Manuscript Submission Guidelines:

Authors should send an electronic version of their text to the Editors, in addition to one of each typescript. The originals and two photocopies of any statistical tables and maps must also be provided.

Maiken Umbach
Department of History
University of Manchester
Humanities Lime Grove
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL

Email: maiken.umbach@manchester.ac.uk

or

Neil Gregor

Book reviews should be submitted as a Word-compatible file to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gerhis


The Editors will notify authors as soon as possible about the acceptability of a paper, but will not enter into correspondence about papers considered unsuitable for publication. Neither the Editors nor the publisher accept responsibility for the view of authors expressed in their contribution. Authors may not submit to German History a typescript that is under consideration elsewhere. Articles should not normally exceed 10,000. Authors of accepted papers should submit an abstract (up to 250 words) for publication with the article.

Typescript layout

All material should be on A4 or quarto paper, in double-spaced typing, and on one side of the page only. Ample margins should be left. Each page of the typescript should be numbered. In Notes and Reviews, all material should be incorporated into the text: there should be no footnotes. In articles, footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed together in double-spaced typing on a separate page or pages at the end. In Notes and Reviews, the author's name should appear at the end on the right-hand side, with his/her institution on the left. In articles, the author’s name and institution should appear at the beginning, immediately under the title. Quotation marks should be single; double quotation marks should be used only to indicate one quotation within another.

Authors are invited to follow the journal's style-sheet, which may be obtained from the journal's web site by clicking here

Language Editing

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.

Illustrations

All maps, diagrams, figures and graphs should be submitted in the form of completed artwork suitable for reproduction. They should be separate from the typescript (with a list of captions on a separate sheet), but their place in the text should be marked.


No illustration (including caption) will be given more space than the text area of the journal page, i.e. 191 mm x 112 mm. Figures should ideally be drawn for a reduction of one-third, i.e. 3:2.

All copyright permission must be cleared and if necessary paid for by the author; this includes applications and payments to DACS, ARS and similar licensing agencies where appropriate. It is also the author's responsibility to include acknowledgements as stipulated by particular institutions.

Permissions for Illustrations and Figures

Permission to reproduce copyright material, for print and online publication in perpetuity, must be cleared and if necessary paid for by the author; this includes applications and payments to DACS, ARS and similar licencing agencies where appropriate. Evidence in writing that such permissions have been secured from the rights-holder must be made available to the editors. It is also the author's responsibility to include acknowledgements as stipulated by the particular institutions. Oxford Journals can offer information and documentation to assist authors in securing print and online permissions: please see the Guidelines for Authors section at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/rights_permissions.html. Should you require copies of this then please contact the editorial office of the journal in question or else the Oxford Journals Rights department on journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Tables

Tables should be typed on separate sheets. Indicate in the margin of the text where the tables should be placed. All costs for reproducing figures in colour must be met by the author.

References

These should be kept to the minimum. Books are italicized (underlined in typescript), e.g. F. L. Carsten, Princes and Parliaments in Germany (Oxford, 1959). In second and subsequent references to a work, an abbreviated title should be adopted, e.g. Carsten, Princes, p. 72. A reference to an article in a periodical should include (after the author's name and the title of the article and the title of the journal) the volume number (arabic), date in brackets, and relevant page numbers, e.g. 'The False Joseph II', Historical Journal, 18 (1975), 467-95.

Copyright

It is a condition of publication in GH that authors grant an exclusive licence to the Journal, which is operated on the Journal's behalf of the German History Society by the Publisher. 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 Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance. It is essential that a completed licence form is provided for each article.

Alterations to articles

Any amendments or corrections should be sent to the Editors (or Review Editor) as soon as possible after any author receives notification of acceptance for publication of his/her article. Because of the high cost of correction, the Editors reserve the right to reject alterations in proof. To avoid delays in the production of the journal, contributors will be asked to return their proofs promptly. Proofs are not sent to authors of reviews.

Author Self-Archiving/Public Access policy

For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/self-archiving_policye.html

Offprints

The corresponding author has the opportunity to order offprints of their article before the issue is printed, or copies of the printed issue in which the article will appear. 25 offprints will be provided free if the order form is returned. To do so, please complete the Offprint Order Form and return to Oxford University Press. Orders from the UK will be subject to a 15% VAT charge. For orders from elsewhere in the EU you or your institution should account for VAT by way of a reverse charge.  Please provide us with your or your institution’s VAT number.