Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
ISSN: 0806-198X
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 592554 Fax: +44 (0) 1524 846102 E-mail: a.j.metcalfe@lancaster.ac.uk
JOURNAL OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
PART ONE: SUBMISSION
The Journal currently accepts contributions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Manuscripts should preferably be submitted in Microsoft Word for Windows, any version up to the latest, but it should be noted that the Journal does not currently make use of any Word features in versions above 2003. Please try to avoid submissions in word-processors other than Word. On the Macintosh platform, submissions in Microsoft Word are acceptable, although this program has no left-to-right support. Converting transliterated texts is not a very big problem. Remember that in the production process your file will be converted to Microsoft Word for Windows. We have had considerable trouble converting Nisus files, and as yet have no experience with Mellel, although we are willing to try. Mac authors may be asked to have longer Arabic texts typed again in Word for Windows. For more on Arabic for the Mac, consult Knut Vikør's page The Arabic Mac: An Informal Resource Center.
In all cases send both the original word-processor file and an Adobe Acrobat PDF file produced on your own machine or one with the same diacritic fonts installed. (We have too little experience with Microsoft's MDI files to be able to recommend them.) If you cannot send a PDF file, send hard copy separately.
A. All submissions should be preceded by a header containing the title of the manuscript, certain information about it, the name(s) of the author(s), any affiliations, mail and e-mail addresses, and telephone and telefax numbers. The header should be formatted as in the following example:
a) Category of submission: Research Article, Review Article (Book, Article),
Review Article (Software), Communication, Software Review.
b) Title: Ghazal in Early Arabic Poetry
c) Author(s): Jane Doe and John H. Smith
d) Word length: 9,999 words
e) Fonts used in file: Times New Roman (Vista Version), JaghbUni, Gentium, Doulos SIL, etc.
f) Date of submission: 1 January 2007
g) Address:
Name of Institution
Name of Department
Full Postal Address
E-Mail Address
Telephone Number
Fax Number
B. In the case of research articles or review articles, please include an abstract of no more than 150 words after the header.
C. Send all electronic files to the Editor, Alex Metcalfe a.j.metcalfe@lancaster.ac.uk Hard copy may be sent to him at the following address:
Dr Alex Metcalfe
Department of History
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YG
UK
Tel: 0044 (0)1524 592548
Please note that submissions to the Journal on paper or diskette will not be returned. The Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies cannot be held responsible for loss of or damage to unsolicited material.
PART TWO: PUBLICATION
The information contained in this section concerns only those authors who have received notification that their submission has been accepted for publication.
A. Manuscripts should be preceded by a header containing the same information and formatted in the same manner as the example under A above.
B. In the case of articles and review articles, please include an abstract of no more than 150 words after the header. The abstract should be followed by the text of the manuscript according to the format described below.
C. Manuscripts should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, the MLA (Modern Language Association), or other standard guidelines, and should preferably be submitted in a fully formatted word processor version in accordance with the style sheet given below. Use preferably the fonts we recommend in the file Fonts. Please do not use the transliteration font for your whole article, unless it is entirely in English. Spell-checking only works for English and other languages with no diacritics, so any German titles you cite, for example, will have to checked by eye.
Greek, Cyrillic, and other non-Latin characters may be transliterated. Authors planning to use an Arabic font other than Baghdad on the Macintosh should consult one of the General Editors. Please avoid using decorative fonts. Depending on the nature of the submission, the computer platform, and the program and fonts used, the editors may also require a PDF file or hard copy highlighting the special fonts included in the document.
D. Style sheet for the word processor version (for those who wish to get involved in this):
Paper size: A4
Margins
Top: 5.2 cm
Bottom: 6 cm
Left: 4.8 cm
Right: 4.8 cm
Gutter: 0
Header: 4.35 cm from edge
Footer: 3 cm from edge
Gutter position: left
Text height: about 19.2 cm
Text width: 11.4 cm
Font (e.g.): Times New Roman (Vista version) or JaghbUni.
font size: 11
footnotes: 10
footnote references: 8 (automatic)
block quotations: 10
poetry: 10
page numbers: automatic from word processor
title: 13 caps, centered, not bold, size 11 space after
author: size 11 italics, centered, size 11 space after
place/institution: size 10 small caps, centered, size 8 space after
abstract: font size 10, indent 0.4 cm before text, 0.25 after; begin with flush paragraph, 8 point space after
A-level subheads: 11 caps, centered, 12 points before, 6 after paragraph
B-level subheads: 11 italics, title capitalization, flush, 6 points before paragraph, followed by flush paragraph
C-level subheads: 11 italics indented with paragraph, followed by period
Line spacing: normally automatic, or single
Paragraph spacing: no extra leading
Paragraph indentation: 0,4 cm
Block quotation spacing: 6 points before and after
Block quotation indentation: none
Paragraph indentation in block quotations: 0,4 cm (Indent first line if it is the beginning of a new paragraph in the source.)
Poetry indentation, first hemistich: 0,8 cm
Poetry indentation, second hemistich: 1,2 cm
(On subheads see The Chicago Manual of Style [Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993], p. 570, or the corresponding passage in the latest edition. Most articles will probably not need more than B-level and C-level subheads.)
E. Notes may either be embedded in the text (author-date system) or placed at the bottom of the page as footnotes. Endnotes should not be used in fully formatted documents. The Journal does not require that all authors adhere to the same system for references to sources or other notes, but consistency is expected.
F. In US English, use the double quote character (“/”) for quotations, and the single quote (‘/’) for sub-quotations. Or the British system may be used if spelling is British. Please use “smart,” quotes, as here, and avoid confusing apostrophe with hamza or 'ayn, which are separate characters.
G. Adjectival and adverbial hybrids formed from foreign words (example: "Hanbalite") should not be italicized.
H. Authors of accepted manuscripts enter into an agreement with the Edinburgh University Press. For details see the JAIS Author Agreement .
I. For each article published by the Journal the editors hope to maintain a folder for discussion and reactions.
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