Editorial Policy:
Argumentation and Advocacy seeks to publish the best in studies of argumentation in all its forms and from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives. It seeks to address a broad intellectual audience interested in argumentation studies but not necessarily conversant with a specialized vocabulary.
The journal follows a policy of blind peer review. Manuscripts for regular issues ordinarily will be read by two or three reviewers selected from among the Editorial Board and invited referees; manuscripts for special issues will be read by a guest Editor and invited referees.
Completing the submission process will require two steps: Step 1) Create Paper: click the "submit paper" button, complete the title and keywords boxes, and upload your paper using the "attach new file" box. Please do not use an ampersand (&) in the title of your document; the system will not upload the file if the title contains an ampersand (&). To ensure blind review, any material that would identify the author should be stripped from the text of the paper. Also, please remove personal information from the properties of the document. Directions are available here . Step 2) Submit Author Information: click the "submit author info" button, and then provide the information requested. Please note, if you wish to submit a cover letter, a space has been provided during this step.
Papers using statistical methodologies should include reliability estimates for all measures, effect sizes for significant results, and power estimates for non-significant outcomes. Authors should be sensitive to the problem of experiment-wise error rates. Correlation matrices should accompany multivariate procedures such as canonical analysis.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout, including long quotations, notes and references. On a separate page, include an abstract of no more than 100 words with a list of five suggested key words. Notes, lists of works cited, tables and figures should appear on separate pages following the text. The title of the essay (without the author's name) should repeat on the first page of the manuscript. Text should be left-justified only.
Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word format (doc) or be submitted in Rich Text Format (rtf), and conform to either the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed., 2009, or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. (as corrected), 2010. Content notes may be used with either style, but should be kept to a minimum. An exception is that classical sources should be cited in text without dates (e.g., Aristotle, Rheoric, I.1.1354a). Please note that surname prefixes such as der or von are ignored in alphabetizing the reference list (e.g., van Eemeren is alphabetized by "E" not "van"). Upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication, authors should be prepared to furnish photocopies of all quotations for verification purposes, and to provide a final version of the essay in both hard and digital form, including camera-ready copy for artwork and figures. Manuscript length should be kept in the 9,000 word range.
Manuscripts submitted to Argumentation and Advocacy obligate the author to grant exclusive right of review to this journal until such time as s/he receives the results of our review. Essays that have been published previously in their entirety in other sources should not be submitted; essays that have been published previously in part should be substantially revised before submission. Upon acceptance, copyright should be assigned to the American Forensic Association.
In order to assure that we can provide the most rigorous and helpful reviews, please limit yourself to one active submission to the journal at a time. We are committed to the principle that everything submitted to us deserves to be reviewed by the most qualified people available. This means, however, that our pool of reviewers (both from the board and ad hoc) is too small to accommodate multiple essays from an author submitted at the same time. Multiple submissions from the same author that are reasonably staggered are welcome.
Manuscripts conforming to the journal's editorial policy and submissions guidelines should be submitted using the Argumentation and Advocacy website at www.argumentationandadvocacy.com. Inquiries may be directed to co-editors Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch at AandA@uni.edu.
Suggestions for and completed book reviews can be addressed to the book review editor, Gordon Stables at stables@usc.edu.