (1997). URL: http://english.ttu.edu/kairos /2.1/features/browning/index.html (21 October 1999).

Article in an Electronic Magazine (ezine)

Myhrvold, N. "Confessions of a Cybershaman." Slate. 12 June 1997. URL: http://www .slate.com/CriticalMass/97-06-12/CriticalMass.asp. (19 October 1997).

Originality

Submitted papers are assumed to be the original work of the author(s). All derivative work must be clearly referenced. Papers published in other journals and papers submitted for publication elsewhere are not acceptable.

Photocopies and Reproduction

Photocopying of single articles for individual or academic use is permitted. For making multiple copies and copies of entire issues a permission must be obtained from the publisher.

Proofs and Off Prints

Authors of the accepted papers will receive the final proof of the article prior to publication. Major revisions beyond printing and typographical errors of the already accepted and edited articles will be made at the expense of the author(s). Each author of a published article will receive one copy of the journal, free of charge.

Book Reviews

CIRR will publish reviews and review essays of the recently published books which are within the scope of the journal. Books reviews should generally be 1,000 to 1,500 words in length while review essays might be up to 3,000 words. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief with a proposal to review a particular book.

Editorial Office

IMO – CIRR, Lj. Farkaša Vukotinovića 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; tel.: +385-1-48-77-460; fax: +385-1-48-28-361; e-mail: ured@irmo.hr