Submission guidelines of "Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria" journal
These are the basic guidelines for contributors to the journal Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria. Papers submitted to this journal must follow these guidelines. To give greater flexibility and assist with aspects not defined in sufficient detail, the guidelines established by the Chicago Humanities style. Papers must adopt and use the rules laid down by the Chicago Style for Publication in the Humanities (Chicago Manual of Style. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html).
The purpose of Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria is to publish academic and scientific papers that are original research work. The section “Areas of work and coverage” defines the issues that can be addressed in the review.
Before submitting a manuscript for assessment, please make sure its content fits into the fields of study proposed.
Manuscript types. As guidance for authors, Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria accepts for consideration the following types of work within its fields of study:
- Papers: these must be original research work, of a theoretical of empirical nature, in appropriate theoretical or analytical depth and in the habitual format for specialist academic journals.
- Studies and research notes: these must report briefly on singular findings, new contributions, replication of findings or additions to the academic literature to justify their publication without the theoretical length and depth or the analytical detail required in full papers.
- Documents and reports: work submitted must explore and analyse documentary contributions to the subject and topics dealt with by the journal.
- Book reviews: these will be essay-type pieces analysing new publications of academic and scientific interest in the field of the Basque language.
Languages. Original research papers, notes, documents and reports and book reviews will be published in any language used in the academic world of the Basque Country. Publication in Basque will be prioritised but work written in English, Spanish or French will also be acceptable. In the event of a piece arriving in another language than those mentioned above, the editorial committee will decide whether to publish it or not.
Sending work. Manuscripts should be sent to euskeraaldizkaria@euskaltzaindia.eus e-mail adress. The manuscript must be accompanied by a covering letter requesting it be considered and an indication of its type. In this letter the author must explain in 4-5 lines what the contribution of the work submitted is, and declare that they are not sending it to other journals at the same time. The letter must also include a grant of rights to the publisher.
Submission of work. Sending in manuscripts implies that authors are aware of and agree to these instructions, as well as to the rules of the Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria editorial process.
The papers sent must be final, properly written and free from language and typographical errors. It is therefore advisable to have a spell checker installed on the computer and to use it before sending papers off.
At the beginning of the article, the author's (or authors') association (university, research centre, institution, etc.) must be specified, together with the email address and the ORCID Persistent Digital Identifier, it they have it. We recommend authors obtain this.
This identifier can be obtained at https://info.orcid.org/es/documentaci%C3%B3n/Caracter%C3%ADsticas/orcid-registro/
Contributing authors. In the case of research articles signed by several authors, Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria may use CRediT taxonomy (https://credit.niso.org/) in order to favour recognition and facilitate transparency on authorship. To this end, all the authors signing the article will be identified with roles describing the contribution each of them has made. This information is to be supplied by the person submitting the article to the journal, who must guarantee that the assignment of roles is accurate, that no symbolic authorships are included and that the roles stated have been agreed with the other authors of the article. This information will appear in the publication itself, before the bibliography to the article.
For example:
Contributing authors
OLATZ IZAGIRRE: Concept, Resources, Analysis, Methodology, Writing, Editing and review.
UXUE ORTUONDO: Data analysis, software.
AITOR PAGOAGA: Data analysis.
BEÑAT AMILIBIA: Concept, Resources, Analysis, Methodology and review.
Line spacing of 1.5 is to be used to write the text, and scripts must have a margin of 1.5 cm at both sides of the page for any explanations or corrections. Pages and footnotes are to be numbered in order.
Body text must be in 12 point.
Typical fonts in the academic sphere (Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, etc.) will be accepted. All sections and subsection of the article are to be numbered hierarchically with Arabic numbers: 1. , 1.1 , 1.1.1 , 1.2 , 1.2.1 , 2. , etc.
Individual words in another language are to be written in italics. The titles of books and journals must also be written in italics.
In general, articles must be of no less than 30,000 or more than 60,000 characters, not counting spaces but including text in tables. Book reviews must be between 6,000 and 10,000 characters, not counting spaces.
Originals (2 copies, one anonymised) must be sent via the platform in electronic format (DOC (X), ODT or RTF formats). One of the copies must be sent in PDF format.
Information arranged in rows and columns must be called TABLE. Photographs and graphs must be called IMAGE. TABLES and IMAGES must be numbered in order, tables on one side and images on the other. The source must be indicated in both cases. Subtitles for captions for photos and images must be written in 10-point body text and placed over the tables and images.
In general, graphic material, maps, plates and photographs must be at least 1300 pixels wide and 300 ppi, in the best resolution possible. Figures, boxes and images must be sent in a separate file from the work, not included in the text. In the event that the illustrations make the piece longer, the editorial committee will decide whether to publish it.
Manuscript format
First page:
Title of the work in Basque (as well as in Spanish, French and English)
Full name of the author and their professional status, stating the institution, university or research centre where they work under each author (first the general institution, followed by the subordinate institution or institutions), full postal address and email address. If there are several authors, it must be specified which of them is responsible for correspondence.
Then an abstract must be provided (maximum 500 characters in a single paragraph) plus key words (up to six). Abstracts and key words must be written in Basque, Spanish, French and English. Needless to say, if the article is written in another language, the key words and abstract must also be sent in this language. The abstract must clearly outline the purpose of the study or research (aims), the basic procedures and/or documentary sources used (methodology), the main findings (results) and the most salient conclusions, as well as highlighting the important new aspects of the study.
Second Page:
This is where the text of the manuscript submitted begins, in all cases conforming to the general features mentioned above.
Notes, quotations and bibliographical references:
Short quotations. Those of less than four lines are to be included in the text and will be the same size as the body text. The quotation marks must conform to the following hierarchy: «xxxx “xxx ‘xxx' xxx” xxx». Finally, the full stop at the end of the quotation must be placed after the reference: “[...] Zaldibia continuó” (Intxausti 1999).
Long quotations. These are to be written as a separate paragraph, with a font size of 10.5 points and a 1.5 cm margin to the right and left. Also, an intermediate blank line must be left before and after the quotation. In this case, the final full stop must come before the reference: [...] Zaldibia continuó. (Intxausti 1999) the first line of the quotation must not be deeper than the following one.
Blank lines must not be inserted between the paragraphs of the quotation.
Unwritten sentences or part-sentences are to be indicated by an ellipsis between square brackets: [...]. A references cited must, if possible, be included in the text, linking them to the bibliography that generally comes at the end of the paper, using the Author Year system, as follows: (Larramendi 1729), (Mitxelena 1961: 123).
When there is a single author, no coma goes between their name and the year: (Villasante 1961). When there are two authors, the two names are separated by a semi-colon: (Furet; Ozouf 1977). When reference is made to several books or articles, if it is felt necessary, other formulas may be used (Deumert & Vandenbussche 2003; Coupland, Kristiansen & Deumert 2011).
When there are more than three authors, the first must appear followed by et al. or and others. At the end, when all the references are listed, all the authors must appear.
If there is no author, the work itself is mentioned and, if the title is long, an ellipsis is used: (Register... 1829: 133).
The references cited are to be given in their entirety at the end of the paper, in alphabetical order, according to this basic model:
- AZKUE, Resurrección María (1896). Proyecto ortográfico: sujeto a censura por parte de quienes cultivan el euskera. Bilbao: Muller y Zavaleta.
- LAFON, René (1975). «Indices personnels n’exprimant rien de déterminé dans les verbes basques», in Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Emile Benveniste. Paris: Société de linguistique de Paris: 331-337.
- LARRAMENDI, Manuel (1729). Lo imposible vencido: el arte del euskera. Salamanca: Antonio Joseph Villargordo Alcaráz.
- MITXELENA, Koldo (1959). «Euskal-itzak zein diren», Euskera 4 (1959): 206-214.
- MITXELENA, Koldo, SARASOLA, Ibón (1990). Textos arcaicos vascos. Contribución al estudio y edición de textos vascos antiguos. San Sebastián: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa & UPV/EHU.
- URKIXO, Julio (1967). «Sobre la paremiología vasca: Oihenart conocía los “Refranes y sentencias en euskera” de 1596» , ASJU I (1967): 3-44.
- ZUBIMENDI, Joxe Ramón, ESNAL, Pello (1993). Idazkera liburua. Vitoria-Gasteiz: Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia.
Where the document is only available in electronic format, it is to be presented in the following way:
Author's name (year of publication). Title of the article. Title of the publication, number: p.p. http://www.xxxxxxxx. (The date on which it was consulted must also be included).
WALIÑO, Josu (2016). «Euskara eta Internet: Zortzigarren lurralde konkistatzen», Euskera 61, 1: 42-44. http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/dok/euskera/80887.pdf (consulted on 4th June 2018).
Where the documents are published on some other medium (CD-ROM, DVD), the same criterion is to be followed, but at the end the medium is to be indicated between square brackets [...].
The author must organise the bibliography of the paper in accordance with this basic model. They may consult the person responsible at the publisher to settle any specific or individual issue.
Main features of the Chicago Style
Authors are reminded that compliance with the norms laid down in this international manual of style is the way to be indexed in the most important databases in each field of knowledge in the journal. As a result, papers by authors published in the journal will have greater international dissemination and impact.
The Chicago style for citations and bibliographies in the humanities presents bibliographical information through footnotes, and at the end organises it in a single, full bibliography (https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html).
Citing archive documents. References to documents must include the full name of the archive cited and thereafter its initials if they are well known, together with the section, file, volume, etc., depending on how the archive is ordered.
Book by one author. Footnote: Wendy Doniger, Splitting the Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), 65. In the bibliography: Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Book by two authors. Footnote: Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar, Primate Conservation Biology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 104–7.
In the bibliography: Cowlishaw, Guy, and Robin Dunbar. Primate Conservation Biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Book by four or more authors. Footnote: Edward O. Laumann et al., The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), 262.
In the bibliography: Laumann, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Books with an editor / compiler. Footnote: Richmond Lattimore, trans., The Iliad of Homer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), 91–92.
In the bibliography: Lattimore, Richmond, trans. The Iliad of Homer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951.
Chapter in a book. Footnote: Andrew Wiese, “The House I Live In: Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States”, in The New Suburban History, ed. Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006), 101–2.
In the bibliography: Wiese, Andrew. “The House I Live In: Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States.” In The New Suburban History, edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue, 99–119. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Paper presented at a conference. Footnote: C. Fraga González, "Carpintería mudejar: los archipiélagos de Madeira y Canarias", in Actas del II Simposio Internacional de Mudejarismo: Arte. (Teruel: Instituto de Estudios Turolenses, 1982), 303-313.
In the bibliography: Fraga González, C. "Carpintería mudejar: los archipiélagos de Madeira y Canarias". In Actas del II Simposio Internacional de Mudejarismo: Arte, 303-313. Teruel: Instituto de Estudios Turolenses, 1982.
Article in a printed journal. Footnote: Margaret Canovan, “Politics as Culture: Hannah Arendt and the Public Realm”, History of Political Thought 6, 3 (1985): 332.
In the bibliography: Canovan, Margaret. “The Origin of Altruism.” History of Political Thought 6, 3 (1985): 332- 43.
Article in an online journal. Footnote: Mark A. Hlatky et al., "Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy," Journal of the American Medical Association 287, 5 (2002), http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/5/591.short. (Consulted on 27 March 2003).
In the bibliography: Hlatky, Mark A., Derek Boothroyd, Eric Vittinghoff, Penny Sharp, and Mary A. Whooley. "Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy".Journal of the American Medical Association 287, 5 (2002), http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/5/591.short. (Consulted on 27 March 2003).
E-book. Footnote: Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/ (Consulted on 27-7-2006).
In the bibliography: Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/. Also available in printed version and on CD-ROM.
Website. Footnote: Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees, “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000–2010: A Decade of Outreach,” Evanston Public Library, http://www.epl.org/staff/strategic-plan-00.php.
In the bibliography: Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000–2010: A Decade of Outreach.” Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/staff/strategic-plan-00.php (Consulte on 1-6-2014)
Research data. Bibliography: Graham Smith, and Graham Smith. “C 16 H 27 N 1 O 1.” Imperial College London, 2010. doi:10.14469/CH/3710. Subsequent notes of references already cited. Examples:
Subsequent footnote for book by one or more authors. Author's or authors' surname(s), abbreviated title of the book (maximum 3 words), page number. No page number of the reference is to the central idea of the book. Examples: Barber, Strong Democracy, 40.
Subsequent footnote for chapters in books edited. Surname of the author of the chapter, "Title of the chapter in a book edited," page number(s). Example: Smith, “Moral Character and Abortion”, 247.
Subsequent footnote for articles in journals. Author's or authors' surname(s), "Title of the article," page number(s). Example: Canovan, “Politics as Culture”, 332.
Subsequent footnote for articles in online journals. Author's surname, "Title of the article," page number(s). Example: García Correa, “Security, Migration,and the Economy in the Texas–Tamaulipas Border Region”, 78.
Final bibliography. The list of all the published sources cited in the article must appear right at the end of the written work. Entries are to be in alphabetical order, using the first letter of the author's surname. The surname and first name are separated by a comma and a space.
