Author Guidelines

When preparing your manuscript for submission, please observe the following points:

Research Articles

The length should be between 6,000 and 12,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography.

Your manuscript should be submitted in MS Word (.doc or .docx) format. The text should be double-spaced, with 1" (2.54cm) margins, and use a 12-point standard font (e.g. Times New Roman).

Please format your document using the appropriate styles (Body Text, Heading 1, Block Quote, Bibliography, etc.).

On a separate cover page, please provide:

  • your name, title, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and other identifiers (e.g. ORCiD);
  • the title of your essay
  • a ca. 250-word abstract
  • 5–7 keywords
  • a short (ca. 100-word) bio

Figures and tables

All illustrations, figures, tables, or other multimedia content (images, sound or video clips, etc.) should be uploaded in a separate file or files, not embedded in the manuscript document.

Callouts (fig. 1, etc.) should be placed in the body text at the appropriate points.

Anonymized version

For the purposes of peer review, please also supply an anonymized version of your manuscript. In this anonymized version, you should not mention any grants or include any other acknowledgements that could identify you.

In general, self-citation should be avoided or kept to a minimum; if you must refer to your own work, do so in the third person — or, if this is not feasible, replace the citations (in the text and bibliography) with a placeholder, such as [author1], [author2], etc.

Finally, check that all personal identifiers have been removed from the document’s metadata (in Word for Windows, go to File/Info/Check for Issues/Inspect Document/, on a Mac, go to Tools/Protect Document/Remove personal information).

Book Reviews

The length should be between 2,500 and 5,000 words.

Book reviews do not require abstracts or keywords, but they should have a short, snappy title.

Please include the following information in your submission, with each point beginning on a new line:

  • the title of the review
  • your name
  • “Review of:”
  • the author’s name, followed by the title of the book and facts of publication, including:
    • series title (if any)
    • number of pages (distinguishing between Roman and Arabic numerals, i.e. xv + 247 pp.)
    • number of illustrations (colour and/or b&w)
    • price (hb, pb, ebook, as appropriate), as listed on the publisher’s website.
  • your bio, written in one sentence in the following format: “[Author Name] is [Employment Position] at [The University of Z].”
  • your email address