Instructions for authors and for coordinators of thematic issue
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Haut de pageThe academic journal of Sciences Po Centre for History, Histoire@Politique, was founded in 2007 as an open access, online journal focusing on politics, its history and the various forms it has taken over time. The journal considers politics in all of its forms, from the history of institutions and political parties, social movements and “politics from below” and all of the more or less formal aspects assumed by political behaviour and action. It conceives of this political history in national as well as European and international terms. From this perspective, the journal seeks to explore the themes of a comparative and inter-connected history of politics. While it focuses on the history of the twentieth century, it is open to the history of earlier centuries and seeks to provoke discussion and sometimes debate with the other disciplines of the social and human sciences that study politics. Histoire@Politique is a peer-review journal and publishes articles and reviews in both French and English.
For further information or to submit an article or proposal for a dossier, please write the editorial secretary (veronique.odul[at]sciencespo.fr)
Instructions for submitting an article or review
Articles must be sent to the redaction in Word format and include both the author’s name and his/her contact information.
1/ Recommendations for authors
Languages of publication
Articles may be published in French or English. Articles written in other languages may be considered for translation.
Format for articles and others contributions
For articles: 35,000 characters (spaces and footnotes included)
For reviews: 5000 to 10,000 characters (spaces and footnotes included)
Bibliographical references
Bibliographical references must be included in footnotes. They shall be presented as follows:
Books:
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Ilvo Diamanti, Marc Lazar, Peuplecratie. La metamorphose de nos démocraties, Paris, Gallimard, 2019, p. 66.
For the second and all subsequent occurrences of a reference:
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Ilvo Diamanti, Marc Lazar, Peuplecratie. La metamorphose de nos démocraties, op. cit., p. 66.
Edited volumes:
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Alain Bergounioux, Mathieu Fulla (eds.), Michel Rocard Premier ministre: La deuxième gauche et le pouvoir (1988-1991), Paris, Les Presses de Sciences Po, 2020.
Contributions to edited volumes:
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Mathieu Fulla, “Un cabinet atypique ?”, in Alain Bergounioux, Mathieu Fulla (ed.), Michel Rocard Premier ministre : La deuxième gauche et le pouvoir (1988-1991), Paris, Les Presses de Sciences Po, 2020, p. 141-160.
Traditional journal articles:
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Marion Fontaine, “Moderniser, convertir… désindustrialiser ? Le cas des mines françaises (fin des années 1940 – début des années 1960)”, 20 & 21. Revue d’histoire, 2019, no 144, p. 81-96.
For the second and all subsequent occurrences of a reference:
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Marion Fontaine, “Moderniser, convertir… désindustrialiser ? Le cas des mines françaises (fin des années 1940 – début des années 1960)”, art. cit., p. XX.
For the online version of traditional journal articles:
In addition to supply a link to the article, at the end of the reference it is necessary to indicate the date upon which it was accessed as indicated in the following example: [accessed specify the date]
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Marion Fontaine, “Moderniser, convertir… désindustrialiser ? Le cas des mines françaises (fin des années 1940 – début des années 1960)”, 20 & 21. Revue d’histoire, 2019, no 144, p. 81-96. DOI: 10.3917/vin.144.0081. URL: https://www.cairn-int.info/revue-vingt-et-vingt-et-un-revue-d’histoire-2019-4-page-81.htm [accessed 6 November 2020].
For online journal articles:
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Juliette Dumont, “Éducation et panaméricanisme: entre construction de l’empire informel des États-Unis et affirmation de l’Amérique latine”, Histoire@Politique [online] no 41, May-August 2020: https://www.histoire-politique.fr/index.php?numero=41&rub=dossier&item=382 [accessed 6 November 2020]
Archival references
On their first occurrence, archival references must be followed by specific information regarding the location of the archives and the collection consulted. Accepted abbreviations may then be used in subsequent references.
Example:
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First occurrence: Archives nationales (AN), Archives du president Giscard d’Estaing, 5AG3. A6 160. Final communiqué and commentaries in the files of the president.
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Second occurrence: AN, 5AG3 AE101. Diplomatic correspondence 1977-1978.
References to a webpage
It is important to always indicate the date on which the website was consulted in the manner specified below:
Example:
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http://dossiers-bibliotheque.sciencespo.fr/sciences-po-une-histoire-coloniale [accessed 6 November 2020].
Other remarks
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Footnotes are to be numerically noted in superscript and in serial form in the body of the article and at the bottom of the page. Footnotes always precede punctuation marks;
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In denoting page numbers (single or multiple), it is preferred that the author use “p” rather than “pp”;
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For references added to footnotes, write “see” rather than “cf.”;
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Capital letters are to be stressed in french language.
Additional information
Articles (but not reviews) must be accompanied by the following additional information:
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An abstract in French and in English
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5 keywords in French and in English
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A bio-bibliography of the author.
Images and visual documents
The photographs and visual documents that accompany an article must be supplied in separate, clearly identified files that specify the journal’s initials, the name of the author and the order in which the image appears in the article.
Example: HP_Author_fig1
The location of each visual must be clearly indicated (example Fig. 1) in the body of the article’s text. It is essential that it be accompanied by a legend and copyright notice.
Authors agree to supply the editorial secretary with the necessary authorizations for reproducing the illustrations used in their articles for Histoire@Politique. Only documents for which the author has received prior authorization and/or reproduction rights will be published in the journal. The author or the institution with which he or she is affiliated will be responsible for any royalties that may have to be paid.
2/ Article evaluation procedures
With the exception of reviews, which are evaluated by the relevant section coordinator the editor in chief and the assistant editors, all articles submitted to Histoire@Politique are evaluated according to the following procedures:
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Double anonymity is practiced: the article’s author is not informed of the evaluators’ identity and the evaluators are not informed of that of the author;
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The article is initially read by at least two evaluators: an external evaluator chosen from outside the editorial committee and a member of the editorial committee;
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The article is then discussed by the editorial committee, which takes one of the following decisions: publishable as is, revisions (minor or major) requested, refusal; in the event that the evaluators disagree among themselves, the editorial committee may seek the opinion of a third evaluator;
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The decision, together with the readers’ remarks, is communicated to the author or the person overseeing the dossier in which the article is meant to appear;
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In the event that revisions are requested, the author will submit an amended version of his or her article. The latter will once again be submitted for evaluation by a member of the editorial committee and then to discussion by the editorial committee. The new decision taken by the editorial committee (publishable as is, minor or major revisions requested, refusal) will then be communicated to the author or the person overseeing the dossier in which the article is meant to appear.
3/ Originality and plagiarism
An article submitted to the journal must not have at the same time been submitted to another journal nor previously published in French or any other language.
In keeping with the rules of scholarly ethics, the journal strongly condemns all instances of plagiarism and data falsifications.
Instructions for coordinators of a thematic dossier
Each number of the journal Histoire@Politique publishes a thematic dossier (3 dossiers per year).
Preparing a dossier involves the following steps:
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The dossier’s coordinator sends the editor in chief or editorial secretary a dossier proposal containing:
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The coordinator’s name and contact information;
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The title of the thematic dossier;
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A general presentation setting forth the subject addressed by the dossier and its historiographical interest;
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A summary presenting the articles it would likely contain together with the names of the authors who have been contacted or who might participate and their institutional affiliations;
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A title and abstract (of roughly 300 characters) for each article.
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The editorial committee examines and discusses the proposal. It then communicates its decision (acceptance or refusal) to the coordinator/s. In the event that it is accepted, the committee may also transmit its remarks and suggestions to the coordinator/s.
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Once drafted, the articles are then evaluated in accordance with the usual procedure: double anonymity, two evaluators and collective decision after discussion by the editorial committee. The committee makes its decision (article published as is, requests for minor or major revision, refusal) and then communicates it to the coordinator/s, who is/are subsequently responsible for passing it along to the authors. The version revised by the author is then submitted to expert evaluation and discussion within the editorial committee. The decision taken by the editorial committee (publishable as is, requests for minor or major revision, refusal) then follows the same conditions as during the first reading of the article.
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Articles accepted by the editorial committee will then be edited in dialogue with the authors.
Remarks:
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The introduction to the number is written by the coordinator/s. It is submitted for reading by the editorial committee.
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The title of the dossier is proposed by the coordinator/s. It is then discussed by the editorial committee, which may suggest that it be modified in dialogue with the coordinator/s.
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The illustration featured on the front page of the dossier is proposed by the coordinator/s. It must be accompanied by a caption and copyright information. Preferably, all visuals will be open access. If that is not the case, the coordinator/s must supply the journal’s editorial secretary with the contract allowing for its reproduction. The author or the institution with which he or she is affiliated will be responsible for payment of any royalties, not the journal.
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For a dossier to be published, a minimum of 5 articles (including the introduction) must have been accepted after evaluation by the editorial committee.
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The name of the dossier’s coordinator/s is indicated as such at the time of publication.
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Throughout this procedure, the coordinator/s act as intermediary between the editors and the authors of the dossier.