Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration for publication (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The manuscript is in a file format supported by OpenOffice or Microsoft Word.
- Where available, URLs for references are provided.
- The text is 1.5 line spaced; uses an 11-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables should be placed within the text either at the appropriate points or as close as possible, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- The manuscript is blinded (with no author details) and is submitted together with a research ethics pledge, a copyright agreement, and a cover letter in English.
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Upon submitting their manuscripts, authors are required to confirm and agree to the following:
- The Author(s) warrants that the article is original and does not infringe upon any copyright of any third party.
- The Author(s) confirms that all research materials and ideas owned by other parties cited or referred to in the article have been duly indicated as such.
- The Article has not been previously published, is not under consideration by another journal or for publication in an edited volume, and will not be submitted to another journal.
- The publisher of INContext retains the right to dispute any copyright infringement by a third party committed without due permission of the author(s) or the publisher.
- Upon the publication of the article in INContext, the author(s) transfers all copyright ownership and digital copyright ownership of the article to the Language and Intercultural Studies Institute.
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