Please submit all manuscripts on line via: http://jse.allentrack2.net (please note that "www" is not used with this address). The website provides directions for author registration and easy on-line manuscript submission. A cover letter indicating that the article has not been previously published nor currently submitted elsewhere must be included with the manuscript. Instructions for submitting Letters to the Editor are explained below.

Note - Before you submit a paper you should familiarize yourself with the Journal by reading articles from past issues in the Online Articles section.

Aims and Scope: The Journal of Scientific Exploration publishes material consistent with the Society's mission: to provide a professional forum for critical discussion of topics that are for various reasons ignored or studied inadequately within mainstream science, and to promote improved understanding of social and intellectual factors that limit the scope of scientific inquiry. Topics of interest cover a wide spectrum, ranging from apparent anomalies in well-established disciplines to paradoxical phenomena that seem to belong to no established discipline, as well as philosophical issues about the connections among disciplines. The Journal publishes research articles, review articles, essays, book reviews, and letters or commentaries pertaining to previously published material. Authors should become familiar with the scholarship and style of the Journal before making submissions.

Manuscript Submission

Initial Manuscript Submission: Please submit electronic files of the manuscript, cover letter, and any tables and figures via http://jse.allentrack2.net. The website provides explicit directions for author registration, how to submit the files, and what file formats are acceptable. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and any tables and figure captions should follow the reference section. Do not embed tables or figures in the text. If there is more than one table, each table should be on a separate page. Figures should should be saved in separate files from the text (i.e., if there are 3 figures, each figure should be saved in a separate file). Figure captions should be included with the manuscript text. Do not include the captions with the figure files themselves. A cover letter from the author must state that publication is requested. The letter must also state that the article has not been previously published nor currently submitted elsewhere for publication. If this is not the case, explanation and appropriate authorization must be presented for consideration by the editor. Copyright-marked material will NOT be accepted.

Revised Manuscript Submission: There are three acceptable formats for authors to submit their revised manuscripts to the JSE editorial office.

1. The preferred method is to submit a 3.5-inch disk containing a file of the manuscript readable by Microsoft Word software. (3.5-inch disks containing Rich Text Format or Word Perfect files are also acceptable.) Transmit a file by e-mail to lrippel "at" allenpress.com.
2. Submit two typewritten or computer-printed copies of the manuscript. Carefully handwritten equations are acceptable.

Research articles must conform to contemporary scholarly standards appropriate for an archival journal, and must include an abstract and bibliographic citations. Title page should list (1) the article title; (2) the authors' names and affiliations at the time the work was conducted; (3) a concise running title; (4) suggested keywords for indexing; and (5) an unnumbered footnote giving address for reprint requests and any acknowledgments. An abstract must be submitted that does not exceed 200 words in length. This should be concise and complete without reference to the body of the paper. Include purpose, methodology, results, and conclusions.

Refereeing: In established disciplines, concordance with accepted disciplinary paradigms is the chief guide in evaluating material for scholarly publication. On the matters of interest to the Society for Scientific Exploration, however, consensus does not prevail. Therefore the Journal of Scientific Exploration necessarily publishes claimed observations and proffered explanations that will seem more speculative or less plausible than in some mainstream disciplinary journals. Nevertheless, those observations and explanations must conform to rigorous standards of observational techniques and logical argument.

Manuscripts will be sent to two or more referees. Which referees are used will be determined by the Editor-in-Chief. If the paper is presented at the yearly conference it may only have one reviewer. Reviewers are given the option of providing an anonymous report or a signed report. If publication is deemed warranted but there remain points of disagreement between authors and referee(s), the reviewer(s) may be given the option of having their opinion(s) published along with the article, subject to the Editor-in-Chief's judgment as to length, wording, and the like. The publication of such critical reviews is intended to encourage the debate and discussion of controversial issues, since such debate and discussion offer the only path toward eventual resolution and consensus.

Letters to the Editor that are intended for publication should be clearly identified as such. They should be directed strictly to the point at issue, as concisely as possible, and will be published, possibly in edited form. They should be emailed directly to the Managing Editor at jrichmond @ allenpress.com. Letters commenting on articles and essays will, before publication, be sent to the authors of those pieces with the invitation that they make a response in the same issue of the Journal. Where a lengthy discussion of an article or essay is warranted, it may be published as a Commentary, possibly together with a response by the author of the original piece. Letters to the Editor about book reviews and abstracts of Articles of Interest should focus strictly on inaccuracies and errors committed by the reviewer or abstracter, they should not argue with the substance of the reviewed book or abstracted article. Reviews and abstracts serve readers by bringing to their attention material likely to be of interest. They aim to present useful descriptions of the content of the material, but cannot be held responsible for factual errors or for controversial opinions in that material. Reviewers and abstracters are also entitled to comment, within reason, on what they perceive to be errors or inadequacies or unjustified interpretations. It can be taken for granted that not everyone will agree with the opinions expressed in the books or articles, or in the reviews or abstracts of them; therefore Letters to the Editor should concern factual mistakes, not mere differences of opinion.

Style and References: Manuscripts should be prepared using past issues as a guide. The reference section must be double spaced and all works cited must be listed. Avoid abbreviations of journal titles and incomplete information. References should refer only to material cited within the text and should be placed on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Nonretrievable material, such as papers presented at meetings, reports of limited circulation, unpublished works, unrefereed sources such as newspapers or magazines, and personal communications, should be restricted to works absolutely essential to the article. Citations appear within the text itself either numbered sequentially or cited with an author-year format (e.g. "Smith (1970) compared reactions." or "Reactions were compared (Smith, 1970)."). An alphabetical reference list is preferred, but a numbered reference list that may include commentary is acceptable if that is more appropriate to the nature of the article.

Page Charges: As with publications of other scientific societies, the Journal of Scientific Exploration costs more to produce than the subscription price for individuals. Authors are requested wherever possible to help defray these costs by making a contribution in the form of page charges of $30 per journal page.

Tables: Tables should be included on separate pages. Each table should be numbered and should include a brief caption that explains the content.

Figures: All figures, including photographs, must be submitted as electronic files. For photographs, authors will need to scan the photograph to create an electronic file. Figures should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi when sized for the publication (please see a recent issue for journal size). Figures must be submitted in separate files (ie, if there are 3 figures, each figure must be saved in a separate file). Please see the manuscript submission website (http://jse.allentrack2.net) for acceptable formats. Figures submitted in any non-graphic software (e.g., Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint) may not be of sufficient quality for publication in print. Any questions about submission of electronic figures should be directed to the Managing Editor.

Proofs and Reprints: One (1) set of page proofs of the article will be sent to the corresponding author. These should be carefully proofread. Except for typographical errors, corrections should be minimal, and rewriting of text is not permitted. Page proofs should be returned to the Managing Editor within 48 hours of receipt. The author will receive (along with page proofs for reading) a form for ordering reprints of his/her article. Orders for reprints must be received before printing in order to qualify for lower printing rates.

Copyright: Authors retain copyright to their writings. However, when an article has been submitted to the Journal of Scientific Exploration for consideration, the Journal holds first serial (periodical) publication rights. Additionally, the Society has the right to post the article on the Internet and to make it available via electronic as well as print subscription. The material must not appear anywhere else (including on an Internet website) until it has been published by the Journal (or rejected for publication). After publication in the Journal, authors may use the material as they wish but should make appropriate reference to the prior publication in the Journal, for example: "This paper (material) first appeared in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol... no... pp... under the title..."

Disclaimer: While every effort is made by the publishers and editorial board to see that no inaccurate or misleading data, opinion, or statement appears in this Journal, they wish to point out that the data and opinions appearing in the articles and advertisements herein are the sole responsibility of the contributor or advertiser concerned. The publishers, editors, the editorial board and their respective employees, officers, and agents accept no responsibility or liability for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading data, opinion, or statement.