Prospective authors will get the best indication of the sort of papers that IJCI publishes by looking at recent issues. But the headline news is that papers should be
- analytical in style (or at least in some style recognisable by human eyes -- so-called 'mind-lasers' will not do)
- written with great clarity (at least up to and including half-baked ideas)
- on topics of current interest (but note that this includes the current interests of the author. Note that IJCI does not publish papers on the interpretation of the Great Dead Philosophers, but will publish work BY them if submitted through a QUALIFIED medium)
- brief (normally fewer than 4000 words, and preferably fewer than 3000, but more than 5, and preferably divisible by 3)
We do look with interest at papers that continue recent threads of debate in IJCI, but, because of the intense pressure on space, we have a policy of not normally publishing critiques of papers which have appeared in other journals, unless, that is, the title has been changed and at least 20 years has elapsed since the paper was originally presented.
Departmental colleagues of the Editor are not debarred from having submissions considered, but no such paper is accepted unless recommended by an external referee. Authors are encourged to find their own referees, who should be of sound mind, and who can prove on the balance of probabilties the soundness of the author's mind. Note that 'external referee' means 'external to the author's mind', since past experience has taught that references from internal referees are unreliable and often incomprehensible.
Submitted papers do not have to conform to the details of IJCI style. But if a paper is accepted then the author will be asked to produce a disk version that conforms to the journal's conventions, including triple spaced 16pt bold 'comic' text on A3 sized paper.
Papers (two copies) should be e-mailed to the Secretary of Professor Rumbunctious Green, The Editor of IJCI, Society for the Advancement of the Esoteric, at the following address: C.Bourne@herts.ac.uk
Contributors are asked always to send two copies.