Manuscript Preparation
Language: Papers submitted for publication must be written in concise English (see Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style). Authors whose first language is not English may opt to have their English-language manuscripts checked by a native speaker before submission to ensure that the academic content of the paper is fully understood.
Title page: The title page must include:
• The title of the article
• Full name as to be printed in article
• Name of department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed
• Name and email address of author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript
• Sources of financial support (if applicable).
Abstract and Keywords: Each paper must contain an abstract of no more than 250 words. A list of approximately five keywords, expressing the precise content of the manuscript, should appear directly below the abstract.
Subheadings: Subheadings should be organized clearly according to their level.
Acknowledgements: Authors can use this section to acknowledge and thank colleagues, institutions, workshop organizers, family members, etc that have helped with the work.
Biographical Sketch: Include a short biographical sketch for each author, including institutional affiliation and relevant experience. Contact information should be included for corresponding author, including email address.
Contributions of funding organizations: Within this section please provide details of the sources of outside financial support, if applicable, for all authors, including grant numbers, for example: “This work was supported by the Central Asian Research Council (grant number XXXXXXX).”
Tables, figures, maps and images: Submit these as separate files, but indicate where they should be situated within the manuscript.
References and Notes
Acta Via Serica uses the Chicago Manual of Style’s two systems of source citation:
the Author-Date Reference system for Social Science articles and the Notes and Bibliography system for articles in the Arts and Humanities. Author-Date Reference system uses parenthetical citations in the text to reference the source author's last name and the year of publication. Each citation corresponds to an entry on a References page that concludes the document. The Notes and Bibliography system uses numbered footnotes at the bottom of the page. This corresponds to a fuller citation on a Bibliography page that concludes the document. Main words are capitalized in article and book titles.
Sample Citations
The Author-Date Reference System
Books:
In-text Citation
(Foltz 2016, 57)
Reference List Entry
Foltz, Richard C. 2016. Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization.
New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Journal Articles:
In-text Citation
(Halenko 2004, 507-547)
Reference List Entry
Halenko, Oleksander. 2004. “Wine Production, Marketing and Consumption in the Ottoman
Crimea, 1520-1542.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 47, no. 4: 507-
547.
Chapters in Books:
In-text Citation
(Thoreau 2016, 177–78)
Reference List Entry
Thoreau, Henry David. 2016. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John
D’Agata, 167–95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press.
Translated Book:
In-text Citation
(Lahiri 2016, 146)
Reference List Entry
Lahiri, Jhumpa. 2016. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Online Sources:
In-text Citation
(Google 2017)
Reference List Entry
Google. 2017. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy &Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017.
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
The Notes and Bibliography system
A full reference is provided in the first footnote, abbreviated thereafter.
Books:
Footnote
Richard C. Foltz, Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization
(New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2016).
Bibliography Entry
Foltz, Richard C. Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2016.
Journal Articles:
Footnote
Oleksander Halenko, “Wine Production, Marketing and Consumption in the Ottoman Crimea,
1520-1542,” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 47, no. 4 (2004): 507-547.
Bibliography Entry
Halenko, Oleksander. “Wine Production, Marketing and Consumption in the Ottoman Crimea,
1520-1542.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 47, no. 4 (2004): 507-
547.
Chapters in Books:
Footnote
Henry David Thoreau, “Walking,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D’Agata
(Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 177–78.
Bibliography Entry
Thoreau, Henry David. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata,
167–95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.
Translated Book:
Footnote
Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words, trans. Ann Goldstein (New York: Alfred A. Knopf,2016), 146.
Bibliography Entry
Lahiri, Jhumpa. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Online Sources:
Footnote
“Privacy Policy,” Privacy &Terms, Google, last modified April 17, 2017,
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Bibliography Entry
Google. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy &Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017.
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
For further information on references, please consult the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html
Abstract Guidelines
Please include an abstract of under 250 words, which will capture the interest of a potential reader, clearly state the topic of the paper and the research question, explain the research methodology, and indicate the significance of the findings. The abstract should summarize the results of the work and not merely list the topics discussed.
Permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
After Acceptance
Proofs will be emailed to the corresponding author after acceptance. Contributors should answer any queries that arise during copyediting and typesetting. Authors should mark up the corrections to their article by electronically annotating the pdf. It is the author’s responsibility to carefully check the proof, to prevent errors from appearing in the published article.
Instructions for Book Reviewers
As an author of a book review for our journal, you have the option of selecting a book from our collection on our website or suggesting a book that falls within the subject area of our journal. Please note that all suggested books must have been published within the last two years. If you select a title from our collection, you are entitled to a complimentary copy of the book, either in electronic format or hardcover. Authors must contact the journal for editorial confirmation before beginning the review. Our team will provide you with a detailed list of instructions to assist you with writing the review.
In your review, you will need to provide a comprehensive examination of the book, paying particular attention to key content or methodological issues. In addition, your review should include an assessment of the book's position in its field, a comparison with other books on similar topics, and an evaluation of its strengths, weaknesses, and potential value. We urge authors to use clear and concise language and to keep to an approximate word count of 1000 words. Texts exceeding 1100 words will not be considered for publication in our journal and will be returned to the author.
We recommend that authors familiarize themselves with the style and requirements of our journal by reading our previously published reviews to facilitate their work. Please submit your full review in a Word document as an email attachment (actaviaserica@kmu.ac.kr), without an abstract or keywords.
If you write a book review for our journal, you agree not to republish the review elsewhere. However, after the review is published, authors are permitted to post their reviews on personal blogs or websites as long as appropriate credit to our journal is included.
Please note that submission of a book review does not guarantee eventual acceptance. Submissions that do not meet our requirements and quality standards will be rejected. Acceptance of a book review is generally dependent on the completion of major or minor revisions by the author.
Open Access
Acta Via Serica adopts the Open Access publication model, enabling the dissemination of abstracts and the full texts of all articles to the global community without restriction through the internet.
Digital Archiving
Acta Via Serica is committed to the long-term preservation of content on its website.
