Submissions

Author Guidelines

EAZ contains three main sections:

Regular research papers (with external peer review);
Open section: e.g., for experimental and creative formats, discussion pieces, commentaries (not peer-reviewed);
Book reviews and annotations.

The journal is also open to publishing the proceedings of thematically relevant workshops and conferences (find more information here: Special issue proposals). It is published online-first in an Open Access free-of-charge version (Diamond Open Access). A paper version will be printed once a year and can be purchased on demand.

Submission of Manuscripts

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts online via the collaborative editor Fiduswriter. Registration is free; optionally, a login via ORCID is possible.

Alternatively, authors can register directly with our Editorial Manager system OJS (again, free with optional ORCID-login).

Manuscript Format Requirements

Following our philosophy of accounting for multivocal understandings of past and present, the authors are free to publish in any language of their choice in which they feel their ideas and findings can be best expressed in text form. At the same time, we acknowledge the growing role of English as a lingua franca in worldwide scientific communication. Therefore, in addition to the original version, an English translation of all non-English submissions is encouraged.

While preparing a manuscript, we strongly recommend the usage of our online collaborative editor Fiduswriter (see above), which will make it much easier to follow formalities. This is also used for subsequent communication with reviewers and editors. A tutorial for Fiduswriter is available online.

In case you choose not to use Fiduswriter, please follow these format requirements:

A text might be written in any language of the author’s choice, an additional English version of the manuscript is recommended.
A typical submission to the Regular Research Paper section will count between 5,000 and 12,000 words.
Manuscripts should be structured as follows: title, author’s name, summary, 4–6 keywords, text (in chapters and sections), bibliography, figure captions, and address.
Manuscripts should employ italics, rather than underlining for emphasis; the placement of figures and tables should be marked within the text at the appropriate points.
References cited should follow the Harvard (author-date) style of referencing. Please consult the EAZ text conventions for the appropriate format. If possible, use the CSL-style for EAZ (e.g., in Zotero).
Only footnotes are allowed, which should be numbered consecutively in their order in the text.
Contact information of all authors should include full names, full institution addresses (or private addresses), and e-mail addresses at the end of the text.
Acknowledgements, if included, should appear as a separate paragraph at the end of the manuscript text.
Tables and figures should be titled, numbered with Arabic numerals, placed and cited in numeric order in the text, and prepared as separate files for submission. Captions for all figures should appear at the end of the manuscript file.
Figures should be submitted as separate files, preferably with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and in an editable format. If maps, graphs, or other figures contain text, the preferred font is Open Sans Semibold. Authors are responsible for ensuring that they hold the necessary rights to reproduce all images under the CC BY 4.0 license if the figures are not their own work.
If AI technology has been employed in the production of a manuscript, authors are encouraged to provide an explicit statement describing its use, including the type and extent of use as well as the software employed. This information may be included either in a separate section of the manuscript or as a comment accompanying the submission.

Peer Review Process

All submissions to the Research Papers section undergo double-blind peer review by at least two experts, either external reviewers or members of the journal’s Associate Editors Board. Reviewers provide recommendations regarding the editorial decision; however, the final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief responsible for overseeing the submission, who takes the reviewers’ comments into consideration.

If the outcome remains unclear after two reviews, or if the reviewers’ recommendations differ substantially, the Editor-in-Chief may seek an additional assessment from a third reviewer.

Submissions to the Open Section and the Reviews and Annotations section are not subject to external peer review. Instead, they are evaluated by one of the Editors-in-Chief.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with EAZ agree to the following terms:

If several authors have jointly written a work, they are co-authors of the work. The publication of the work can then only take place with the consent of all authors. In this case, the author who confirms the present agreement assures that all authors involved have granted him/her the necessary rights in accordance with points 2–3.
The authors irrevocably grant the journal the non-exclusive right to reproduce and store their work on the EAZ server (www.eaz-journal.org) for an unlimited period of time and to make it publicly accessible in electronic form via international data networks. The authors agree that their work may be published under the terms of the Creative Commons licence CC BY 4.0 (attribution), which allows others to share the work in accordance with the terms of the licence (attribution of the author(s), the title, the licence reference and, if edited, the reference and link to the original file).
The authors affirm that they are the sole owners of the rights to the work or that they have all the necessary rights of use, and that they have not previously made any dispositions contrary to this agreement. In particular, they guarantee that their work, including all components (e.g. third-party text and/or images), does not infringe the rights of third parties (e.g. co-authors, publishers, editors, third-party funders).
If the authors are prevented for legal reasons from making one of the aforementioned assurances or if they subsequently become aware of legal obstacles or claims by third parties, they shall inform the EAZ editorial office without delay.
The authors shall indemnify the EAZ editorial office against any claims for damages for which they are responsible due to infringements of copyright or other rights of third parties. This shall not apply if the infringement is due to intentional or grossly negligent conduct on the part of the EAZ editorial team and the authors are not equally guilty of intent or gross negligence. In the latter case, the damages shall be apportioned after weighing up in particular the shares of fault.
The EAZ editorial office is entitled to block access to a publication in whole or in part with immediate effect if there are concrete indications that legal regulations or the rights of third parties are being violated. In such a case, the EAZ editorial office will inform the authors immediately of the blocking.
The authors reserve the right to dispose of their work elsewhere, provided that the rights granted to the journal are not restricted.
Authors are expressly permitted and encouraged to publish their work online (e.g. within an institutional repository or on their website) before and during the editorial process of the article, as this can promote more productive scholarly exchange, as well as earlier and more numerous references to the publication.