Public Transport International

Editorial planning 2007/2008

		January 2008:	Human resources
		March 2008:	Mobility solutions: e.g. taxis school transport
		May 2008:	European Affairs and projects
		July 2008:	Sustainable Development
		September 2008:	Light Rail issue
		November 2008:	Social inclusion

Guidelines for articles
SCOPE OF PTI
Public Transport International (PTI) is the official review of the UITP (International Association of Public Transport). UITP is the world-wide association of urban and regional passenger transport operators, their authorities and suppliers. It provides information, research and analysis on all aspects of Public Transport including infrastructure, rolling stock, organisation and management. It also lobbies on behalf of its membership with international institutions such as the EU, UN and OECD. The UITP aims to study all aspects of public transport and mobility in order to promote the development of more efficient and attractive public transport services and gain the maximum benefit from the latest available technology. It also promotes Public Transport through close contact with decision-makers and the media to develop a favourable climate of opinion for Public Transport.

PTI magazine is devoted to the publication of articles on all topics related to urban, suburban and regional public transports, such as:

- Economics, planning, organisation, management, marketing, human resources, organising authorities,

- Public transport supply industry, information technologies,

- Metro, light rail, bus, waterborne transport

- Market trends, innovation

- Regional developments

- All initiatives improving mobility

We do consider other issues related to public transport; both positive and negative experience or innovations. One item that might not quite fit the confines of a particular theme might very well be perfect in another or fit one of PTI’s special themes.

Text of general interest relating to specific cases, or comparisons between countries or between various solutions are especially welcome. Theoretical discussions should be accompanied by practical examples and may be included in the forum section. Texts should be written with a non-commercial bias. Articles should provide a forum within which public transport professionals can learn about PT trends and expresses new global solution to age-old questions are the type of items sought by PTI.

AUDIENCE
The readership of the magazine is world-wide and is composed of top level managers and decision-makers, and covers the whole sector of public transport including operating companies, representatives of organising authorities, policy-makers, academics, research institutes and consultants. When sending in an article, do remember that the item will be read by these industry peers and by those who have an interest in public transport.

The over-all circulation of the magazine is over 6000 copies world-wide reaching subscribers from over 80 countries. All 2000+ members of UITP, as part of their membership package, receive PTI. This represents a very well-captured audience with a strong interest in public transport.

ROYALTIES
UITP does not provide any royalties to the authors of articles published in PTI. Authors whose articles are published in PTI are offered a 50% discount on their next UITP publications order (instead of the usual 20% discount for UITP Members; visit store.uitp.com and contact publications@uitp.com).

RIGHTS
laws and intellectual property rights. As PTI is published in Belgium, the Belgian law logically takes precedent but as the magazine is international, the international rights should be acknowledged.

Under Belgian law; Loi du 30 juin 1994 relative au droit d’auteur et aux droits voisins, hereafter known as Belgian copyright law, the author has the moral right to the work and as such has the right to reproduce that work or to have it reproduced in any manner or form whatsoever. This right also comprises the exclusive right to authorise adaptation or translation of the work, agreed to by the author.
They should agree to editorial changes to the work to fit editorial requirements for PTI, as long as those changes do not ‘damage their honour or reputation’, as already stated in the guidelines.

Article 3 (3) of the Belgian copyright law states:

Where works are created by an author under an employment contract or a service relationship, the economic rights may be assigned to the employer on condition that assignment of such rights is explicitly laid down and that the creation of the work falls within the scope of the contract or service relationship.

If authors submit an article to PTI, they should not have submitted it for publication in another medium at the same time, out of professional courtesy to PTI. Under copyright law, PTI is protected from indirect violation of works plagiarised by the author. PTI cannot be responsible for checking the content of an article to confirm that it is the original ideas of the author and is acting in good faith in publishing the work.

International intellectual property rights are protected by WTO regulations agreed to under the GATT and TRIPS agreements. Intellectual property rights are “the rights given to persons over the creations of their mind. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of their creation for a certain period of time.” Consisting of copyrights and right related to copyrights and industrial property, the first area protects authors of literary and artistic works for a minimum period of 50 years after the death of the author.

TYPES OF CONTRIBUTION
The review strives to maintain a balance of research-oriented studies and international experience. In order to meet those goals, the following types of articles are published:

	• lead articles • policy and practise articles • surveys and interviews • country profiles • polemic or controversial opinions • advertorials (paid)

The Editor particularly wishes to encourage authors to submit case studies.

SELECTION
The selection of papers for publication will be based on relevance, clarity, topicality and singularity, the extent to which they advance knowledge and understanding. Articles should also preferably be original material that is not in the consideration process elsewhere. Original material is always best –30 000 word conference papers, book chapters or old power-point presentations are not likely to get published.

Articles may also be subject to peer review by the Editorial Council. The selection process may take up to one calendar year.

FORMAT
Once selected for publication, some editing will occur for consideration of style, grammar or length, and alteration to the article title might occur. A formal style should be maintained throughout the entire text and strict grammar guidelines should be followed. The magazine is produced into five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Russian) with supplements in Italian and Japanese - so authors must avoid using very colloquial or idiomatic terminology or style, as they are difficult to translate. All acronyms should be spelled out the first time and those that refer to local associations, etc. should be accompanied by a short explanation.
The Editor encourages authors to send in articles for review by email at editor@uitp.com.

The text must be written in clear and concise English, French, German or Spanish. Authors whose native tongue is not English, French, German or Spanish are assured that in-house editorial attention to their article will improve clarity and comprehension.
Arrangement of articles must follow these standards:

1.	Title, author(s), affiliation and full address
2.	800 character (with spaces) abstract outlining the purpose, scope and conclusion of the text, with some selected keywords. It is important that the abstract is clear and understandable for non-native English, French, German or Spanish speakers. The abstract should explain why the article is important to those who may not necessarily be in that field.
3.	If necessary, the text should be sub-divided under headings, in lower case – with a maximum length of 10,000 characters with spaces.
4.	References of sources should be no more than ten and preferably as endnotes. They must be accompanied by a bibliography.
5.	References to Internet sources can also be helpful to provide additional information.
6.	Tables must be sent in a separate file and indicated in the text where they should be placed.
7.	Captions for illustrations should be clearly grouped at the end of the article.
8.	Illustrations and photographs must be received in either good quality original photograph or high resolution digital photograph (300 dpi). This fact cannot be stressed enough! These may be sent as a CD-Rom and not by e-mail. Low resolution scans or poor quality photographs are not suitable for print publication. If sent electronically, each illustration should be sent as a separate file and not in the text body (i.e. Word file).
9.	Articles may be published more quickly if illustrations are supplied to the required standards

Papers should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief Sylvie Cappaert, at editor@uitp.com or by mail to UITP, Rue Sainte Marie, 6 B-1080 Brussels.

UNITS
You should use SI as defined by the ISO standards units (For International System of Units, SI Units, please check http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html) or your national authorised SI standard or your national authorised standard. Where SI units do not exist, use an internationally accepted unit. If you use any symbol or unit or acronym that may not generally be recognised, please put an explanatory note the first time it is used, to help referees and the editor.

TABLES AND GRAPHS
Number tables consecutively throughout the paper using Arabic numerals. Refer to them in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. with a caption at the top of each table. Avoid the use of vertical rules. Tables should not duplicate results presented in graphs that might accompany the article.

The minimum amount of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawing (label curves, points, etc. With single-letter symbols) and descriptive matter should be placed in the figure captions. Scale grids should be labelled with variable written out in

DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM
The sources, however labelled, should be listed in alphabetical order by author on a separate page at the end of the article. Do not number the bibliographic entries. If a citation is required, the Editor prefers that endnotes be used. Indicate these references in the text with a superior Arabic numeral running consecutively throughout the article. References should not be more than ten sources and should have the following structure:

Book
One/Two/Three(+) Author(s)
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Strunk, William and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. third ed. New York: Macmillan Press, 1979.

Jones, David et al. Capitals of the World. London: Convention Press, 1968.

Journal, Review or Magazine
Bull, H. “Natural Law and International Relations,” British Journal of International Studies. vol.5 no.2, 1979. Pp.171-81.

Vivier, J. “Mobility and Accessibility: Complementary or Contradictory Objectives?” Public Transport International. 5/2001, pp. 4 -11.

WEB SITE REFERENCES
Indicate references of web sites where the readers can find additional information on the topic of the article. Please give the complete URL as follows
www.uitp-pti/back_iss/index.htm, as accessed on (the last date.)

CHECK LIST

-	Have you made the aim of your work clear?
-	Have you explained the significance of your contribution?
-	Have you set your work in the appropriate context by giving sufficient background (including a complete set of relevant references) to your work?
-	Have you addressed the question of practicality and usefulness?
-	Have you identified future developments that may result from your work?
-	Are the illustrations relevant and clearly set out?

TRANSLATIONS AND PROOFS
All articles will be translated into English, French, German and/or Spanish from one of the 4 official languages only. Translations will be made by UITP and may be sent to the author for verification of technical terminology.
Proofs can be sent if requested via email as PDF file to the first named authors unless otherwise indicated. To improve publication times, it is important that proofs be returned within three days. No more than FIVE per cent of the text can be changed at this late stage.

COPIES
Each author will receive 5 copies in the language of his/her choice. Extra copies, minimum 20, can be ordered prior to publication at a preferential price.

MOBI+
All articles published in PTI are published on the UITP-Electronic Library Mobi+.

YOUR CONTACTS

Editeur responsable: Hans Rat, UITP Secretary General, hans.rat@uitp.com

Editor-in-Chief: Sylvie Cappaert, sylvie.cappaert@uitp.com; or editor@uitp.com

Editorial Assistant: Dagmar Schenk, dagmar.schenk@uitp.com
Editorial Assistant: Catherine Furzer, catherine.furzer@uitp.com

Editorial Council: Heather Allen, Carlos Cristobal Pinto, Wilhem-Georg Hanss, Niilo Järviluoma, Cara McLaughlin, Mohamed Mezghani, Klaus Milz, Petra Mollet, Malcolm Reed , Ralf Resch, Alexandra Romeyke , Jonathan Woods.

Advertising and Subscriptions: Doriano Angotzi, doriano.angotzi@uitp.com or publications@uitp.com