The Author Guidelines are available for download here in PDF format.
Submission of manuscripts: Manuscripts should be submitted via the journal’s online system.
Submissions must be uploaded in an editable file format (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .odt, etc.), and if the manuscript contains graphs, illustrations, or non-standard characters, in a PDF version as well.
All submitted papers will undergo a double-blind peer-review. The decision of the editorial team to accept or reject an article is based on the two reviews.
The submission of an article implies that it has not been published before and at present it is not being reviewed by another journal or by the editor of a volume. The article must be written in French. The text must be proofread prior to submission and flawless in terms of grammar and style in order to be considered for publication.
Please submit an anonymous version of the text. Please include the following information with your paper submission in the commentary message: your name, e-mail, name of university/institute, ORCID identifier (obligatory).
Abstract: the abstract (no more than 150 words) must be written in French and in English, and accompanied by 5‒10 keywords (in French and in English).
Length: the maximum length is 40,000 characters (including spaces) for research articles and 7,500 characters (including spaces) for reviews.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, with Unicode character encoding (default in Windows 7 and further Windows versions). All special characters (letters with diacritics, phonetic symbols, Cyrillic and Greek letters, mathematical symbols, etc.) should be inserted from this font. Do not use other fonts unless it is necessary. If you do need to use another font, it should be Unicode-encoded and uploaded along with the manuscript.
Punctuation and capitalization: Non-breaking spaces must be used in accordance with French typographical rules, including before double punctuation marks ( : ; ? !), inside quotation marks (« »), between a number and its unit, and before symbols such as %, §, or °. Capital letters must carry accents where required (É, À, Ç, etc.).
Pagination: Manuscripts must not be paginated.
Numbering of sections: if sections are numbered, they must be numbered decimally, starting with 1; for example:
- Introduction
1. The objectives
1.1.1. The main body
1.1.2. The structure of the article
1.2. General rules regarding language and style
- Abbreviations
1. Spelling and punctuation
etc.
Quotes, quotation marks: the format of quotes should be << >> : « nnnnnn ». Quotations within a quotation use the same format.
The words within the quote are never in italics, except for linguistic data, emphasized words or phrases, or titles of works that would be italicised in the list of references as well. If the quote includes any words italicized for emphasis, a footnote must specify whether the emphasis is original, or added by the author. The closing quotation mark, if it is after a full sentence, stands after the full stop, otherwise before it.
Longer quotes (more than 3 lines) should be typeset as a separate paragraph, fully indented, with no quotation marks, Times New Roman 11 pt. Ellipsis within the quote must be shown by […].
The language of the main text, including quotations, must be French; when using quotations from any language other than French that have no official (published) French translation, the original text can be given in footnotes.
Glosses: between 6…9-type quotation marks; e.g. caída ‘fall’, ánima ‘soul’, etc.
Emphasis: parts which are emphasized must be typeset with italic font (i.e., do not use boldface or underlining for emphasis); linguistic data as well as the titles of cited works must also be typeset in italics.
Examples: Longer linguistic data and examples should be numbered as follows:
(1) a. Gertrude loves Archibald.
b. Archibald loves Gertrude.
(2) Gertrude loved Archibald before.
In the main text, examples like those above must be cited by their number (plus letter): …we can see in (1b) that…, (2) shows that…
Figures: should be embedded in your text and uploaded as separate files, with at least 300 dpi resolution (optimally 600 dpi), in jpg, jpeg, png or eps format. If you use an Excel-generated chart in your Word document, please upload the Excel file as well.
Other symbols: en dash when meaning “from–to”, as in page ranges, dates, or embedded structures: pp. 123–157, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Johnson ‒ and many others ‒ claim that… Please do not use the simple short hyphen for these.
Footnotes: Acta Romanica requires notes to be footnotes. However, notes should be kept to a minimum – all relevant information should be incorporated in the main text (except for quotations in languages other than French, as mentioned above). In the text, the note number is placed immediately after the word or group of words to which it refers. The note therefore always precedes the punctuation mark.
Style of book reviews: the details of the book under review should be given fully: author’s name as it appears in the work (first name, last name), title of work, publisher, place and year of publication, number of pages. No abstract should be given to book reviews.
References: references in Acta Romanica should follow the author-date system of The Chicago Manual of Style.
- Book: Note that a place of publication is no longer required in book citations.
- Reference list entry: Binder, Amy J. et Jeffrey L. Kidder. 2022. The Channels of Student Activism: How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today. University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226819860.001.0001
- In-text citation: (Binder et Kidder 2022, 117–118)
- Chapter or other part of an edited book: The page range for a chapter in a book is no longer required in reference list entries. In the text, cite specific pages as applicable.
- Reference list entry: Doyle, Kathleen. 2023. « The Queen Mary Psalter. » In The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention, sous la direction de P. J. M. Marks et Stephen Parkin. University of Chicago Press.
- In-text citation: (Doyle 2023, 64)
- In some cases, you may want to cite the collection as a whole instead.
- Translated book: In the following example, note the absence of a comma after “Borbély” in the author’s name, which follows Eastern order (family name first).
- Reference list entry: Borbély Szilárd. 2015. La miséricorde des cœurs. Traduit par Agnès Járfás. Bourgois.
- In-text citation: (Borbély 2015)
- Book consulted in an electronic format: To cite a book consulted online, include either a URL or the name of the database in the reference list entry. For downloadable ebook formats, name the format; if no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section title or a chapter or other number in the text (or simply omit).
- Journal article: Journal articles are usually cited by volume and issue number. In the reference list, include the page range for the whole article. For more than six authors, list the first three, followed by “et al.”. In the text, list only the first, followed by “et al.”.
- Reference list entry: Dittmar, Emily L. et Douglas W. Schemske. 2023. « Temporal Variation in Selection Influences Microgeographic Local Adaptation. » American Naturalist 202 (4) : 471–485. https://doi.org/10.1086/725865
- In-text citation: (Dittmar et Schemske 2023, 480)
- News or magazine article: Readers’ comments are cited in the text but omitted from a reference list.
- Book review:
- Reference list entry: Jacobs, Alexandra. 2023. « The Muchness of Madonna. » Compte rendu de Madonna: A Rebel Life, de Mary Gabriel. New York Times, 8 octobre.
- In-text citation: (Jacobs 2023)
- Thesis or dissertation:
- Reference list entry: Blajer de la Garza, Yuna. 2019. « A House Is Not a Home: Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary Democracies. » Thèse de doctorat, University of Chicago.
- In-text citation: (Blajer de la Garza 2019, 66–67)
DOI: Displaying the DOIs in your references is mandatory. When displaying DOIs, follow the DOI display guidelines. You can find DOIs for your references on Crossref’s website.
