Submission
Submission of a paper implies acceptance of the following conditions:
(1) the paper reports unpublished work;
(2) the paper is not being submitted to any other journal;
(3) you are fully authorised to submit the material for publication;
(4) you agree to act as a referee for other submissions to the journal, bearing in mind that each submission generates the need for three reports.
(5) if accepted, the paper will not be republished without the consent of the publishers.
Papers should be submitted as Word files, in rich text format (rtf), or as PDFs by email to the editorial office at epd.societyandspace@durham.ac.uk. All figures should be merged in the document and should be low resolution (note: higher-resolution figures will be required once the paper is accepted, see Acceptance below).
Papers should be written in English, in nonsexist, nonracist language.
Please provide a word count for the article (including notes and references). Papers should be double-spaced and in 12-point font size. Articles for the journal should be between 7,000 and 10,000 words and reduced commensurably if they include maps, pictures, or diagrams. Longer papers will be returned for reduction before review.
A separate title page, with full contact details (including email addresses) of all authors, should be attached. This will be detached during the refereeing stage to maintain the anonymity of the author. If the first author is not the contact author this should be clearly indicated. Identifying information should not be included in PDF files.
Papers should be formatted as per the style guidelines provided below, and particular attention should be paid to the style of references and accepted figure formats. The editor's decision is final, and acceptance of a paper for publication implies assignment of copyright to Pion Ltd.
Style
All papers will be copyedited in accordance with the house style of Pion Ltd. Both British and US English are acceptable, though consistency is essential. However, punctuation for both US and British spelling should be according to British style (outside the quotation marks). Spelling is subject to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Double quotation marks are used only for direct quotations and must be accompanied by a complete citation with author, date, and page number; single quotation marks should be used, otherwise.
Figures
References
Mathematics
If mathematics feature in the manuscript, care should be taken that they are formatted as per our mathematics style.
Acceptance
Upon acceptance, separate higher-resolution electronic versions of the figures (in the allowed formats described above, with at least 300dpi resolution for greyscale TIFFs, and at least 600dpi resolution for black and white TIFFs) are required. These should be sent to the publishers, Pion Ltd, at amye@pion.co.uk or at the following address:
Amye Kenall
Pion Ltd
207 Brondesbury Park
London, NW2 5JN.
Upon publication of the paper, the main author will receive a pdf of the published version and a copy of the issue in which the paper appears.