INFORMATION TO AUTHORS:



  • GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

    Articles should preferably be submitted in Word format (.doc), with page setup::paper size A4 (not "letter"!), "two pages per sheet" (not columns!) [Setting in: Page Setup - Margin tab - Pages-Multiple Pages - Two pages per sheet], "landscape" format, Times New Roman, 10 pt. character size, line spacing 1, all page margins 2.2 cm, justified. This page format is requested primarily in case of articles submitted in English.

    The language of the Journal is English. However, articles may be submitted in Romanian or Hungarian as well. The Journal provides translation into English for articles submitted in Romanian and Hungarian, and review/proofreading for articles submitted in English.

    Articles should be submitted with an Abstract of not more than 100 words, and 5-6 Keywords inserted between the title, author and the body of the article. Please provide your full name and institution, as well as an e-mail address (if applicable).

    The authors are requested to take into consideration that the publication is addressed to an international public which might need explanations with respect to regional or local events, phenomena, etc. Quotations in languages of international circulation should be provided in the original - NOT in Romanian or Hungarian translation - and/or in generally accepted English translation, if available. For quotations in other foreign languages, the Journal and the author will find solutions on a case-to-case basis.

    Manuscript preparation

    The guidelines for reference style follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003) humanities style documentation system:
    http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

  • GENERAL GUIDELINES:

    Articles should include footnotes following this style, but no bibliography/reference list.

    The guiding principle for citations is maximum clarity for the reader rather than brevity.

    Full citation is needed for a reference when it appears for the first time. For subsequent references, short title is preferred to "op. cit.". "Ibid." and "Idem" is preferred for successive references to the same work/author within one note, or in immediately successive notes.

    Authors' names should be cited as they appear on the title page. Do not abbreviate given names to initials. Do not reverse the order of family and given names, if not justified by the title page.

    Examples for citation practice:

    • Book

      • One author

        First reference:
        Ludwig Wittgenstein, Filozófiai vizsgálódások (Philosophical Investigations) (Budapest: Atlantisz, 1998), 67.

        Subsequent reference:
        Wittgenstein, Filozófiai vizsgálódások, 89.

        Immediately successive reference:
        Ibid., 91.

      • Two or more authors

        First reference:
        Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar, Primate Conservation Biology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 104-7.

        Subsequent reference:
        Cowlishaw and Dunbar, Primate Conservation..., 115.

        In case of four or more authors, the name of the first author is provided as appears on the title page, followed by "et. al."

      • Editor or translator instead of author:

        Richmond Lattimore, trans., The Iliad of Homer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), 91-92.

      • Editor or translator in addition to author:

        Yves Bonnefoy, New and Selected Poems, ed. John Naughton and Anthony Rudolf (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), 22.

    • Journal article

      First reference:
      Antal Pirnát, "Fabula és história" (Fable and history), Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények 3 (1984): 137-149, 142.

      Subsequent reference:
      Pirnát, "Fabula és história", 145.
    • Online sources
      • Article in an online journal
        33. Mark A. Hlatky et al., "Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Trial," Journal of the American Medical Association 287, no. 5 (2002), http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo.
      • Web site
        11. Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees, "Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000–2010: A Decade of Outreach," Evanston Public Library, http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html.
      • Weblog entry or comment
        8. Peter Pearson, comment on "The New American Dilemma: Illegal Immigration," The Becker-Posner Blog, comment posted March 6, 2006, http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/03/the_new_america.html#c080052 (accessed March 28, 2006).
      • Item in online database
        7. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, ed. John Bostock and H. T. Riley, in the Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plin.+Nat.+1.dedication (accessed November 17, 2005).

      For other cases please refer to The Chicago Manual of Style printed or online version, as indicated above.

    For the attention of authors whose articles include tables, graphics, or images:

    When editing your tables, graphics, or images, please be advised that the Journal is printed in black-and-white, and in a "two pages per sheet", "landscape", Times New Roman, 10 pt. character size, line spacing 1, all page margins 2.2 cm format. In case it is impossible to submit your article in the required format, please edit your tables, etc. in such a way as to be appropriate for later editing, including resizing, and the translation of textual data into English.


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