Nordic Journal of Religion and Society

Before you submit your manuscript, we ask you to read the guidelines closely, and ensure:

• all info about the author is included
• the number of characters does not exceed the limits stated underneath
• notes and references complies with the authors guidelines
• abstract and keywords in English is included

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS NORDIC JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY

SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT
All manuscripts submitted to the Nordic Journal of Religion and Society should be sent as an attachment to the editors.

ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society seeks to publish original (not previously published) work of exceptional quality and interest in the area of religion and society.

MANUSCRIPT STANDARD
The manuscript text should not be longer than 6000 words including footnotes, tables, figures and references.
Only articles in English are accepted. The manuscript must be proofread and adapted to an English-speaking audience by a consultant whose native language is English.
Use maximum three levels of headings, inclusive the title. Headings are not numbered.
Author anonymity: In the paper, please omit name(s) of author(s) elsewhere, except when citing previous work. Self cites should always be done in the third person and in such a way that reviewers cannot identify author(s).

SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT
Submitted manuscripts should contain the following:

• Title
• Abstract: Provide a brief abstract of 100 to 150 words
• 3–5 keywords
• The manuscript
• Notes should be numerical and organized as footnotes
• Literature references in alphabetical order

In separate documents:

• Numbered figures and table (each one at a separate side)
• Title page: Submit a separate title page with the following information: title, author(s) information (institution), date, number of words, and acknowledgements.

BOOK REVIEWS
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society seeks to publish book reviews for all disciplines that study the field of relations between religion, religious institutions, culture and society. The books reviewed either represent significant contributions to the field, or they analyze the role of religion in the Nordic countries, or they are authored by Nordic scholars. The journal only publishes book reviews in English.

• Provide, at the beginning of the review, the name of the author, year of publication, title (in italic), place of publication, publisher, and number of pages. For example: Schmidt, Garbi. 2004. Islam in Urban America. Sunni Muslims in Chicago. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 256 pages.
• Include your name, academic title and institutional affiliation at the end of the review.
• Review length should be about 800-1200 words.
• If English is not your native language, please have your review proofread by a native English speaking person.
• Submit your review within six months unless otherwise agreed.

REFERENCE SYSTEM
NJRS uses the most recent edition of The Chicago Manual Style B (Author-Date System) for citation and referencing. Detailed referencing instructions are available here: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html.
Identify all sources within the text, using the author-date system as described in The Chicago Manual of style. Citations in the text must agree exactly with the list of references. All sources that appear in the one place must appear in the other.

DOI-REFERENCES
References must include a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for sources that have one. Place the DOI-URL at the end of the reference. To find out if a reference has a DOI, search by title or author at http://search.crossref.org/.
URL is used for electronic sources without DOI. Only include the accessed date if the source is likely to change.
Placement of DOI code in reference:
Woodhead, Linda. 2011. “Five Concepts of Religion.” International Review of Sociology: Revue International de Sociologie 21(1): 121—43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2011.544192.

TABLES, FIGURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
All figures and tables in the manuscript must be allowed published. If someone other than the author has made a figure or table, the name of the source should be stated in the text. The author is responsible for obtaining the permission to use earlier published illustrations. Placing of figures and tables in the text should be marked in the manuscript: [table / figure 1 about here].
Each table/figure should be numbered and editable in Microsoft Word. Title of table is placed above and title of figure below.

QUOTES
Quotations of less than five lines are included in the sentence and marked by quotation marks (“). Quotations of five lines and more are written in 10 point and indented with no quotation marks.

NOTES
Notes in the manuscript should be organized as footnotes, when using regular text processing software.
Notes should be kept to a minimum and used only for comment.

REFEREE PROCESS
The journal uses double blind reviewing of manuscripts. Manuscripts must therefore be anonymized by the author(s). Front side and information about the author(s) must be given in a separate document. All explicit self-references should be anonymized.

RIGHTS
Copyright to articles published is held by Nordic Journal of Religion and Society.