INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Manuscript Submission
The Journal of Contemporary History has a fully web-based system for the submission and review of manuscripts. All submissions should be made online at the JCH SAGETRACK website
Note: Online submission and review of manuscripts is now mandatory for all types of papers.
New User Account
Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. Follow the instructions and please ensure to enter a current and correct email address. Creating your account is a three-step process that takes a matter of minutes to set up. When you have finished, your User ID and password is sent via email immediately. Please edit your user ID and password to something more memorable by selecting 'edit account' at the top of the screen. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the 'Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website.
New Submission
Submissions should be made by logging in and selecting the Author Center and the 'Click here to Submit a New Manuscript' option. Follow the instructions on each page, clicking the 'Next' button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen. If at any stage you have any questions or require the user guide, please use the 'Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's® Manuscript CentralTM customer support at +1 434 817 2040 ext 167.
To upload your files, click on the 'Browse' button and locate the file on your computer. Select the designation of each file (i.e. main document, submission form, figure) in the drop down next to the browse button. When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the 'Upload Files' button.
Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) and then click the Submit button.
You may suspend a submission at any point before clicking the Submit button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also log back into your author centre at any time to check the status of your manuscript.
Please ensure that you submit editable/source files only (Microsoft Word or RTF) and that your document does NOT include a title page, an abstract, or page numbers; the JCH SAGETRACK system will generate them for you, and then automatically convert your manuscript to PDF for peer review. You will be requested to enter an abstract and keywords as part of the submission process, and your contact details are held once you are registered.
Furthermore, it is imperative that authors remove from their submissions any information that will identify them or their affiliations to reviewers. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by email.
Instructions for formatting and styling your submission are available on the SAGETRACK welcome page (http:/mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jch); please refer to these before making your submission. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission process please contact the Assistant Editor, Jeremy Toynbee, at the following email address: office@jch.org.uk
Submitting a Revised Manuscript
Authors submitting revised manuscripts should follow the instructions above to submit through the SAGETRACK system. To create a revision, go to the 'Manuscripts with Decisions' option in your Author Dashboard and select 'create a revision in the 'Action' column. Authors of all revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in your manuscript. As this will be provided to reviewers, it is important that authors do not identify themselves in these responses.
Manuscripts should not exceed 8000 words, excluding footnotes, which should number no more than 100.
1 Max Weber, trans. Frank H. Knight, General Economic History (New York 1950), 54.
2 Ibid.
3 C.J. Hill, 'Great Britain and the Saar Plebiscite of 13 January 1935', Journal of Contemporary History, 9, 2 (April 1974), 121-43.
4 Weber, op. cit., 38-9.
Thus ibid. and op. cit. will be capitalized only if they begin a note - ibid., op. cit., e.g., i.e. and similar commonly used abbreviations are printed in Roman, not italic, and they should therefore not be underlined. Titles of books and journals and the more uncommon foreign words will be italicized. No p. or pp. are printed to stand for 'page' - page numbers stand alone following a comma. It is not necessary to give the name of the publisher, except where, as in government publications, this takes the place of the editor.
New sections should be indicated by a break and should not have subheadings.
All manuscripts considered for publication will be submitted to external review.
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