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Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

The following types of contributions are invited for the issues of the journal:

  • Feature article – a detailed and substantial piece of writing (about 7000–8000 words) based on rigorous academic work focusing on important research issues in and/or theoretical approaches to HELE.
  • Conceptual article – a shorter piece of writing (about 3000–5000 words) discussing specific theoretical, conceptual or interpretative aspects of HELE.
  • Research/Working paper – reports (about 3000–5000 words) based on research studies.
  • Book reviews – critical reviews of recent and relevant publications (about 1000–1500 words).
  • Field notes – short descriptive notes (about 500–800 words) reporting on particular historical resources, archives, collections, persons, agencies, micro-histories or any field observations specifically related to HELE.

Submissions for feature and conceptual articles and research/working papers will undergo blind peer review by at least two reviewers.

Guidelines for writing

All manuscripts must be submitted as Word files, conforming to the following requirements:

  • Entire document: Times New Roman fonts, 1.5 spacing and left aligned.
  • Title: Max. 15 words, size 14, bold.
  • Section headings: size 12, bold.
  • Section sub-headings: size 12, italics.
  • Section headings and sub-headings NOT to be numbered.
  • Body text: size 12.
  • No footnotes please; kindly use endnotes.
  • For referencing, in-text citations and other matters, please follow APA style (7th Edn.). More details can be found here or here.

Manuscripts of feature and conceptual articles and research/working papers should include in the beginning –

  • An abstract (max. 200 words)
  • Keywords (between 4 and 8)
  • But NOT include author name(s), affiliations, contact details or any other personal information.

Abstracts and keywords are NOT required for book reviews and field notes.

File format

  • Only Word or Text (RTF) files are accepted.
  • Authors may be asked to submit separate files of tables, graphs, images or any visuals used in the article during or after the review.

Note

By making the submission the authors confirm that they have read, understood and agreed to respect the policies of the journal regarding the review process, anti-plagiarism, data protection, privacy and digital preservation, ethics, copyright and conflicts of interest, among others.

Address any queries related to the journal to shelejournal@gmail.com.