Submission Guidelines

January 2008

Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the submission has been approved for publication by all of the authors.

The International Journal of Central Banking accepts both electronic and paper submissions; however, electronic submissions are strongly preferred.

Manuscripts must be written in English and should be submitted with a concise abstract.

Submissions should be double-spaced, except for references, footnotes, and legends, which should be single-spaced.

Tables and figures should be collected at the end of the manuscript. Authors should keep in mind that the Journal is printed in black and white; therefore, any figures submitted in color will print in shades of black and white. When preparing tables and figures, authors should also keep in mind the size of the Journal (6" x 9") and the fact that very large tables and figures may be difficult to portray in this format.

The Journal does not normally publish manuscripts longer than 40 pages, including references, tables and figures.

Electronic Submission

Authors may submit manuscripts online or via e-mail. All manuscript files should be double-spaced. Submission as an e-mail attachment is acceptable provided that all files are included in a single archive, the size of which does not exceed two (2) megabytes. Files may be submitted online in MS Word (DOC), in WordPerfect (WPD), or as files produced using LaTeX (TEX). A file in Portable Document Format (PDF) should also be submitted.

Authorship should not be identified anywhere in the body of the manuscript. (Authors submitting online will be asked to provide their contact information on a separate form. Authors submitting files via e-mail should include their contact information in the body of the e-mail message, not in the attachments.)

Submit online.

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Paper Submission

Authors should submit four (4) copies of the manuscript (single-sided, double-spaced), along with an electronic file in MS Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX format on disk to:

Managing Editor
International Journal of Central Banking
DG Research
European Central Bank
Postfach 16 03 19
D-60066 Frankfurt
Germany

Authorship should be identified only on a removable cover page.

Abstract Instructions

Authors should place the abstract on the title page of the manuscript. The abstract should be an overview of the manuscript, including JEL codes, but excluding references and equations. Please limit the abstract to 100 words.

Submission Fee

The manuscript submission fee is US $100. Payment must be submitted online via Visa, MasterCard or American Express prior to the manuscript submission. Requested resubmissions will not require additional fees.