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1. How do I contact the Journal? EditorsDamien Keown (Goldsmiths, London) Technical Editor EmeritusWayne R. Husted (IUPUI) Technical EditorRobert Hood (Middle Tennessee State University) Book Review EditorJames Mark Shields Copy EditorsCarl Albright Editorial BoardMasao Abe (Nara) 1. HOW DO I CONTACT THE JOURNAL?For General Enquiries, send an email message to Damien Keown at d.keown@gold.ac.uk. For Submissions and Publication Enquiries send an email message to Charles Prebish at csp1@psu.edu. For Technical Problems send an email message (in English) to Robert Hood at rhood@mtsu.edu. 2. HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO THE JOURNAL?Click on the Tools link in the menu to the left side of the page, and choose the Subscriptions link in the drop-down menu. Alternatively, click on the Subscribe link at the bottom of the page. 3. HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE JOURNAL?Click on the Tools link in the menu to the left side of the page, and choose the Subscriptions link in the drop-down menu. Alternatively, click on the Subscribe link at the bottom of the page, and follow the instructions given there. 4. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO SUBSCRIBE?The Journal is free. 5. HOW OFTEN IS THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED?There are no set publication dates, and articles and reviews are published as soon as they are received and approved. 6. HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN A NEW ARTICLE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED?We inform all subscribers by email as and when new material is available. We also post notices on the main discussion lists in Buddhism, such as Buddha-L. 7. HOW CAN I RETRIEVE ARTICLES?World Wide Web:
8. I AM THINKING OF SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE. IS THERE A STYLE GUIDE?Yes. Please see the file Styleguide.htm. 9. HOW DO I SEND YOU MY ARTICLE?Questions of this kind are addressed in further detail on our submissions page. In brief, all you need do is upload your wordprocessor file to us as an attachment to an email message. Any popular wordprocessor format (PC or Mac) is acceptable, as is plain ASCII text. Alternatively you could send the file to us on a floppy disk. We do not accept material on paper other than in exceptional circumstances. 10. ARE SUBMISSIONS PEER-REVIEWED?Yes. Articles submitted for publication are sent to a minimum of two referees for blind review. 11. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PUBLISH AN ARTICLE AFTER I SEND IT IN?On average not more than four to eight weeks. If you have submitted an article, you can use our tracking system to find out which stage of the publication process your article is. 12. I AM AN ACADEMIC BASED IN THE UK. DOES ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION COUNT IN THE RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE?Yes. The funding councils have stated that paper and electronic publications will be assessed on an equal basis. Further details are available at http://www.gold.ac.uk/history/hyperjournal/rae.htm. 13. WHAT FORMAT IS USED FOR PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES?Up to and including volume 2, the official version of our articles was in plain ASCII text. From volume 3 onwards the journal's official publication format is Adobe Acrobat. An HTML version of all publications is also produced for the convenience of subscribers, but this does not show page numbers and may lack diacritics. Only the official versions should be used for citation purposes. 14. HOW DO I GET PRINTED COPIED OF THE ARTICLES TO READ?This depends on whether you have downloaded an ASCII file from volumes 1 and 2, or an Adobe Acrobat file from volume 3 onwards. ASCII FILES ADOBE ACROBAT FILES Once you have the Reader installed (PC, MAC and UNIX versions are available), Download the PDF file you wish to read or print (e.g. King.PDF) from the Journal's site, and open it in the Acrobat Reader. 15. DOES IT MATTER WHETHER I USE A PC OR A MAC?No. Either will read ASCII files or Adobe Acrobat files. 16. I WISH TO CITE A JBE ARTICLE IN A PAPER I AM WRITING. HOW DO I GIVE THE REFERENCE?Quote the page numbers, volume and year just as you would in the case of a paper journal. Example: King, Winston L. 1995. "Judeo-Christian and Buddhist Justice", _Journal of Buddhist Ethics_ 2:67-82.
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