Northeast African Studies
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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.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
- NEAS uses a double-blind peer-review system for full-length scholarly articles. To ensure anonymity, there should be no identifying information in the submitted Word document.
- The submission is a Microsoft Word document.The text is double-spaced (including all quotations, notes and captions); uses a 12-point font; 1-inch, left-aligned margins, employs italics, rather than underlining.
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Character and space count is listed on the title page. This is needed in order to estimate what the article's page count will be once typeset.
- Manuscript adheres to Chicago Manual of Style endnote system (not footnote or author-date). Endnotes are embedded using the MS Word reference tool. All citations and endnotes are complete, with endnote in-text numbering correctly corresponding with related note in endnote section.
- Article sanuscript adheres to guidelines listed in the NEAS Style Guide. Book review manuscripts adhere to the NEAS Book Review Guidelines.
- All images, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Figures are appropriately and consistently labeled throughout (Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Captions are included where necessary.
- Photographs, maps, and other graphics must accompanied by permission from copyright holders for both print and electronic use before issue can publish.
- All figures, graphics, images will be supplied as separate (supplmentary) image files during submission and are minimum 300 dpi at planned publication size. Image files are appropriately labeled to correspond to what they are called within the text (Fig. 1, Fig. 2...).
Articles
This distinguished journal seeks to publish scholarly articles on all aspects of Northeast African studies, including but not limited to works in the social sciences and humanities. We particularly welcome contributions that rethink established debates and paradigms in the field, that address issues with comparative implications for scholars working in other parts of the world, or that draw upon new or underutilized source materials and disciplinary methodologies.
We consider Northeast Africa to include the Nile Valley, the Red Sea, and the lands adjacent to both, and so invite articles on patterns and processes that characterize the region as a whole. We hope to make Northeast African Studies a "must-read" journal not only for other area specialists but also for those engaged in comparative and transnational studies.
We will actively encourage submissions from Africa-based researchers, as well as papers based on collaborative research by African and overseas scholars.
Book Reviews
Book review ideas and requests can be directed to the book review editor, Matteo Salvadore, at salvadorematteo@gmail.com.
Publication information for the reviewed book must appear at the top of the manuscript in the following format:
Title, by Author. Publication location: Publisher, year; pp. 000. $0.00 edition [list all editions available].
Length: Take the space that you need to complete the best possible review. Rather than focus on a number of words, aim for somewhere in the range of four to seven double-spaced pages, as you deem most appropriate for the book at hand. Justification for shorter or longer reviews should be discussed with the Book Review Editor prior to submission.
Copyright Notice
Authors accepted for publication must agree to the terms of the Author Publishing Agreement before the piece can be published.
It is the author/researcher’s obligation and responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright and/or other use restrictions prior to submitting materials to MSU Press for publication. Citations, permissions, and captions are required upon submission for all images. Use the NEAS Permission Request Letter to obtain permission from an image’s rightsholder—we cannot publish such materials until written clearance is obtained. All images must be minimum 300 dpi at planned publication size.
