Submission Guidelines for Authors

Submission Guidelines for Authors

Scope
The Journal of Maronite Studies is the official publication of the Maronite Research Institute (MARI). It is an electronic journal published quarterly from 1997 to 1999 and semi-annually from 2000. It provides an on-going written record popularizing the rich liturgical, theological, historical, artistic and social patrimony of the Maronites. It is accessed on Internet free of charge.

The Journal is copyrighted at the Library of Congress and is catalogued under the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) 1526-5145. A limited printed edition of the Journal is produced for the copyright office and the Near East Section at the Library of Congress, a few universities, clergy, subscribers, and MARI's archive.

The following is an example of how writers may cite their articles: Cornelia B. Horn, "James of Cyrrhestica," The Journal of Maronite Studies [http://www.maroniteinstitute.org/jms/october97/] Vol. 1, No. 4, 1997.

Copyright
The authors are encouraged to obtain a copyright for their work. If the work was previously published, written permission from both the author and the publishers are required.

Submission
     1. Articles, reviews of CDs and books, travelogues, family migration accounts, reports on projects and conferences, and articles on all aspects of Maronite Studies are welcomed. Soft copies in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or in Microsoft Word 98 are to be submitted to the Editor as an attachment to an email. The copy should also include a one paragraph by line/biography of the author.
     2. The author is required to sign the attached Copyright Agreement in Appendix A.
     3. One hard copy of the manuscript with photos, graphics, etc. should be sent to the Editor at the address below.

Guita G. Hourani, Editor In Chief
Journal of Maronite Studies
The Maronite Research Institute
P. O. Box 18087
Washington, DC 20036
Tel 202-452-5932
Fax 703-527-0107
URL: www.maroniteinstitute.org

     4. All submissions are subject to peer review by the Editorial Board at www.maroniteinstitute.org. When the article is accepted for publication, the Editor In Chief will inform the author of the status of his/her article and the publication date. The author shall receive a color copy of his/her published article. The author has the right to make as many prints out of the published article as needed.
     5. The Editorial Board has the right to suggest to the author changes necessary for publishing in the Journal of Maronite Studies. The Editorial Board retains the final decision whether the article is to be published or not. If the article is not published within a year, the author has the right to publish it elsewhere unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.
     6. No remuneration is paid for articles written for the Journal of Maronite Studies. The authors voluntarily send their articles to be published in the Journal of Maronite Studies.
     7. The language of the journal is English. However, we will translate articles into English if they have been accepted for publishing and we will publish the text in both the original language and English.

General Format
     1. The first page of the manuscript must contain the paper's title, author's full name and address (including email and fax number), index or key words which best describe the subject of the paper (e.g., Liturgy, Qorbono, Nineteenth Century, Aleppo, Latinization, etc.), and a one-paragraph abstract of 100 words to describe in brief the paper's main contribution.
     2. When a hard copy is submitted, pages should be printed on one side only, on standard size paper. All texts must be double-spaced. One-inch margins on the left are required. The paper should have sequential numbering. Places for photos, graphics, etc. should be indicated in the margin or body of the text.
     3. Arial 10 Font should be used.
     4. Both the on-line and printed editions will have the reference to books, articles, reports, etc. inside the text as follows: [last name of the author date of publication: page (s)] e.g. (Brossé 1926: 121). Notes explaining a concept or a word, etc. will be in the form of an endnote and will appear at the end of the paper.
     5. A paper must conclude with a bibliography. Any bibliographical referencing in the body of text or in the footnotes must contain the same information as that in the bibliography (see below).

Quotations and Quotation Marks
     1. Quotations of five lines or longer are to be separated from the body of the text in an indented paragraph, and may be in a smaller font if desired. No quotation marks are needed.
     2. Smaller quotations remain in the body of the text and are to use double quotation marks ".......".
     3. Definitions of words are put between single quotation marks '.......'.

Endnotes
1. Endnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the entire document and placed at the end of the document.
2. Note numbers in the text should come at the end of a sentence, or at the end of a clause wherever possible, and should be placed after all punctuation except the dash. Where an endnote applies to a group of sentences or a paragraph, the note number should be placed after the punctuation at the end of the last sentence.

Format of Bibliographical References At The End Of The Document
     1. Please see The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (Chicago: Universityof Chicago Press, 1993) for all matters of style not covered here.
     2. Publication information (the last name of author and date of publication: page(s) should be included every time that publication is used as reference. The full description of the publication should be included in the bibliography. If repeated, each item of publication information when first cited must be the same throughout the document).
     3. Terms such as ibid (referring to the same work cited in the note immediately preceding) or idem (in place of the author's name in successive references within one note to several works by the same person) may NOT be used at all.

Bibliography
1. The content and arrangement of the bibliography should be as follows:

Books:
Bibliographical information for books should include: author's/authors' name(s) last name (coma) first name in bold. (Period) title of the work in italics (coma) edition or series information if applicable (not in italics), (coma) publication information (period). Publication information should include the city in which published (followed by a
colon, then a space), the name of the publishing company, and finally, the year published.
Example: Sader, Yohanna. Painted Churches and Rock-Cut Chapels of Lebanon, Dar Sader: Beirut, 1997.
If there is no author but only an editor or editors, then the editor's/editors' name(s) should be followed by the abbreviation ed. Or eds. and a comma (e.g. eds.,) Series information will include the name of the series in Italics and the volume number in the series (if volume number is stated) (coma) followed by the year (coma) and pp (period) for page number(s).

Articles:
Bibliographical information for articles should include: author's/authors' name(s) in bold (period) title of the article (coma) journal name in italics (coma) then the volume number (coma) then a colon followed by issue number if the issue is known (coma) followed by the year date (comma) and a space before the pp (period) for page number(s).
Example: Brossé, Charkes. Les Peintures de al Grotte de Marina près du Tripoli, Syria, Vol. VII, 1926, pp. 30-45.

Chapters or other titled parts in books:
Bibliographical information for chapters should include: author's/authors' last name then first name (period) followed by the title in double quotation marks, followed by the book information and
page number(s) cited. The title of the chapter should be separated from the title of the book by a comma and the word in. A period precedes the place of publication (colon) publisher (coma) year (coma) pp (period) numbers of pages (period) If the editor or translator of the book is different from the author of the chapter, that name follows the title of the book and is preceded by a comma and ed. or trans.
Example: Brock, S. P. "Syriac dispute-poems: the various types," in Dispute Poems and dialogues, Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 42, ed. G. Reinink and H. Vanstiphout. Leuven: Department Orientalistiek, 1991, pp.109-19.

Abbreviations
     1. Abbreviations are not encouraged in general, but are acceptable when necessary. Their format should be used according to The Chicago Manual of Style.
     2. For abbreviations of periodicals, authors should use S.M. Schwertner, Internationales Abkurzungsverzeichnis für Theologie und Grenzgebiete, 2nd ed. (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1992).
     3. Abbreviations not covered there must be explained by the author in an endnote.
     4. Abbreviations for biblical books to be used within papers submitted in English as indicated in Appendix B.
     5. The format for biblical citations should begin with the abbreviation for the biblical book, followed by a then a space, followed by chapter then a colon and the verses separated by a dash if applicable, e.g., 2 Kgs 14: 13-15. A semi colon is used to separate more then one citation, e.g. 2 Kgs 14:13-15; 17: 3-5.
     6. Abbreviations after numbers should be superscript; e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Special Material - Illustrations, Charts, Photographs, etc.
It is recommended that illustrations or photos be submitted in .jpg format and should be no bigger than 500x500 pixels, 72 dpi resolution, and 100 KB. Images of text should be submitted in .gif format and should be no bigger than 300x300 pixels, 72 dpi, 10 KB. A hard copy of text material should be submitted with the article. Some exceptions in size may be allowed. Please consult the Editor In Chief or the Technical Editor/Web Master regarding any special requirements.

Appendix A
(MS Word 6.0 version here)

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this _____ day of __________, 20__, by and between the Journal of Maronite Studies, P.O. Box 18087, Washington, D.C., 20036, (hereinafter “JOURNAL”) and __________________________________, an individual residing at ____________________________ ____________________________, (hereinafter “AUTHOR”).

WHEREAS, AUTHOR is in fact the creator of the work entitled ____________________________________________, (hereinafter “WORK”), a copy of which is affixed hereto; and

WHEREAS, AUTHOR wishes to secure broad dissemination of such WORK in a journal of good reputation and with the highest standards of integrity; and

WHEREAS, JOURNAL is a respected scholarly periodical with global readership; and

WHEREAS, JOURNAL wishes to procure scholarly articles for inclusion in its issues;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, AUTHOR hereby grants to JOURNAL the sole and exclusive right to publish WORK. This grant includes publications in all forms and in all languages and includes but is not limited to both digital publication (including publication on the Internet or World Wide Web) and print publication, and shall endure for the full duration of the copyright, (including all renewals and/or extensions, whether presently available or subsequently available as a result of intervening legislation), in the United States of America and elsewhere throughout the Universe.

AUTHOR hereby warrants that AUTHOR is the sole author of WORK and has the full, complete, and unencumbered power to make this Agreement. AUTHOR hereby also warrants that WORK has not been published before in any form, that WORK is not concurrently submitted to another publication, that all authors are properly credited, and that WORK does not libel anyone, nor infringe anyone’s copyright.

Nothing in this document shall be construed as an obligation on the part of JOURNAL to publish WORK. JOURNAL and AUTHOR hereby agree that AUTHOR shall have the pre-publication right to approve or disapprove of the final edited version of WORK. In the event that WORK is not published by JOURNAL within a period of one and a half year (18) months from the date hereof, this document shall be considered null and void, and all rights granted to JOURNAL hereunder shall revert automatically to AUTHOR.

Intending to be bound, the parties do affix their signatures hereto.

JOURNAL OF MARONITE STUDIES AUTHOR

_________________________________ ______________________________
By: Guita G. Hourani
Its: Editor

Please sign and mail to the Maronite Research Institute, P. O. Box 18087, Washington, DC 20036, or Fax to 703-527-0107

Appendix B

Abbreviations of Biblical Books