Policies for The Economists' Voice
Contents
- Philosophy of The Economists' Voice
- Who Can Submit?
- General Submission Rules
- Editorial Decisions
- Formatting Requirements
- Copyright and Open Access Permissions
Philosophy of The Economists' Voice
The Economists' Voice seeks to publish innovative policy ideas or engaging commentary on the issues of the day. For more information, please see The Economists' Voice Aims and Scope page.
Who Can Submit?
Anyone may submit a Column or Letter. Submissions should either be written by professional economists or others who are versant in economic analysis.
General Submission Rules
Columns should be less than 2000 words, and Letters less than 300. Pieces that are too long will generally be rejected without reading, so please make your submission conform to our length requirements. (See also the Aims and Scope page for The Economists' Voice.)
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 The Economists' Voice, 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 The Economists' Voice. If you have concerns about the submission terms for The Economists' Voice, please contact the editors.
Editorial Decisions
Editorial Decisions will be made as quickly as possible. Your submission may be handled in a matter of days, but because the volume of submissions is large, it may also take weeks or months, depending upon the timeliness of the article, the difficulty of finding a reviewer, and other factors.
Formatting Requirements
Before submission, please put letters and columns in the required format found in The Economists' Voice Style and Manuscript Preparation Guidelines. Prior to publication, we will edit columns extensively, but for initial submissions, the closer to our style they are, the better.
Copyright and Open Access Permissions
As further described in our submission agreement, in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to The Berkeley Electronic Press all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal-use exceptions described below.
Attribution and Usage Policies
Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of The Berkeley Electronic Press, requires credit to The Berkeley Electronic Press as copyright holder (e.g., The Berkeley Electronic Press © 2010).
Personal-use Exceptions
The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from The Berkeley Electronic Press provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:
- Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
- Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series);
- In compliance with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, all articles that specify NIH funding during the submission process will be automatically deposited by bepress into PubMedCentral, where they shall be made freely available 12 months after the official date of publication.
- Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author; and
- Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s).
People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact The Berkeley Electronic Press at .
Full Open Access
Once an article is accepted, authors may pay a fee to ensure their article is provided on a fully open access basis. For such articles, full copyright will be retained by the author(s). For questions on this policy, please email: .General Terms and Conditions of Use
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The failure of bepress to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between bepress and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.