Modern and Contemporary France also welcomes proposals for special issues from prospective guest editors, who are encouraged to contact the Executive Editor, Dr Jackie Clarke, at an early stage in the development of any proposal at J.R.Clarke@soton.ac.uk. Please see the online guidelines before submitting a proposal.
Articles submitted to Modern & Contemporary France must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere
Preparation of manuscripts for submission
Articles may be written in either English or French and should normally be a maximum of 8,000 words, including all notes and references.
Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, including all author information, including institutional affiliation and full contact details, while in the second document all information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. Both versions should include a word count.
Anonymised manuscript: the first page of the manuscript for referees should restate the title of the article at the top but should NOT include the author's name.
Abstract: following the title, please include an abstract of no more than 200 words
Spacing: Manuscripts should have double line spacing (including notes and references).
Spelling should generally follow that of the Oxford English Dictionary. Authors should use 's' in words such as 'organisation', 'emphasise', 'realise', etc. Also, 'centre' instead of 'center', 'labour' instead of 'labor', etc.
Tables: these should be provided at the end of at the article (not incorporated into the manuscript) and their position for eventual insertion should be keyed into the text in the appropriate position.
Illustrations: all line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e., not requiring redrawing by the Publisher). They should be reproducible to a final printed width of 103 mm. and a maximum depth of 202 mm. Labels (i.e., letters within the boundary of the diagram) should use initial capital letters for the first word only (except for proper nouns). Remember that the figure will be reduced in size for printing, so aim for a final height of 2 mm. for the capitals when printed. Do not attach captions to figures, but provide as separate file. All figure captions should be numbered corresponding to the order referred to in text, and typed out in full.
Numbers: use Arabic numerals for all page numbers, tables, figures, etc.
Quotations: all quotations in running text should go in single quotation marks (double for quotes within quotes), preceded by a colon if the quotation is a complete sentence. Long quotations should be indented separately and without quotation marks.
Notes: keep textual notes to an absolute minimum. Notes should be flagged in the text by superscript Arabic numbers and should be inserted in numerical sequence into a list labelled Notes at the end of the article (prior to the list of References). Please do not use footnotes.
References: M&CF uses the Harvard referencing system. All references in the text should be placed in parentheses, giving the author's surname, year of publication and page numbers where appropriate.
Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be identified by a, b, c (e.g. 2002a, 2003b). If there are two authors of a publication, put both surnames, separated by 'and'. If there are more than two authors, put the surname of the first author followed by et al.
References to material on the Internet must be given in parentheses in the text, not in the list of References. The full URL must be provided.
References should be given in a section entitled References at the end of the article. They should be given in alphabetical order by author surname. Examples of reference style are as follows:
Book: Gervereau, L. (2003) Ces Images qui Changent le Monde, Seuil, Paris.
Varouxakis, G. (2003) Contemporary France: An Introduction to French Politics and Society, Hodder Arnold, London.
Chapter in a book: Faucher, F. (2004) 'The Greens 2002: coming down to earth', in The French Presidential and Legislative Elections of 2002, ed. J. Gaffney, Ashgate, Aldershot.
Journal article: Demossier, M. (2003) 'Rural France in Europe: new challenges', Modern & Contemporary France, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 265-278.
Proofs: a set of proofs will be sent to the author/principal author. Only corrections to printer's errors will be accepted at this stage without prior discussion with the Editor. If corrected proofs are not received back from the author within two weeks, the Editors reserve the right to check the proofs on the author's behalf.
Free article access: Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (/) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Submission of book reviews and review articles: all inquiries regarding book reviews and review articles should be addressed to the reviews editor, Dr. Vivienne Orchard, Modern Languages, School of Humanities, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
E-mail: V.Orchard@soton.ac.uk
Peer Review
Modern and Contemporary France is a peer-reviewed journal. The purpose of peer review is to ensure that material published in the journal meets international standards of research and scholarship.
Articles submitted to Modern and Contemporary France are read first by at least one of the Editors to establish that the submission is in keeping with the aims and scope of the journal. Articles that fall outside the journal's aims and scope (including any submissions manifestly unsuitable for publication in a scholarly journal) are rejected at this stage, though such submissions are rare. Articles which pass this stage are forwarded in their anonymised form to two referees, who are specialists in a relevant field.
Referees are asked to indicate whether they consider the article publishable in Modern and Contemporary France as it stands, potentially publishable with some revisions, or unsuitable for publication. In making this assessment, they are asked to consider the quality of the article, with particular reference to:
- Originality
- Argumentation and evidence
- Engagement with the latest literature in the field
- Significance of the contribution to the field
- Clarity and presentation of material
Referees are encouraged to make constructive suggestions for the revision of articles and authors receive their feedback in an anonymised form.
In the event of conflicting reports, the Editorial Team acts as arbiter and seeks the views of a third referee where this is considered appropriate. The Editors' decision is final.
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