Instructions for Submitting a Manuscript

Risk Analysis uses an electronic manuscript submission and review system, which manages all submissions, reviews, and correspondence between authors, reviewers, and editors via the internet and email. Using the system, authors may submit manuscripts in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, MS Word, rich text, or postscript.

Prior to submission:

1. Prepare your manuscript such that it is double-spaced (including references) in clear, grammatical English with margins on all sides of at least 1 in (2.5 cm) on 8.5”x11” sized pages. Headings within the main body should be in bold capital lettering and numbered, followed by the REFERENCES section and any tables or figures. Subheadings should be bold and numbered as 1.1, 2.1. Sub-subheadings should be italicized and numbered as 2.1.1., 2.1.2, et al.
For example:
3. RESULTS
3.1. Preliminary Data
3.1.1. Surveys
3.1.2 Interviews
3.2. Final Data

Figures should be numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.) and tables should be numbered using Roman numerals (I, II, III, etc.). All images should be converted into high-quality image files. (Upon acceptance of any manuscript, original drawings or glossy prints suitable for reproduction may be requested during copyediting.) There is an author charge for color figures or graphics, to be determined by the publisher.

Please number pages consecutively, with page 1 containing the article title only. Risk Analysis uses a double blind review process so it is very important that the names and affiliations of all authors should NOT appear on the submitted manuscript. Page 2 should contain an abstract of 250 words or less, followed by a list of 3 to 5 keywords that express the precise content of the manuscript for indexing purposes. Please be sure that your abstract is clearly written and understandable to a lay audience. The manuscript text should be less than 7,000 words (i.e., excluding references, tables and figures), unless exceptional circumstances warrant a longer page count, for which authors should contact the Managing Editor prior to submission.

References should be numbered and cited in the text by a superscript number in parentheses, with citations listed in the reference section in the order they appear in the text. (see below).

Reference style is as follows:
Journal article:
1. Goda K, Hong HP. Implied preference for seismic design level and earthquake insurance. Risk Anal. 2008 Apr;28(2):523-37.
Book:
2. Gibbons R. Game Theory for Applied Economics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Edited Book:
3. Graham JD, Wiener JB (eds). Risk vs. Risk: Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the environment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.
Chapter in an Edited Book:
4. Graham JD, Wiener JB. Confronting risk tradeoffs. Chapter 1 in Graham JD, Wiener JB (eds). Risk vs. Risk: Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.
Newspaper article:
5. Lipton E. New York to test ways to prevent nuclear terror. New York Times, February 9, 2007, A1.
Report:
6. Stana RM. Summary of Challenges Faced in Targeting Oceangoing Cargo Containers for Inspection. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office Report, GAO-04-557T, March 31, 2004.
Online resource:
7. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Fact Sheet: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, 2005. Available at: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=43&content=4474&print=true, Accessed on September 1, 2008.

Any footnotes should be numbered using a superscript number without parentheses to distinguish them from references, and the text of these should appear at the end of the manuscript.

2. Once you have prepared your manuscript, please review the policy and requirements for competing interest disclosures and prepare your answers to these questions on behalf of all authors. The submitting author will be required to answer these questions in the online submission process. After a paper is accepted, authors must acknowledge competing interests in the final version of their papers.

To submit your manuscript:

3. Please go to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/riskanalysis and log in or click on “Check for Existing Account.” If you do not have an account, click on “Create an Account” to set up a username and password. Once you have logged into your account, click on “Author Center.” Click on button to submit a new manuscript and proceed through each of the required steps. If you have any questions about this system, or if you are unable to submit a manuscript via the internet, please contact the Managing Editor (klowrie@rci.rutgers.edu).

4. Submission of a manuscript is a representation that it has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. It is also an assurance that all persons listed as authors have made significant (not merely administrative, technical, or supervisory) contributions to the content of the paper and that they each concur with the paper as initially submitted and with all revisions. As a result of the 1978 Copyright Law, a statement transferring copyright from the authors(s), or their employers (if they hold the copyright) will be required before the manuscript can be published. The form can be downloaded from the Manuscript Central web site.

5. After submitting a manuscript, you should receive an e-mail confirmation that the paper was received. When the reviews are complete, you will receive an e-mail with your reviews and further instructions on how to proceed. The journal makes no page charges. Authors of accepted papers will receive a pdf version of the article, and will receive information from the publisher about ordering paper reprints.