Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
EPD: Society and Space is an international, interdisciplinary scholarly and political project. Through both a peer reviewed journal and an editor reviewed companion website, we publish articles, essays, interviews, forums, and book reviews that examine social struggles over access to and control of space, place, territory, region, and resources.
Visit the Society and Space open site to read the latest posts.
Visit the other journals from the Environment and Planning suite:
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
EPD: Society and Space is an international, interdisciplinary scholarly and political project. Through both a peer reviewed journal and an editor reviewed companion website, we publish articles, essays, interviews, forums, and book reviews that examine social struggles over access to and control of space, place, territory, region, and resources.
We seek contributions that investigate and challenge the ways that modes and systems of power, difference and oppression differentially shape lives, and how those modes and systems are resisted, subverted and reworked. We welcome work that is empirically engaged and furthers a range of critical epistemological approaches, that pushes conceptual boundaries and puts theory to work in innovative ways, and that consciously navigates the fraught politics of knowledge production within and beyond the academy.
| Kate Derickson | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Charmaine Chua | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Andrew Curley | University of Arizona, USA |
| Asher Ghertner | Rutgers University, USA |
| Camilla Hawthorne | University of California at Santa Cruz, USA |
| Marisol LeBrón | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
| Alexander Vasudevan | University of Oxford, UK |
| Rae Rosenberg | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Aren Aizura | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Bobby Benedicto | McGill University, Canada |
| Gautam Bhan | Senior Lead - Academics & Research, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), India |
| Adam Bledsoe | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Deborah Cowen | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Michelle Daigle | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Ayona Datta | University College London, UK |
| Treva C. Ellison | Pomona College, USA |
| Nick Estes | University of New Mexico, USA |
| Caroline Faria | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Beste Isleyen | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| AM Kanngieser | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Laleh Khaleli | SOAS University of London, UK |
| Agnieszka Leszczynski | Western University, Canada |
| Lauren Martin | Durham University, UK |
| Malini Ranganathan | American University, USA |
| Melanie Samson | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Rashad Shabazz | Arizona State University, USA |
| Eric Stanley | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Julie Sze | University of California Davis, USA |
| Yvonne Te Ruki-Rangi-O-Tangaroa Underhill-Sem | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Marie Thompson | University of Lincoln, UK |
| Sebastián Ureta | Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile |
| Hairong Yan | Hong Kong Polytechnic |
| Megan Ybarra | University of Washington, USA |
| You Yenn Teo | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Austin Zeiderman | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
Manuscript Submission Guidelines: Environment and Planning D
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/societyandspace to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
2.7 Clinical trials
2.8 Reporting guidelines
2.9 Data - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services
4.6 Author Biographies - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 Sage Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
Before submitting your manuscript to Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space accepts original manuscripts of between 7000 and 10000 words, including abstract, all tables, figures and references. Figures account for 250 -500 words, depending on size.
Theme Issues
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space occasionally publishes special issues or sections. We include only a very small number of projects because of pressures on journal space, but we welcome proposals on themes that fall within the journal's remit. Those that are interdisciplinary and international in scope tend to fare better in our selection process.
To propose a theme issue/section, send a proposal to epd@sagepub.co.uk. The proposal should include the following:
- A brief rationale for the theme issue/section setting out what debates and literatures it seeks to further and why the proposed collection is suitable for Society and Space.
- A description of the contents, including a list of authors and their affiliations, titles, and abstracts for both the guest editorial introduction and all papers.
- A timeline from submission to publication.
Theme issues/sections may vary in length, consisting of at least 4 papers.
Once a proposal is provisionally accepted, the guest editor(s) will work with the journal editors at all stages from submission to production. Guest editors must coordinate with authors to ensure that papers are received in timely fashion. They must also review all contributions prior to submission to the journal to ensure that they are of suitable quality for peer review and that they conform to the journal's style guidelines. When papers are submitted, the guest editor(s) will assist the journal editors in generating reviewer names, while the ultimate choice of reviewers will be at the journal editors' discretion. After the external review is completed, the journal editors will send along the reviewer reports and notify the authors and guest editor(s) of the editorial decision on individual papers.
After all papers have completed the review process, the guest editor(s) will write an editorial introduction that conceptually frames the special issue and describes the contents of the accepted papers. The journal editors will review this introduction.
Should fewer than four papers be ultimately accepted, the papers may be published individually rather than as a special issue/ section. Papers that do not meet submission and revision deadlines set by the journal and guest editors may be removed from consideration as part of the collection.
The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online
All manuscripts submitted to Environment and Planning D: Society and Space are subject to a double anonymize peer review process in which the author’s name is withheld from the reviewer, and the reviewer’s name from the author. Please ensure that your paper is fully anonymised. All papers are reviewed by at least 2 individuals.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.
2.3.1 Third party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:
• Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input
• Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
• Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. conflicting interests, funding, etc.
Where appropriate, Sage reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.
2.3.2 Writing assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space: Society and Space requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the Sage Journal Author Gateway
Sage acknowledges the importance of research data availability as an integral part of the research and verification process for academic journal articles.
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space requests all authors submitting any primary data used in their research articles alongside their article submissions to be published in the online version of the journal, or provide detailed information in their articles on how the data can be obtained. This information should include links to third-party data repositories or detailed contact information for third-party data sources. Data available only on an author-maintained website will need to be loaded onto either the journal’s platform or a third-party platform to ensure continuing accessibility. Examples of data types include but are not limited to statistical data files, replication code, text files, audio files, images, videos, appendices, and additional charts and graphs necessary to understand the original research. The editors may consider limited embargoes on proprietary data. The editors can also grant exceptions for data that cannot legally or ethically be released. All data submitted should comply with Institutional or Ethical Review Board requirements and applicable government regulations.
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines
4.2.1 Maths
Equations should to be submitted using Office Math ML and Math type.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space adheres to the Sage Harvard reference style. View the Sage Harvard guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the Sage Harvard EndNote output file.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Language Services. Visit Sage Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
4.6 Author Biographies
Please provide an author biography of 80-120 words. Author biographies must be included in the title page of the manuscript and not in the text file so as not to compromise anonymize peer review.
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space is hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/societyandspace to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognised.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway
6. On acceptance and publication
Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Environment and Planning D: Society and Space editorial office as follows: