Instructions for the preparation of manuscripts

Please note the following with respect to the typing and organization of the material:

  •       All the pages of the printout should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page, to enable us to check for the correct ordering of elements.
  •      Levels of headings should reflect the organization of the chapter in which they occur. They should be parallel in construction, and all headings of the same level should be typed in the same format.
  •       If a gap is to be left between paragraphs to indicate a change in subject, three asterisks should be inserted on a separate line.
  •       Cross-references to other specific pages of the book cannot be completed until the book has been paged and should, if possible, be avoided, in favour of reference by chapter or section. If cross-references are necessary, however, please be sure to insert the correct pages at the page-proof stage.
  •       Any special symbols, Greek letters, etc. should be written or typed clearly and unambigously and specified or explained in the printout, as they tend not to transfer correctly between different word processors. Also, please check accents and symbols carefully in the proofs.
  •       Source notes for whole chapters give information regarding the previous publication history plus any necessary credit line; they appear listed together either on the copyright page or in an Acknowledgement section immediately following the copyright page. Credit lines given by the copyright holders on the permission must be followed exactly.
  •       Other previous history of a chapter (date of lecture, etc.) as well as acknowledgement of personal assistance with a chapter or with information contained in the chapter can be placed in a footnote at the beginning of the relevant chapter.
  •       Explanatory notes should be avoided if at all possible; explanations can be given within the text, in parentheses.
  •       Only acknowledgement of assistance or of information supplied for parts of chapters should appear as end-of-chapter notes; they are referred to with superscript numbers within the text, and the notes themselves listed at the end of the chapter.

STYLE

  •       Our books are edited according to Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford editorial style---e.g. z-spelling: (realize BUT analyse: for OED's rationale see Fowler's Modern English Usage, p. 314); serial comma ("Where more than two words or phrases or groupings occur together in a sequence a comma should precede the and: A great, wise, and beneficent measure.": See Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press Oxford, p. 38).
  •       Again according to OED style (and scientific writing generally), that is used in restrictive constructions and which in unrestrictive ones (see Fowler's, pp. 625–630, 699–702).
  •       Any abbreviations (acronyms) used should be explained the first time they occur.
  •       Please avoid terminology that might be construed as being sexist.

REFERENCES / BIBLIOGRAPHY

Text citations should appear in the form of the surname of the author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses. If more than one work is cited, the works should be ordered alphabetically by authors' surnames. In text references in parentheses, an ampersand should be used with two authors (and serial comma and ampersand with more than two). Complete references should then be given in a single reference section at the end of the manuscript, in the case of authored books, and in the case of edited books where each chapter has been contributed by a different author, the references for each chapter should be placed at the end of the chapter.

References in the reference list should be ordered alphabetically by the authors' surnames. Please repeat authors' names throughout the reference list, to enable us to use automatic alphabetical sorting.

Text citations and reference list entries must agree, both in spelling and in date.

In the case of two or more authors with the same surname, initials should also be given in the text citation. If two or more works by the same author were published in the same year, the letters "a", "b", etc. are appended to the date, both in the text citation and in the reference section. Please note that if references are added, identifying letters may have to be changed throughout the text.

If possible, historical dates should be given in the text, with the current edition in the Reference section: Bion, W. R. (1970). Attention and Interpretation. London: Tavistock [reprinted London: Karnac, 1984].

In the case of Sigmund Freud references only, citations should follow the Standard Edition, Freud Bibliography, in terms of both date and identifying letter (e.g. "The Unconscious" is always listed as 1915e, even if no other 1915 work is cited in the book). This means that Freud references can be changed without checking throughout the text for other references. Please note that where there is a discrepancy in the date in the Standard Edition between the alphabetical listing and the Freud Bibliography (for example, Civilization and Its Discontents is 1930a [1929] in the alphabetical listing, but only 1930a in the Bibliography), we take the date from the Bibliography.

In the case of translations, if there are any direct quotes in the text, these must be drawn from an English edition, if one exists. In this case the relevant page number should be given in the text reference. If no English version exists, please add "[translated for this edition]" to the text reference. For books and articles that appeared originally in English, the English edition only is listed. For those that have been translated from another language, both the edition in the original language and the English translation can be given in the references.

BOOK:

[Author's or editor's surname, followed by initial---list all authors; do not use et al. (Year of publication---in parentheses). Title of Work (italicized). City of publication (anglicized): Publisher.]

Alexandris, A., & Vaslamatzis, G. (Eds.) (1993). Countertransference: Theory, Technique, Teaching. London: Karnac [not Karnac Books].

Book authors or editors:   Alexandris, A., & Vaslamatzis, G.

  •       Invert all authors' names; give surnames and initials for all authors, regardless of the number of authors. List all authors - do not use "et al.". (However, in text, if authors number six or more, abbreviate second and subsequent authors as "et al." [not italicized and with no full stop after "et"].)
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Date of publication:   (1993).

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Book title:   Countertransference: Theory, Technique, Teaching.

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Publication information: London: Karnac Books.

  •       Give the city and, if the city is not well known for publishing or could be confused with another location, the country (or U.S. state) where the publisher is located. For U.S. publishers, use U.S. Postal Service abbreviations for states (see list). Use a colon after the location.
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  •       If two or more publisher locations are given, give the location listed first in the book or, if specified, the location of the publisher's home office.
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ARTICLE OR CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK:

[Author's or editor's surname, initials. (Year of publication) Title of article or chapter. In: Name of editor(s), Title of Work (italicized) (pp. 0000). City of publication (and state, if an American publication): Publisher.

Frey-Wehrlin, C. T., Bosnak, R., Langegger, F., & Robinson, C. (1978). The treatment of chronic psychoses. In: A. Samuels (Ed.), Psychopathology: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives (pp. 205-212). London: Karnac, 1989.

Article or chapter authors: Frey-Wehrlin, C. T., Bosnak, R., Langegger, F., & Robinson, C.

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Date of publication: (1978).

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Article or chapter title: The treatment of chronic psychoses.

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  •       Enclose non-routine information that is important for identification and retrieval in brackets immediately after the article title (e.g., [Letter to the editor]). Brackets indicate a description of form, not a title.
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Book editor:  In: A. Samuels (Ed.),

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Book title and article or chapter page numbers: Psychopathology: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives (pp. 205-212).

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Publication information: London: Karnac, 1989.

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PERIODICAL

  • Author's surname, followed by initials. (Year of publication). Title of article. Name of Journal, vol. no. (italicized), inclusive pages of article. (Journal titles in the reference list should be spelled out in full.)]
  • Bernstein, I., & Glenn, J. (1988). The child and adolescent analyst’s reaction to his patients and their parents. International Review of Psycho-Analysis, 15: 225–241.

Article authors: Bernstein, I., & Glenn, J.

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  •       Use commas to separate authors and to separate surnames and initials; with two or more authors, use an ampersand (&) before the last author.
  •       Spell out the full name of a corporate author.
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  •       Finish the element with a full stop. In a reference to a work with a corporate author, the full stop follows the corporate author. In a reference to a work with no author, the full stop follows the title, which is moved to the author position. (If an author's initial with a full stop ends the element, do not add an extra full stop.)

Date of publication: (1988).

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Article title: The child and adolescent analyst’s reaction to his patients and their parents.

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Journal title and publication information: International Review of Psycho-Analysis, 15: 225–241.

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  •       Give the volume number and italicize it. Do not use "Vol." before the number. If, and only if, each issue begins on page 1, give the issue number in parentheses immediately after the volume number.
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