Guidelines for Contributors
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All contributors must agree to the journal's ethical policy and terms and conditions.
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We consider research articles written in English on the understanding that these are an original contribution to our existing knowledge of History. We also publish methodological essays.
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Your paper should be typed with 1.5 space. The font should be calibiri (11) and headings should be in Times New Roman. We prefer articles in Microsoft word 2003-13 files.
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An article should have an abstract of 200 words and four to five keywords.
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Length of a research article should be between 7000 and 10, 000 words.
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Spellings should be British.
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Italicise non-English words.
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Number endnotes consecutively. For the style-sheet, please consult Chicago manual 16th edition.
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We do not consider any article which is also submitted to another journals.
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All articles published in the journal are double blind peer-reviewed.
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Suggestions for book reviewers:
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Do not summarise the book.
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Engage with the book theoretically and methodologically.
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Record your own impressions by considering the work within the field.
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Use intext references and mention a list of sources cited.
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Word count should not be more than 1000 including a list of sources.
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Suggestions for writing review articles:
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A review article should critically evaluate current positions of scholarship on a particular theme by clearly discussing theoretical and methodological underpinnings which shape a trend.
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Do not summarise books or articles.
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An expected length of a review article is between 4,000 and 5,000 words.
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Make end-notes in review articles.
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To submit a manuscript for consideration, an account with the journal is required. Please use the following link for registering an account or log-in to your existing account and then click the ‘new submission’ link:
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https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/pjhs
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For more information and queries, send an email to pjhs@khaldunia.org (and cc to tahirkamran_gcu@yahoo.com; hak@khaldunia.org)