The Journal of Pacific Studies welcomes scholarly articles arising from a  wide range of Pacific Studies including, but not limited to, Accounting and  Financial Management, Banking Studies, Business Studies, Development Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Labour and Industrial Relations, Land Management and Development, Management, Marine Affairs, Political Studies, Populations  Studies, Public Administration, Social Policy, Sociology and Tourism Studies. Manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words (about 30-35 pages including notes).

Submissions for consideration should be made in triplicate to The Editor,  Journal of Pacific Studies, SSED, USP, Suva, Fiji. The work should not have been  published previously and should not be under consideration or preparation for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts submitted will not be returned unless  requested.

All copies should be typewritten or produced on a letter-quality printer on  one side only of good quality A4 paper, double-spaced and left justified, with  generous margins allowed. Title and author, name, address, e-mail address and  fax number should appear on a separate cover sheet, not on the article itself.  All pages should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript and all notes should appear as endnotes, not footnotes; a complete list of references  should be included; and a clear indication should be given of what tabular,  graphic etc. material is to be included. Endnotes and reference list should also be double-spaced.

After initial screening, suitable articles are refereed anonymously, using the following criteria:

a. whether the paper addresses or explains issues of current concern in the  Pacific;

b. whether it contributes significantly to the available literature and/or advances current debates;

c. whether it is of original and sound scholarship and treats the literature evenly and fairly; and

d. whether it is well organised, presenting a clear and well-defined argument  in a clear and readable writing style.

Referees reports will be available to authors in the cases of both rejections and requests for revision. The final decision to publish articles is  retained by the editor and the editorial board.

If the article is accepted for publication, more detailed requirements for the preparation of manuscript, disk copy, tables, figures etc. become applicable.

These guidelines will be provided by the Publications Officer as required.

In general matters of style, referencing etc. The Australian Government  Publishing Service Style Manual for authors, editors and printers, 5th edn, is  followed, usually using the author date system of referencing. Spelling follows  the Concise Oxford Dictionary (i.e. British not American spelling prevail).

Weber, Sept. 2006