Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal publishes articles in US English. Non-Roman scripts may be used, alongside transcription, where appropriate. 

Submissions should be sent by email to jts-editors@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de as MS-Word files, coded in UTF8, and formatted according to The Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition), an abbreviated version of which can be found here. See also the Author Style Guide, which includes some important modifications of the Chicago citation style.

Journal AI Policies:

  1. AI may only be used only for the (preliminary) correction or editing of the language and format of a submission, but not for generation of substantive content (including original arguments, theoretical reflections, interpretations of evidence, and engagements with prior research).
  2. All submissions must be accompanied by a “disclosure” spelling out what AI was used in preparing the submission, and how, and confirming that authors have adhered to the requirement laid out in (1).

We ask that digital resources be submitted separately to the Word document during the uploading process. Please note that authors are responsible for obtaining copyright-clearance on all reproduced materials.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The paper is previously unpublished and has not been submitted to any other journal (otherwise, an explanation is included in "Comments to the Editor").
  • The file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
  • Where necessary, URLs have been added to the references.
  • The text is single-spaced, font size 12, italicized where appropriate, not underlined (except for URL addresses); all illustrations, graphics, and tables are inserted at appropriate places in the text and not at the end of the text.
  • The text follows the stylistic and bibliographic guidelines of the most recent issue of The Chicago Manual of Style and the Author Style Guide.
  • The submission conforms with the publisher's Ethical Guidelines: https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/ethical_guidelines

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

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