Style Guide

 

Globalt Environment and its publisher, The White Horse Press, aim to maintain high standards of writing and presentation. In particular, we aim to ensure that detailed styling is consistent within each article and across each issue.

We therefore ask all authors to make their best effort to adhere to the following detailed style guidance when preparing their article for submission.  

General

 

Headings

For identification purposes before layout:

First level: CAPS 

Second level: italics(sentence case)

Third level: bold(sentence case)

 

Abbreviations/spellings

 

Numbers

44 per cent (44% in notes), fourteen degrees

£246, £1 10s, 5s 3d, A$256,300, US$10 million

1 December 1946 (in text), 1 Dec. 1946 (in notes)

1950s, the fifties

number and date ranges should be given with an en dash (–) rather than a hyphen: 1900–1945; pp. 14–24.

 

Quotations

 

Transliteration/Romanisation from Other Writing Systems

Authors who include words from languages that use writing systems other than the Roman (latin) alphabet are requested to use the transliteration systems recommended by the Library of Congress. Please see: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html
 
For references to publications and sources in languages that use other writing systems, please put the original references in Roman/latin script according to the system recommended by the Library of Congress, and then put English translations of the titles immediately after the transliterated titles.
 
In all cases, please explain the transliteration/romanisation system used in a note near the start of your work. In case of any questions, please consult the editor.
 
 
Metadata For Searchability

Academic Search Engine Optimisation (ASEO) refers to optimising scholarly literature for academic search engines and databases like Google Scholar and PubMed. There are a few tips that you can use to boost your discoverability, especially in regard to setting your title, abstract and keywords. We encourage you to do this, where possible:

Title:
  Place important/key terms at the beginning of your title.
  Use a concise and descriptive title; consider how your titles appear on different screen sizes and what may get cut off.
  Avoid special characters and abbreviations.

Keywords:
  Consider a searcher's perspective; what keywords would they be looking for?
  Use synonyms of important words.

Abstract:
  Use short informational sentences.
  Place important/keywords at the beginning of your abstract.
  Use synonyms of important keywords and mention these a few times.

Learn more about ASEO here: Increasing visibility and discoverability of scholarly publications with academic search engine optimization

 

Cross-references

 

Illustrations and Tables

 

References

J. Martinez-Alier, G. Munda and J. O’Neill, ‘Weak comparability of values as a foundation for ecological economics’, Ecological Economics 26 (3) (1998): 277–286.

H. Rolston III, Philosophy Gone Wild, Second edition (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1989), pp. 189–201.

A. Holland, ‘Substitutability: Why strong sustainability is weak and absurdly strong sustainability is not absurd’, in J. Foster (ed.), Valuing Nature? Economics, Ethics and Environment(London: Routledge, 1997), pp. 119–134.

C.P. James, A study of subsistence agriculture in the lower Nile Delta, 1875–1930. (PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006).

C. Toulmin, ‘How Africa can solve its food crisis by growing more crops sustainably’, The Guardian, 18 April 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/apr/18/africa-food-crisis-growing-crops-sustainably(accessed 22 April 2020)

EPA, Who Cares About the Environment?(Sydney: Environmental Protection Authority, 2000). http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/community/whocares(accessed 16 Oct. 2002).

M. De Jong, ‘Seasonality, itinerancy and domestic fluidity: The case of the nomadic sheep-shearers of the Karoo’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1992.

Mahaffy to Sec. of State, 21 Dec. 1908, Western Pacific High Commission BSIP Secretariat Series, National Archives of Solomon Islands (hereafter WHPC) 281/1.

Notes

 

We prefer the short title system as described above, but the author–date system may be used for more scientific articles:

The following style should be employed:

Aldred, J. 2006. ‘Incommensurability and monetary valuation’. Land Economics 82 (3): 141–161.

Martinez-Alier, J., G. Munda and J. O’Neill. 1998. ‘Weak comparability of values as a foundation for ecological economics’. Ecological Economics 26: 277–286.

Rolston III, H. 1989. Philosophy Gone Wild. Second edition. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books.

Holland, A. 1997. ‘Substitutability: Why strong sustainability is weak and absurdly strong sustainability is not absurd’. In J. Foster (ed.), Valuing Nature? Economics, Ethics and Environment, pp. 119–134. London: Routledge.

James, C.P. 2006. A study of subsistence agriculture in the lower Nile Delta, 1875–1930. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.

Toulmin, C. 2013. ‘How Africa can solve its food crisis by growing more crops sustainably’. The Guardian, 18 April. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/apr/18/africa-food-crisis-growing-crops-sustainably (accessed 22 April 2020)

EPA 2000. Who Cares About the Environment? Sydney: Environmental Protection Authority. http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/community/whocares (accessed 16 October 2002).

De Jong, M. 1992. ‘Seasonality, itinerancy and domestic fluidity: The case of the nomadic sheep-shearers of the Karoo’Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Mahaffy, C. 1908. Letter to Sec. of State, 21 Dec. Western Pacific High Commission BSIP Secretariat Series, National Archives of Solomon Islands (hereafter WHPC) 281/1.

Notes

 

Abstract and Author Biography

A circa 100–150 word abstract should be given at the beginning, followed by around 5 keywords.

Following acceptance, author names, affiliations and email addresses should be given at the start, before the abstract.

 

Acknowledgements

Should be given as a separate paragraph at the end under the capitalised heading ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

 

Nomenclature


For further guidance, see the Chicago Manual of Style.