Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• RPC uses a double-anonymous peer-review system. To ensure anonymity, there should be no identifying information in the submitted Word document if you are submitting to a journal section that is peer reviewed.
• The submission is a Microsoft Word document. The text is double-spaced (including all quotations, notes and captions); uses a 12-point font; 1-inch, left-aligned margins, employs italics, rather than underlining.
• Manuscript adheres to Chicago Manual of Style endnote system (not footnote or author-date). Endnotes are embedded using the MS Word reference tool. All citations and endnotes are complete, with endnote in-text numbering correctly corresponding with related note in endnote section.
• Manuscript adheres to guidelines listed in the MSU Press Style Guide.
• All images, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Figures are appropriately and consistently labeled throughout (Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Captions are included where necessary. All figures, graphics, images will be supplied as separate (supplmentary) image files during submission and are minimum 300 dpi at planned publication size. Image files are appropriately labeled to correspond to what they are called within the text (Fig. 1, Fig. 2...).
• Photographs, maps, and other graphics must accompanied by permission from copyright holders for both print and electronic use before issue can publish. Use the MSU Press Permission Request Letter to obtain permission from the image’s rightsholder.