中央大學人文學報 National Central University Journal of Humanities

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The National Central University Journal of Humanities is a purely academic journal sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts of National Central University. As of April 2014 it has become a biannual journal, with issues appearing in April and October.

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The main goal of the journal is to promote “interdepartmental, interdisciplinary, and intercultural” humanities research, and we welcome contributions from domestic and foreign scholars on related topics in literature, history, philosophy, art, society, or culture.

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The journal publishes scholarly articles and book reviews in Chinese, English, and French. Calls for submissions of special issues will be announced on the Journal's website. Book reviews should, in principle, cover academic books published in the previous three years. Articles in Chinese should not exceed 20,000 characters and articles in English or French should not exceed 10,000 words (footnote and work cited included). Book reviews should not exceed 5,000 characters. Exceptions can occasionally be made under special circumstances.

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Submissions will go through a three-stage process. Initial review is done by the editor or other local scholars; at the second stage, submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. In the event that the external reviewers disagree, the piece will be sent to a third external reviewer. All reviewers will be recommended by the editorial committee. At the final stage, in accordance with the comments by reviewers, papers are subjected to approval by the editorial committee. Please ensure that no data identifying the author appear in the main text, abstract, or footnotes of the submitted manuscript. The order in which the accepted papers will be published is subject to the discretion of the editorial committee.

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The journal will accept submissions at any time. Manuscripts will not be returned; in principle, authors will be informed of the status of their submissions within three months. The journal will not accept submissions which have been previously published in print or online, are currently under consideration elsewhere, or which have been submitted as a part of or whole of the thesis for an academic degree.

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Submissions should include the following:

i. Title page, including author’s name, title, affiliation, and contact address, email, and phone.

ii. Abstract (under 350 words) and keywords (three to six)

iii.Full paper, with footnotes and works cited formatted according to the Journal style sheet.

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In the event that copyright permissions are required (e.g., for the use of illustrations or extended citations), please first secure permissions before submitting to the journal; the journal will not be responsible for any copyright issues.

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Authors of accepted articles may be responsible for additional revisions before publication.

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If the draft has been accepted by the Journal, a formal notification from the Journal will be issued informing the acceptance and detailing necessary revisions and the deadline for the submission of the final draft and the electronic file of the draft. A contract between the Journal and the author of the article needs to be signed relegating the rights of the article to the Journal. The subsequent rights of the author in publishing the said article in collections, in educational purposes, and in personal uses are not covered by the contract and belong to the author. All reprints are subject to the written approval of the Journal.

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If the manuscript is accepted, all authors need to agree to authorizing the journal to transfer the published article to databases with whom the journal has signed a nonexclusive patent license for the rights of reproducing, providing online services, downloading by authorized members, printing, browsing, and other services. When submitting the final draft, a signed copy of the Copyright Assignment Agreement by the authors should be sent to the Journal.

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After publication of an article, authors will receive two complementary copies and the electronic file of the issue in which the article appears; no monetary compensation will be offered.

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Submissions should be sent to: ncu33016@gmail.com. If the submission cannot be sent electronically, authors can send the hard copy submission to the following address: Editorial Committee, National Central University Journal of Humanities, College of Liberal Arts, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Road, Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan.