The mission of the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management is to publish original, high-quality research within
the field of purchasing and supply management (PSM). Articles should have a significant impact on PSM theory and practice. The Journal
ensures that high quality research is collected and disseminated widely to both academics and practitioners, and provides a forum for
debate. It covers all subjects relating to the purchase and supply of goods and services in industry, commerce, local, national, and
regional government, health and transportation.
Submission of manuscripts
Submission for all types of manuscripts
to Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management proceeds totally online. Via the Elsevier Editorial System Web site for this journal
at http://ees.elsevier.com/jpsm, 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 (article, short communication, 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. The above represents a very brief outline of this form of submission. It can be advantageous to print
the "Guide for Authors" section from the site for reference in the subsequent stages of article preparation.
Articles should be 5000-7000
words long, although articles longer than 7000 words will be accepted on an occasional basis, if the topic demands this length of treatment.
All submissions should clearly state the number of words exclusive of references and tables. Manuscripts will be returned to the author
with a set of instructions if they are not submitted in the form prescribed below.
Submission of an article implies that the work
has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is
not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the
responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in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.
Process
Submissions to the editorial office
are first evaluated by the Editor for their appropriateness to the mission and objectives of JPSM. If deemed appropriate, the paper is
then sent out for review using a double blind process. The first review of every manuscript is performed by two anonymous referees. In
addition, the reviews for every paper submitted are reviewed by the Editor or the Associate Editor. The paper is then either accepted,
rejected or sent back to the author(s)for revision. Revised papers are sent to the editorial office, and usually forwarded to the original
reviewers. This will be possibly repeated for a second or even third revision, until the Editor, possibly in consultation with the Associate
Editor, decides to accept or reject the paper. The editorial office strives to respond to all authors within 4 months for the first submission
and 3 months for subsequent revisions.
Preparation of manuscripts
General.
Please write your manuscript
in good English (UK spelling). It should be written double-spaced, on one side of the paper and with wide margins (3 cm). (Avoid full
justification, i.e., do not use a constant right-hand margin.) Ensure that each new (sub)section and paragraph is clearly indicated.
Present tables and figure legends on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Number all pages consecutively. Italics are not to
be used for expressions of Latin origin, for example, in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands
(e.g. 10 000 and above). Consult a recent (on-line) issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and conventions. Title
Page.
Provide the following data on a separate title page (in the order given).Title. Concise and informative. Titles
are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. Author names and affiliations.
Present the author's affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with
a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Where the family name may
be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation including the country
name, and the e-mail address of each author. Corresponding authors.
Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence
at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure the telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code)
are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Present/permanent address.
If
an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent
address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained
as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes. Acknowledgements.
Collate
acknowledgements on the title page of the manuscript and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title
or otherwise. Apart from this title page, the manuscript may not contain any explicit or implicit reference that may reveal the
identity of the author(s).
Main text:
Title
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum
length 100 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract
is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should therefore be avoided, but if essential,
they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if
essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Keywords.
Immediately after the abstract,
provide a maximum of 3 keywords or phrases (maximum 10 words in total), avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid,
for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords
will be used for indexing purposes. Subdivision of the article.
Divide your article into clearly defined sections and
subsections, with appropriate headings. Use these headings also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'above ?' or 'below?'.
Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. Introduction.
State
the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Conclusions.
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form
a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section. Appendices.
If there is more than one appendix, they
should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: (Eq.A.1), (Eq.A.2), etc,
in a subsequent appendix, (Eq.B.1) and so forth. References.
See separate section, below. Figure legends,
tables, figures, schemes.
Present these, in this order, at the end of the article. They are described in more detail below.
High-resolution graphic files must always be provided separate from the main text file (see Preparation of Illustrations). Text graphics.
Present incidental graphics not suitable for mention as figures, plates or schemes at the end of the
article and number them 'Graphic 1', etc. Their precise position in the text can then be defined similarly (both on the manuscript and
in the file). See further under the section, Preparation of illustrations. Ensure that high-resolution graphics files are provided,
even if the graphic appears as part of your normal wordprocessed text file. Footnotes.
Footnotes should be used sparingly.
Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many wordprocessors build footnotes into the text,
and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves
on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list. Table footnotes.
Indicate
each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter. Tables.
Number tables consecutively in accordance with
their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid
vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere
in the article. Preparation of supplementary data.
Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support
and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications,
movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be
published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file
formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption
for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit http://authors.elsevier.com
Files can be stored on diskette,
ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh). Units.
All units should be given in metric (SI) units. References
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors. Citations in the text.
Please
ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract
must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the
text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication. Citing and listing of web
references.
As 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. Text.
Citations in the text should follow the referencing
style used by the American Psychological Association. You are referred to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
Fifth Edition, ISBN 1-55798-790-4, copies of which may be ordered from http://www.apa.org/books/4200061.html
or APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK. Details concerning this
referencing style can also be found at http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html List.
References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More
than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year
of publication. Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van de Greer, 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., & White, W. 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.
Note that
journal names are not to be abbreviated.
Notes for electronic text preparation for accepted final manuscripts General
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/copyright. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter
will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided.
If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit
the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact ES Global Rights Department, P.O.
Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; Tel: + 44 (0) 1865 843830; fax: +44 (0) 1865 853333; e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
General points
We accept most wordprocessing formats,
but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. An electronic version of the text should be submitted together with the final hardcopy of
the manuscript. The electronic version must match the hardcopy exactly. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference
and safety. Label storage media with your name, journal title, and software used. Save your files using the default extension of the
program used. No changes to the accepted version are permissible without the explicit approval of the Editor. Electronic files can be
stored on diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh). Wordprocessor documents
It is important that the file
be saved in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple
as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's
options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed 'graphically
designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table
grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns.
The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts. Do not import the figures into the
text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section
on Preparation of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spellchecker'
function of your wordprocessor.
Although Elsevier can process most wordprocessor file formats, should your electronic file prove to be
unusable, the article will be typeset from the hardcopy printout.
Preparation of illustrations Preparation
of electronic illustrations
Submitting your artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible
standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail. General points:
• Always supply high-quality printouts of your
artwork, in case conversion of the electronic artwork is problematic.
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your
original artwork.
• Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
• Only use the following fonts in your
illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
•
Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files, and supply a separate listing of the files and the software used.
• Provide
all illustrations as separate files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
Files can be stored on 31/2 inch diskette, ZIP-disk or CD
(either MS-DOS or Macintosh).
You are urged to visit this site which contains detailed guidance on: formats for electronic files; non-electronic illustrations;
captions; line drawings; photographs; colour illustrations (Note that figures with a single extra supporting colour will incur no extra
costs). Proofs
When your manuscript is received by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs
are not to be regarded as 'drafts'. One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked
for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage.
Proofreading is solely your responsibility. A form with queries from the copyeditor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries
and make any corrections or additions required. Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly
and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive the (PDF) proof of your article for correction, it
is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible,
so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any less time to make your corrections, just that
only one set of corrections will be accepted. Offprints
The corresponding author will be provided, at no cost, either
a PDF file of the article via e-mail or 25 paper offprints. The author will be responsible for distributing an appropriate number to
any fellow authors. Additional reprints (minimum of 50) are available at a cost and may be ordered prior to publication, using the order
form sent to the correspondingauhtor after the manuscript has been accepted. Please consult the price list accompanying proofs. Orders
for reprints (produced after publication of an article) will incur a 50% surcharge. Author enquiries
Authors can
keep a track on the progress of their accepted article, and set up e-mail alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript's status,
by going to http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. For privacy, information on each article is password-protected. The author
should key in the "Our Reference" code (which is in the letter of acknowledgment sent by the Publisher on receipt of the accepted article)
and the name of the corresponding author. In case of problems or questions, authors may contact the Author Service Department,
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