Submission Guidelines

Submissions fall under three categories: a journal-length article or literature review, a book review, and short essay.

An essay submission can review a research trend, pose a research question/propose a research agenda, review a theoretical framework, or offer a short commentary on an urban-related topic
No longer than 5 pages

Submit electronic file as Word document
Double-spaced
12 pt. font
Left-aligned margins and no columns
One inch margins
Style conventions should be appropriate to the discipline the author writes in
Block quotes should be single spaced
All articles and essays should include abstract (200 words max)
No cover page
Footnotes allowed. Single spaced, 9 pt. font
One space after periods
Every paragraph should have half inch space indentation (Tab default)
On page 1: Listing each authors’ affiliation
Supplemental online material. Supplemental material can be a video, dataset, fileset, sound file, or anything else which supports (and is pertinent to) your paper. Supplemental material must be submitted for review upon paper submission. Additional text sections are normally not considered supplemental material.
Figures. Figures should be high quality (600 dpi for black & white art and 300 dpi for color). Figures should be saved as JPEG or PNG. Figures embedded in your text may not be able to be used in final production.
Tables. Please supply editable table files. We recommend including simple tables at the end of your manuscript, or submitting a separate file with tables.
The heading convention should follow the style that the author is adopting.

Material submitted to this e-journal implies consent by the author to allow e.polis to edit and publish submissions online.
Third party material. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce third party material from other sources.

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