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Thank you for your interest in publishing a special issue with Old World Trade and Interaction. Please read the guidelines below before submitting your proposal.

Proposing a New Special Issue

All proposals should be sent to info@owti.uk and include the following:

1. Special issue title
2. Names, affiliations, email addresses and CVs of the lead guest editor and a maximum of three associated editors
3. An overview, intended focus and a list of proposed topics
4. Aim, scope, significance and how it fits within our research interests
5. Five succulent keywords that reflect the theme
6. Target audience
7. Timeline and schedule of soliciting papers and paper submissions
8. A list of potential contributors and their contact details
9. Any conflict of interests

Your Responsibilities as a Guest Editor

• Issuing a call for abstracts
• Reviewing the submitted abstracts
• Considering diversity and inclusivity when selecting researchers
• Collaborating with the journal’s editorial board to establish submission deadlines, the expected publication date for the special issue, prepare the editorial or preface to introduce the special issue, organise the articles into subsections or a specific order for the publication; and ensure coherence and thematic unity within the issue
• Ensuring impartiality, research integrity, credibility and other expected standards within their editorial service

The Editorial Policies for Special Issues

• Special issue proposals are subject to the approval of our editorial board
• If a proposal is approved, the special issue call for abstracts will be issued
• Manuscripts submitted to the special issue are subject to the same peer review process as regular submissions.
• Manuscripts submitted to the special issue are subject to our Terms and Conditions and our Editorial Policies, ensuring high editorial standards as regular submissions, and quality and fairness in the review process
• Guest editors may hold only one active special issue proposal at any given time
• Guest editors may not peer review submitted manuscripts
• Guest editors will aid in promoting the special issue via social media or email
• Accepted manuscripts will initially be published as ‘Early View’ publications with a DOI, and will subsequently appear in the next available journal issue
• Once all contributions are available online, all articles within the special issue will be compiled into a comprehensive online collection