REPLY Please Capitalize System Dynamics (SD6335)

[SDMAIL Paul Ellis]

Posted by  "Paul Ellis" <pellis at london.edu>

It's useful to see this compilation, and as an editor (ref SD6331) I'll
go with the proposed ruling, if it happens.

However, I'm not convinced that journals generally adhere fully to their
own style guides. One of my Stanford clients who submits regularly to
Journal of Finance (and regularly gets accepted) routinely ignores my
suggestion to conform to their style guide. Whether or not JoF
copy-editors fully revise his submissions, I've not checked. 

I suspect that authors would often get away with capitalising System
Dynamics, and doubt it would damn a submission if included. If the
copy-editing is not obsessive, it might end up helping the cause, so I
argue that there's nothing to lose by trying.

As I won't be able to attend the proposed informal committee, someone
might like to count this as a vote in favour.

Paul Ellis
Posted by  "Paul Ellis" <pellis at london.edu>
posting date  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:00:46 -0000