ROAPE is now fully open access, each journal article, review, briefing and debate published for 50 years is available for everyone to read, download and share. As well as moving to a new open access platform, ROAPE is welcoming new submissions to our peer-reviewed journal. Our radical and high quality publication remains the same, as does our remit, but publishing in ROAPE will now mean that once published your article will be immediately free to read and share across the world. In this blogpost, we explain how to submit your article on our new platform.
Instructions for contributors
Before submitting your research and paper, please make sure to study closely our submission requirements and remit:
ROAPE has, since 1974, provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.
Aside from this substantive remit, we are looking for submissions which present new empirical material, rethink existing literature in a stimulating fashion, or coherently argue a fresh understanding of existing issues. We seek papers which are clearly organised, concisely expressed and free from unnecessary jargon, sexist or other discriminatory language. We may occasionally consider material in languages other than English.
Check for further details the requirements for our full papers, briefings, debates and reviews.
- How to submit your manuscript
- Register on ScienceOpen and link your ORCID account (required!) to your profile. Do not untick email notifications as those will keep you updated throughout the submission process. You can of course change any of those settings via your → My ScienceOpen dropdown menu, → Dashboard, → Administration.
- Submit your manuscript as a PDF document via → Submit a manuscript button on the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) landing page:
Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) – ScienceOpen
- Complete the online submission via the user interface/submission form.
- After submission your manuscript will undergo assessment by a journal editor to check for suitability, completeness, and basic scholarly integrity in line with the journal’s publishing policies.
- If approved for peer review, the PDF file will be uploaded as manuscript under submission to the journal and pending for reviewers.
- Once your paper is reviewed, you will be notified via email.
2. Submitting your revision
When you are notified that your paper is reviewed and requires revisions, please follow below steps:
- Login to → My ScienceOpen
- Navigate to your manuscript page and you will then see a → New Revision button under the header information section of the record page. Click this to upload a revised file via the submission interface
- Check all details are correct and upload the new revised PDF file (remove all/any tracked changes – this will be the file presented online during the review process). Please make sure you clarify how you revised your paper and respond fully to any/all reviewer and editor comments in the “Revision notes” section of the form (see below for further guidance).
3. Responding to reviewer reports and comments
- Please clarify how you have revised your paper when submitting your revision by filling out the “Revision notes” section in the submission form.
- Comments can be answered by clicking on the → Reply button at the end of the manuscript record page.
4. Publishing your peer reviewed paper
When your manuscript is finally approved for publishing, you will be notified via email. Please follow the below steps:
- Go to the manuscript record page
- Upload your final documents in accordance with the instruction
After successful proofreading process, your paper will be published as an official article in the ROAPE journal.
