Call for proposals

Global Sustainability invites proposals for guest-edited Special Collections, bringing together contributions dedicated to a specific theme.  Guest Editors should complete a proposal form in the first instance, detailing the title, description of the proposed topic, publication timeline, potential authors and invited articles, and a brief bibliography.

Proposal assessment process Each Proposal will be assessed by the Editors-in-Chief and the Deputy Editors –for fit, timeliness, originality, and relevance.

Upon acceptance of a Special Collection, the Guest Editor(s) will be asked to draw up a ‘Call for Papers’ (CFP). Call for Papers in progress are advertised through the Global Sustainability website.

Peer review All articles submitted to a Special Collection will be subject to the rigorous peer review process operated by the journal. Guest Editors will recommend a decision, with all final decisions being made by the handling Deputy Editor. The handling Deputy Editor reserves the right to reject any paper regardless of the Guest Editor’s recommendation, and has full oversight and approval of the peer review process from submission to final decision.

Publication process and article types available Articles appear online within as soon as they are ready for publication, and are grouped into a collection online when the majority/all have published.

Guest Editors and authors have the freedom to select the article formats best suited to their paper. More details on the available article types can be found here.

Special collections can publish with an Editorial written by the Guest Editor(s) – this decision rests with the Guest Editor(s).

* All or part of the publication costs may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access. For authors not covered by an agreement, and without APC funding, please see the open access options page for details of how to request an APC waiver.