As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by another journal.
The manuscript file is submitted in Microsoft Word or RTF format and has been anonymized for double-blind peer review.
The text is formatted in Times New Roman (12 pt), double-spaced, with footnotes in 10 pt, following Chicago Notes style.
The manuscript adheres to the Chicago Manual of Style (Notes and Bibliography), including full citations and a complete bibliography.
The submission fits within the journal’s scope and complies with the appropriate word limits.
All quotations, transliterations, and languages are used consistently and according to scholarly standards.
All figures, tables, and illustrations are properly numbered, captioned, and permissions have been obtained where necessary.
The manuscript complies with the journal’s ethical standards, including proper source attribution and transparency.
Author Guidelines
THE CHINGGISID HISTORY AND HERITAGE JOURNAL STYLE GUIDE
1. JOURNAL PROFILE
The Chinggisid History and Heritage Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication dedicated to the study of Chinggis Khaan, the Mongol Empire, Inner Asian history, and related Eurasian civilizations.
Given the journal’s historical, philological, and source-based focus, it adopts the Chicago Manual of Style (Notes and Bibliography) system.
2. SCOPE OF SUBMISSIONS
The journal publishes:
Historical research articles
Source-based studies
Philological and textual analyses
Translation studies with commentary
Archaeological and art-historical research
Review essays and critical editions
3. MANUSCRIPT LENGTH
Type
Word Limit
Research Articles
8,000–12,000 words
Source Studies
6,000–10,000 words
Translation & Commentary
Variable
Review Essays
2,000–3,000 words
4. FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt
Spacing: Double-spaced
Margins: 2.54 cm
Footnotes: 10 pt, single-spaced
Page numbers: Top right
5. FOOTNOTES (CHICAGO NOTES)
First Full Citation (Book)
¹ Thomas T. Allsen, Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 45.
Subsequent Shortened Citation
² Allsen, Culture and Conquest, 52.
Journal Article
³ Morris Rossabi, “Khubilai Khan and the Imperial Order,” Journal of Asian History 35, no. 2 (2001): 133–134.
Edited Volume Chapter
⁴ David Morgan, “The Mongols and the Islamic World,” in The New Cambridge History of Islam, vol. 3, ed. David Morgan and Anthony Reid (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 120.
Archival Source
⁵ Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Senato, Deliberazioni, Misti, reg. 45, fol. 112r.
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY (CHICAGO)
Book
Allsen, Thomas T. Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Journal Article
Rossabi, Morris. “Khubilai Khan and the Imperial Order.” Journal of Asian History 35, no. 2 (2001): 125–145.
7. QUOTATIONS
Short quotations: within quotation marks
Long quotations (5+ lines): block quotes, indented, no quotation marks
Original-language quotations should be accompanied by translations where appropriate.
8. TRANSLITERATION AND LANGUAGES
Mongolian: Cyrillic or classical script (specify system)
Chinese: Pinyin
Persian/Arabic: Standard scholarly transliteration
Latin quotations should retain original spelling
Consistency is required throughout the manuscript.
9. FIGURES, TABLES, AND PLATES
Sequential numbering
Full captions required
Image permissions mandatory
Source attribution in captions
10. ETHICAL AND SOURCE TRANSPARENCY
Authors must:
Clearly identify primary and secondary sources
Disclose archival restrictions
Acknowledge prior translations or editions
Follow the MIU Ethics and Malpractice Policy
Articles
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