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Liste de vérification de la soumission

Les auteurs-es doivent s'assurer de la conformité de leur soumission avec l'ensemble des éléments suivants. Les soumissions non conformes pourraient être retournées aux auteurs-es.
  • 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).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Research Papers

SPP Research Papers feature in-depth examinations of policy issues. Manuscripts should be no more than 10,000 words, not including citations. These papers must be accessible to the educated lay-person outside of the author’s field of study.

Technical Papers

SPP Technical Papers provide the background technical analysis that underlies some SPP Research Papers. The Technical Papers are published when a policy issue requires a body of research with language and analyses that are highly specialized. Technical papers are not stand-alone publications, but are linked to an SPP Research Paper. 

Briefing Papers

SPP Briefing Papers provide an in-depth analysis and discussion of public policy issues in a manner that is easily understood by an educated lay-person. Whereas a Research Paper (see above) is based wholly on original research and/or data, these Briefing Papers may contain original research and/or data, but are otherwise an analysis of current thinking about existing policy options. 

Communiqués

SPP Communiqués are short papers (2,000 words maximum) that provide a thought‑provoking and succinct analysis of a particular policy issue. These papers must be easily understood by an educated lay-person.

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