How to submit
- Use the publication template for your article type.
- Follow the author guidelines.
- Read the regulations of publication and the ethical standard.
- If you are submitting a thesis, consult the thesis submission guide.
Send your submission as a .docx file to ajss@uva.nl.
Submit by emailEditorial and review process
- Submission.
The author sends the article by email. - Editorial assessment. About four weeks
The article is assigned to an editor, who decides whether to send it back to the author for mandatory revision, decline it, or send it to peer review. - Peer review. About four weeks
Two reviewers either decline the article or return it to the author with suggested revisions. - Copy-editing and publication.
After this process the article is copy-edited and published as a PDF on the AJSS website. - Symposium.
Authors may present their article at our annual symposium at the end of the academic year.
All timelines are estimates and may change. The editorial team reserves the right to refuse any submission.
Publication templates
Use these templates as a general guide to structure. The editorial team is flexible about formatting once a submission reaches the publication stage. Suggestions for improving the templates are welcome at ajss@uva.nl.
Author guidelines
Submissions that do not follow these guidelines are rejected by the editors immediately. Please also consult the AJSS APA style guide for writing, formatting and referencing standards.
File type
We accept text files in .docx format only. Articles are published as PDF once approved by the editorial board and two peer reviewers.
Title page and abstract
Include a title page with the title and the contributing authors in order; the first author is the lead author. Include an abstract of 100 to 300 words that summarises the work. Abstracts in other languages are allowed only alongside an identical English abstract.
Format and length
Write in English, in Times New Roman 10 pt with 1.5 line spacing. Headers are bold, Times New Roman 12 pt. Translate non-English quotations into English and give the translation in brackets after the original. Use single quotation marks for quoted material.
Submissions should generally be no longer than 6,000 words, including footnotes and excluding the bibliography, appendices and annexes. The title page, in-text references, reference list, acknowledgments, conflict of interests statement, tables and image descriptions do not count. Number and cite all tables and images. Theses may exceed this limit and should be adapted to 10,000 words.
Accuracy and accessibility
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of citations, quotations, diagrams and tables. Factual statements must be supported by academic sources or research evidence. Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list, and every listed source must be cited in the text. Write clearly for an interdisciplinary readership and define field-specific concepts and jargon.
Referencing, plagiarism and AI
Follow the AJSS APA style guide, and paraphrase and quote accurately. Plagiarism is checked with the UvA plagiarism tool, and suspected plagiarism is grounds for rejection. The rules on AI use follow the regulations of the Universiteit van Amsterdam for your discipline.