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Author Guidelines

Research articles should be a maximum of 8,000 words (including notes and references). All articles should include an abstract of 125 to 150 words, and 6 to 8 keywords. All authors should provide a biographical note of 100 words and an email address.

Book reviews (including those for Re-Reviewed and Widening the Frame) should be a maximum of 800 words. Review essays must review a minimum of three titles and be 2,000 to 3,000 words.

Authors should submit articles as Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format (rtf) files. Electronic submissions are preferred, but mailed contributions will be reviewed. Please note that all correspondence will be transmitted via email.

The journal welcomes proposals for special issues and special sections. The maximum length for a special issues is 60,000 words, including notes, references, introductions, and afterwords. Proposals for special issues should be directed to the journal editor and be 2,000 to 2,500 words. Proposals should provide the name, contact details and position of the editor editor and all authors; the proposed title of the issues/section; an abstract of 750 to 1,000 words that outlines the context, rationale and contribution of the collection; titles, abstracts and word counts for each contribution.

Have other questions? Please refer to the Berghahn Info for Authors page for general information and guidelines including topics such as article usage and permissions for Berghahn journal article authors.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

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