Renaissance Studies

Journal of the Society for Renaissance Studies

Edited by:
Andrew Hadfield

Print ISSN: 0269-1213
Online ISSN: 1477-4658
Frequency: Five times a year
Current Volume: 24 / 2010

TopAuthor Guidelines

Renaissance Studies is a multidisciplinary journal and welcomes papers on the history, art, architecture, religion, literature, and language of any European country or any country influenced by Europe during the period of the Renaissance. Articles from any discipline will be considered. All articles should be written in English, but quotations from sources will ordinarily be printed in the original languages. Documents will be printed in their original languages.

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

1. Submission of manuscripts
Submissions (no longer than 8000 words, including notes and appendices) should be sent to the Editor electronically in Word format, to the following email address: a.hadfield@sussex.ac.uk. A 150-200 word abstract of your article together with five keywords taken from the main text are also required.

The Editor will notify authors as soon as possible on the acceptability of their papers, but will not enter into correspondence about papers considered unsuitable for publication. Neither the Editor not the publisher accepts responsibility for the views of authors expressed in their contributions. Authors may not submit typescripts that are under consideration for publication elsewhere.

2. Typescript layout
Authors may find it useful to refer to the journal's stylesheet.
All material should be on A4 paper, in double-spaced typing, and on one side of the page only. Word-processed typescripts are encouraged; the printout should be double-spaced with an unjustified right-hand margin. Ample margins should be left. Each page of the typescript should be numbered. In short reviews, lengthy references requiring footnotes should be avoided if possible. Where they are essential, they should be given in notes, not in the body of the review. In articles, edited documents, and review articles, footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed together in double-spaced typing on a separate page or pages at the end. They will be printed at the foot of each page. In short reviews, the author's name should appear at the end on the right, with her/his institution on the left. In articles, edited documents, and review articles, the author's name should appear at the beginning, immediately under the title of the piece, and his/her institution at the end on the right. An unnumbered footnote may be included, giving brief acknowledgements. Degrees and other personal details should not be included. Quotation marks should be single and not double unless they indicate a quotation within a quotation. Articles may be illustrated by black and white photographs or line drawings. Obtaining photographs, as well as securing permission for their use, will be the responsibility of the author.

Writers of Exhibition Reviews are urged to obtain illustrations and reproduction rights from the relevant exhibition's press office before the closing date of the show so as to avoid incurring costs.

3. References
References should be used sparingly. The titles of books should be italicized and the publisher should always be given, e.g. Lewis Lockwood, Music of Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: the Creation of a Musical Centre in the Fifteenth Century (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984). An abbreviated form of title should be established on the second occasion of use, e.g. Lockwood, Music of Renaissance Ferrara.

If the reference is to an article in a periodical, it should include (after the author's name and the title of the article) the volume, date in brackets, and pages of the periodical, e.g. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes , 47 (1984), 243-8. To save space, the Editor may standardize abbreviations of periodical titles.

4. Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at:
www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp.
All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

Early View: Renaissance Studies is covered by Wiley-Blackwell's Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early Viewarticles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so Early Viewarticles cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article.

Author Services: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwell's Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production so they don't need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

5. Copyright/offprints
It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors assign copyright to the Journal. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication and that Blackwell Publishing is notified in writing and in advance. In consideration for assignment of copyright, the publisher will supply first-named authors of articles and review articles an electronic offprint and two copies of the journal; authors of reviews will be supplied with a copy of the journal. Electronic offprints are supplied through Wiley-Blackwell's Author Services system (see above), so author should remember to register for this service to access their electronic offprint. Printed offprints may be purchased at extra cost on request. Wiley-Blackwell is happy to supply complimentary copies of the journal for authors to lodge with museums or galleries who have provided them with free access or permissions to copyrighted material, where the author has asked for these prior to publication. The publisher will not put any limitation on the personal freedom of the author to use material contained in the paper in other works which may be published. It is the author's responsibility to obtain permission to quote material from copyright sources.

6. Alterations to articles
To avoid delays in the production of the Journal, PDF proofs will be sent to contributors under the strictest time schedule of ten days' return. If the contributor's corrections have not been received on time, the Editor (or Reviews Editors) will be responsible for checking, correcting, and passing all proofs for press. Any amendments or corrections should be sent to the Proofreader as soon as possible after notification that an article has been accepted for publication (details will be sent with the PDF proof). The Editor reserves the right to reject alterations in proof owing to the high cost of correction.

7. Exclusive Licence Form.
Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various medium/circumstances (please see the form for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form here

Editorial Addresses (except for Special Issues, which are normally edited by Guest Editors):

Editor
Professor Andrew Hadfield, Department of English, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN

Associate Editor
Dr Jennifer Richards, School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU

America Corresponding Editor
Dr Ethan Shagan, History Faculty, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208

Book Reviews Editor
Dr Andrew Hiscock, Department of English, University of Wales, Bangor LL57 2DG

Exhibition Reviews Editors
South: Catherine Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH.
North: Dr Bridget Heal, University of St Andrews, Department of Modern History, St Katherine's Lodge, The Scores, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL

Assistant to the Editor
Abigail Shinn, Department of English, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN