AAR-SW Friends,
Associate editor Richard McBride invites North American scholars of Buddhism to contribute to a forthcoming volume of the International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture. Submitted papers are asked to be no more than 10,000 words, and follow the below mentioned style formatting. Completed submissions are due December 1, 2016. Any questions may be directed to [email protected]. Below is the original call for articles.
Dear Colleagues in Buddhist Studies
The International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture (IJBTC) is published by the Academy of Buddhist Studies at Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea. A special issue on Yogācāra thought (Vol. 26, issue 2) is scheduled to be published at the end of December 2016. The editors have several papers from European and Asian scholars planned for the issue, and would like to solicit papers from North American scholars. Papers can be on any topic related to Buddhism. The papers should be no more than 10,000 words in length. The journal offers an honorarium of 500 U.S. dollars for papers accepted by the journal. Submitted papers need to be received by December 1, 2016. Submission guidelines are found below. If you have questions please contact [email protected].
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
IJBTC has been publishing to promote Buddhist studies by encouraging comprehensive research of Buddhist thought and culture. IJBTC invites contributions from scholars researching on any aspect of Buddhist studies from a wide range of perspectives, including history, philosophy, literature, and cultural studies. IJBTC also welcomes book reviews and review articles.
1. Review and Publication
1) This journal is published in English twice a year in June and December by the Academy of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University. 2) Contributed manuscripts that pass the first round of editorial review will be peer reviewed in double-blind form by two anonymous persons selected from the Steering Committee, and will be published if these two persons consider them proper. In case of disagreement on whether the manuscript should be published or not, the decision will be made relying on the review of a third person. 3) Manuscripts are graded into four categories: publishable/ publishable with minor revision/ re-submittable after major revision/ rejected. 4) Manuscripts will not be returned. If necessary, an agreement about modification or supplementation concerning the contents of the submitted manuscript can be reached.
2. Contribution
1) Manuscripts should conform to standards as outlined in “a Manual on the Manuscripts” for the International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture which is based on the Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.). 2) Manuscripts should include the following: a cover sheet; an abstract (300 words), followed by 5 key words; main text; bibliography; appendices (as appropriate); tables with captions (each table on an individual page); and figure captions (as a list). 3) The cover sheet of the manuscript should contain the following information: the title of the manuscript, author’s full name, short biography, affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. The first page of the manuscript proper should include the title but not the author’s name and affiliation. 4) A short biography should be no more than 150-250 words, listing current post and research interests.
3. Manuscript Preparation
1) Format: Manuscripts should be written in English and submitted via e-mail in MS-Word format. The font should be double-spaced with ample margins in Times New Roman, 12 point.
2) Length: Length of article should be around 10,000 words, including endnotes. Book reviews and review articles should not exceed 2,000 words.
3) Quotations: Short quotations should be integrated in the main text. Long quotations (more than 3 lines) should be separated from the main text.
4) Endnotes: Endnotes should be used rather than footnotes.
5) Citations: When citing a book or an author in the main text, the year of publication and/or the page should be in parentheses. Example: According to a study of James (1995)… James’s document of 1995. According to most recent study of Muller (1895, 225-228)… Muller’s document of 1895, pages 225-228. According to Wŏnhyo (H 1, 698b-699c)… Wŏnhyo’s work in the Han’guk Pulgyo chŏnsŏ volume 1, from page 698 horizontal column b to page 699 column c. If the quoted book or author does not appear in the main text, family name of the author, the year of publication, and the page should be put in parentheses at the end of the corresponding part. Example: (Pile 1997, 1-32). If various documents are quoted in the same context, they should be separated by a semicolon. Example: According to most recent studies (Plassen 2002; Richard 2001; Patterson and Reimking 1984). For more than three authors, only the name of the first is used, followed by “et al.” Example: (Wittrock et al. 1990, 24).
6) References: The framing of references not illustrated here should be modeled after the Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.). Example: ① Han’guk Pulgyo chŏnsŏ … Iryŏn. Samguk yusa [Memorablilia of the Three Kingdoms]. H 6, 245-369. ② Taishō shinshū daizōkyō… Nāgārjuna. Da zhidu lun. Chinese trans. Kumārajīva. T 25, no. 1509. ③ Books… Go, Ikjin (1989). Han’guk Kodae Pulgyo Sasangsa [A History of Ancient Buddhist Thoughts in Korea]. Seoul: Dongguk Univ. Press. ④ Periodicals… Kakol, Peter (2002). “A General Theory of Worldviews Based on Mādhyamika and Process Philosophies.” Philosophy East & West 52(2). ⑤ Dissertations and theses… Plassen, Jörg (2002). “Die Spuren der Abhandlung (Lun-chi) — Exegese und Übung im San-lun des sechsten Jahrhunderts.” PhD diss., (or Master’s thesis,) University of Hamburg.
7) Illustrations and Tables: A serial number should be given to illustrations and tables. Example: [Fig. 1], [Table 2]. Illustrations and tables should be clearly drawn in order to allow a reprint of the original text.
8) Transliterations: For the romanization of East Asian characters, authors should use McCune-Reischauer for Korean, Pinyin for Chinese, and Hepburn for Japanese.
4. Editing
All submitted articles should arrive in publishable English. IJBTC will not be responsible for translation or major editing. Once accepted, manuscripts will undergo standard copy editing by the Journal’s editing staff. Corrections will be submitted to the authors for final approval.
5. Copyrights
Contributions should neither have been published nor be under review for publication elsewhere. The submission of a manuscript will be taken to imply that the author will automatically agree to transfer the copyright of the manuscript to IJBTC, Dongguk University, upon its acceptance for publication.
For further queries, please contact at [email protected]
