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Arendt Studies

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Arendt Studies publishes original research articles, review essays, and book reviews, and welcomes contributions from all relevant areas, including philosophy, politics and international relations, history, Jewish studies, women's and gender studies, postcolonial theory, and literary theory. The Journal is interested in all areas of inquiry opened up by Arendt's questions, including but the philosophical dimensions of her work that illuminate pressing issues of our time.

Articles

Article submissions should contain 6,000-10,000 words. Submissions must include an abstract (up to 150 words), up to 5 keywords, and a reference list. All submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished works and may not be under consideration at another publication.

Review Essays

The journal publishes reviews of two or more books aiming to illuminate larger issues in Arendt scholarship broadly conceived. Review essays should normally be within a 1,500- to 2,500-word range, and the length will be agreed beforehand with the Editors. The journal welcomes proposals for review essays. Please identify the books you want to review, explain why it is useful to consider them together, and give a brief outline of your main argument.

Book Reviews

The journal publishes solicited reviews of single books with a maximum length of 800 words. If you are interested in writing reviews for the journal send a brief CV with a statement of interests by email to the address below.

Submission Procedure

Authors should submit manuscripts via email. Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format (.doc, .docx, .rtf), using Times New Roman font. Any reasonable formatting style for notes and references is fine at the time of submission. All editorial correspondence and inquiries may be sent to [email protected].

Article manuscripts must be prepared for anonymous review with the author’s name and affiliation appearing only on the first, detachable page. If the manuscript contains words in languages other than English it is best to send both PDF and Word versions to ensure formatting consistency.

If the manuscript is accepted for publication the author will be asked to bring it into line with the journal's style (Chicago Manual of Style). A helpful resource on The Chicago Manual of Style is available here.


Publication Ethics Statement

The editorial team of Arendt Studies is committed to ensuring the integrity of the publication process. Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and the Publisher.

Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of research work, as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to confirm a chain of reasoning or experimental result. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Authors should not submit articles describing essentially the same research to more than one journal. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication.

Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

Reviewers must treat received manuscripts as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them for improving the paper. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors or institutions connected to the paper.

The Publisher will respond to alleged or proven cases of research misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism in close collaboration with the editors. The publisher will ensure that appropriate measures are taken to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question if necessary. This may include the publication of an erratum, clarification or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.