How to Submit an Article

The Editors welcome submissions from any social science discipline which meet the journal's aims and scope as set out elsewhere on this site. They may be based on substantial research or propose significant advances to major theoretical debates in the field. Contributions concerning any part of the world will be considered.

One copy of the manuscript in electronic form should be submitted as an email attachment to the Editorial Assistant, Christiane Kofri at kofri@mmg.mpg.de.

The manuscript should be accompanied by a covering letter, which should include the following:

• Full names and contact details of all authors and, where appropriate, an indication of the ‘corresponding author’.
• Confirmation that the manuscript is original and not under simultaneous consideration for publication elsewhere, either in part or full. It is general policy not to publish translations of articles already published in languages other than English.
• Confirmation that you have read the journal’s aims and scope and consider that the submission falls within these boundaries.
• Confirmation that you have read the author guidelines and that the manuscript is prepared accordingly.
• A copy of the abstract.
• A word count, including all references, tables and supporting material. Submissions should be no longer than 9000 words. Longer articles may occasionally be accepted, and you should seek advice via the editorial assistant if this is the case.
• Up to 6 keywords or phrases describing the article’s content and approach, which may include geographical descriptors; these may be used to identify potential referees.  To take some examples, among the most common keywords and phrases in recent issues of the journal are:

Social Networks	World City Networks
Network Society	Global Social Movements
Networking Practices	Transnational Advocacy Networks
Transnational Migrants	Cosmopolitanism
Transnational Families	Knowledge Networks
Diaspora	Global Care Chains
Elite Networks	Transnational Citizenship
Global Commodity/Value Chains	Mobility
Global Production Networks

Given the high rate of submissions to the journal, editors may refer back articles that do not fulfil the above stated criteria and conditions.