Contribute: Articles/Photos
About contributions:
The Journal of Environmental Management Arizona welcomes
submissions of articles and photographs.
If you have a topic for an article
you would like to contribute, please call (480-422-4430 x42).
The Submissions Guide below is
offered to help you in planning and writing an article. We recommend that writers submit an abstract for
review of the topic and applicability to the Journal prior to undertaking writing
the article.
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How do I submit an article or photograph for
publication in the Journal?
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What are the submission guidelines?
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Show me an example of the style of writing you
are looking for.
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Does the Journal pay or trade advertising space for
article submissions?
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Tell me about the Environmental Research section
for peer reviewed technical papers.
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I want to contribute a column
or edit a department of the Journal -- what do I do?
The Journal welcomes articles and photograph submissions. Please contact us before submitting an
article. The Writer's Guidelines (below) are suggestions that may help.
Writer's Guidelines (revised
February 10, 2008)
Procedures:
1. Prior to writing an article, please contact the Editor with your story
idea.
2. We reserve the right to edit for grammar, brevity, clarity and tone.
Authors will be consulted if substantial edits are required.
3. Reference sources should accompany your article, even if not included
within the story. While this is not a peer-reviewed magazine, articles may be
reviewed by others in the specific field of expertise, and the reviewer will
need the references.
4. Photographs are encouraged and may accompany an article. Please contact
the editor before going to extensive lengths in obtaining photographs. The
Journal may prefer sending our own photographer to your site. Photographs should
help illustrate the article, or address a current topic, or show an
environmentally related process or equipment that addresses an environmental
issue, or in some way provide insight or interest in an environmental subject.
The photograph should be clear, focused, and submitted preferably in digital
tiff format. If using a digital camera, always take photos using the highest
resolution option. Do not use any compression options. Pixels should be approximately
2 or more meg for a small photo, 15 or more meg for a full-page photo.
5. Payment: The Journal does not make payment for articles published.
6. Author information: Please include job title, professional credentials
(e.g., PhD., PE), mailing address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address.
A one or two sentence description of the author is also usually placed at the
end of each article.
7. Format: Microsoft Word documents are acceptable. Contact us first if you
want to use another format.
8. Layout - the Journal will
typeset your article and determine columns and layout. It is helpful if you
suggest titles and subtitles, but the Journal reserves the right to edit titles
(authors will be advised of such changes prior to publication).
9. Copyright: Authors retain copyright to their materials. The Journal,
however, reserves the right to re-publish articles in future issues, as reprints, or
for other purposes.
Writing the Article:
1. Keep in mind the Journal reader -- environmental, health, and
safety professionals at Arizona facilities that handle or store hazardous wastes
or and/or hazardous materials, the industries and service businesses that
support these facilities, and consultants and environmental regulators..
2. Remember the Journal goal: to provide current, practical
information to environmental, health and safety professionals in Arizona. Does
your article tell the reader how to actually do something?
Current: this doesn't mean the topic
must be new, but it must have current interest to those working in the
environmental field.
Practical: Does it provide information
needed by the reader? Does it give examples of how others have solved a problem?
Does it alert the reader to potential problems and how to avoid them?
3. Length should be appropriate to the topic.
Full page column: 400 to 500 words
Feature article: 800 to 1500 words
Short article: 100 to 300 words
News Briefs: As needed, up to 125 words
5. Writing Style: Articles must be clear, readable, and written in magazine
style and tone. Do not assume readers are experts in the field of your article.
6. Topics: See a list of potential article topics HERE. The list
is provided to give you an indication of the type of articles we print, but any
appropriate topic will be considered.
Please refer to past issues of the
Journal (use "search past issues" link above).
The Journal does not offer payment for contributed articles. However, as
a platform for exchange of ideas and information, there are many benefits to
article authors. The Journal presents a unique
opportunity within Arizona's environmental community for authors to share their
technical works with a wide audience of environmental professionals. There are
many benefits from this exchange of information, including increased
professional recognition for the authors who have produced valuable technical
works, and an opportunity for feed-back and comments on new ideas, products, and
processes. For environmental consultants, service companies, and sellers of
environmental products and related equipment, and others, the publication of
technical articles can provide an opportunity to become known to potential
customers throughout Arizona as an expert in their field.
The Journal's staff have observed that many EH&S professionals in
Arizona have authored valuable technical works of importance to the local
environmental community. However, there is no local platform from which to
publish this information. In order to address this need, providing that there is sufficient interest, the
Journal is considering publishing, in a separate section of the Journal called
"Environmental Research," peer reviewed, referenced papers of 600 to
2000 words. Volunteers will be needed to serve on the
Environmental Review Committee, which will provide peer review of the articles.
Submissions of abstracts will be solicited.
NOTE: To date, little interest has been shown in a
peer-reviewed technical section. However, we will continue to evaluate the need
for an "Environmental Research" section and reconsider this at a later
time.
Please call the Editor, Jim Thrush, and discuss your interest. We welcome
contributions from all sources, throughout Arizona!
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