Submissions. All manuscripts should be concise: 5,000 words total excluding references. Tables and figures (including maps) should be carefully composed to achieve the author's goal of clarity of presentation. There is no fixed number set for either figures or tables accompanying a manuscript. Authors should, however, be judicious in their uses of figures and tables. All submissions should be typed double-spaced, including abstract, text, quotations, and bibliography, on 8.5 x 11-inch white bond paper with 1-inch margins. Informational footnotes are not accepted. Authors should submit three copies of their manuscripts and a CD-R of figures and tables to:

     Editor, Great Plains Research
     University of Nebraska-Lincoln
     1155 Q St.
     P.O. Box 880246
     Lincoln, NE 68588-0246

If the manuscript is accepted for publication, author/s will be asked to send the final document on a 3.5-inch high density IBM-compatible computer diskette or CD-R in Rich Text Format (.rtf).

Research Involving Human or Other Animal Subjects. Authors presenting research results of studies using human or other animal subjects must note in the methods section of their manuscripts that an Institutional Review Board, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, or other appropriate oversight committee at their institution approved all parts of the proposed investigation before it was undertaken, if such prior approval is required.

Review Process. All manuscripts are given double-blind review. Authors should prepare a separate title page with their name/s and affiliation/s, and any acknowledgments, which will not be sent to reviewers. The title of the paper should be repeated directly above the abstract. Authors should avoid self-identification in the text. When two external reviewers with expertise in the topic have submitted their evaluations, the Editor makes the final decision to publish.

Page Charges. At this time page charges are fully subsidized by the UNL Center for Great Plains Studies, except for the costs of printing color images, which are paid by the author/s.

Policy on websites. Authors may post only the abstract from their articles on the website of their choice. Complete citation for the article must accompany the abstract. Information on where to order the article or issue must accompany the abstract. Give the complete address and website for Great Plains Research [www.unl.edu/plains/publications/GPR/gpr.shtml]. Authors are encouraged to purchase reprints of their articles from Allen Press for distribution to their colleagues.

Reprints. Authors will receive an Allen Press reprint order form from the Editorial Assistant of Great Plains Research.

Article Style. The Editor prefers that authors write simply and in the first person. Authors should aim to communicate with a broad interdisciplinary audience in jargon-free language and should avoid sexist, racist, or otherwise biased language or intent. The title of the article should be in all caps. The author/s name/s are in caps and lower case. Please give the complete address for each author and the email address for the first author. Title should be 10 or fewer words and shall not contain a colon.

Main Headings are centered: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, References. If you have subheadings that should be left justified, please indicate those.

Abstract. A short abstract of fewer than 200 words should precede the main text. The abstract should identify the problem addressed in the paper, indicate the methodology, and summarize the results. Authors should prepare an abstract that will be interesting to and understood by nonspecialists in the field. DO NOT put abstract text into italics.

Keywords. Author should identify five to eight keywords to be listed after the abstract.