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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.
  • The submission has a clear connection to formal axiology or Robert S. Hartman's theory of value and its applications.
  • 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).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Scope
Submissions must have a clear connection to formal axiology or Robert S. Hartman's theory of value and its applications. Manuscripts addressing axiology in general, without this specific connection, will not be considered. Articles may be critical, constructive, creative, theoretical, or applied, and must advance understanding of formal axiology or Robert S. Hartman's theory of value, or demonstrate a novel application of it.

Originality
Manuscripts must not have been previously published, nor be under consideration elsewhere, at the time of submission.

Manuscript Preparation
Submissions should be prepared in Microsoft Word format, using 12-point type, and formatted according to APA style where possible.

Review Process
Articles are subject to peer review by the journal's Editorial Advisory Board. Discussions, Book Reviews, Memorial Tributes, and From the Archives submissions are reviewed editorially rather than through peer review.

How to Submit
Authors must register with the journal (or log in if already registered) and submit via the journal's online submission system.

Copyright
Upon acceptance for publication, the corresponding author will be asked to sign the JFA Author Copyright Assignment Agreement, transferring copyright in the work to the Robert S. Hartman Institute. Authors retain the right to be identified as the author and to use their own work for non-commercial academic, research, and teaching purposes, as detailed in the Agreement and the journal's Copyright Notice.

Articles

Original scholarly articles on formal axiology and its applications, examined via peer review.

Discussions

Responses, replies, and critical exchanges engaging directly with a previously published JFA article or a designated discussion topic.

Book Reviews

Reviews of recently published books relevant to formal axiology, value theory, and related fields.

From the Archives

Previously unpublished writings, letters, and historical documents by Robert S. Hartman and early contributors to formal axiology, published here for the first time.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with the Journal of Formal Axiology agree to the following terms:

  1. Upon acceptance for publication, copyright in the submitted work is assigned to the Robert S. Hartman Institute (RSHI), formalized through the Author Copyright Assignment Agreement signed by the corresponding author.
  2. Authors retain the right to be identified as the author of the work and may use it for their own non-commercial academic, research, and teaching purposes — including posting a preprint version with citation to the published article, including it in a doctoral dissertation or thesis, and distributing copies to students in their own courses — provided JFA and RSHI are credited as the original publisher.
  3. RSHI holds the exclusive right to reproduce, publish, distribute, and license the published work, including through the sale of individual articles and issues and through academic databases, repositories, and indexing services.

Full terms are set out in the Author Copyright Assignment Agreement, provided to authors upon acceptance for publication.

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