Submission guidelines

Submitting of Special Issue Proposals:
 
As the best example of the open and participatory nature of our project, we intend to leave a door open for the reception of special issue proposals with the sole purpose of offering a direct sample of the current interests and lines of research in the study of military history.
We ask authors to submit a 500-600-word summary detailing their proposed special issues, the debates in which they are situated, why they should be deemed relevant and necessary and what kind of contribution they aim to make with them, among other ideas. All special issues must consist of a minimum of four articles and a maximum of seven, dealing with the same problem or topic. Innovative contributions from the point of view of interpretation, sources, and methodology while at the same time meeting the guidelines that reflect the spirit of this journal (see Aims and Scope) will receive special preference and consideration. Finally, it will also be required to include a list with the names of all prearranged contributors and provisional article titles in the special issue proposals, though we also accept mixed formulas combining the launch of an open Call for Papers with a series of commissioned articles to complete the special issues. The participation of women, the plurality of experts from a variety of research centres and universities, as well as the international vocation of the special issues, will be especially valued in relation to the contributors' respective affiliation centres.
It is equally necessary to include a 200-word summary specifying the objectives of each article, together with the sources and the methodology employed. There exists the possibility to additionally include, among other contents, the translation of an article in a foreign language that may be of interest. This would be entirely under the responsibility of the special issue editor or editing team; always, of course, with a view to ensuring overall coherence. All articles must apply the style and publication rules that appear on our website (see points 3-11).
However, the approval of a special issue submission does not imply in any case the automatic acceptance of all articles contained in it. Each article will be subject to the review system currently in force in the journal (see point 2). In their definitive conception, all special issues must begin with a methodological-conceptual introduction that serves as justification and situates each one within the framework of a given debate, and be no longer than 3,500 words or shorter than 2,500.
From 2022 onwards, a new criterion will be implemented with respect to deadlines for the publication of submitted special issues, especially in order to ensure the viability and continuity of our project in the event of any eventuality. In this sense, the RUHM team will not arrange any specific publication date with the editors of collective special issues. Special issues will be published only when each individual article has successfully undergone external evaluation. To this end, the special issue's authors will have had to insert the changes and corrections and then resubmit their articles, and the editors will have already sent us the introductory text.

Submitting Articles: 
 
1. The authors agree to submit original, unpublished articles not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The articles must be strictly related to war studies and the military world, from ancient times to the present day, and framed within one or more of its broad palette of fields of work (society, culture, gender, politics, archaeology, technology, strategy, anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, etc.).
The accepted languages for the publication of articles and reviews are preferably Spanish, English and Portuguese. Citations from sources or bibliography in other languages must be translated into each article's main language, except in very exceptional and justified cases.
 
2. RUHM implements a double-blind review system to evaluate submitted articles, so that the identity of both authors and reviewers remains hidden from both parties. Submitted articles will be initially evaluated by the editorial team, and only those conforming to scientific standards and the objectives, profile and guidelines set out for the RUHM project (see Aims and Scope) will be sent for external evaluation.
Articles suitable for publication must make a novel contribution from a factual or interpretative perspective. On that note, the editors reserve the right to reject not only any articles that may not meet the required standards or conform to the purposes and objectives of the RUHM, but also those that may not meet the criteria of linguistic correctness (punctuation, syntax, grammar, stylistic adequacy, lexical richness, etc.). Likewise, the editorial team will verify the compliance with the basic parameters of academic rigor concerning the use and citation of sources.
 
 
3. Authors must submit through the website a copy of their work as a Word file at 1.15 spacing, with a maximum of 11,000 words (including notes and graphic material) and never less than 8,500. However, the editorial team reserves the right to exceptionally publish texts that may not reach or exceed these limits. Text font must be Times New Roman 12, each paragraph starting with an indentation of 1.25 cm, except for the first paragraph of a new section. Foreign words must be in italics, and direct quotations should be enclosed in guillemets («»), while any other quotation marks should be double (“”). Direct quotations longer than three lines should be placed in a separate paragraph without quotation marks, with both the left and right margins reduced by 0.5 cm. Footnotes should be written in Times New Roman, size 10, with single spacing (1.0) and a 0.5 cm indent. 

4. Headings intended to articulate and organise each article must appear in the same font and size as the body text, in bold and not numbered, avoiding subheadings whenever possible (if necessary, they may appear in italics and marked in alphabetical order: a), b), c), etc.).
 
5. Both the title and the abstract of the paper must be in the language of the text, as well as in Spanish and English. Each version of the abstract should be between 200 and 300 words in length. The abstract should specify the objectives of the article, as well as the sources and methodology used to achieve them. Our goal here is to make Spanish articles more accessible to the non-Spanish speaking public and research community, promoting historiographic transfers on an international level and increasing the interest of non-Spanish speaking authors and publishers in the academic publications in Spanish. Five keywords must also be included, both in Spanish and English. The same applies to article titles, which must stand out in both languages above the body text. Finally, note that abstracts, titles, headings and key concepts will not count toward the final word count. 

6. Each article must be introduced by a page detailing the author's name and surname, university or affiliation centre (it does not have to be a university: it may be a research centre, an archive or a secondary school) and e-mail, which, from that point forward, will serve as the main communication channel between the article's author and the RUHM team. Additionally, information may be included in the "Acknowledgments, Projects, and Funding Section."
 
7. At the end of each article, the authors will provide a succinct biography no longer than 150 words containing their academic background, current professional situation and research work on a separate page which will not count toward the total word count.
 
8. Tables, graphs and images of adequate quality inserted in the text must be clearly numbered and identified (Table 1, Graph 1, Image 1) including source of origin and a explanatory caption.
 
9. The number of images included will be at the discretion of the RUHM team. In any case, submitted files including both text and images should not exceed 2 MB. In the event that the graphic component of a given article presents special relevance, the RUHM team will determine the extent to which this number may be increased.
 
10. Superscript numbers corresponding to bibliographic citations, which will in all cases be placed at the foot of the page, must be inserted after the punctuation marks to ensure the formal coherence of contents. A bibliographic appendix with all references in alphabetical order must also be added at the end of each article, which will be included in the article's metadata on our website. This appendix will not count toward the word limit for the article. In order to assemble the list of bibliographic references, the following standards must be followed.

11. All bibliographic references will follow the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html) with the following adaptations:
Spelling rules will follow the language of publication. In articles written in Spanish and Portuguese, guillemets or angle quotes («») will be used for article titles, book chapters, or other references requiring quotation marks. Additionally, English-language publications will not be capitalized by default. In edited volumes, distinctions between editor, director, coordinator, or compiler will be maintained.
Among the main changes in the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) are the following:
•    For books, the place of publication is not required. However, if it is relevant (for older publications or texts with substantial variations), it should still be included.
•    Page ranges do not need to be specified in footnotes or bibliographies for contributions in edited volumes. For journal articles, page ranges should only be included in the bibliography. Additionally, for journal articles, only the year needs to be provided, and the month or season may be omitted.
•    For publications with three or more authors, footnotes should list only the first author followed by «et al». (without italics), whereas bibliographic references should list up to six authors. If there are more than six authors, the names of the first three should be provided, followed by «et al.»
•    Instead of using «ibid.» for repeated citations, the author-title format will be preferred.
•    In bibliographic references, repeated author names should be written in full rather than replaced with three dashes (—).
•    If a person is both the author and editor of a text, their full name should be indicated for both roles.
Books
Note
1. Alan Kramer, Dynamics of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War (Oxford University Press, 2008), 46.
2. Jay Winter y Antoine Prost, The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 34.
3. Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco et al., eds., No sólo miedo. Actitudes políticas y opinión popular bajo la dictadura franquista (1936-1977) (Comares, 2014).
Abbreviated note
1. Kramer, Dynamics of Destruction, 46.
2. Winter y Prost, The Great War in History, 34.
3. Del Arco Blanco et al., No sólo miedo.
Bibliographic reference
Del Arco Blanco, Miguel Ángel, Carlos Fuertes Muñoz, Claudio Hernández Burgos y Jorge Marco, eds. No sólo miedo. Actitudes políticas y opinión popular bajo la dictadura franquista (1936-1977). Comares, 2014.
Kramer, Alan. Dynamics of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Winter, Jay, y Antoine Prost. The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Section of a collective book
It is not necessary to indicate the page range within the book. In the note, specific pages are indicated as needed.
Note
1. Camilla Poesio, «La violencia en la Italia fascista: un instrumento de transformación política (1919-1945)», en Políticas de la violencia. Europa: siglo XX, ed. Javier Rodrigo (Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2014), 85.
Abbreviated note
1. Poesio, «La violencia en la Italia fascista», 85.
Bibliographic reference
1.    Poesio, Camilla. «La violencia en la Italia fascista: un instrumento de transformación política (1919-1945)». En Políticas de la violencia. Europa: siglo XX, editado por Javier Rodrigo. Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2014.

Translation or edition
The year of the original publication may be included in square brackets just before the cited publication date.
If the translation of the title into the language of the article is necessary, it may be indicated in square brackets after the original title.
In classic works, references may be made according to the structure (books, cantos, verses) rather than page numbers.
Note
1. Mehmet Neşri, Kitab-ı Cihan-Nümâ [Libro de la representación del mundo], ed. Faik Unat y Mehmed Köymen (Türk Tarihi Korumu, [1490] 1949), 165.
2. Ilíada, trad. Emilio Crespo Güemes (Gredos, 2014), 8.470-483.

Nota abreviada
1. Neşri, Kitab-ı Cihan-Nümâ, 165.
2. Ilíada, 2.455-458.

Bibliographic reference
Homero. Ilíada. Traducido por Emilio Crespo Güemes. Gredos, 2014.
Neşri, Mehmet. Kitab-ı Cihan-Nümâ [Libro de la representación del mundo]. Editado por Faik Unat y Mehmed Köymen. Türk Tarihi Korumu, [1490] 1949.

Reedition or various volumes
Note
1. Klaus Theweleit, Männerphantasien, 3.ª ed. (Matthes & Seitz, 2019).
2. Hans Delbrück, Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte, 4 vols. (Georg Stilke, 1900-1908), 1:25.

Abbreviated note
1. Theweleit, Männerphantasien.
2. Delbrück, Geschichte der Kriegskunst, 3:45.
Bibliographic reference
Delbrück, Hans. Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte, 4 vols. Georg Stilke, 1900-1908.
Theweleit, Klaus. Männerphantasien, 3.ª ed. Matthes & Seitz, 2019.

Journal paper
Note
1. Philip Dwyer, «War stories: French veteran narratives and the “experience of war” in the nineteenth century», European History Quarterly 41, n.º 4 (2011): 564-565.
2. Ángel Alcalde Fernández, «La “gesta heroica” de Belchite: construcción y pervivencia de un mito bélico franquista (1937-2007)», Ayer 80 (2010): 210.

Abbreviated note
1. Dwyer, «War stories», 584.
2. Alcalde Fernández, «La “gesta heroica” de Belchite», 194.
Bibliographic reference
Dwyer, Philip. «War stories: French veteran narratives and the “experience of war” in the nineteenth century». European History Quarterly 41, n.º 4 (2011): 561-585. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691411419471
Alcalde Fernández, Ángel. «La “gesta heroica” de Belchite: construcción y pervivencia de un mito bélico franquista (1937-2007)». Ayer 80 (2010): 193-214. https://www.revistasmarcialpons.es/revistaayer/article/view/alcalde-la-gesta-heroica-de-belchite

Newspaper or Magazine articles
Si se tratan de fuentes primarias, se citarán únicamente en las notas al pie de página.
1. Francisco Melgar, «España, Italia y Alemania», Boletín de Campaña de los Requetés, 27 de febrero de 1937, 3.

Archival material
Ideally, citations of archival material will follow this structure: Title or description of the item, Page "p." (if necessary), Date (day, month, year), Reference code, Unit number (cabinet, box, folder, file), Collection name, Archive name [Abbreviated name], Archive location. URL (if necessary).
For letters, the full names of the sender and recipient, as well as the location, should also be indicated.
Quotation marks will be used for specific document titles, but not for generic terms and descriptors such as "report" or "letter."
If the medium or format of the item is unclear (e.g., a photograph), it should be indicated after the date.
Note
1. DI, «Resumen de información del Ejército del centro del presente mes», p. 3, octubre de 1938, Armario 43, Carpeta 33, Legajo 2, Archivo General Militar de Ávila [AGMAV], Ávila.
2. «Notulen van de Vlaamsche Nationale Landdag te Brussel op 4 februari 1917», p. 2, 4 de febrero de 1917, I 530/IB/5, Archief van de Raad van Vlaanderen, Algemeen Rijksarchief in België | Archives de l’État en Belgique, Bruselas. https://agatha.arch.be/data/ead/BE-A0510_000408_006736#I40867365
3. Carta de Mairin Mitchell a Desmond Ryan, s. l., 2 de febrero de 1940, UCDA LA10/146, Papers of Desmond Ryan, UCD Archives, University College Dublin Library, Irlanda.
4. Mitchell a Ryan, s. l., 8 de febrero de 1940.

Abbreviated note
1. «Fuerzas del General Varela».
2. Notulen van de Vlaamsche Nationale Landdag te Brussel op 4 februari 1917.
3. Mitchell a Ryan, s. l., 2 de febrero de 1940.

Unpublished academic papers (Doctoral theses or Master’s theses)
Note
1. Roland Clark, «European fascists and local activists: Romania’s Legion of the Archangel Michael (1922-1938)», tesis doctoral (University of Pittsburgh, 2012).
Bibliographic reference
Clark, Roland. «European fascists and local activists: Romania’s Legion of the Archangel Michael (1922-1938)». Tesis doctoral, University of Pittsburgh, 2012.

Web pages
Note
1. David Alegre Lorenz, «Entrevista con Ferran Gallego, historiador del fascismo europeo y el ciclo revolucionario de la primera mitad del siglo XX», Seminario Interuniversitario de Investigadores del Fascismo, publicado el 14 de marzo de 2014. Consultado el 22 de enero de 2025,  https://seminariofascismo.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/entrevista-con-ferran-gallego-historiador-del-fascismo-europeo-y-el-ciclo-revolucionario-de-la-primera-mitad-del-siglo-xx
Bibliographic reference
Alegre Lorenz, David. «Entrevista con Ferran Gallego, historiador del fascismo europeo y el ciclo revolucionario de la primera mitad del siglo XX», Seminario Interuniversitario de Investigadores del Fascismo. Publicado el 14 de marzo de 2014. Consultado el 22 de enero de 2025.  https://seminariofascismo.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/entrevista-con-ferran-gallego-historiador-del-fascismo-europeo-y-el-ciclo-revolucionario-de-la-primera-mitad-del-siglo-xx

Submitting Reviews
 
12. Book reviews must be between 1,500-2,500 words. They will specify author, title, place of publication, publisher, publication date, number of pages and ISBN, and include the reviewer's full name at the end. Reviewers must equally provide a title with which to head their own texts. The text format will be the same as with articles: Times New Roman 12 and 1.15 spacing, as well as the citation system, in case the reviewer needs to reference any external works.
Reviewed books must have been published within the last 5 years.
 
Submitting Bibliographical Essays and States of the Art:
 
13. In order to promote the academic debate, we leave the door open for the reception of individual bibliographic essays and states of the art, without it being necessarily a regular section in the journal. They may be written by one or more authors, even from seminars and research groups, and will analyse at least four works published within the last ten years. This section is intended to voice individual and collective positions -in case of research groups or multiple authors- in specific historiographic problems or debates.
Should the need and the opportunity arise, we would provide space for replies to any of the bibliographic essays or states of the art, conforming to the aforementioned format rules and regulations. In this sense, a fundamental requirement for publication will be internal coherence and the relationships between the selected works, as well as the debates and consensus generated by the resulting dialogue within the text. Thus, bibliographic essays must focus on a chronological arc or episode with a sense of its own, a specific thematic or conceptual axis, or relevant historiographic and methodological questions concerning war studies and military history.
All texts must have titles in Spanish and English. A footnote indicating the works under analysis will be inserted at the end of the frontpage. Immediately after, a brief 100-word summary -both in Spanish and English- will be included, reflecting each author's motivations to compose their bibliographic essays, the academic debates addressed in them and the main theses proposed.
In other words: a brief map or sketch of sorts, providing a bird's eye view of the state of the art and current academic debates, or rather a critical analysis showing the latest contributions to the field and some possible perspectives when looking to the future.
Bibliographic essays must be between 4,500-5,500 words, adhering at all times to the style rules implemented throughout the journal: Times New Roman 12, 1.15 spacing and the above-mentioned referencing system in case authors wish to make any references. The editorial team reserves the right to exceptionally publish texts that may not reach or exceed these limits.
 
14. RUHM team reserves the right to correct any isolated typographical errors and stylistic faults in a final revision process, as long as this does not affect the meaning of the texts. In case of major alterations, however, the author's approval will invariably be sought.
 
15. RUHM editors reserve the right to publish submitted articles in the two years following the completion of the evaluation process.
 
 
Article submissions and additional texts must be sent thorugh our website. For special issue proposals and other inquiries, authors can write to the following email address: secretaria@ruhm.es