Käsikirjoitukset

Kirjoittajan ohjeet

Please note that only manuscripts that meet the aims and scope of the Nordic Review of International Studies will be reviewed.

What do we publish? 

The NRIS publishes full peer reviewed articles, shorter discussion articles, and book reviews. Book reviews focus specifically on academic books that examine international politics from a Nordic angle. 

Full articles submitted for publication should be about 8 000 words in length, including references, footnotes, figures, and tables. Discussion articles should be around 4 000 words and include a clear argument that can be also polemic in nature. The purpose of discussion articles is to facilitate debates, introduce a new research idea, respond to a topical issue, or comment on a particiular topic. Discussion articles are not referenced or have only a few references. Discussion articles do not undergo a peer review process. Book reviews should be 400–900 words, or 1 300 words if there are more than one book discussed in one review.

Each article should be accompanied by:

(a) Article title and abstract of max. 200 words
(b) Author's full name and a biographical note of no more than 70 words which includes institutional affiliation and e-mail address
(c) A list of 3–5 keywords

Peer review policy

The NRIS adheres to a double-blind peer review policy. Each full article is reviewed by two independent peers who are experts in the academic field. 

Open Access policy

All NRIS articles are published open access in the Finnish Scholarly Journals Online service provided by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. The service is using the Open Journal Systems 3.2 software.

Preparing your manuscript for submission

The manuscripts should be submitted in a Word format.

The NRIS uses British English in its publications.

The manuscripts can include endnotes but should be kept to a minimum.

The NRIS adheres to the Harvard reference style. References should appear in the main text and direct quotations should be accompanied by a reference with a page number.

In-text references

In-text references should include the author(s) surname(s), year of publication and page number(s). Name(s), year and page number(s) are all separated by a comma.

Mitchell (2017, p.189) states… or (Mitchell, 2017, p.189)

Multiple references in one parentheses are separated by semicolons.

(Mitchell, 2017, p. 189; Smith, 200; Andrews, 1989, pp. 165-176)

Multiple references to the same author in the same year should be allocated a letter (a, b, c,…) after the year. The allocation is done by their order of appearance in the reference list.

(Mitchell, 2017a, p. 189) or Mitchell (2017b, p. 189)

When the source cited has three or fewer authors, please include all surnames. If the source has four or more authors, only the first surname should be stated followed by ‘et al’.

(Mitchell, Coyne and Thomson, 2017, p. 189); (Mitchell et al, 2017, p, 189)

Reference list

Please ensure your references are complete and that all references in the reference list are cited in the text. Reference list should be ordered alphabetically. Multiple references by the same author(s) should be ordered chronologically.  Please include all authors in the reference list.

References to a book:

Mitchell, J.A. and Thomson, M. (2017) A guide to citation.3rd edn. London: London Publishings.

References to a journal article:

Mitchell, J.A. (2013) ‘How citation changed the research world’, The Mendeley, 62(9), p70-81.

References to a chapter in an edited book:

Troy B.N. (2015) ‘Harvard citation rules’ in Williams, S.T. (ed.) A guide to citation rules. New York: NY Publishers, pp. 34-89.

References to a newspaper article:

Mitchell, J.A. (2017) ‘Changes to citation formats shake the research world’, The Mendeley Telegraph (Weekend edition), 6 July, pp.9-12.

Please include the DOIs for your references in the reference list when available.

Please see the guidelines for further details and to ensure your manuscript conforms to the correct reference style: https://www.mendeley.com/guides/harvard-citation-guide/

The manuscripts are submitted in an anonymised format without any author details. There is a separate title page that includes

(a) Full title of the manuscript 
(b) Author(s) full name
(c) Author(s) institutional affiliation
(d) Author(s) contact details
(e) Article absract of max. 200 words
(f) A list of 3–5 keywords 

Please note that all figures, tables, and images must be submitted in a PDF or JPG format.