Research on Finnish Society accepts online submissions only. Please
submit manuscripts to finnresearch[at]utu.fi in
Microsoft Word format.
All published articles are double-blind peer
reviewed by at least two experts. Please remove from the manuscript
any identifying information, such as the names, contact
details, and affiliations of the authors. This information
will be submitted in a separate document (see below). Please include a
statement confirming that all authors have agreed to the
submission and that the article has not been published nor
is currently considered for publication by any other print
or electronic journal.
Submitting authors should note that the journal adheres to the principles of the peer-reviewing process as set out by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV). This includes the requirement to document the main aspects of the peer review process. These data are not made public but they may be provided to TSV or the Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK) if requested.
Manuscript format
Each manuscript should contain:
1. A title page with the full title and
subtitle (if any).
2. The full name of each author with her/his
current affiliation, email details, and
short biographical note, in a separate document.
3. A concise abstract summarizing the
research questions, background, data and methods, and the
results and contributions of the study. The abstract
should be no more than 150 words.
4. Up to six (6) keywords.
5. Main text and word count, not exceeding
8000 words (including references and end notes). The text
must be clearly organized, with a logical hierarchy of
headings and subheadings. Quotations exceeding 40 words
should be displayed and indented in the text. Use font
size 12 (Times New Roman or Arial) with double-spacing
throughout the text.
6. End notes, if necessary, should be
signaled by superscript numbers in the main text and
listed at the end of the text before the references.
Please keep the number and length of end notes to a
minimum.
7. Please use the American Psychological
Association (APA) citation format whereby references are
cited in the text by author and date with a full
alphabetical listing (examples below) at the end of the
article.
Examples
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., &
Lupton R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article.
Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.
Reference to a book:
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979).
The Elements of Style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan,
(Chapter 4).
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How
to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S.
Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the
Electronic Age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.
Citing and listing of Web references:
At a minimum, the full URL should be given.
Any further information, if known (Author names, dates,
reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be
given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g.,
after the reference list) under a different heading if
desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Detailed APA guidelines can be found from
Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association, Sixth
Edition.
Tables and figures
Tables and figures should be typed
on separate sheets and their position
indicated by a note in the text. All tables and
figures should have short descriptive captions and
their source(s) typed below the tables.
Additionally
Authors are
responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright
holders for reproducing through any medium of
communication any illustrations, tables, figures or
lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
The authors
are expected to follow standard academic ethical
guidelines. All submitted manuscripts will be screened for
plagiarism using Turnitin (http://www.turnitin.com). Plagiarized manuscripts will be rejected
and reported to the authors’ employing institutions.
UK or US
spelling may be used. The final approved version of the
manuscript has to be language checked.