INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Thank you for choosing to submit your research to us. Logos et Littera accepts original research articles and reviews only. Please take the time to read the instructions for authors carefully and make sure your paper is fully aligned. This will ensure that your paper has all that is required to go through the review and publication process smoothly. Please notice that these instructions apply as of Issue 11. We welcome submissions in English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian.

1. Length

Articles: 6000-8000 words, including endnotes and references
Reviews: 1500-2500 words
Papers below or above the specified word count will be returned to the authors for revision.

2. File format: .doc or .docx

3. Files to be sent

Please send two files: one with author details and one fully anonymized (all references to author(s), funding, affiliation, self-references, etc. should be replaced with AUTHOR). Please send your submission to the following address: logoslittera@live.com

4. Technical aspects

Page size: A4 Margins: 2.5 cm (all sides) Spacing: 1, no indent for paragraphs Font main text: 12 pt Arial Font abstract, keywords, endnotes, references, long indented quotes: 10 pt Arial.

5. Structure

Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate).

5.1. Title of the article

Place the following information at the top of your article, bolded, following this order:

Title of the Article
Author's Name and Surname*, Affiliation

*Insert a footnote after each name and surname with e-mail and ORCID.

5.2. Abstract and keywords

Insert an abstract of 150-200 words after the title and author details. Abstracts should be in the form of a self-contained single paragraph and clearly report findings. If your paper is in a language other than English, please include both the abstract in English and in the language of the paper.
Provide between 5 and 10 keywords at the end of your abstract(s).

5.3. Text division

Please follow the decimal system for the division of your article in sub-sections:
1.
1.1.
1.1.1.

5.4. Tables and figures

Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text. References to tables should be made in the text. Please supply editable files.

Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF.

Name should be included under the table(s) and figure(s) and it should be bolded.

Figure 1. Distribution of participants’ experience

5.5. Footnotes and endnotes

Keep the number of footnotes and endnotes down as much as possible. Do not use them for bibliographical references or website addresses.

6. References: Please note that as of Issue 11, articles follow the Chicago Author-Date style. Please use the “References“ label at the end of the paper.

6.1. In-text references: (Lakoff 1973)
(Lakoff 1973, 45-46)
Two authors: (Brdar and Brdar-Szabó 2001, 44–46)
Three authors: (Diadori, Palermo and Troncarelli 2015)
More than three authors: (Snell-Hornby et al. 1999)
Multiple citations: (Lakoff 1973; Smith 2003; Bugarski 2005)
Multiple sources by the same author published in the same year: (Grgić and Nikolić 2011a) (Grgić and Nikolić 2011b)

6.2. Entries in References: Alphabetized by author last name or by title for sources without authors.
Entries which extend onto more than one line have a “hanging indent,” which means the second and any subsequent lines are indented:

Books:

Author last name, first name. Year. Book Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. URL.

Example:

Osimo, Bruno. 2002. Storia della traduzione. Milano: Hoepli.

(Add a URL, DOI or e-book format if you consulted a digital version)

Chapters:

Author last name, first name. Year. “Chapter Title.” In Book Title, edited by Editor first name last name, page range. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Barcelona, Antonio. 2003. “Metonymy in cognitive linguistics”.
In Motivation in language: Studies in honor of Günter, edited by: Radden Huber Cuyckens, Thomas Berg, Rene Dirven, i Klaus-Uwe Panther, 223–255. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Journal articles:

Author last name, first name. Year. “Article Title.” Journal Name Volume, Issue number (Publication date): Page range. DOI or URL.

Example:

Lindquist, Benjamin. 2023. “The Art of Text-to-Speech.” Critical Inquiry 50 (2): 225–51. https://doi.org/10.1086/727651.

For further examples, please see: Author Date Sample citations.

7. Language conventions

All manuscripts should be proofread by native speakers.

Spelling can be UK or US English as long as it is consistent.

Logos et Littera offers proofreading services for a fee.

8. Data availability statement

If there is a data set associated with the paper, please provide information about where the data supporting the results or analyses presented in the paper can be found. Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s). Please deposit your data in a recognized data repository prior to or at the time of submission. Authors are encouraged to share or make open the data supporting the results or analyses presented in their paper if this does not violate the protection or other valid privacy or security concerns.

Please include the data availability statement after the references section as shown in the following two examples.

Data availability statement

The dataset of this research is publicly available in: https://github.com/...

Data availability statement

Data pertaining to the interviews held are available upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.

9. Disclosure statement

If applicable, this is to acknowledge any financial interest or benefit that has arisen from the direct applications of your research.

10. Open access statement

Please be advised that this is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

11. Copyright notice

Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international license. Authors retain the copyright to their work. Users may read, copy and distribute the work in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes, under the condition that the authors and the journal are appropriately credited. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain all the necessary permissions for the use of third party’s content. By submitting the article, the author(s) acknowledge having done so.

12. Privacy statement

All the personal information entered in this site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

13. Journal ethics

Please read carefully the section on journal ethics on this website.

A template to support authors is available here, and a checklist here.