Special issues
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Special issue information
Proposals for special issues will be considered twice a year. Prospective authors are asked to submit their proposals by 15 April or 15 October. We accept themed section proposals for consideration throughout the year on a rolling basis.
To suggest a topic, please fill in a Special Collection Proposal Form and draft an introduction. Completed forms and introductions should be submitted electronically to the Editors: Frederic Volpi, Matt Buehler, Sylvia Bergh, and Asli Ilgit.
Mediterranean Politics welcomes special collection proposals from prospective guest editors, based on one of two formats:
Special issues
These should include 7-8 contributions of 8-9,000 words, addressing common research questions. They should be informed by a substantial introductory article providing a theoretically-informed framework paper. Such issues may be considered for dual publication both as a special issue and as a Routledge book (N.B. for publication as a book, the SI should not contain more than 30% Open Access articles). The journal does not usually publish special issues focusing on a single country.
Themed section
The idea here is to devote 3-4 articles (8-9,000 words) to a particular theme within the context of a general issue of the journal. The collection should begin with a short introduction of approximately 2000 words, explaining how the articles relate to one another and to key works in the existing literature on the theme.
Please note that in the case of the two formats:
- Proposals should be accompanied by a draft introduction.
- Proposals should be submitted on our Special Collection proposal form. They will initially be considered by the Editorial Board and the International Advisory Board.
- All special collections will be internally and externally reviewed once provisional acceptance is granted by the Editorial Board.
- We prefer over-arching themes that contribute to debates about the Mediterranean in general, or regions around it.
- Comparative analysis is preferred to collections that focus on countries side by side.
- Special collections normally involve a final round of revision following review by the Journal.