Notes for Contributors - Survey Review

SCOPE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Survey Review was first published in 1931 as a result of a resolution of the First Commonwealth Survey Officers Conference in 1928. It has been published continuously since then as a quarterly journal, bringing together a wide range of papers on research, theory, practice and management in land and engineering surveying. All papers are independently assessed by two referees and come from government, private industry and academic organisations worldwide. Survey Review is included in the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) index of the most important and influential research conducted throughout the world.

EDITOR

J.R.Smith, 24 Woodbury Avenue, Petersfield, Hants GU32 2EE, UK 
Tel and fax +44 (0)1730 262619 
Email: jim@smith1780.freeserve.co.uk

This set of Instructions to Authors incorporates all previous versions and authors are requested to follow this as closely as possible. New authors to Survey Review are advised to study back issues and note any characteristics of layout and style that are particular to this journal. Please read in conjunction with pages 84-86 of Survey Review 295, January 2005.

On initially submitting a paper for consideration authors should send THREE hard copies at A4 size; one for the Editor's file and one each for the two referees. In addition the Author(s) should keep his/her own copy on file. Authors will be notified when the Editor has received comments from both referees and any pertinent points raised will be passed on for consideration. 

The copies should be:

Ÿ Typewritten, single spaced, and include any tables, illustrations and a list of references

Ÿ A further copy of the original manuscript should be retained for personal future reference, especially in case of loss or accident to the copy

Ÿ Sent flat with pages clipped, or stapled, together

Ÿ Left with wide margins on either side of the typescript and circle instructions which otherwise may be assumed to be part of the text (all text must be on one side of the paper only).

WORD COUNT 

Although there is no strict limit on the length of papers it is preferred that they are no more than 20 pages long when published. It is fair to say that generally the longer a paper is the longer it will be before it gets published. 

COPYRIGHT

All material submitted for possible publication must be the original work of the author(s) and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. All copyright related to material included in a paper must have been cleared by the author(s) before submission and notice taken of the following copyright statement:

Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty.  For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed.

TITLE

The title should be concise and indicate clearly the subject matter of the paper. This should be followed by name(s) of author(s) and place(s) of work. The text of the paper must be preceded by an abstract of the content.

ILLUSTRATIONS

All photographs, figures and tables should be incorporated in the text complete with appropriate captions. NOTE that Survey Review only publishes in black/white and as such all illustrative material should be supplied in that form. Colour images may be published, if authors agree to pay for the costs of publication. For information on prices, please contact Caitlin Meadows, Managing Editor, Maney Publishing (c.meadows@maney.co.uk)

NEW - FREE ONLINE COLOUR

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It is now possible for colour illustrations to be published in the online version of Survey Review free of charge. Images submitted in colour will be published in black and white in the printed journal (unless otherwise agreed as outlined above) but will be posted online in colour. Authors should be aware of this development when obtaining permission to use material from third parties. 

REFERENCES

The list of references should be numbered in alphabetical order (with reference to the initial letter of the author's surname) and reference numbers should be inserted (in bold type within square brackets eg. [12]) at relevant points within the text. 

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Contributing authors of papers submitted for publication in Survey Review should, if possible, use Word and note the following specifications by clicking here

In the final version of a paper all diagrams and photographs should be submitted electronically in black/white NOT colour. Both photographs and line diagrams should be scanned to at least 600 dpi File formats accepted include JPEG, BMP, GIF and TIFF. Care should be taken with any data compression settings to avoid loss of detail.  

All text and illustrations must be kept within an area 147 x 250 mm. i.e. at A4 size the margins are left 2cm, right 4.2 cm, top 2 cm and bottom 2.4 cm When deciding on text size to be used on illustrations Authors should remember that all material will be reduced in size to about 84% of the original prior to publication.  Do NOT make lines too fine because they then do not always reproduce well.

When a paper has been accepted the Author(s) will be asked to submit ONE hard copy of their final version plus a disc containing the complete text and illustrations in their final form. The text should be in Word 97 (or compatible) and in as simple a form as possible so that it can be easily edited prior to publication. Please DO NOT add headers and footers. Invariably the Editor will have small changes to make to the text or move some around to better fit the pages and this should be with the least possible effort.

EPRINTS

On publication, Authors will receive a PDF file(eprint) of the published version. This PDF may be forwarded to co-authors without separate permission being required from the publisher. The PDF cannot be used for commercial purposes, but may be posted on Authors' individual websites or that of their institution. Authors are entitled to make copies of the article for reasonable personal use only. Authors may still purchase printed reprints if desired; a reprint order form will be forwarded to the corresponding Author with their PDF proofs.