{"id":932,"date":"2025-05-24T03:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T03:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceasset.com\/journal\/rosa\/?page_id=932"},"modified":"2025-05-24T03:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T03:03:44","slug":"book-review-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceasset.com\/journal\/rosa\/submit\/book-review-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

About Reviewing: A How-To Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

How To Do A ROSA Journal Book Review?<\/strong><\/p>\n

After you and I have agreed on a book (or books) for you to review, please follow these guidelines for writing the review. The guidelines are divided into two parts.<\/p>\n

1. Bibliographic Information and Credit Line<\/h3>\n

The first lines of your review should be the book\u2019s bibliographic information, including title, author, publisher location and name, and date of publication. Immediately below the book\u2019s bibliographic information, please put your credit line (indented) in the below format. Follow that information with page length; after that, locate the price for the book\u2019s editions in hardback, paperback, and ebook (if available). Here\u2019s an example of the properly formatted bibliographic information:<\/p>\n

Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives. Marcel Danesi. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 317 pp. Reviewed by: Clay Calvert, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA<\/p>\n

2. Body of the Review<\/h3>\n

Following are most of the elements you will need to follow in order to write the review. In addition to these elements, try to work in a synthesis\u2014that is, provide a sense of where the book may fit into the ongoing development of this subject area. <\/p>\n

Threaded throughout the review should be a brief description of the book\u2019s content (e.g., book chapters). This is more of an executive summary, not a detailed chapter-by-chapter description.\nEvaluate of the book\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. Consider quality of writing, comprehensiveness, accuracy, uniqueness, organization, and overall contribution to the field. This should be the bulk of your review. Feel free to editorialize.<\/p>\n

There are no false opinions: You are expert and have your perspectives on the topic and the book. Let\u2019s hear them.<\/p>\n

Note the author\u2019s credentials, including the author\u2019s professional or academic rank and institution. This information should come early in the review (re: in the first or second paragraph).\nDo not insert in-text citations or references. Refer to outside sources in the text by inserting author name and publication.<\/p>\n

Parenthetically insert page number(s) when you quote from the book.<\/p>\n

Please double-check facts and names. We try to fact-check and make corrections, but if the review comes in late, these sometimes won\u2019t make it into print.<\/p>\n

Please use Times New Roman font (12-point size), and left side-only justification.<\/p>\n

Please double space your review.<\/p>\n

Length: Up to 1,100 words.<\/p>\n

3. What Happens Next<\/h3>\n

When you are finished your draft of the review, please send it to me (mc17@usf.edu) as a Word file. Please do not submit your review to the ROSA journal website until I have seen it and we have agreed on the final text.<\/p>\n

After you have submitted your review to me, I will edit it for formatting, grammar, and readability. Sometimes I will have substantive questions and comments. I will use the Review function of Word for those questions and comments. In all cases, I will send the edited\/commented upon review back to you so that we can confer on it and arrive at the final draft.<\/p>\n

After you and I have completed the final draft, I will ask the managing editor to upload the review to the Journal\u2019s web site (https:\/\/www.scienceasset.com\/journal\/rosa\/<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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