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Public Money & Management 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. Public Money & Management 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 core articles, new developments and contributions to debate. Core articles (no more than 5,000 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 (typically 2,500 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 1,000 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.
Public Money & Management 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. The editors aim to provide authors with a response within two months of receipt of a manuscript, although the refereeing process does occasionally lead to delays. All submissions to Public Money & Management that meet our criteria for publication above are refereed by both a practitioner and an academic. If you need to enquire about progress, please contact the Deputy Editor, Professor Jane Broadbent (Deputy Vice Chancellor, Roehampton University, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PH; jane.broadbent@roehampton.ac.uk).
Public Money & Management receives a large number of high-quality submissions and, despite stringent refereeing and increases in page budget, it is generally a year or more before we are able to publish accepted papers.
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 figures suitable for black-and-white reproduction and to fit an A4 page. Spelling should follow the Oxford English Dictionary.
Authors should also supply a clear summary of around 50 words (core and new development articles) 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 more than three authors. References should be given at the end of the article in a single alphabetical list:
To a journal: Stoker, G. (1996), The struggle to reform local government: 1970–95. Public Money & Management, 16, 1, pp. 17–22.
To a book: Margetts, H. (1996), Information technology in government. In Jackson, P. and Lavender, M. (Eds), The Public Services Yearbook (Pitman Publishing, London).
Documents available only online should be listed thus: author/editor (year), Title. Available from URL (accessed date). References to personal emails and private correspondence should be avoided.
Final Manuscripts and Proofs
After acceptance, authors are requested to submit their final manuscripts by email to the Managing Editor: michaela.lavender@cipfa.org. Proofs for checking will be sent to authors by email and should be returned promptly by fax to Michaela Lavender on 001 561 989 9968.