House Style

House Style Guidelines

Gambling Harm: Research, Policy and Practice is fully open access, with no submission or publication fees for authors. This ensures that all articles are immediately and freely available for reading, downloading, and sharing upon publication.

As an autonomous and open-access journal we rely on in-house copyediting and publication preparation. As a free journal, we cannot employ a professional publication team to review and stylise your work. This means that we ask authors to adhere closely to the formatting and referencing guidelines set out below and to collaborate with us during the production process. This shared effort helps us maintain the journal's high standards and provides all of the functionality of a professionally administered journal, while supporting the open-access model.

We are relaxed about the format and style or initial submission - we will focus on the intellectual content rather than whether the author(s) used particular software to create their submission, or on the details of formatting.

However, while submissions can initially follow any style, authors must implement the journal's House Style upon acceptance. We ask authors to provide complete references with DOIs. Doing this at the time of submission is preferable but can be updated following acceptance. Articles will be returned for adjustments post-acceptance as part of the production process.

General Formatting

  • Language: English
  • Spelling: British (In general: colour, programme, realise, conceptualise, theorise, criticise. Some common Americanizations are fine e.g. organization. We leave it to the author’s judgement.)
  • Font: Readable, basic font (e.g., Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman)
  • Font Size: 11 or 12
  • Line Spacing: 1.15
  • Pagination: Add page numbers in the footer
  • Titles and Subtitles: Use Capitalised Titles
  • Oxford Comma

Title Hierarchy:

  1. Title 1: Bold, One Size Larger than the Body Text (e.g., 12–14 pt)
  2. Title 2: Bold, Same Size as Body Text (e.g., 11–12 pt)
  3. Title 3: Italics, Same Size as Body Text (e.g., 11-12 pt)

We recommend that you prepare references using Harvard style. Reference managers (Zotero, Endnote etc.) configured for Harvard Style should produce the stylistic requirements below. Endnote users should select "Cite Them Right-Harvard" style

In-Text Citations

  • Use the format: (Author Last Name, Year);
  • Two authors: (Author Last Name and Author Last Name, Year)
  • Three or more authors: (Author Last Name et al., Year)
  • Multiple texts: (Author Last Name Year; Author Last Name Year; Author Last Name Year)
  • Avoid abbreviations like ibid.; we prefer full citations where possible.

Quotes and Quotation Marks

  • Use “double quotation marks” for direct quotes.
  • Separate and indent direct quotations over two lines in length.
  • Unless it is part of the direct quote, punctuation and footnote references go outside the quotation marks.
  • Use single quotation marks in-text ‘Journal Article and Chapter Titles’. (Italicise in-text Book and Journal Titles.

Emphasis

  • Do not use bold to emphasise words or concepts, unless that is how it is emphasised in a text that is being quoted directly.
  • Instead for emphasis, use italics. To be used sparingly.
  • First use of concept can be 'signalled' with single quotation marks, thereafter, without.

Footnotes

  • Limit the use of footnotes.
  • Use in-text citations for references.
  • Include qualifying or side information in the main body of the text wherever possible.
  • Footnotes may be used sparingly for additional clarification or to point to a text without direct referencing (e.g., Cf. [compare]).

References (Harvard style)

  • Preferably follow the House Style for the reference list upon submission. But most important is to follow this for a final version.
  • Present references at the end of the paper/contribution, first in alphabetical order by author last name and then by most recent.
  • Include DOIs at the end of each reference in the format https://doi: and embed the link.
  • DOIs can normally be found relatively easily through the source.
  • If DOIs are unavailable, note this clearly at the end of the reference [No DOI available]; the editorial team will confirm and omit them or find and add them.
  • Exclude place of publication; include only the publisher.
  • Italicise book and journal titles (n.b. italics do not pull through to references displayed on the landing page but we keep this format for the published versions of texts).
  • Translators: List at the end (e.g., Translated by D. Mackay).
  • For original publication dates, include them in brackets, e.g., ([1234] 2025) both in-text and in the reference list.
  • Use pp. (pages published) for journal articles and book chapters in the reference list but do not use p. or pp. in main body/in-text citations.

Author List in Bibliographic Reference:

The journal lists up to five authors. For six or more authors, list the first three and refer to the others with et al.

The journal lists authors’ first initial only.

  1. Marionneau, V.
  2. Marionneau, V. and Odionye, C.
  3. Marionneau, V., Odionye, C. and Downs, C.
  4. Marionneau, V., Odionye, C., Downs, C. and Grubbs, J.
  5. Marionneau, V., Odionye, C., Downs, C. and Grubbs, J, and Towse, J.
  1. (or more) Marionneau, V., Odionye, C., Downs, C. et al.

Examples:

Books

Marionneau, V. (2026) Gambling in an online world. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003546962.

Bourdieu, P ([1972] 1977). Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press. Translated by R. Nice. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812507

Journal Articles

Downs, C. (2015) ‘Selling hope: Gambling entrepreneurs in Britain 1906–1960.’ Journal of Business Research, 68, pp. 2207-2213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.03.022.

Hautamaki, S., Marionneau, V., Castrén, S. et al. (2025) ‘Methodologies and estimates of social costs of gambling: A scoping review’, Social Science & Medicine, 371(117940). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117940.

Marionneau, V., Havuaho, S. and Wall, H. (2026) ‘Gender-specific risk factors for gambling-related suicidal ideation: evidence from a help-seeking population’, Addictive Behaviors, 175(108616). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108616.

Odionye, C. (2026) ‘Betting as Survival, Not Recreation: A West African Critique of Individualized Responsible Gambling Tools’, Critical Gambling Studies, 7(1), pp. 43–46. https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs252.

Towse, J., Ellis, D. and Towse, A. (2021) ‘Opening Pandora’s Box: Peeking inside Psychology’s data sharing practices, and seven recommendations for change’, Behavior Research Methods, 53(4), pp. 1455–1468. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01486-1.

Wilson, C., Butler, N. and Quigg, Z. (2024) ‘Harms from Other People’s Gambling: Associations with an Individual’s Own Gambling Behaviours, Health Risk Behaviours, Financial Problems, General Health, and Mental Wellbeing’, Journal of Gambling Studies, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10291-w.

Edited Collections

Egerer, M., Marionneau, V. and Nikkinen, J. (2018) Gambling Policies in European Welfare States. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90620-1.

Nikkinen, J., Marionneau, V. and Egerer, M. (2022) The Global Gambling Industry: Structures, Tactics, and Networks of Impact. Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4.

Chapters in Edited Collections

Marionneau, V. and Berret, S. (2018) ‘Gambling for the State: The Collection and Redistribution of Gambling Proceeds in France’, in M. Egerer, V. Marionneau, and J. Nikkinen (Eds.) Gambling Policies in European Welfare States: Current Challenges and Future Prospects. Springer International Publishing, pp. 17–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90620-1_2.

Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2022) ‘The Framing of Gambling and the Commercial Determinants of Harm: Challenges for Regulation in the UK’, in J. Nikkinen, V. Marionneau, and M. Egerer (Eds.) The Global Gambling Industry: Structures, Tactics, and Networks of Impact. Springer Fachmedien, pp. 71–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_6.

Reports

Wardle, H. et al. (2024) ‘Gambling Survey for Great Britain - Annual report (2023): Official statistics.’ Gambling Commission. Available at https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/report/gambling-survey-for-great-britain-annual-report-2023-official-statistics

Presentations

Turner, S. (2024). ‘"Is Popper Still Relevant to Social Science?"’ Karl Popper and Twentieth-First Century Philosophy of Science', Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 12-14 June 2024. [No DOI available]

Another Type

If you want to reference something else, just use the above style to inform how you set it out and we will update this list.

Online First

When citing a text that has been published 'online first', that is, without being yet allocated page numbers in a specific issue, please use the page numbers of the article (i.e. 1-x) when citing, and indicate 'Online First' in the bibliographic reference:

Gherardi, S. (2025) 'What is the Place of the Human Being in Practice Theories? An Answer from a Posthumanist Position', The Journal of Practice Theory, 1, Online First. https://doi.org/10.71936/WKM2-9S32

On Citing Material Not Published in English

GHRPP recognises and values scholarship published in all languages. At the same time, because the journal itself publishes in English, we ask authors to provide references in ways that make it possible for our readership to follow up on cited sources.

Where an English translation of a text exists and the translation itself is not under discussion, please cite the English version. For example, when referring to Bourdieu’s Le Sens Pratique, please use the published English translation:

Bourdieu, P ([1980] 1990) The Logic of Practice. Cambridge University Press. Translated by R. Nice. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812507

When citing a specific passage, and where the translation is not itself the subject of analysis, please provide page numbers from an available English translation, even if you might be working from another language edition. This allows readers to trace the argument in English while respecting the source you are working from.

Where the translation is the focus of your argument, or where you are providing your own translation or interpretation, please cite the original text and specify the translation you are working with. Where possible, also include details of an English version so readers can contextualise your reference.

Bourdieu, P (1980) Le Sens Pratique. Les Editions de Minuit. [No DOI available; English translation version: (1990) The Logic of Practice. Cambridge University Press. Translated by R. Nice. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812507]

If no English translation exists, please include the reference in the original language and add an English translation of the title in square brackets. In such cases, please also note to confirm [No English translation available].

Ballestrin, L. (2013) ‘América Latina e o Giro Decolonial’ [Decolonial Turn and Latin America]. Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política, 11, pp. 89–117. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-33522013000200004 [No English translation available]

This approach ensures that non-English texts are properly recognised in their own right, while also supporting accessibility for the journal’s readership.

To Recognise The Specific Edition of a Text

Gherardi, S. (2019) How to Conduct a Practice-Based Study: Problems and Methods (2nd edn.). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973564

Acknowledgment of Effort

Adhering to this style helps to distribute the work of producing a high-quality publication between the editorial team and the authors and supports the journal’s commitment to open access. Preparing the DOI links enhances discoverability for readers and cross-referencing for authors and the journal.

If you have questions or need assistance with the House Style, please contact the editorial team. We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining the quality and discoverability of Gambling Harm: Research, Policy and Practice.