Guidelines for Authors

The texts shall be submitted in electronic version to the address:

Authors are requested to follow the standards listed below:

Article length: 20,000-40,000 characters
Review length: 5,000-8,000 characters
Font: Times New Roman
Articles shall be single-spaced.

Font size:

  • Title: 14
  • Abstract: 11
  • Text and references: 12
  • Footnotes: 10

After the title, add the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation (in the language of the article, i.e. in Spanish, French, Italian, etc.), email address, and ORCID identifier.

Two abstracts are required: one in the language of the article and the other one in English, containing the title of the article in English. Length: 200-300 words.

Add 4-6 keywords after each abstract.

French capital letters shall be accentuated (ÀËÔÎ instead of AEOI etc.).

Articles are divided into numbered sub-chapters (1, 1.1, 1.1.1). Each of them shall have a heading (including Introduction and Conclusions).

For long quotations (3 lines and more), use the font size 11. They shall be separated from the surrounding text with a free line (before and after the quotation) and they shall not be placed in quotation marks.

The authors are referred to in the text according to the following models:

  • narrative: Cruz Hernández (2009, p. 52), Walter (1997)
  • parenthetical: (Cruz Hernández, 2009, p. 52), (Pruvost & Sablayrolles, 2003).

Footnotes shall be used for comments only, not for the references.

The general bibliography will appear at the end of the article. It will contain all and only the works cited in the article. The bibliography, with items listed alphabetically, will follow APA style. You will find detailed reference examples for journal articles, books, edited book chapters, online media and other types of resources at Textual Works.

The APA style shall be modified for the language of article as follows:

Ed(s) becomes Éd(s) in French, 2nd ed. becomes 2e éd. in French and 2a ed. in Spanish, etc.

Add the author's postal address at the end of the article (in the language of the author's country, i.e. Czech, Polish, German, etc.).

Numbers referring to footnotes should follow the punctuation marks (i.e. Smith,2 or Smith.1).

Non-native speakers of Romance languages must have their contributions checked by a native speaker.


Updated: 12. 11. 2024