Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • 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 Microsoft Word or OpenOffice file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Instructions for authors.
  • Authors have to be the right holders of the image they submit or provide the authorization from the right holders or ensure that images are in the public domain or under a licence that allows their sharing. More information...
  • All images must be uploaded separately or in a .zip archive.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting an article, please make sure that your contribution complies with the journal's instructions to authors.

Instructions for submitting an article

The article consists of a single text file (in .odt or .docx format) containing the following elements in this order:

  • the article’s title;
  • the full name of the author(s);
  • the status and the organisation(s) to which the author(s) belong;
  • the abstract in the language of the article, between 800 and 1,200 characters, excluding spaces;
  • a list of keywords in the language of the article, between 5 and 10 words, separated by commas: the keywords will be selected as a priority from the Pactols thesaurus;
  • the manuscript: manuscripts are limited to 35,000 characters, excluding spaces. Do not use any style sheets. Titles should be ranked according to a tree system (and not on style sheets): 1., 1.1., 1.2., 1.2.1., 1.2.2., etc. Do not exceed three levels (example of maximum level: 1.3.2). Do not place a dot at the end of a title;
  • the bibliography: for bibliography formatting, see the section on bibliographic standards below;
  • figure and table legends (if applicable);

Illustrations should be placed in a supplementary file and not inserted into the body of the text. They must follow the instructions for illustrations.

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Proposals that do not meet these guidelines and the journal's editorial and bibliographic standards will be rejected.

Articles (thematic issue)

One or two calls for papers are published each year. Each call is open for at least 6 months. The conditions of participation and the publication schedule are specified in each call. Open and closed calls can be consulted under ‘Calls’.

Varia (permanent CFP)

The journal also allows authors to submit unrestricted papers dealing with borders, boundaries, limits or separations (see Permanent CFP). These papers will be published in the Varia section of each issue within 6 to 12 months, according to the editorial calendar.

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