Submissions and Media Kit

GUIDELINES & PROCESS

Summit Journal seeks original articles, research, and critical analysis of real estate capital markets, cross-border issues, policy, economics, technology, and management from contributors involved in any aspect of the real estate industry.

Our general submission and path to publication is as follows:

1. Pre-Approval:
   
   
   • Author(s) submit proposal, abstract, or partially completed draft
   • Editors review, discuss, and provide feedback and/or approval
   • Author(s) agree, sign copyright agreement, and commence writing
     
2. Writing:
   
   
   • Author(s) submit first draft (and graphics, charts, tables, and/or raw data)
   • Editors review and provide feedback as needed
   • Author(s) revise and resubmit as needed
     
3. Finalization:
   
   
   • Editors finalize draft and provide fully designed article for final author approval
   • Author(s) provide final proofreading, fact checking, and approvals
     
4. Publication

Summit articles must be written in English and are limited to a maximum length of 1,500 words. Citations and additional endnotes may also be included, with a maximum total length of 200 words.

There is no fee to submit or be published in Summit.

Summit encourages the use of graphics, charts, and tables to illustrate submissions. The editors assume that the contributor owns the right to have the graphics reproduced. Such assets should be sent as separate, standalone files (not embedded within Word documents), and can be presented as EPS, TIFF, JPG, PNG, PSD, or AI files. When able, please also provide raw data for charts and tables.

The editors reserve the right to edit all article content to ensure compliance with these guidelines.

SUMMIT JOURNAL EDITORIAL STYLE

Summit Journal generally complies with the latest editorial and citation standards set by the Chicago Manual of Style.

The editors maintain a collaborative approach to articles for Summit and are committed to working alongside contributors to ensure clarity, originality, integrity, and accuracy of content.

• Advertising and Self-Promotion: Summit does not accept advertising or self-promoting content. Authors must limit self-referential or self-promoting language and avoid promotional references to platforms, tools, or business entities. First-person (I/we/us) should be used sparingly, if at all.
• Citations: All data and quotations, when sourced from third-party websites or resources, must include must an accompanying citation. Citations are printed as endnotes for each article.
• Disclosure and Disclaimer Statements: All articles published by Summit are covered by the AFIRE disclaimer statement (above). The editors reserve the right to remove any proprietary disclosure and disclaimer statements.
• Headlines and Design: The editors reserve full creative control over all headlines, sub-headlines, pull quotes, editorial ephemera, and final article design.

AUDIENCE

The audience of Summit Journal and other AFIRE media products reflects the core AFIRE membership, which counts more than 200 member organizations from 24 countries and representing approximately USD$3 trillion AUM.

Delegates of AFIRE member organizations include senior executives, institutional investors, investment managers, researchers, and service providers focused on commercial property in the US.

DISCLAIMER

The publisher of Summit is not engaged in providing tax, accounting, or legal advice through this publication. No content published in Summit is to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any asset.

Some information included in Summit has been obtained from third-party sources considered to be reliable, though the publisher is not responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy of third-party information.

The opinions expressed in Summit are those of its respective contributors and sources and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher.

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