Guidelines for authors
Plan
Haut de pageFiles should be provided in Word (.doc; .docx) or Open Office Writer (.odt) format. The default language is French.
Metadata
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The author should provide these on the first page, including:
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The title of the article, in French and English;
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The author's name, affiliation and email address;
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Two summaries in French and English (1,500 characters including spaces);
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Keywords: in French and English (minimum of 5).
Character count
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Analytical articles (25,000 characters, including spaces and bibliography);
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Practical articles (15,000 characters, including spaces and bibliography).
Styling
Text: justified; font and size: Times New Roman, 12 pt; no bold nor underlined caracters.
Titles and subtitles: no line breaks before and after titles and subtitles. Four levels of styled titles (Title 1, Title 2, Title 3 and Title 4).
Footnotes: font size 10 pt, justified.
Notes and footnotes
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Notes are at the bottom of the page;
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Superscript numbers (1, 2, etc.) and outside quotation marks when quoting.
Quotations:
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Must be sourced;
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Enclosed in double quotation marks (French) « », and not italicised;
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Enclosed in English quotation marks “ ‘ for second-level quotations (within the quotation already enclosed in first-level quotation marks);
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Short quotations (maximum three lines) must be integrated into the text;
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Long quotations (over three lines) must be indented without quotation marks, size 10 pt, single line spacing;
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Words or quotations in a foreign language as well as book or journal titles must be italicised.
Acronyms
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Explain acronyms on the first mention;
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Provide a list of abbreviations and acronyms, if there are many, at the end of the article.
Hyperlinks must have been recently checked and clearly visible.
Illustrations
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Provide the source files of images, tables, diagrams and graphs in jpeg format, high resolution (300 dpi) and a separate file from the text.
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In the text, number each illustration (e.g. Fig. 1; Fig. 2, etc.) and write a caption in italics below the illustration (e.g., Figure 1: Title of the figure), include identifying information in the title (date, place) and author (copyright, source).
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Ensure that the illustrations are royalty-free or, if necessary, reproduced with authorisation.
Bibliographic references
French typography is applied to all references. All English words must be capitalised except articles, short conjunctions, and prepositions (according to British Library standards).
Book: Surname, first name (author). Title of the work. Place: publisher, year.
Collective book: Surname, first name (ed.). Title of the work. Place: publisher, year.
Chapter in a collective book: Surname, first name (author). Title of the article. In Surname, first name (ed.). Title of the work. Place: publisher, date, pagination.
Article: Surname, first name. Title of the article. Title of the journal or periodical, issue, date, pagination.
Online reference: Surname, first name. Title of the online reference. Date. Full URL.
Theses, dissertations and reports: Surname, first name. Title of the thesis, dissertation or report. University or source, place, date.
Communication: Surname, first name. Title of the communication. Communication presented at the congress/conference, place, date.
Utilisateur Microsoft Office2025-04-16T18:01:00UMOIn English, write 19th century, not 19th, XIXth or nineteenth century.
Write ‘the 1970s’ and not ‘the 70’s’ or ‘the seventies’.
Write ‘etc.’ rather than ‘…’ for things, and ‘{et al.}’ when referring to people.
Authors' biographical notes
Every new author must provide a brief biographical note, as well as a digital photograph, for their personal page. This note may include the following information: job title, affiliated institutions, research topics, recent publications, hyperlink to a web page, researcher ID (e.g. ORCID number).