WILEY-BLACKWELL International Migration (IMIG)

Content Style Sheet

THIS DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED ON: 1/AUG/2011

Journal house style points

Main style guidesConcise Oxford Dictionary

Content-specific style points, editor preferencesSpelling

While editing take note of the English style used.

While most spelling errors can be corrected with spell check, there are certain words (e.g. program vs.

programme) that are not picked up when you use the British English spell check).

It is best to run spell check in American and British English in order to correct everything.

For example, the British English spell check will say that words like organize, utilize, emphasize, etc…

should be spelled with a “s”; however, the journal spells almost all words like this with a “z” – the

only exceptions to this rule are the words analyse and catalyse.

The journal follows the first spelling given in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (published by Oxford

University Press)

Note: Retain American spelling if it is within quotes as in a title in the references section.

Numbers

Numbers 1-10 are spelled out, i.e. one, ten and subsequent numbers in figure form, e.g. 11, 20, etc.

Exceptions: Always use figures before “million” and “billion”, for dates, percentages, units of money or

measurement, ages, times of the day, page references, serial numbers etc.

Examples: 2 per cent, 3 million, 6 years old. However, a number that forms the first word of a

sentence is always spelled out.

Thousand Separator: There should always be a comma between thousands in numbers, e.g. 1,500.

Many authors will use a period (1.500) so this is just something to be aware of)

Hyphens

Replace all hyphens with an “en dash” when it is used to break up a sentence – as in this case. For

dates, such as 1-5 May, use a hyphen. It is also preferable to use hyphens in place of bullets.

Quotations

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Double quotes should be used for all quotations, except for quotations within quotations, which should

have single quotes.

Quotation marks should precede the punctuation for a title or other incomplete phrase, e.g. “Title”,

followed by a comma.

Dates

Use the format 12 April 2007. The only exception is September 11th.

Acronyms

A recurring acronym/abbreviation should be explained on first use, followed by the acronym in

parentheses, e.g. International Labour Organization (ILO). After the first occurrence, the acronym

should be used alone.

Country names/nationalities

The journal refers to United Nations Terminology Database for official country names. The website is:

http://unterm.un.org. This is one area that gets a bit tricky, as not all authors agree to the use of

formal country names. Countries that have recently changed are Kosovo, which should now be

Kosovo (Republic of Serbia), and Serbia and Montenegro should now be called the Republic of

Serbia. The official country names are constantly in flux so it’s best to refer to the UN site and then

discuss with the Editor if any problems arise.

Text: A quick find/replace of the following will help ensure the journal’s guidelines are followed.

Find Replace with

two spaces (press twice on space

bar)

one space (press once on space bar)

Dashes: - (hyphen) – (en dash)

mid(followed by a space) mid-

medium term medium-term (when used as an adjective)

short term short-term (when used as an adjective)

large scale large-scale (when used as an adjective)

program programme

% per cent (except when % is in brackets)

o-o oo (as in cooperation)

‘ (when used as a quote mark) “ (single quotes used for words in a sentence that is

already within quotes)

sub- sub (as in subregional)

one third one-third

2

two thirds two-thirds

20th twentieth

21st twenty-first

work force workforce

$US US$

et al et al.

& and

e.g. for example (except when e.g. in brackets)

socioeconomic socio-economic

Vietnam Viet Nam

Diaspora diaspora (should always be lowercase unless referring

to the Jewish Diaspora)

2nd edition second edition

U.S./Washington, D.C. US/DC (no periods between)

Southeast Asia South-East Asia

Policy makers Policymakers

World-wide worldwide

Well being well-being

1990’s (etc.) 1990s

inter-governmental intergovernmental

re-integration reintegration

Sub-Saharan Africa sub-Saharan Africa

de facto de facto

US Government US government

Common abbreviations that do not need to be spelled out

Word list, spelling preferences, common acronyms, etc.a

above-mentioned

ad hoc [not italic]

AGP (Acción Global de

los Pueblos)

analyse

b

BWI (Buildings and Wood

Workers’ International)

bracero

c

capture–recapture [“en”

dash]

Census [formal US]

chair

C.I. (confidence interval)

CMA (Centre for Migrant

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analysis

asylee

asylum seeker

Advocacy Philippines)

co-opt

co-optation

criminalization

criticize/d

CSD (Civil Society Day)

d

data [plural]

data set

decision-making

e

ESOMAR (European

Society for Opinion and

Marketing Research)

EWR (Early Warning

Report)

f

formalize/d

g

GFMD (Global Forum on

Migration and

Development)

global union

goal – NOT synonym for

“objective” (“aim” is a

suitable synonym for

“goal”)

h

HLD (High-Level Dialogue

[on Migration and

Development])

i

IAC (International

Advisory Committee)

IAMR (International

Assembly of Migrants

and Refugees)

ICMC (International

Catholic Migration

Mission)

ILO (International Labour

Organization)

In-migration

Internet

Interregional

IRRC (Immigrant and

Refugee Resource

Collaborative)

ISC (International

Tribunal of Conscience)

ISI (International

Statistical Institute)

j k

Kofi Annan

l

Left [political]

m

Madres de los

n

neoliberal

o

objective – NOT

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desaparecidos

member state

MFA (Migrant Forum in

Asia)

MRI (Migrants Rights

International) [no

apostrophe]

non-binding

NGO (non-governmental

organization)

synonym for “goal”

observer [UN]

OIM (International

Organization for

Migration)

organization

out-migration

overestimate

P

pairwise

per cent [“%” in

parentheses, tables]

PfP (Platform for

Partnerships)

PGA (People’s Global

Action)

PhD

q r

RCP (Regional

Consultative Process)

recognize/d

round table [noun]

round-table [adjective]

S

securitization

socio-demographic

stakeholder

sub-sample

t

twofold

u

UAE (United Arab

Emirates)

UN (United Nations)

underestimate

US (United States)

[adjective]

U.S. (United States)

[noun]

v w x y z

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WILEY-BLACKWELL International Migration (IMIG)

Technical Style Sheet

THIS DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED ON: 1/AUG/2011

Article elements

RIGHT RUNNING HEAD

Example:

Notes:

Placed on the top of recto page, aligned center

Short title in italics, sentence case

Appropriate running head is suggested (if the running head is not provided) author queried

LEFT RUNNING HEAD

Example:

Notes:

Placed on the top of verso page, aligned center

Only surnames of authors

‘and’ before the last author name

TITLE

Example:

Notes:

Article title in title case, bold and roman: italics where appropriate6

No full period at the end of the title

Aligned center to the page

AUTHOR BYLINE

Example:

Notes:

Placed below article title

Author (fore)names given in full

‘and’ used between the penultimate and last author

Superscript asterisks used to link authors and affiliations

The asterisks are given before the comma separating two authors

AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS

Example:

Notes:

Placed as footnotes in the title page

Affiliations in roman

Each affiliation on a separate line

Only short addresses are given (street names, building names/numbers, postal codes and country

names are not included)

Only city has to be listed, country need not be stated

Notes, disclaimers, etc. may be included immediately after the author’s affiliation if necessary.

Example:

* United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna, Austria. Michael Jandl is a Research

Expert with the UNODC. This article was written in a personal capacity of the author and the views

expressed in this article are those of the author only and not those of UNODC or of its Member

States.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Notes:

Not applicable

COPYRIGHT LINE

Example:

Title page

Other pages

ABSTRACT

Example:

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Notes:

Abstract heading in all caps, centered to the text

Abstract text in roman, indented both sides

KEYWORDS

Notes:

Not applicable

RECEIVED/REVISED/ACCEPTED DATES

Notes:

Not applicable

LEVEL HEADINGS

Examples:

H1:

H2:

Notes:

H1(word-processed as 14pt Arial caps, centred):

Centered, all caps

H2 (word-processed as 12pt Arial bold, i.c.o., centred):

Centered, boldface, sentence case

H3 (word-processed as 12pt Times bold, flush left)

QUOTATIONS

Example:

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Notes:

Smaller font size

Indented from the left

EQUATIONS

Example:

Notes:

Equations are center aligned

Equation nos. in range right

NOTES/ENDNOTES

Example:

Notes:

Placed before references section

Numbered list 10

Text citation: Superscript numbers used to link notes

REFERENCE CITATIONS

Notes:

If there are one to two authors for a book or journal publication, all authors are all listed.

If there are more than two authors, the first author is listed and the rest denoted with et al.

If there are multiple citations in one set of parentheses, they are ordered (i) by date and (ii)

alphabetically within the same year if necessary: “(Donut, 1985; Jones, 1990; Smith, 1990;

Brown, 1999)”.

REFERENCES

Examples:

Journal

Book

Edited Book

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Http

Thesis/Dissertation

Notes:

Author surnames followed by closed-up initials

Comma between author surname and initials

If there are one to three authors, all authors are all listed. If there are more than three authors, the first three are listed and the rest denoted with et al.     

All authors and editors are listed for books.

Chapter title in sentence case and within double quotes

Journal title in full, italics

Volume no. in roman

Issue no. within parenthesis

Page range in full

Book title in italics, title case

Ed./Eds for editor(s)

PhD dissertations/thesis – no department required, only affiliated institute/organisation required

Internet addresses – include accessed date, and ensure that the format of the date is

consistent, e.g. (accessed 29 May 2009)

FIGURE LEGENDS

Example:

Notes:12

Legend id and caption centered above the figure

Caption in all caps, roman

“Notes/Sources” are placed below the figure

FIGURE CITATIONS IN TEXT

Notes:

Figure 1, Figures 2 and 3

TABLES

Example:

Notes:

Legend id and caption centered above the above

Caption in all caps, roman

“Notes and Sources” are placed below the table

TABLE NOTES

Example:

Notes:

Superscript asterisks used to link table footnotes

TABLE CITATIONS IN TEXT

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Notes:

Table 1, Tables 2 and 3, etc.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Example:

Notes:

‘Acknowledgements’ heading in all caps

Centered to the acknowledgement text

APPENDIX

Example:

Notes:

14

“Appendix” heading in all caps, centered

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