Altitude: An e-journal of emerging humanities work
Submission Guidlines
Email address: clifton.evers@nottingham.edu.cn
Altitude accepts articles, video, and sound for the peer review process.
Each Volume = 1 year.
Editors-in chief review abstracts, initial screenings and listenings, and copy-edit.
Peer-Reviews are subject to double review.
The journal is reviewed by the editorial advisory board.
Altitude advocates an open review policy rather than a blind review policy in the interests of accountability and collegiality.
It is preferred that all article contributions are submitted electronically (via email attachment) in Microsoft Word or equivalent. If you wish to submit an image for peer review please send DVD or CD to editors.
Under no circumstances will the editors accept articles under consideration elsewhere for publication. Be aware of this before you submit an article.
Please include brief author biography with submissions, including degree status and university affiliation. Also, for all submissions please include a 200 word abstract.
Multi-media
Altitude welcomes the embedding of multimedia content within written submissions. If you intend to embed multimedia, please follow the guidelines below.
Style Guidelines for Articles
Article contributions must be referenced in MLA style (in-text citation).
Altitude peculiarities (for web) = Aligned margins, and 1.5 spacing throughout the text (with a space between each paragraph). Paragraphs should not be indented. Font should be Lucida Grande 12 point (font for endnotes should be Lucida Grande 10 point). If you have something extra to add to the article to clear a point up or suggest further reading or make an acknowledgement do not use footnotes but use endnotes.
Articles are to be no longer than 4000 words in length (this can be negotiated), emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc)
Altitude follows the MLA in-text citation style guidelines. See here for the guide or here
Paragraphs
In an electronic environment, where scrolling dominates and page numbers are not used, number all paragraphs as they are important organisational and referencing markers.
Headings
In an electronic environment, where scrolling dominates and page numbers are not used, headings and subheadings become even more important organisational markers.
Subheadings
Three levels of subheadings – title, heading, and subheading – should be adequate for full length article. The headings and subheadings will be stylised as shown here.
Altitude accepts articles, video, and sound for the peer review process.
Each Volume = 1 year.
Editors-in chief review abstracts, initial screenings and listenings, and copy-edit.
Peer-Reviews are subject to double review.
The journal is reviewed by the editorial advisory board.
Altitude advocates an open review policy rather than a blind review policy in the interests of accountability and collegiality.
It is preferred that all article contributions are submitted electronically (via email attachment) in Microsoft Word or equivalent. If you wish to submit an image for peer review please send DVD or CD to editors.
Under no circumstances will the editors accept articles under consideration elsewhere for publication. Be aware of this before you submit an article.
Please include brief author biography with submissions, including degree status and university affiliation. Also, for all submissions please include a 200 word abstract.
Multi-media
Altitude welcomes the embedding of multimedia content within written submissions. If you intend to embed multimedia, please follow the guidelines below.
- Images must be submitted separately as .jpg files and in high-resolution (minimum 300dpi)
- Video clips should be uploaded to Vimeo and link sent to Editor in Chief Clifton Evers (with password, if privacy protected)
- Sound can be emailed or posted to Co-Editor in Chief Clifton Evers in MP3 or MP4 format.
- Do not embed multimedia files in the Word document. Instead, please insert reference point(s) in your paper where you would like to include multimedia content
- Include captions along with the source(s) of the multimedia file(s) at the end of your article.
- Please indicate whether the multimedia content was created by you or someone else
- If you use multimedia content created by others, please obtain permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.
Style Guidelines for Articles
Article contributions must be referenced in MLA style (in-text citation).
Altitude peculiarities (for web) = Aligned margins, and 1.5 spacing throughout the text (with a space between each paragraph). Paragraphs should not be indented. Font should be Lucida Grande 12 point (font for endnotes should be Lucida Grande 10 point). If you have something extra to add to the article to clear a point up or suggest further reading or make an acknowledgement do not use footnotes but use endnotes.
Articles are to be no longer than 4000 words in length (this can be negotiated), emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc)
Altitude follows the MLA in-text citation style guidelines. See here for the guide or here
Paragraphs
In an electronic environment, where scrolling dominates and page numbers are not used, number all paragraphs as they are important organisational and referencing markers.
Headings
In an electronic environment, where scrolling dominates and page numbers are not used, headings and subheadings become even more important organisational markers.
Subheadings
Three levels of subheadings – title, heading, and subheading – should be adequate for full length article. The headings and subheadings will be stylised as shown here.
