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Author Guidelines

Occasional papers on Sociology and Anthropology publishes articles, original research reports, review articles, book reviews, dissertation abstracts, professional announcements, and other information of interest in the areas of the sociology and anthropology of Nepal and other Himalayan regions. Both the Nepalese and foreign scholars may submit their articles.

Materials submitted should be in English or in Nepali. Authors must take full responsibility for the originality of the contents and opinions expressed in these articles. The copyrighted material, which is to be reproduced in the article must be suitably acknowledged.

Contributors are requested to send, if possible, their materials on computer floppy disks using IBM compatible word processing programs. They may, however, send copy of the manuscript separately. The texts, notes and references should be typed double-spaced. All pages should be numbered. The title of the paper, author's name, affiliations, and complete address should appear on the first page.

The anthropological style of referencing is preferred. Texts should refer to notes numbered consecutively. All notes and footnotes should appear at the end of the paper. Book reviews should not, however, contain footnotes; all references should be incorporated in the text itself.

Citation in the text should include the author's surname, year of publication, and page number e.g.: (Sorokin. 1978:49). If the publication to be cited is authored by more than two persons, then use the surname of the first author, to be followed by et al. If the same reference is cited more than once continuously, use ibid. After citing the full reference once, just give the relevant page number if it is different.

Entries for the bibliographical list should follow the following order: author's name (surname, followed by full first name or initials), year of publication, the title of publication along with its edition number, place of publication, and publisher's name. If the reference is from and article of an edited book, just give the name of the author as suggested above, year of publication, the title of the article, the title of the book, editor's name, place of publication, and publisher's name; e.g. Greenwold Stephen 1978. ";The Role of the Priest in Newar Society";. Himalayan Anthropology ed. James Fisher The Hague : Mouton.

If the reference is from a periodical, give the name of the author as suggested above, year of publication, the title of the periodical with its volume number, and page number: e.g. Gray John N. 1980, ";Hypergamy, Caste and Kinship among the Chhetris of Nepal";, Contributions to Indian Sociology, 14: 1-34.

If the year and the place of publication are missing, use n.d. and n.p. respectively. The bibliographical list should preferably include only the works cited. Use double quote marks (";  ";) while quoting sentences and single quotes (‘  ') for a single word/phrase. Use spellings as followed in the New Webster Dictionary or Oxford Dictionary. Contributions are requested to maintain consistency throughout their articles.

All correspondence related to editorial and subscription should be addressed to:

The Chairperson
Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology
Tribhuvan University
Kirtipur
Kathmandu
Nepal

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. 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).
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-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.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review) have been followed.
 

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