National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prepare your manuscript for Mos Historicus.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-07-15
Article types
Review
Perspective
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 130 words.
- Each article must be accompanied by an abstract of 100–130 words in English and Greek.
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- At the end of the abstract, six (6) keywords, selected by the author(s), must be included.
Keywords
- Include or confirm the keywords required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
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.
- Articles should be 5,000–8,000 words in length, including footnotes and excluding appendixes and the bibliography.
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- ˃ If the e-book is hosted on a website, the reference must be formatted as follows: Judith Butler, Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex, Routledge, New York and London 1993, p. 58.
- References and Footnotes: References and notes must be provided as footnotes.
- References must follow the models below exactly, both in the order of information and in punctuation, as well as in the use of roman and italic type.
- ˃ Multiple bibliographical references within the same footnote should be separated by a semicolon (;).
- The bibliography must be organized as follows: Primary sources, secondary literature, and webography must be clearly separated into distinct sections.
- The bibliography must be organized as follows: In the bibliography (unlike in footnotes), the author’s surname precedes the first name, separated by a comma.
- The bibliography must be organized as follows: Entries must be listed in alphabetical order.
- Proper attribution to the author is always required, together with a clear reference to first publication in Mos Historicus.
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.
- Visual Material: Any visual material intended for inclusion in an article (maps, images, tables, etc.) must be submitted in a separate Word Document.
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- Each item must be accompanied by a caption conforming to the journal’s copyright policy.
Ethics statement
- Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Blinded manuscript
- Include or confirm the blinded manuscript required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Title page and author information
- Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
Article structure and word limits
- General Format and Length: Submitted texts must be formatted in Times New Roman, 12 pt, with 1.5 line spacing.
- Book reviews (when they concern a single work) must not exceed 2,500 words.
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- Review: Articles submitted for review must be sent in electronic form (Microsoft Word document), either through the EKT platform or by email to [email protected].
- Each webography entry must include the date of last access.
- Images must be provided in JPG or PNG format.
- If a submission is deemed to meet the journal’s publication criteria, the author will not, under any circumstances, be required to pay a fee for publication.
- In order to preserve the anonymity of authors,.docx files must not contain the author’s name in the document properties/metadata (“Author”), nor any other information that could reveal the author’s identity.
- A submission may likewise be declined when authors do not engage adequately with the revision process, including failure to submit requested amendments or to address required corrections and improvements.
- Submission Preparation Checklist 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.
- Author Information Following Final Acceptance: Following the final acceptance of an article, authors are requested to submit a separate Word document containing: an email address (authors who do not wish their email address to be published must state this explicitly); and.
- Online article: Geoff Eley, "No Need to Choose: History from Above, History from Below", at https://viewpointmag.com/2014/06/27/no-need-to-choose-history-from-above-historyfrom-below/ (accessed: 18.11.2021).
Preprints and prior publication
- In order to be published in Mos Historicus, an article must not have been previously published and must not be under concurrent consideration by another scholarly journal.
Submission forms and permissions
- Moreover, by submitting and publishing an article in the journal, authors agree that their work may be reproduced, in whole or in part, under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence and should conform to specific conditions (see “ Copyright and Licensing Policy ").
- Wherever permission is required, I have obtained it from the copyright holder.
Language and text style
- ˃ Titles in languages other than English (e.g. Greek) should be cited in the original language: Eric John Hobsbawm, Η Εποχή των Επαναστάσεων, 1875-1914, trans.: Κωστούλα Σκλαβενίτη, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Athens 2012, pp. 211-215.
- ˃ Titles in languages other than English (e.g. Greek) should be cited in the original language: Αντώνης Λιάκος, «Δοκίμιο για μια ποιητική της ιστορίας», Τα Ιστορικά, 16:31 (1999), pp. 259-261.
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- ˃ Titles in languages other than English (e.g. Greek) should be cited in the original language: Jeffrey Weeks, "Ζητήματα Ταυτότητας" in Κώστας Γιαννακόπουλος (ed.), Σεξουαλικότητα: Θεωρίες και Πολιτικές της Ανθρωπολογίας, Αλεξάνδρεια, Athens 2006, p. 150.
Article type and manuscript length
- The main text must include a clear indication of the placement of each item (e.g., Figure 1 ).
- Bibliography: Each article must conclude with a bibliography; the bibliography’s word count is not included in the overall word count of the article.
Manuscript structure
- These guidelines must be followed for all thematic-section articles and book reviews, as well as for any texts submitted to the repository.
What your package checks
Abstract: 130 words
Paper: 8,000 words
Title page: separate file
Format: Times New Roman
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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