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We invite researchers, consultants, and practitioners from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors to submit article ideas and manuscripts to editor@ssireview.org.
SSIR Departments
Please target your submission to one of the following departments:
First Person
• Relates the experiences of a provocative and credible person in a nonprofit, socially responsible business, or government agency
• Uses a clear, engaging, and accessible first-person style
• Is authored by the submitter
• Length = 700 words or 1600 words
What Works and What Didn't Work
• Profiles an innovative, proven-effective (or proven-ineffective) solution to an important social, environmental, or organizational problem
• Uses a clear, engaging, and accessible style
• Is authored by an SSIR writer, to prevent conflicts of interest
• Length = 1400 words
What’s Next
• Profiles an innovative, promising, but not yet proven solution to an important social, environmental, or organizational problem
• Uses a clear, engaging, and accessible style
• Is authored by an SSIR writer, to prevent conflicts of interest
• Length = 200 – 800 words
Case Study
• Presents an in-depth analysis of a management challenge faced by a nonprofit, socially responsible business, or government agency
• Uses a clear, engaging, and accessible style
• Is authored by the submitter, who should not be affiliated with the target organization
• Undergoes peer review by our editorial board
• Length = 3500 - 4500 words
Feature
• Introduces a new, creative, or more complete explanation of or solution to a social, environmental, or organizational problem
• Illustrates the explanation or solution with research findings
• Logically discusses the explanation or solution, addressing its possible shortcomings
• Explains the general implications of the explanation or solution for SSIR’s audience, which includes nonprofit and foundation managers and executives, socially responsible business leaders, policy makers, public sector managers, and people studying social problems and social purpose organizations
• Uses a clear, engaging, and accessible style
• Is authored by the submitter
• Undergoes peer review by our editorial board
• Length = about 3500 words
Editorial Tips
• Craft an opening that grabs readers’ attention. Good openings include a story that illustrates the problem you are addressing, or a clever statement of the question you are answering.
• Clearly state your central message and support it with logical arguments, empirical evidence, illustrative examples, and direct quotations.
• Minimize jargon and buzz words.
• Please keep in mind that our audience includes nonprofit and foundation leaders, socially responsible business leaders, policy makers, public sector managers, and researchers studying social problems and social purpose organizations.
Editorial Process
• Editors work closely with authors to craft relevant, accessible, and engaging articles that meet the highest standards of evidence and argumentation. Authors have at least one opportunity to respond to edits and to make comments and changes.
• Authors are responsible for verifying all facts, including dates and spellings of people's and organizations' names.
• Editors use Stanford Social Innovation Review style, which is based on Associated Press style.
• Although SSIR welcomes suggestions from authors, our editors have the final say on articles’ headlines, illustrations, and placements.
• SSIR requires all authors to transfer exclusive copyrights, including the right to electronic distribution, to the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
