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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • 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 submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Style recommendations:
Referring or quoting other sources should be done in line with the APA citation style. References within the text should be formed within the parentheses and include the author's name and the year of publication. When there is a direct reference or quote, a page number must also be indicated. Here are examples of some more common cases: (Deacon, 1994), (Coury, 2001a, 2001b), (Županov, 1995:38), (Puljiz and Bežovan, 1994:25), (Puljiz et al., 2000:25-26), (Gough et al., 1997; Esping-Andersen, 1990, 1999, 2004), (World Health Organization, 2000), (Council directive 97/81/EC, clause 3).

At the end of the paper, a complete bibliography must be given in alphabetical order:

• book: Esping-Andersen, G. (1990). The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press.
• article in periodicals: Gough, I., Bradshaw, J., Ditch, J., Eardley, T., & Whiteford, P. (1997). Social assistance in OECD countries. Journal of European Social Policy, 1(1), 17-34. doi:10.1177/095892879700700102
• article or chapter in an edited book: Leibfried, S. (2004). Social development and social welfare: Implications for social policy. In P. Kennet (Ed.), (A handbook of comparative social policy (pp. 217-238). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• web source: Nestić, D. (2003). Inequality in Croatia in the period from 1973 to 1998. Occasional paper series 17. Retrieved October 17, 2004, from Institute of Public Finance Web site: http://www.ijf.hr/ops/PDF/ijf-ops17.pdf
• corporate author: World Health Organization (2000). The world health report 2000. Health systems: Improving performance. Retrieved December 28, 2006, from the World Health Organization Web site: http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf
• legal source: Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC. Official Journal L 014, 20/01/1998, pp.0009- 0014.
• statistical or data source: Eurostat (2007). Population and social conditions data: Asylum applications by citizenship [data file]. Available from Eurostat Web site: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/extraction/evalight/EVAlight.jsp?A=1&language=en&root=/theme3/migr/migr_asyctz

Formatting guidelines:
Common expressions in languages other than English, including document and institution names, are marked in italics (for example: eo ipso, de facto, laissez faire, Bundesbank). When the author wants to stress a certain concept or part of the text, he or she should use bold formatting. No part of article is to be underlined, neither in text nor as a part of a hyperlink. The footnotes are to be numerated, placed at the bottom of the page and used exclusively for commenting and supplementing the text.

Tables and figures should be positioned within the text in their appropriate places, with sources listed immediately bellow. All the graphics and figures should be embedded in document as black & white or grayscale pictures with a white background and should be enlarged to fit the entire page (or have resolution of about 300 dpi). Arial or Helvetica fonts should be used in all the text appearing in the figures.

Articles

The Editorial Board accepts unpublished articles in the Croatian or English language. The paper, including the references and supplements, should not exceed 50 000 characters. Abstract not longer than 1000 characters, and a short list of key words must be included.

Regulation

The Journal regularly accounts for the changes in the Croatian legal system relevant for the social policy field.

Books and journals

The Journal accepts reviews of both Croatian and foreign books, not older than three years. The desirable length of review is between 5000 and 9000 characters. All the relevant information on the reviewed book or journal must be indicated at the beginning of the text, and the author's name should be stated at the end.

Information and reviews

The desirable length of information and reviews about particular events is between 5000 and 9000 characters. All the relevant information on the conference, debate or document must be indicated at the beginning of the text, and the author's name should be stated at the end.

Documentation

In each issue, the Croatian Journal of Social Policy provides an overview of indicators and trends for a particular field of social policy.

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