Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines for The History of Economic Thought (for English papers)

The History of Economic Thought is an official refereed journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought. The Society was founded in 1950 to promote the research in the history of economics, and the history of social and economic thought. It is published twice a year.

Articles
1. Submissions should be the original and previously unpublished papers only.
2. The editorial board will decide the acceptance of all submitted papers. After an initial screening, submitted papers will go through the usual refereed process.
3. The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought will retain the copyright concerning all publications in the History of Economic Thought.
4. All papers must comply with the following:
4-1. All papers should be written in English. Quotations from original texts can be quoted in the original languages.
4-2. All papers should not exceed 8,000 words.
4-3. Each paper should be accompanied by an abstract of 250 words (not exceeding 300 words), including title and author's name.
4-4. Up to three JEL classification numbers (http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html. E.g. B22, B32, I31) should be included in the paper, under the title.
4-5. For all other matters concerning style, please consult the HET guidelines(http://jshet.net/modules/english/).
5. All papers should be written for final submission in MS-Word. All papers should include a cover letter stating the name of the author, the title, the word count, author's address, phone and facsimile number, and e-mail address. All papers should be submitted by e-mail (to the e-mail address listed below).

Notes and Communications
1. Submissions for "Notes and Communications" should be the following:
a. a critique, survey, introduction of new themes, or new approach, all unpublished materials, regarding the history
of economics, and the history of social and economic thought: less than 1,500 words,
b. a reply or rejoinder to any published articles in the History of Economic Thought: less than 600 words.
2. For other things, the regulations of the articles apply correspondingly, but the editorial board may simplify the referee procedure.

Submissions of all papers should be sent to the following address:
E-mail: tamura [at mark] hokusei.ac.jp
Mail: Professor Shinichi Tamura, Editor of the History of Economic Thought
Hokusei Gakuen University
2-3-1, Ohyachi-Nishi, Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 004-8631, Japan
Phone: +81-11-891-2731(ext. 1710) Facsimile: +81-11-892-6097

The History of Economic Thought
Editor
Shinichi Tamura, Hokusei Gakuen University
Editorial Board
Kensuke Sasaki (Hokkaido University), Masanobu Sato (Daito Bunka University), Takuo Dome (Osaka University), Kouki Hirose (Fukui Prefectural University), Ryo Hongo (Hirosaki Gakuin University), Shunsuke Moroizumi (Saga University), Shohei Yoneda (Shimonoseki City University)