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Submission Guidelines for Authors
Open Access Policy
Our journal aims to encourage the exchange of ideas and foster
communication between institutions, disciplines, and regions. Our open access
policy ensures submissions will be available for free to the general public in
perpetuity.
Peer Review Process
Our journal uses a double-blind peer review process. All
submissions will be initially assessed by the editorial board for suitability
and then sent to two reviewers with expertise in the relevant field. The
identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed from one another. Reviewers
are given one month to complete their review and make a suggestion as to
whether the submission should be accepted, declined, or accepted with revisions.
The editorial board is responsible for the final decision regarding
publication.
General Guidelines
Article submissions should run between 5,000 and 10,000 words
including notes and bibliography. Review articles should be no longer than
1,000 words. All pages of the submission should be numbered. Illustrations, tables,
graphics and photographs are encouraged. Authors must obtain necessary
copyright permission for reproduction of all submission figures. Figures should be included with the
initial submission with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Articles are accepted
in English only.
Format of Manuscript
Name, Title, Affiliation
Author or Author(s) names should appear along with their current
title and academic or research affiliation along with a current email address.
Abstract
Abstracts for article submissions should not exceed 300 words and
should succinctly summarize
the major arguments of the submission.
Keywords
Submission should include up to ten keywords that capture the
essential aspects of the article.
Main Text
The format for submissions is preferably size 12 Calibri font, double-spaced
with 1 inch/2.5cm margins. Separate section headings should be indicated in boldface,
with secondary section headings indicated with italics. Typographic
marking up shall be reduced to a minimum. Romanization should be marked in italics.
The same applies for the accentuation of a single word. When using diacritics
please use a Unicode font.
Figures, Figure Captions
Following the reference list please include a list of figure
captions for any image used
in the submission. All figures must include a caption. Please indicate where
the figure should appear in the article with an [insert fig. x here]
throughout the text.
Citation Style
Consulted works should be cited following the Chicago/Turabian
style (guidelines can be found here: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html)
using full notes when citing a work for the first time and using shortened
notes thereafter.
1 Katie
Kitamura, A Separation (New York:
Riverhead Books, 2017), 25.
2 Kitamura, Separation, 91–92.
1 Sharon Sassler
and Amanda Jayne Miller, Cohabitation
Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships (Oakland:
University of California Press, 2017), 114.
2 Sassler and Miller,
Cohabitation Nation, 205.
Endnotes are not accepted. When citing primary sources, abbreviated
forms should consist of the author’s surname along with a shortened form of the
title. For example: al-Maqrīzī, Khiṭat.
List of References
A list of cited works should be included at the end of the
submission, following the Chicago/Turabian style. Authors should be listed
alphabetically. When the same author is cited multiple times, give the name once
and list all publications in chronological order from earliest to latest. List
multiple authors or editors in full. The use of et al. should be only
in-text and not in the reference list. A guideline for the reference list is
provided below for various types of sources.
Book
Sassler,
Sharon, and Amanda Jayne Miller. Cohabitation
Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships. Oakland:
University of California Press, 2017.
Chapter or other part in edited volumes
Rowlandson, Mary. “The Narrative of
My Captivity.” In The Making of the
American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 19–56. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press,
2016.
Journal Article
Keng,
Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in
Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1
(Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the
bibliography; in a footnote, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”). For more than ten
authors (not shown here), list the first seven in the bibliography, followed by
et al.
E-Book
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and
Punishment. Translated by Constance Garnett, edited by William Allan
Neilson. New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917. https://archive.org/details/crimepunishment00dostuoft.
For other categories please refer to the Chicago/Turabian style
notes.
Transliteration Style
When using foreign language words or quotations, authors should
refer to the following list of applicable systems: BGN/PCGN, DMG, EI (2012),
IJMES, Pinyin, UN (2012), Wade-Giles.
Please stick to the chosen style consistently throughout the
article. If your article includes transliteration of languages and/or styles
not present in the list above, please contact the editors. Foreign words should
always be translated into English.
Typographical Guide
Quotations
When more than four lines of a work are quoted, indent from the left
and right margin and reduce the font size to 11pt. However, stick to using
double-spacing. For shorter quotes, enclose the quote in double quotation marks.
Quotations inside a quotation are to be put in single inverted commas (‘ ’).
Miscellaneous
Numbers
Numbers should be expressed with Arabic numerals, not written out.
For times and dates, use these formats: 30 days; 20th century. If citing dates
according to both the Muslim (ḥijrī) and Christian (mīlādī) calendars, use this
format: 358 H/969 CE. In case your topic demands to use other calendars, please
contact the editors for further agreements.
