Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy



Public Money & Management

Instructions for authors
Public Money & Management (PMM) publishes articles which contribute new knowledge as a basis for policy or management improvements, or which reflect on evidence from public service management and finance. The journal does not accept literature reviews. PMM has a multidisciplinary readership, including officials in all types of public service organizations, academics, consultants and advisers working with the public services, politicians, journalists, and students on both academic and professional courses. Although this readership has been interested largely in British public management, there is an increasing interest in international developments. Accordingly, the editors welcome articles about developments outside the UK which offer clear lessons for British or other western practitioners.

The journal publishes main articles, new developments and contributions to debate. Main articles (no more than 5000 words) must meet high standards of intellectual argument, evidence and understanding of practice in public management. They are double-blind refereed by both an academic and a practitioner. New developments (up to 2750 words) focus on the evolution of contemporary public service policy, management or practice and convey the potential or actual impact of change in a detached, informed and authoritative way. These articles are not normally refereed, but are subject to editorial scrutiny. Debate articles (usually under 1000 words) are personal statements about topical issues, expressing an argument, supported by examples or evidence. They, too, are subject to editorial scrutiny. Authors should take into account the needs of the readership in drafting their articles and, in particular, to explain technical terms and avoid exclusive jargon.

PMM is published six times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November.

Submission
Manuscripts should be emailed to the managing editor, Michaela Lavender: michaela.lavender@cipfa.org.uk

Preparation
The following items should be included with manuscripts: title; full postal and email addresses of all authors; a one-line biography about each author; and PDFs of any illustrations in black and white to fit our A4 page. Spelling should follow the Oxford English Dictionary. Authors should also supply a clear summary of around 50 words focusing on conclusions and lessons.

The journal uses the Harvard (author, date) system of referencing. References in the text should be given as (Brown, 1990), or Brown and Jones (1990), or Brown et al. (1992) if there are three or more authors. References should be given at the end of the article in a single alphabetical list:

To a journal: Jones, G. and Stewart, J. (2009), Accountability in public partnerships—the case of LSPs. Public Money & Management, 29, 1, pp. 59–64.

To a book: Parker, D. (2009), The Official History of Privatization (Routledge, London).

Documents available only online should be listed as: 'author/editor (year), Title. See [URL]'. References to personal emails and private correspondence should be avoided. Footnotes and endnotes should also be avoided if possible.

Final manuscripts and proofs
After acceptance, authors are requested to submit their final manuscripts by email to the managing editor: michaela.lavender@cipfa.org.uk. Proofs for checking will be sent to authors by email and should be returned promptly by fax, or emailed as a marked-up and scanned PDF, to Michaela Lavender on 001 561 989 9968.