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

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • The abstract shall follow the title and shall not exceed 250 words.
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  • Provide five to eight keywords, following the paper’s abstract.

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.
  • For block citations that are more than five lines, the Chinese characters shall be in an independent paragraph (see example 2): Example 1: The emperor said that since the leader brought his family when coming in submission the Ming court should treat him generously.
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  • The journal adopts the notes and bibliography system, not author-date system, although the CHR does not require bibliography for research papers.
  • Key citations that are more than ten Chinese/Japanese characters must provide original texts.
  • Block citations having more than five lines must come with original Japanese sources.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • In footnote citations, “p.” and “pp.” shall be omitted; simply provide page number(s) after comma.
  • Do not use “ibid.” when more than one work is cited in preceding note; and do not use it to refer to a preceding reference in the same footnote.
  • Should the reviewer use other books as references, complete bibliographical information, including the page number(s), shall be included.
  • Footnotes shall include all relevant bibliographic information of cited sources, with full citation on first occurrence and abbreviated title citation for the same work thereafter (see below).
  • Use “ibid.” (or, capitalize “i” if it is the first word of a sentence, namely, “Ibid.”) to refer to the same cited work (or the same work and same page[s]) as the only citation in the preceding footnote.
  • 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.
  • For block citations that are more than five lines, the Chinese characters shall be in an independent paragraph (see example 2): Example 2: Since he brought his family when coming in submission, it is appropriate to treat him generously.
  • No need to give complete pagination if the last page of a citation has the same hundred-place or thousand-place digit as the first cited pages; e.g., 256¬–78 (not 256–278); 1103–09 (not 1103–1109).
  • Words originally set in italics in a books’ title shall be put in roman font in citations; e.g., Narrative Devices in the Shiji: Retelling the Past.
  • For the second and later citations, give book title only and no need to repeat citing the commentator’s or editor’s name.
  • Citations of newspapers shall follow the format: name of the newspaper, Month (written out, not in numerals), Day, Year.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • The article text should clearly indicate where tables, diagrams, charts, maps, and other illustrations should appear; for example, by writing [Table 1 near here].
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  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale, and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size).
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX).
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • - For well-known places or figures, no need to provide Chinese characters; thus, Luoyang (instead of “Luoyang 洛陽”); Beijing (instead of “Beijing 北京”); Guangzhou (not “Guangzhou 廣州”); Kashghar (not “Kashghar 喀什噶爾”); Li Hongzhang (not “Li Hongzhang 李鴻章”); An Chunggŭn (not “An Chunggŭn 安重根”); and Fukuzawa Yukichi (not “Fukuzawa Yukichi 福沢諭吉”).
  • A list of the figures is also required.

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.

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

  • The length of a research paper should be between 8,000 and 12,000 words.
  • Ming shilu 明實錄 shall use Ming shilu: fu jiaokan ji fulu 明實錄: 附校勘記附錄 published by中央硏究院歷史語言硏究所 between 1966 and 1968.
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  • Qing shilu 清實錄 shall use Qing shilu 清實錄 published by Zhonghua shuju 中華書局 in Beijing in 1985–87.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Translated quotations from East Asian sources, in particular Chinese and Japanese, that are more than five lines must accompany original texts.
  • Rice and wheat should be provided to him in a timely fashion so that there are no shortages.
  • Letter: Use bold for article title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • The authors shall provide enough information about the cited primary sources.
  • Please use fantizi 繁體字 in font of 宋體 for all Chinese titles.
  • Provide the author’s name, the title of the book, the information of publisher and the year of publication (in parentheses), the juan number, and page number(s).
  • - Cite by title only and do not include name of authors or editors.
  • - Cite only the juan 卷 number and page number(s), and do not cite the separate volume number or the name of the chapter.
  • Cite commentator’s or editor’s name first, followed by the book’s title.
  • Review: The review shall evaluate the author’s use of available sources, organization and presentation of materials, and achievement of his or her overall purpose.
  • 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.
  • Glossary is not required either.
  • For Chinese/Korean/Japanese publishers, provide the romanized publication location and in some cases the publication location shall be followed by the province/prefecture; e.g., Beijing: Renmin chubanshe; Nanjing: Fenghuang chubanshe; Nagoya: Nagoya: Nagoya daigaku shuppankai; Seoul: Kyŏng’in munhwasa; Hefei: Anhui renmin chubanshe.
  • No Chinese characters are needed to provide.
  • Provide the author’s name, the title of the book, the information of publisher and the year of publication of the annotated or edited version (in parentheses), the page number(s).
  • Provide the author’s name, the title of the book, the information of publisher and the year of publication of the reprinted text (in parentheses), the juan number, the separate volume of the reprinted version (if multiple volumes), and page number(s).
  • No need to provide authors’ names for the gazettes produced in the Ming and the Qing periods; rather, the regnal title when the gazettes were published shall be added after the title of the gazettes and put in paratheses.
  • Chosŏn wangjo sillok 朝鮮王朝實錄 shall use the digital version at https://sillok.history.go.kr/main/main.do.
  • Review: A review shall include a brief summary of the scope, purpose, and content of the reviewed book and an explanation of its significance in the literature or historiography on the subject.
  • Numbers between 1 to 100 shall be spelt out, except for dates.
  • Review: A review of a single monograph shall be between 800 and 1,000 words, while that of two to three monographs together between 2,000 and 3,000 words.
  • Review: A review shall adopt 12-sized Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins.
  • - When Chinese characters are included after a portion of translated text, do not enclose the characters in parentheses or brackets; rather, just enclose the Chinese characters right after the translation (see example 1).
  • Example: Yao Jiheng 姚際恆, Gujin weishu kao 古今偽書考 (Suzhou: Suzhou wenxue shanfang, 1877), 9a. [“a” refers to the front side of page 9, while the other side of page 9 shall be marked “9b”.].
  • If the original publication year is available, the year shall be included in the publication information in the paratheses; e.g.: James Legge, The Chinese Classics, vol. 3: The Shoo King, or The Book of Historical Documents (1865; rpt).
  • Reviews shall be submitted to CHR via the Submission Portal at Tayler & Francis website ( https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ytcr20 ).
  • The first round of copy editing shall be accomplished at the author’s end before submission.
  • Submissions that do not follow the instructions will not be considered for internal and external reviews.
  • Inquiries shall be sent to the editor-in-chief at ychwang@udel.edu.
  • Old spellings for Peking, Nanking, Macau, and Taipei do not need to change, if used.
  • The article “the” of some publishers shall be dropped.
  • - Gazettes in the Tang and the Song periods are usually individual works, so the author’s name shall be provided.
  • - Gazettes are usually reprinted and included in series, so the style shall follow that for reprinted books and those from series.
  • All reviews shall be double-spaced when submitted.
  • Review: The review shall supply page numbers for all quoted phrases and passages.
  • Review / Book Review: Questions about book reviews shall be sent to CHR book review editors Dr.
  • Questions about CHR shall be sent to the editor-in-chief Dr.
  • inch margins shall be applied to all pages.
  • No need to justify the right margin.
  • Pinyin system for Chinese (except for some established Wade-Giles spellings, such as Sun Yat-sen [Sun Yixian or Sun Zhongshan in Pinyin], Mao Tse-tung [Mao Zedong in Pinyin], Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi in Pinyin]), and Kuomintang (Guomindang in Pinyin); no need to add tone marks.
  • 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.
  • If the state name is included in the publisher’s name, no state name is needed to add after the main place of publication; e.g., Seattle: University of Washington Press (instead of “Seattle, WA: University of Washington”); Berkeley: University of California Press (not “Berkeley, CA: University of California Press”).
  • Do NOT capitalize the following terms: romanized official titles.
  • Do NOT capitalize the following terms: “dynasty,” “age,” “era,” “period,” etc. Thus, The Tang dynasty (not the Tang Dynasty), the Safavid dynasty (not the Safavid Dynasty), the Tokugawa period (not the Tokugawa Period), and the Kojong era (not the Kojong Era).
  • Do NOT capitalize the following terms: “province,” “state,” “prefecture,” “county,” “commandery,” “district,” “village,” etc. Thus, Shandong province (instead of Shandong Province); Kangwŏn province (not Kangwŏn Province); Liangxiang county (not Liangxiang County); the Yan state (not the Yan State); and Fukuoka prefecture (not Fukuoka Prefecture).

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

  • Letter: This will show the different levels of the heading section in an article: Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • This will show the different levels of the heading section in an article: Fourth-level headings should be in bold italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
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  • This will show the different levels of the heading section in an article: Fifth-level headings should be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Include the author’s name, the title in quotation marks, the name of the journal, the volume and issue numbers of the journal (both in Arabic numbers); and page numbers.
  • Submission must be in English.
  • Letter: This will show the different levels of the heading section in an article: Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • No need to provide English translations of Chinese and Japanese titles, but do provide English translations for Korean, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Russian, and other less commonly cited titles.
  • Chinese and Japanese authors’ names and the book/paper titles shall be romanized first, followed by original Chinese or Japanese characters, while no English translations are needed; e.g., Du Jiaji 杜家驥, Qingchao Man Meng lianyin yanjiu 清朝滿蒙聯姻研究 (Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 2003); Kawashima Shin 川島真, Chūgoku kindai gaikō no keisei 中国近代外交の形成 (Nagoya: Nagoya daigaku shuppankai, 2004).
  • The English translations for Inner Asian languages, in particular Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chagatai, must be provided in paratheses following the romanized titles of the cited works.
  • In order to avoid confusion, unless the cited works are published in English, the last names of East Asian authors shall precede their first names; e.g., Deng Guangming (not Guangming Deng); Hamashita Takeshi (not Takeshi Hamashita); and Kim Seon-min (not Seonmin Kim; but: Seon-min Kim, Ginseng and Borderland: Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations between Qing China and Chosŏn Korea, 1636–1912 ).
  • - The Japanese kanji 漢字shall follow their original spellings in the Japanese language, rather than being converted into their counterparts in Chinese.
  • Do not apply italics to.
  • The English translations for Korean titles shall be provided in paratheses following the original Koran titles [the font for Korean is Batang]; e.g., Kim Seon-min 金宣旼, “Kŏllyung nyŏnkan Chosŏn sahaeng ŭi ŭn bunsil sagŏn” 乾隆年間朝鮮使行의銀분실사건 (Studies of cases of silver loss by Chosŏn’s emissaries in the Qing during the Qianlong period), Myŏngch’ongsa yŏn’gu 명청사연구 33 (2010): 139–66.
  • Book titles shall be in italics.

Manuscript structure

  • Letter: This will show the different levels of the heading section in an article: First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • 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.

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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