Guide for Authors

Overview

Topics within the scope of the Journal of Transport and Land Use are welcome for submission. If you have questions about whether a paper fits the scope, please contact the editors.

Editorial Enquiries
David Levinson
Journal of Transport and Land Use
500 Pillsbury Drive, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

Tel: +01 (612) 625-6354
Fax: +01 (612) 626-7750
email: dlevinson@umn.edu

Notes for Contributors

JTLU accepts multiple types and styles of papers. However, for the benefit of readers, JTLU also follows the philosophy of Strunk and White: "omit needless words" and therefore encourages short, to-the-point, pieces. JTLU considers the following for publication:

1. Manuscripts: include original data analysis and advance both theory and methods, and incorporate a more extensive review of the literature, and may examine multiple related questions (and may exceed 10,000 words).
2. Letters: briefly document original data analysis (generally using established methods and testing previously proposed theories), usually about 1,500 words.
3. Articles: report original data analysis and advance theory or methods (including applying methods in novel ways or to new questions), respond to one or two questions and typically are about 4,000 words.
4. Methods: present a new experimental or statistical method, test or procedure (e.g., GIS protocols), generally using established datasets. The method described may either be completely new, or may improve existing techniques. These are typically about 1,500 words
5. Debates: present an argument that is not essentially based on practical research. Debate articles can report on all aspects of the subject including theoretical, sociological and ethical aspects.
6. Commentaries: focus and opine on specific issues within the journal's scope and are about 1,000 words.
7. Discussions: comment on previously published papers, which may be accompanied by a response from the original author.
8. Literature Reviews: comprehensively and authoritatively describe any subject within the journal's scope. They have an educational aim and are typically on the order of 5,000 words.
9. Book Reviews: summarize and comment on recently published books, generally 1000 to 1500 words.

Papers for Review

Papers for review should be submitted electronically in Portable Document Format (PDF) via the JTLU production website . Papers in other formats will not be considered.

The Editors will not consider papers that have been published elsewhere.

All papers must be typed, double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman (or equivalent). Each page must be numbered.

An abstract of approximately 100 words, detailing the main points of the paper, must be included with the article.

Mathematical arguments when used should accompany the paper as an appendix.

For review, all diagrams must be embedded in the same PDF file as the text.

Statistical tables should be clearly headed and the reader should be able to understand the meaning of each row and column. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the data.

Both table and captions should be informative. Long descriptive, interpretative captions are encouraged. The tables and figures should be able to stand alone and be read independently of the text. The text should not repeat information in the tables or figures.

Footnotes must be very brief. Any explanation requiring more than a few lines must be incorporated in the text or added as an Appendix.

References should be carefully checked, and complete. Any references not cited in the text will be deleted. References in the text should follow the (AUTHOR, YEAR) format. The Harvard System must be used.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors will be expected to agree to the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0, granting non-exclusive use of their article to the Journal of Transport and Land Use. It is however expected that the author will not publish the work in another academic journal without crediting the Journal of Transport and Land Use.

Language

The official language of the Journal is English.

Units

All measurements shall be given in metric (SI) units. Imperial (English) or other local units may be used in addition to metric units, and may be given in parentheses after the metric units.

Data Availability

All data used in the articles must be available in a publicly accessible data archive. The Journal will host moderate sized datasets that are not presently in a publicly accessible data archive. The objective is to enable research results to be reproduced by other researchers. Papers with insufficient detail or transparency to enable reproduction of the results will not be accepted.

References

The Harvard System of Referencing must be used and only those works cited in the text may be included.

Formatting Instructions for Final Manuscripts

Please note that a plain text or LaTeX version of the article is required for typesetting purposes. Figures must be provided in portable document format (.pdf). A bibliography file in .bib format is also required.