Style Guidelines
This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements for manuscript submission to the Journal of Institutional Ethnography.
Manuscripts should follow the American Sociological Association (ASA) style. Authors may consult the ASA Quick Tips for ASA Style.
Research manuscripts should meet the following guidelines:
• Double-spaced throughout.
• 12-point Times New Roman font.
• Page length includes tables and figures.
• Page length excludes the title page, abstract, and references.
Abstracts should:
• Describe the problematic and standpoint if the submission is a research article.
• Explain the purpose of the work.
• Describe the contribution to existing scholarship.
• Submit the manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, and related materials, as a single file. Word, RTF, and PDF files are accepted.
• Page size should be 8.5 x 11 inches.
• All margins should be 1.5 inches, including tables and figures.
• Use a single-column layout.
• Main body text should be 12-point Times New Roman or the closest comparable font.
• Footnotes should be 10-point Times New Roman or the closest comparable font.
• Figures should be high resolution.
Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification
Indent all paragraphs except those following a section heading. Do not insert extra space between paragraphs, except before and after block quotations or special remarks.
Avoid widows and orphans, meaning do not end a page with the first line of a paragraph or begin a page with the last line of a paragraph.
Text should be left-justified. Right justification may be used only when it does not create awkward spacing.
Authors should use self-identified language and attend carefully to how categories of identity are produced, taken up, and regulated through institutional texts and practices.
In alignment with ASA style guidance and feminist sociological scholarship, authors are expected to distinguish between sex, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, and to critically examine how these categories are organized and mobilized within institutional contexts.
Colored Text
Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. Color may be used in figures, maps, and other visual materials, but authors should ensure that content remains legible when printed in black and white.
Emphasized Text
Use italics rather than underlining for emphasis. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.
Font Faces
Use Times New Roman or the closest comparable font. If a second font is needed for headings, use a sans serif font such as Arial.
Font Size
The main body of the manuscript should be set in 12-point font. Avoid fonts smaller than 6-point.
Foreign Terms
Foreign terms should be italicized rather than underlined.
Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the manuscript. Footnotes should be 10-point Times New Roman or the closest comparable font, single-spaced, and separated from the main text by a footnote separator line.
Footnote numbers or symbols in the text must follow, rather than precede, punctuation. Excessively long footnotes should be moved to an appendix.
To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures may be placed on separate pages.
Avoid overly small type in tables. Tables and figures should not be submitted as separate files. All tables and figures must fit within 1.5-inch margins on all sides in portrait or landscape orientation.
Authors are responsible for providing complete and accurate references. References should follow American Sociological Association Style.