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Prepare your manuscript for Chinese Literature and Thought Today.

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Article types

Review
Editorial
Book Review
Letter
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • At the top of the manuscript should be listed the title; the names of all contributors, including the author(s) and, as needed,translator; a working email address for the main corresponding author; an abstract up to 250 words; and a short biography (up to 150 words) for each contributor, including the translator.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Citations must be formatted as short notes with an accompanying list of cited works (in CMS humanities style).
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  • All notes, including the first reference, shall use the short citation format.
  • Follow the CMS Citation Quick Guide for the required humanities-style citations.
  • Include the author, title, publisher, pub date, and ISBN with your inquiry.
  • If you must quote another source, work the citation into the flow of the text.
  • Do not use in-text citations.
  • Citations All citations shall be located in the notes and list of cited works, following the Chicago Manual of Style humanities-style documentation format (a.k.a).
  • We do not accept reviews containing notes and/or bibliographies.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Illustration callouts "(figure 1 here)" should be included in the manuscript to show placement.
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  • Illustrations If you wish to include illustrations, they must be submitted alongside the manuscript as individual image files (embedded images cannot be accepted).
  • A separate list of captions and credit lines should accompany the illustrations, clearly keyed by number.
  • Each illustration must be accompanied by a release granting permission for reproduction (please specify nonexclusive world English rights for all editions).

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Cover letter

  • Include or confirm the cover letter required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Article structure and word limits

  • File must have at minimum a resolution of 300dpi with a size of at least 1200 x 1800 pixels (4 x 6 inches).
  • Paper submissions should be sent to Editor in Chief Ping Zhu at: pingzhu@ucsd.edu For basic style, follow the guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed., www.chicagomanualofstyle.org, hereafter CMS) when preparing your document.
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Submissions should engage thoughtfully with texts, contexts, and ideas, and be accessible to a broad audience of scholars in Chinese literary and cultural studies.
  • Overview Manuscripts must be submitted in MS Word, standard layout.
  • Any images must be submitted alongside your manuscript as separate, individual high-resolution image files.
  • Do not use parenthesis.
  • Tsui,“There Must Be an Airplane.” Tsui Hark 徐克. “Wo de weihushan li yao you feiji he laohu” 我的《威虎山》里要有飞机和老虎 (“There Must Be an Airplane and a Tiger in My Tiger Mountain”).
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.
  • Place of publication.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.

Language and text style

  • Use American style for date format, spelling, and punctuation order (do use the Oxford comma).
  • Use italics for books, novellas, plays, periodicals, and films: Yan Lianke’s 阎连科 Serve the People ( Wei renmin fuwu 为人民服务).
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  • Use quotation marks for essays, articles, short stories, and poems: Zheng Xiaoqiong’s 郑小琼 “Language” (“Yuyan” 语言).
  • Format & Style Due to length restrictions, reviews should be all in American English.
  • Use American style for date format, spelling, and punctuation style (periods go inside the quotation marks).

Article type and manuscript length

  • Review / Book Review: CLTT Book Review Editors: Alexa Alice Joubin: ajoubin@gwu.edu Zhuoyi Wang: zwang@hamilton.edu Length The maximum length for reviews is 1,000 words.

Manuscript structure

  • Heading Your heading must include all information shown below.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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