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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:

  • Do not summarise the book.

  • Engage with the book theoretically and methodologically.

  • Record your own impressions by considering the work within the field.

  • Use intext references and mention a list of sources cited.

  • Word count should not be more than 1000 including a list of sources.

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Suggestions for writing review articles:

  • 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.

  • Do not summarise books or articles.

  • An expected length of a review article is between 4,000 and 5,000 words.

  • Make end-notes in review articles. 

  • 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)

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