Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy



Public Money & Management:

Instructions for authors

Public Money & Management (PMM) publishes articles which contribute new knowledge as a basis for policy or management improvements, or which reflect on evidence from public service management and finance. The journal does not accept literature reviews. PMM has a multidisciplinary and international readership, including practitioners and policy-makers in all types of public service organizations, academics, consultants and advisers working with the public services, politicians, journalists, and students on both academic and professional courses. The editors welcome articles from a broad international perspective, which offer critical examinations or undertake comparative analyses.

The journal publishes main articles, new developments and contributions to debate. Main articles (no more than 5250 words) must meet high standards of intellectual argument, evidence and understanding of practice in public management. They are double-blind refereed by both an academic and a practitioner. New developments (up to 2750 words) focus on the evolution of contemporary public service policy, management or practice and convey the potential or actual impact of change in a detached, informed and authoritative way. These articles are not normally refereed, but are subject to editorial scrutiny. Debate articles (usually under 1000 words) are personal statements about topical issues, expressing an argument, supported by examples or evidence. They, too, are subject to editorial scrutiny. Authors should take into account the needs of the readership in drafting their articles, explaining technical terms and avoiding exclusive jargon.

PMM is published six times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November.

Submission
Manuscripts should be emailed as Word documents to the managing editor, Michaela Lavender:

michaela.lavender@cipfa.org.uk

Preparation
The following items should be included with manuscripts: title; postal and email addresses of all authors; a one-line biography about each author; and PDFs of any illustrations in black and white to fit an A4 page. PMM uses Oxford English Dictionary spelling (for example the suffix -ize instead of -ise). Authors should also supply a clear summary of around 75 words focusing on conclusions and lessons. Five keywords should also be supplied: these keywords should be terms which indicate the integral concepts or content of the article—they ensure that the article is easy to find in searches of online content. The journal uses the Harvard (author, date) system of referencing. References in the text should be given as (Brown, 1990), or Brown and Jones (1990), or Brown et al. (1992) if there are three or more authors. References should be given at the end of the article in a single alphabetical list:

To a journal: Hartley, J. (2011), Learning in the whirlwind: politicians and leadership development. Public Money & Management, 31, 5, pp. 331-338.
To a book: Parker, D. (2009), The Official History of Privatization (Routledge, London).

Documents available only online should be listed as: ‘author/editor (year), Title. See [URL]’. References to personal emails and private correspondence should be avoided. Footnotes and endnotes should also be avoided if possible.

Final manuscripts and proofs
After acceptance, authors are requested to submit their final manuscripts by email to the managing editor: michaela.lavender@cipfa.org.uk. Proofs for checking will be sent to authors by email and should be returned promptly by fax to Michaela Lavender on 001 561 989 9968, or by email as a marked-up and scanned PDF, or posted to Michaela Lavender, CIPFA, 3 Robert Street, London WC2N 6RL, UK.

For more information about PMM, see http://www.cipfa.org.uk/pt/pmm