Environmental Science and Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.

Editorial Policy
Environmental Science and Policy will publish original research papers, research and policy reviews and notes, forum discussion of published work, occasional commentaries or opinion pieces, and book reviews in English. Submitted papers should address environmental issues of international significance, aim at informing policy debates and making, and be of international relevance. Hence, manuscripts focusing on local issues are welcome if they suggest research strategies or offer lessons that are valuable more generally. Manuscripts which reveal the need for further scientific research are also welcome. We look for contributions that relate to both science and policy. Therefore the journal is not the place for papers that are entirely concerned with policy, or are entirely natural, economic or social science, which would be better placed in more specialist journals. All contributions will be independently reviewed. Proposals for ordinary and guest-edited special issues are encouraged and welcomed.



Submission for all types of manuscripts to the journal Environmental Science and Policy proceeds totally online which can be accessed via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) Website for this journal at:

http://ees.elsevier.com/envsci

NB Special Issues do not normally use this system and instead authors should follow instructions from Guest Editors.

You will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. When submitting a manuscript to Elsevier Editorial System, authors need to provide an electronic version of their manuscript. For this purpose only original source files are allowed, so no PDF files. Authors should select a category designation for their manuscripts (research paper, short communication, review article, book review, etc.). Once the uploading is done, the system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. All correspondence, including the editor's decision and request for revisions, will be by e-mail.

If online submission is not possible, manuscripts may be submitted by sending the source files on disk together with a matching hard copy (both text and figures and tables) by registered mail to the editorial office (Please note that this is not the preferred way of submission and could cause a considerable delay in publication of the article.)

Environmental Science and Policy
Environmental Change Institute
Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Dyson Perrins Building
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3QY
United Kingdom.

Also other correspondence should be sent to this postal address or to the e-mail address of the editorial office: esp@eci.ox.ac.uk.

By submitting a paper to Environmental Science and Policy the authors confirm it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the publisher. Submissions are usually checked by the Editors for eligibility in terms of the aims and editorial policy of the journal, and for standard of presentation, prior to the paper being submitted for review.

Review process:

All eligible papers are reviewed on the basis of the criteria of originality, quality, policy relevance and suitability for interdisciplinary audiences. Authors are asked to identify and to submit contact details for three potential reviewers of their manuscript. Reviewer suggestions are REQUIRED to encourage nomination of both specialists AND people outside the specific subdiscipline of the paper. These need not necessarily be the famous leaders of the science (who are often too busy to respond) and can be emerging authorities whose work you respect but who are totally independent of you and your institution. We emphasise that we always choose further reviewer(s) who have not been nominated by you.
Manuscripts are reviewed by at least two reviewers chosen by the editors from among the suggested and other potential reviewers. The authors may be requested to revise conditionally accepted manuscripts within 8 weeks of the receipt of reviews. The Editor-in-Chief approves manuscripts for publication.





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Wordprocessor Document

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To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spellchecker" function of your wordprocessor.

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Title page with authors' contact information:
The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote giving E-mail address and telephone number. Full postal addresses (but not e-mail or phone) must be given for all co-authors.

Abstract:
This should be of a maximum of 200 words, clearly stating methodology and the original contribution claimed in the paper.Keywords:
A list of up to 5 keywords

Main body of text:
Authors should consult a recent issue of the Journal for style if possible. The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to standards of uniformity.

Appendices

References:
Please see section III for more information.

A biographical note of each author of no more than 100 words each

Tables and figures:
Please see section IV for more information.

Further Information On:

Units: The SI system should be used for all scientific and laboratory data. If it is necessary to use other units they should be added in parentheses. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius. Where units or abbreviations may cause ambiguity or be misunderstood by an international readership, units should be explained and abbreviations spelled out in full. For example, the unit 'billion' should be qualified when used.

Formulae: Formulae should be numbered consecutively in the right-hand side of the column. Vectors and matrices should be clearly indicated. Special symbols should be identified in the margin. Care should be taken to avoid confusion between letters and numerals.



All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to the author's name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. ''Since Peterson (1993) has shown that.... ..'' or ''This is in the agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1994)''). For three or more authors use the first author followed by ''et al.'', in the text but indicate all authors in the reference list. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names. Ensure that the spelling of authors' names and dates is exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.

References should be given in the following form:

Arno, S.F., 1996. The seminal importance of fire in ecosystem management: impetus for this publication. In: Hardy, C.C., Arno, S.F. (Eds.), The Use of Fire in Forest Restoration. General Technical Report INT-GTR 314. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Intermountain Research Station, Missoula, MT, pp. 1-5.
Botch, M.S., Kobak, K.I., Vinson, T.S., Kolchugina, T.P., 1995. Carbon pools and accumulation in peatlands of the former Soviet Union. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9 (1), 37-46.
Grainger, A. 1992. Characterization and assessment of desertification. In: Chapman, G.P. (Ed.), Desertified Grasslands: their Biology and Management. Academic Press, London, pp. 17-33.
Press, W.H., Teukolsky, S.A., Vetterling, W.T., Flannery, B.P., 1992. Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

In addition to regular bibliographic information, the digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken from a document in this journal):
doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2005.01.001

Please give as much bibliographic information as possible with the DOI. Please give the name(s) of the author(s), title of the paper, journal name and if possible year of publication.

When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.



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