To be reviewed for possible publication in this journal all authors must follow the instructions below and submit their manuscript to:

The Editor
Nicholas Buys
Griffith University, Australia 
n.buys@griffith.edu.au

1 The International Journal of Disability Management Research is a peer reviewed, international journal that is published annually. The journal publishes research findings in areas covered by disability management including prevention of injury and disability, occupational rehabilitation and employment of people with injury and disability. The journal has a particular aim of encouraging and publishing findings from studies conducted in a range of countries that focus on disability management interventions in the workplace. The journal will consider manuscripts for publication that include original research, systematic literature reviews and case studies.

2 Manuscript review: The journal uses a blind review process in which the author’s identity is anonymous to referees. Manuscripts are sent to two reviewers for blind review. It is expected that most manuscripts will undergo revision before final acceptance.
Unless otherwise indicated in the cover letter, the first author will be responsible for communication with the editor and editorial revisions of manuscripts.
Although feedback will usually be provided to authors, the editor reserves the right to reject a manuscript for publication without providing a rationale for his decision. Final decision regarding acceptance of a manuscript will be made by the editor.

3 Papers should be submitted via e-mail in Word or RTF ­format. When submitting papers electronically, please ensure that any tracked changes to the document are switched off. Authors who wish to submit their paper in hard copy format may do so by arrangement with the editor.

4 Contributions should follow the format and style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Spelling and punctuation should conform to The Macquarie Dictionary (4th ed.). For matters of style not covered in these two publications the Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers (6th ed.) should be consulted.

5 Documents should be double-spaced with minimum margins of 20 mm on the left and 35 mm on the right. Uncommon abbreviations and acronyms should be explained. Do not use underlining except to indicate italics. Full stops should not be used in abbreviations or acronyms (e.g., NSW).

6 Use single quotation marks to introduce a word or phrase used as an ironic comment, as slang, or which has been coined. Use quotation marks the first time the word or phrase is used; do not use them again. Do not use quotation marks to introduce a technical or key term. Instead, italicise the term.

7 Front page: Under the title of the article only the names and affiliations of the authors appear. Qualifications, present appointments, and postal and e-mail addresses should be given in a separate section on the front page labelled ‘Address for correspondence’. A word count and suggested running head of no more than 50 characters including spaces should also be provided.

8 Please include a concise abstract of the paper, of ­approximately 100 words.

9 Do not use any footnotes. Endnotes should be kept to a minimum and listed at the end of the text under the centred heading ‘Endnotes’. Acknowledgments should be placed at the end of the article with a separate heading.
10 Tables should be at the end of the manuscript, not in the main text. Their approximate positions in the text should be indicated by the words, ‘Insert Table X here’. Horizontal and vertical lines should be used sparingly.

11 Photographs, graphs, and figures should be prepared to the correct size (max. width 120 mm) and each one supplied as an individual file, separate to the manuscript Word file. Include placement instructions in the Word document, such as ‘Insert Fig x here’. Figures should be in black and white line art (artwork that has only text and lines, no shades of grey or blocks of colour).

• Figures created in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Powerpoint need to be saved as PDFs. Figures created in a drawing ­program such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Freehand, Microsoft Publisher, or similar should be saved as EPS (encapsulated postscript) files. Figures created in Photoshop or with other photographic software should be saved with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi and in TIF format. Minimum resolution for scanned graphics is 300 dpi for halftone work (e.g., photographs) and 600 dpi for line art, and these should also be in TIF format.
• Manuscripts which contain special characters (equations, Chinese characters, etc.) need to be supplied as a PDF file as well as a Word document or RTF.
• Prior to sending artwork, the separate files of figures, graphs, illustrations, and so on should be printed by the author to test that the fonts have been embedded correctly and there is no distortion in the artwork (e.g., lines and fonts reproduce cleanly with no jagged lines or fuzzy edges), as any such faults cannot be corrected by the publisher.
• A list of figure captions should follow the tables in the manuscript Word document.

12 References should follow the format and style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Examples of citations are:

The theory was first propounded in 1970 (Larsen, 1971).
Larsen (1971) was the first to propound the theory.

Examples of references are:

Fisse, B. (1989). The proceeds of crime act: The rise of money laundering, offences and the fall of principle. Criminal Law Journal, 13, 5-23.
Zelinski, E.M., & Gilewski, M.J. (1988). Memory for prose and aging: A meta-analysis. In M.L. Howe & C.J. Brainerd (Eds.), Cognitive development in adulthood (pp. 133-158). New York: Springer-Verlag.

13 Authors are expected to check the accuracy of all references in the manuscript before submission. It may not be possible to submit proofs for correction.

14 While manuscripts are subject to editing, the journal does not hold itself responsible for statements made by contributors.

15 Copyright in all articles rests with authors. However, a limited set of permanent copyright permission licences will need to be granted by authors to the publisher to allow publication in this journal. Rights in the reproduction and distribution of the published articles as visual facsimiles of this published edition by either mechanical or digital means is controlled by the publisher and any distributions by CAL for copying of an author’s work therefore are due to the publisher. All other rights in the words contained in this edition are controlled by the authors. Authors are therefore free to adapt and/or republish the words making up their own articles either online or in print, including academic repositories.