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Author Guidelines

Style Guidelines and References: The Texas Water Journal employees the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style format. Please see the Style Guidelinesfor detailed information about style and word usage, including punctuation, use of numbers and units of measure, and in-text and reference list examples. Blue Book will also be accepted.

• The Editors of the Texas Water Journal discourage the use of acronyms.

1. The Texas Water Journal only accepts electronic submissions.
2. All manuscripts must be double-spaced with one-inch margins.
3. All manuscripts should include an abstract of no more than 200 words. Do not include abbreviations, diagrams or references to the text within the abstract.
4. Authors should provide three to five keywords for each article.
5. TWJ accepts the following types of articles:
   1. General Research or Issues: 10,000 words
   2. Policy Reviews or Essays: 3,500 words
   3. Forum: 2,200 words
   4. Research, Policy or Legal Note: 1,500 words
   5. Word limits include references, footnotes or endnotes, tables and figures but do not include the abstract
   6. The Texas Water Journal is amenable to longer articles. Please contact the Editors to discuss.
6. All articles should include a title page with the full names of the authors and their affiliations. If there are multiple authors, identify the primary author to whom all electronic correspondence and proofs should be sent.
7. Tables should be included in the text near where they should appear. Figures and photos can be embedded at the end of the paper but authors should ALSO submit a separate image file for EACH photo and figure in jpeg or pdf format.
8. Figures and Tables should be mentioned in sequential order in the text.
9. Use a legible font such as Times New Roman 12 pt.
10. Do not indent paragraphs
11. Headings should be left justified with a single space between the heading and subsequent text. Headings should be numbered as follows:
    I.
    A.
    1.
    a.
12. Heading format is as follows:
    HEADING
    Heading
    Heading

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
3. When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (that is, http://pkp.sfu.ca).
4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); all tables are included in the text; and all photos and figures are included at the end of the text and ALSO submitted as separate supplementary files in jpeg or pdf format.
5. The text adheres to the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style format, including stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found on the Submissions page and in About the Journal.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: 1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal. 3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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