Manuscripts submitted to Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations must be original texts, presented exclusively to the journal, free of copyright and a product only of the authors cited on the title page.
They must also :
The articles will be written in French or English of academic caliber.
The manuscript will contain between 7,000 and 8,000 words (including references).
The text (from the introduction to the conclusion, including tables and figures)
First Document
The manuscript - Word Format, will have the following sections (in order) :
Second Document
Another document should provide a short biographical note about the authors and source of funding.
Title
Title will be no longer than 120 characters.
Keywords
The manuscript should be accompanied by 5 to 8 keywords. Notably, these should be terms that do not appear in the article’s title and hence increase the scope for referencing.
Summaries
The summary of approximately 300 words briefly presents the research objective or question, the methodology, the results, and the main conclusions of the article. After publication, it will be used by aggregators and added to databases.
Authors are requested to provide a summary in both languages (English and French).
References
In the text, references will be identified by the name of the author or authors, the year and, where appropriate, the page. Everything is placed within parentheses.
For works of more than three authors, the format et al. is accepted. The format must be used throughout the entire text.
For bibliographic references at the end of the text, please respect the APA 6th or 7th edition guidelines.
We also request the full names of the individuals cited to be included.
Footnotes
Taking into account the referencing method adopted in the main text, the use of notes should be limited.
They should be numbered consecutively throughout the article and placed at the end of the text.
Tables and charts
Their number should also be limited. They should have a title, be clearly presented and numbered consecutively in arabic numerals.
The tables and figures must be included in the main text file.
They must be inserted at the appropriate location within the manuscript.
Appendix
The journal does not publish appendices.
Authorship
Relations Industrielle/Industrial Relations requests that submitters clearly identify individuals who are considered authors of the draft article. The journal uses the submitted names, affiliation groups, and the order in which the names are presented as submitted.
Submitters must confirm that each author listed has made a real and significant contribution to the manuscript.
In case of dispute or doubt as to the contribution made by an author, the journal may request written confirmation of the role played by each person cited.
The author of correspondence is the person who submits the manuscript to the journal, either by email or through the manuscript management platform. It is considered that this person has been designated by his or her peers to perform this representative role and is able to convey important messages to colleagues.
Copyright
Submission of a paper implies that it is not already protected by copyright, is not currently under consideration by another journal, and that it is the product only of the authors(s) cited on the title page. We require authors to assign the copyright of their accepted manuscripts to RI/IR.
We also ask that you submit a photo of each author. We will use these pictures on various social media outlets for outreach and promotion of the published manuscript. Ideally, we would like to have good quality images with high resolution.