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Article types

Review
Letter
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Editorial
Book Review
Perspective
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Book Review: Contents Organisation and pagination of the manuscript Language checking Orthography and punctuation Typographic conventions Quotations Short references in text Footnotes Numbered examples References Contributions written in German Contributions written in French Contributions written in Spanish Book reviews Organisation and pagination of the manuscript The various components of the manuscript should appear in the following order: title of the article, author’s name, abstract, the text of the article, Acknowledgments (optional), Appendix (if applicable), and References.

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.
  • Papers to be considered for publication in Studia Neophilologica should not normally exceed the length of 10,000 words (or 100,000 characters, including blanks); footnotes and References are included in this count.
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  • References All and only works mentioned in the text and footnotes must be included in the References at the end of the article.
  • Use the ampersand (&) for two or more authors only within references given in round brackets; in the running text use ‘and’: […] the absence of the movement that is associated with raising structures (see e.g.
  • Authors should check carefully that this is the case, and that the authors and dates cited match the names and the dates in the references, that the page numbers of all the articles in journals and books are correctly supplied, and that the list is in strict alphabetic order and formatted according to the specification below.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
  • Davies & Dubinsky 2004; Carnie 2013 […] [.] for arguments against see Smith and Jones (1993: 481–483), Chomsky (1995: 154, 286f.; 1997), Vikner (1995: chapter 5), Rizzi (1997), Iwakura (1999) [.] [.] and elsewhere (see Seuren 1985: 295–313; Browning 1996: 238, fn)).
  • Short references in text Short references in text always appear in parentheses, not in footnotes.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Please do not insert footnotes in tables and figures.

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].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests 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.

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

  • 1 STUDIA NEOPHILOLOGICA Aug 8, 2025 Format and style requirements for contributions intended for reviewing or subsequent publication in Studia Neophilologica Please follow the format and style requirements listed below, when you submit a manuscript to Studia Neophilologica.
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
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  • Please submit an electronic version of the manuscript to the above site, preferably in Microsoft Word DOCX format.
  • The proofs should be corrected within three days of receipt and returned immediately.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • The source work and page number must be given for all the quotations.
  • Numbered examples Do not use the automatic numbering function in Word.
  • This convention must be followed consistently throughout with the exception for those authors who are known to use initials only (e.g. R).
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Include all the example numbers and any letters identifying sub-examples in separate parentheses, and indent and align as is shown below, using small word-processor tabs; for the example text proper, use the hanging paragraph function.
  • If an electronic copy of a manuscript cannot be supplied, please contact the editor concerned.
  • 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.

Reporting guidelines

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

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • 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.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Language and text style

  • Quotations Quotations of under 40 words should be included in quotation marks in the running text.
  • Quotations within quotations should have double “English” quotation marks. 3 Quotations in contributions written in Spanish are marked: “xx xx xx”.
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  • Language checking Non-native speakers of English, German or Romance languages must have their final drafts checked by a native speaker of the language in question versed in linguistics or literature. 2 Orthography and punctuation English: Either British English or US English conventions for spelling and expression should be followed consistently.
  • Punctuation should follow closing quotation marks except when the quotation contains a grammatically complete sentence beginning with a capital.
  • Punctuation should precede closing quotation marks (except for dashes, colons and semi- colons, unless these are part of the quoted material).
  • Quotations within quotations should have single quotation marks.
  • Longer quotations should be set out as a separate paragraph (or paragraphs) on a new line, indented at the left margin throughout, but with no indentation to the right, and without any quotation marks and with no extra indent on the first line.
  • For articles in English both British and American style are accepted: British style Single quotation marks should be used throughout, except for extracts broken off from the text (which should have no quotation marks) and quotations within quotations (which should have double quotation marks).
  • American style Double quotation marks should be used throughout, except for extracts broken off from the text (which should have no quotation marks) and quotations within quotations (which should have single quotation marks).
  • When referring to chapter titles, or the titles of individual papers in an edited volume, the following EXACT format for punctuation should be used: I turn now to Chapter 3, ‘Syntactic variation in English: A global perspective’, which is an excellent summary.

Manuscript structure

  • Footnotes should be numbered consecutively, starting from number 1.
  • As far as possible, the number and length of footnotes should be kept to an absolute minimum. 4 Footnote numbers follow the punctuation marks in text.
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  • Footnotes Notes should be in the form of footnotes and appear at the bottom of the relevant page.
  • Examples in footnotes should be numbered with small roman numerals, also in parentheses, i.e. (i), (ii), etc. Please note the use of a ‘long hyphen’ (en dash).
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Body text Body text Body text Body text Body text Body text Body text Body text Body text In the article text, examples should be referred to as (4a), (5b, c), (6b–e), (7)–(9) (NOT: (4)a, (5b) and (5c), (6)b–e, (7–9)).

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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What your package checks

Paper: 10,000 words
Declarations: Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

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