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1. How do I contact the Journal?
2. How do I subscribe to the Journal?
3. How do I unsubscribe?
4. How much does it cost to subscribe?
5. How often is the Journal published?
6. How will I know when a new article has been published?
7. How can I retrieve articles?
8. I am thinking of submitting an article. Is there a style guide?
9. How do I send you my article?
10. Are submissions peer-reviewed?
11. How long will it take for an article to be published after I send it in?
12. I am an academic based in the UK. Does electronic publication count in the Research Assessment Exercise?
13. What format is used for the publication of the articles?
14. How do I get printed copies of the articles to read?
15. Does it matter whether I use a PC or a Mac?
16. I wish to cite a JBE article in a paper I am writing. How do I give the reference?


Editors

Damien Keown (Goldsmiths, London)
Charles S. Prebish (Penn State)

Technical Editor Emeritus

Wayne R. Husted (IUPUI)
Stan Dunn

Technical Editor

Robert Hood (Middle Tennessee State University)

Book Review Editor

James Mark Shields

Copy Editors

Carl Albright
Jennifer McCay

Editorial Board

Masao Abe (Nara)
George Bond (Northwestern)
David Chappell (Hawaii)
Lance Cousins (Manchester)
Rupert Gethin (Bristol)
Richard Gombrich (Oxford)
Sue Hamilton (Kings College, London)
Ian Harris (St Martins, Lancaster)
Peter Harvey (Sunderland)
Christopher Ives (Puget Sound)
Leslie Kawamura (Calgary)
Sallie King (James Madison University)
Kenneth Kraft (Lehigh University)
William LaFleur (U.Pennsylvania)
Christopher Queen (Harvard)
Reginald Ray (Colorado)
Lambert Schmithausen (Hamburg)
Alan Sponberg (University of Montana)
Robert Thurman (Columbia)
Paul Williams (Bristol)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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4. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO SUBSCRIBE?

The Journal is free.

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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.

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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.

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7. HOW CAN I RETRIEVE ARTICLES?

World Wide Web:
http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/
http://appliedphilosophy.mtsu.edu/jbe/

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8. I AM THINKING OF SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE. IS THERE A STYLE GUIDE?

Yes. Please see the file Styleguide.htm.

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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.

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10. ARE SUBMISSIONS PEER-REVIEWED?

Yes. Articles submitted for publication are sent to a minimum of two referees for blind review.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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
Once you have downloaded the ASCII file, run your wordprocessor and give the command to open an existing file. Set the file type to ASCII (may also be listed as "DOS Text" or "text file") and type the filename of the article you wish to read (e.g. Harris.txt). The article will then appear on your screen like a normal wordprocessor document, and can be printed out.

ADOBE ACROBAT FILES
Adobe Acrobat files are stored in the PDF format ("Portable Document Format"). You need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print them.(Note: the Reader is available free from many internet sites such as http://www.adobe.com). Instructions on how to obtain and configure it are provided on the journal's Home Page under "Publications in Adobe Acrobat format).

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.

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15. DOES IT MATTER WHETHER I USE A PC OR A MAC?

No. Either will read ASCII files or Adobe Acrobat files.

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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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