Australian Planner is the national journal published by the Planning Institute of Australia. Australian Planner is the most read and influential planning journal in Australia and the Pacific Region. It is published quarterly, distributed in March, June, September and December each year. With a circulation of about 4,600, readership includes those involved in the planning profession including government officials, university staff and students, urban designers, urban, regional, social, environmental, economic and transport planners, as well as those involved in related industries, both nationally and overseas. All members of PIA receive 4 editions of Australian Planner annually. Australian Planner provides a forum for planning news, opinion and research.  Each edition of Australian Planner contains a component surrounding a particular theme or topic of interest.   Past themes have included special features on

Themes for future editions are listed below under ‘Contributions to Australian Planner’. 

Australian Planner has become a well respected publication and a very popular source of knowledge and information for professional planners and those involved in the built environment.

Advertising in Australian Planner

Australian Planner is the only journal of its kind in Australia, the only magazine published specifically for the planning profession. Australian Planner has a high level of audience receptivity because it is specifically targeted and is a sought after source of information for the planning sector. The primary advantage of advertising in the Planner is its ability to reach a specialised and targeted audience not currently offered by other publications.

Our special features provide advertisers with an opportunity to reach a specific audience within the profession, or ally themselves with a particular topic or subject.

As of January 2010, the Australian Planner will be published by Rutledge and all advertising handled by Rutledge. There are many options available for advertising in the Australian Planner, including display advertising, advertising your firm in the Directory of Planning Services, or promoting an event. 

Advertising enquiries should be directed to Emily Fraser by email to:  advertising@tandf.com.au.

Click here to see opportunities and rates

Contributions to Australian Planner

Contributions are accepted for inclusion in the special feature or the refereed papers section of Australian Planner. 

Special Feature
PIA has developed submission guidelines for contributing to Australian Planner.  They are available on the PIA website, or by contacting PIA National Office. 
Email: marketing@planning.org.au. 

The deadline for focus articles for the June issue on Biodiversity is 3 March.  All articles go direct to Gillian Warry at ausplanner@griffith.edu.au

Focus articles will not be required for the September 2010 and December 2010 editions.  The themes for these two editions will be South East Queensland and Oil respectively, and all contributions will come from researchers and academics in these fields. 

The deadline for focus articles for the March edition 2011 (Housing) will be 9 November 2011.

Guidelines for contributors

Preparation of material.

Content
Most importantly, contributions should be relevant to the practice and development of urban and regional planning. Please ensure that writing is clear, concise and remains pertinent to Australian planning. Without precluding national or state level initiatives, the editors will not accept material that is promotional or advertorial. PIA reserves the right to edit, alter or reject any material submitted. 

Focus articles

DEADLINES WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO, and we cannot accept updated versions of your article after the deadline.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR NAME IS ON EVERY PAGE OF YOUR ARTICLE

Each article should stand on its own, and should be accessible to non-experts.  The purpose of the Australian Planner special feature is to inform, educate and stimulate debate on issues in the industry and community, related to a particular topic relevant to, or involved in, planning.

Contributions to the special feature of Australian Planner are not subject to blind peer review. They should address the designated topics for each edition and should be no more than 1,000 to 1,500 words in length. Although it is not necessary for feature articles to contain references, they are encouraged as a strengthening component. Contact PIA for submission guidelines.  Submissions should be directed to PIA Marketing and Communication Coordinator: Australian Planner, Email: marketing@planning.org.au

Peer Review.
Papers submitted for peer review are subject to ‘blind’ peer review by 2 independent reviewers. Peer review articles should be 5,000 to 6,000 words in length. Peer review can be a lengthy process, therefore contributors should be aware it may take a minimum of 6 months for their manuscript to be accepted or rejected.

Authors of peer review submissions should submit their papers on line by logging into ManuscriptCentral at ScholarOne’s website:http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rapl

Contributors should include name, address, electronic contacts (telephone, fax, email) and brief biographical details of the author/s.

Book Reviews.
Reviews of 500-800 words are welcome but please confirm with the Editor prior to submission. A cover image is desirable. Authors of reviewed books may be given the right to reply to critical reviews.  Book review guidelines are available from ausplanner@griffith.edu.au

Letters to the Editor.
Letters to the Editor are encouraged and thoughtful comments on previous contributions are welcome.  Please forward electronically to PIA National Office, providing all contact information for the author/s.

Copyright.
It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright in their articles in Australian Planner.  This enables PIA to ensure full copyright protection and disseminate the paper, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate.  Authors may use the paper elsewhere after publication provided permission from PIA is obtained.  Authors themselves are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material, written or otherwise, from other sources.  Proper acknowledgement of all sources is expected and is the responsibility of the author.

Format
Contributions must be submitted electronically as a Word document attachment to an email, using at least 1½ line spacing, size 10 or larger Arial or Times New Roman font. Other formats are acceptable only in exceptional circumstances.

Headings.
Only first and second order headings to be used. There should be minimal use of capitalisation and emphasis (i.e. bold or italics) in the text.

Punctuation.
Check that the punctuation is correct and consistent.  For example, use either single or double inverted commas consistently throughout the document.

Spelling.
Proof read the document carefully, checking for spelling mistakes and typographical errors.

Abbreviations and Acronyms.
Spell the abbreviation or acronym in full on the first use only.

References.
To be cited in the text (eg. Smith 2001) and alphabetically listed using the Harvard or Author-Date system. Punctuation should be minimised in the reference list. Titles of books or journals should be in italics. Journal articles and direct quotes should show page numbers.
Eg. Smith CO (2001) ‘Interesting thoughts: A case study’ Ideas, 32(1):23-30.

Images (illustrations, graphs, photographs etc).
Use of images to accompany articles is encouraged. These should be visually effective when reproduced in monochrome. Please provide as high quality jpg, tif, eps or pdf files. Please forward tables, graphs and other images on separate pages within the document, remembering to state where the image is to be placed in the text.

Captions.
Captions must be provided for figures, tables, photographs.

All submissions to Australian Planner should be made through ManuscriptCentral. Please visit www.informaworld.com/rapl ‘Instructions for Authors’ tab for more information.    

Australian Planner contacts

Honorary Editors
Associate Professor Neil Sipe
Griffith School of Environment
Griffith University, Nathan Campus
Brisbane, Qld 4111
Phone: 07 373 55344
Email: ausplanner@griffith.edu.au

Managing Editor
Gillian Warry
Griffith School of Environment
Griffith University, Nathan Campus
Brisbane, Qld 4111
Phone: 07 373 57368
Email: ausplanner@griffith.edu.au

Publication coordination, PIA News
PIA National Office
PO Box 5427
Kingston ACT 2604
P: (02) 6262 5933
Email: marketing@planning.org.au

Subscriptions

Due to Australian Planning being published by Routledge, the non-member subscription period will change to a calendar year and non-member subscription enquires should be directed to Routledge, Customer Service Co-ordinator, Leonie Stapleton by email journal.orders@tandf.com.au.