Submission Guidelines

Who Can Submit

ISBER only publishes materials about work conducted under the auspices of the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research--that is, ISBER PIs, co-PIs, and Centers. For additional information, please contact help@isber.ucsb.edu.

How to Submit a Paper

1. Make sure your paper is in an acceptable format. We can accept papers in Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe Acrobat (PDF). We can convert files from some programs into an acceptable format. Please contact help@isber.ucsb.edu.
2. Write an abstract for your paper. It can be any length, but in general shorter is better. Please also select keywords. These are words that will help a user locate your paper through a search.
3. Submit the paper by emailing it to help@isber.ucsb.edu. Include in an email message the following things: abstract; keywords; and name, affiliation (department and university), and email address for each author.
4. If you have any questions, contact help@isber.ucsb.edu.

Overview of the Process

After you submit your paper, we will create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of it and publish it on the site. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

How to Revise Your Paper

If you publish this paper or a revised version elsewhere, for example in a journal, please send the citation of the new version to help@isber.ucsb.edu. We will be able to inform repository users about the new version.

If you would like to post a revised version of your paper on the site, please follow the instructions in "How to Submit"; however, please specify when you submit the paper that it is a revision of a previously submitted paper.