Style Request: Journal of Southern African Studies

edited August 7, 2023
Hi,

I'd like to request an addition of the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS) style.

The online style documentation (within the instructions for authors) is here: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=cjss20

Print ISSN: 0305-7070 Online ISSN: 1465-3893

Examples:

In-text citation (superscript Arabic numbered footnotes):
1
2

Bibliography (book and journal titles are in italics):
J.L. Campbell and O.K. Pedersen, 'The Varieties of Capitalism and Hybrid Success', Comparative Political Studies, 40, 3 (2007), pp. 307-332.

I. Mares, 'Firms and the Welfare State: When, Why, and How Does Social Policy Matter to Employers?', in. P. A. Hall & D. Soskice (eds), Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, (New York, Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 184–213.

Open Access Article link for more examples: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057070.2022.2108249?src=

And finally, here are the copy-pasted directions for their referencing style in case the extra information is helpful:

References and footnotes: JSAS uses footnotes for both referencing and information, rather than in-text citation . Footnotes should be numbered sequentially throughout the article in Arabic numerals and placed at the foot of each page. They must be embedded in the text, not manually entered by the author (i.e. any footnote additions or deletions will automatically change all the footnote references throughout the paper to accommodate the changes). We do not encourage long footnotes: they should generally be confined to citations of sources and brief points. The development of sub-themes in footnotes should be avoided. Footnotes in titles and abstracts are to be avoided. As explained in point 8 above, acknowledgements, if any, should be included as a section at the end of the text. See issues from volume 42 onwards for examples.

Work/authors referred to in the text should be cited in full in the footnotes: The first letter of most words in titles of books, articles and chapters should be capitalised (except words like ‘a’ and ‘the’).

For articles in journals: list the author’s initials and name, the title of the article in single quotes (comma outside the quote mark), the name of the journal in italics, the volume number (without vol.), the number or issue, the date in parentheses, and the page number(s). For example, when an article as a whole is cited:

K. Barber, ‘Popular Arts in Africa’, African Studies Review, 30, 3 (1987), pp. 1–78.

Where a particular page reference is cited, give only the relevant page number(s).
For books give the author’s initials followed by his/her name, the title of the book in italics (without a following comma), the volume number where relevant, the place of publication, the publisher and the date, all in parentheses and separated by commas, followed by the page number(s) if a particular passage is being referred to.

For example:
T. Lodge, Black Politics in South Africa Since 1945 (Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1983), p. ix.

Chapters in books: when cited as a whole, should be as follows:
W. Tanaka and R. Moorsom, ‘Underdevelopment and Class Formation in Ovamboland, 1844–1917’, in R. Palmer and N. Parsons (eds), The Roots of Rural
Poverty in Central and Southern Africa (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1977), pp. 96–112.

Where a particular page reference is cited, give only the relevant page number(s).

For theses use the following style:
J. Cobbing, ‘The Ndebele Under the Khumalos, 1820–1896’ (PhD thesis, University of Lancaster, 1976).

For unpublished papers use the following style:
J. Alexander and T. Ranger, ‘Competition and Integration in the Religious History of
Northwestern Zimbabwe’ (unpublished paper, Oxford, 1996).

For archival references give the source and series and details of the deposit cited (archive first), although abbreviations (explained in full in the first instance) and shortening of dates are acceptable. For example:
Zambia National Archives (hereafter ZNA) 2/8/19, R.B. Draper, PC (Provincial Commissioner), Tanganyika Province, to CS (Chief Secretary), 4 April 1932.

For interviews give as many details as possible, e.g. name of interviewee, date and place of interview, and nature of survey and sample described in the first interview cited.
For Internet references provide author (if possible), document title or description, date (either the date of publication or update or the date of retrieval) and a workable URL address. For example:
W. Mothapo, ‘On the Question of Collective Leadership’, Umrabulo, 13 (December 2001), available at http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pubs/umrabulo/umrabulo3.html, retrieved 14 February 2005.

Throughout footnotes do not use op. cit. and cf., although ibid. is acceptable when repeating a citation from the immediately preceding footnote.

Where books and articles are referred to more than once, a short title should be used. For example:
Lodge, Black Politics in South Africa, p. 14. Blainey, ‘The Jameson Raid’, p. 20.

For citations of interviews, please include statements about how these were conducted, what information was given to respondents and what transcripts of interviews are held by the authors for verification. For all citations of internet- based and social media sources, including discussion forums and websites, a description and assessment of their status and verifiability will also be required. This should be placed in an extended footnote at the appropriate place in the paper or in a methods section if more appropriate for the particular discipline.

Thanks for any assistance here!
Sara
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