Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The text is double-spaced and uses a 12-point font, and all illustration, figure, and table callouts are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- A cover page includes the title of the article, complete contact information and biographical date for each author, a total word count, the number of tables and/or figures included, and any acknowledgments.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format and has been correctly anonymized: author names and bios do not appear in the article and the document metadata has been cleaned. Please see: Remove hidden data and personal information by inspecting documents, presentations, or workbooks
Articles
Research articles should be 7,000 to 9,000 words, including notes and references.
Book Reviews
Contention welcomes reviews of new books, articles, and conference papers or, exceptionally, of new editions of older influential books. Reviews should be 800 to 1,200 words.
Each review should be accompanied by a cover page with the following information:
Name of Author (or Editor), Book Title, Place of Publication, Publisher, Year of Publication, ISBN: 000-0-000000-0, Number of Pages, Hardback or Paperback, Price
The review should provide a short and clear overview of the work's content, as well as an estimation about its intended audience. In like with Contention's multidisciplinary audience, book reviews that link two or more fields of research or that illustrates the benefit of a book for relevant disciplines are especially welcomed.
The review should also be a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the book, with the intellectual vigorousness, accuracy, and the high standards expected in any academic article. These evaluations can consider methodological concerns, evidence provided for the argument, and comparisons with other works on related subjects, where appropriate. Contention aims to publish book reviews that are more than mere descriptions of the work.
