1. Basics

1.1 Aims & Scope
Before submitting your article to The IJCCS, please, make sure that your article conforms to the Aims & Scope of the journal. However, if you are not sure of it, you may ask questions to the editorial office via e-mail.

1.2 Article Types
The IJCCS publishes original articles, review articles, book reviews, correspondence, and translation of a newly unearthed material with introduction annotation.
▪ Original article is allowed to use a maximum of 15,000 words, including footnotes, abstracts, keywords, references, etc.
▪ Translation of a newly unearthed material with introduction and annotation may be allowed to use more than 15,000 words depending on the decision of Editor-in-Chief.
▪ Review articles and book reviews are allowed to use a maximum of 5,000 words, including footnotes, abstracts, keywords, references, etc.
▪ Correspondence is required to use less than 1,000 words.

2. Editorial policies

2.1 Peer-review policy
All papers submitted to The IJCCS shall be reviewed by at least two expert reviewers. The IJCCS adopts a double-blind peer review system that does not allow the reviewer and author to get the information on each other. All manuscripts will be reviewed as soon as possible, i.e. within two months. Reviewers will evaluate the submitted manuscripts according to the standard for evaluation, and then the editor-in-chief makes the final decision.
The editor or members of the editorial board are not prevented from submitting their manuscripts to the journal. However, the peer review process, in this case, shall be managed by alternative members of the editorial board, and the editor or members should not involve the peer review process and the final decision-making process.
 

2.2 Authorship
Any person who has a substantive contribution to the research for the manuscript can be listed as an author. Authorship order and other credits should accord with the relative academic contributions of the individuals involved in the research, not their status in society or organization. A student can usually be listed as a principal author when the publication substantially derives from the student’s dissertation.
 

2.3 Acknowledgments
All people who supported the research yet do not have professional contributions for authorship should be listed in the section for acknowledgments. People who provided technical or general or administrative help can be acknowledged in the section for acknowledgments.

2.3.1 Writing assistance
Translators who provided professional writing assistance do not qualify as authors. However, they can be acknowledged in “acknowledgments.” Authors should address the fact if their manuscripts were translated by professional or unprofessional translators.
Authors may not address language polishing/editing services.
 

3. Preparing your manuscript for submission
3. 1. Format 

● File Type: MS-Word (higher than 2010version).

● Paper size:

• Width: 7 inches (17.78 cm).
• Height: 10 inches (25.4 cm). ​

● Margins:

• Top: 0.70 inches (1.78 cm).
• Bottom: 1.0 inch (2.54 cm).
• Left: 1.0 inch (2.54 cm).
• Right: 1.0 inch (2.54 cm).

● Line Spacing: Multiple 1.45.
● Font: Times New Roman, size 10.5.
● Citation: Author-Date style placing aparenthetical citation with specific pages.
● Manuscript Length:

• Recommended Range: 8,000 to 15,000 words.
• Exceptions: Submissions outside this range may be considered. Please contact the editor prior to submission to discuss.

● General Style:

Please follow the Chicago Manual ofStyle Online (16th edition) for all aspects of manuscript preparation,including formatting, citations, and general style.

 

3. 2. Style

● Main Title: Twosingle-spaced blanks from the top edge, size 17, boldface, centered.

● Chapter Title: Boldface, size 12, left-aligned. 
● Author Details

-First name-(middle name initials)- Last name, size 12, centered.

-The order of the names ofthe authors should comply with the order of their contributions.
 ●Affiliation and Email address

Includeeach author's affiliation and email in a footnote linked to their last name.Refer to our footnote guidelines for formatting details.

●Abstract: 150~200 words.

●Key words: 4~5 key words.

 ●Main text

-Separate page, single-spacedblank from the top.

-Indent the first word of all paragraphsby 0.2 inches (0.51 cm) from the left edge.

● Citation: Author-Date style

 In-text citation

• Place citations in parentheses.
• Include the author’s last name, publication year, and specific page number.
• Example: Literature is described as “a privileged ground for the realization of emptiness” (Humphries 1999, 45).

  Block citation

• Use size 9.5 font.
• Indent the text 0.5 inches (1.27 cm) from the left edge.
• Place the text between single-spaced blanks.

●Notes

• Use in-text citations rather than footnotes or endnotes.
• If notes are necessary, format them in 9.5-point type, single-spaced.

 

References

The Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition:

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html

(Arrange references in alphabetical order by the authors’last names)

 

[Books]

Referencelist entries (in alphabetical order)

Grazer, Brian, and CharlesFishman. 2015. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York:Simon & Schuster.

Smith, Zadie. 2016. SwingTime. New York: Penguin Press.

 

[Journal articles]

Referencelist entries (in alphabetical order)

Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-HungLin, and Peter F. Orazem. 2017. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014:Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of HumanCapital 11, no. 1 (Spring): 1–34.

https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

LaSalle, Peter. 2017.“Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38 (1):95–109. Project MUSE.

Satterfield, Susan. 2016.“Livy and the Pax Deum.” Classical Philology 111, no. 2(April): 165–76.

[Romanization of Chinese and KoreanTitles]

Bottéro, Françoise.2002.  “Revisiting the wén文and the zì字: The Great Chinese Characters Hoax.” Bulletinof the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 74: 14-33.

Chitian Moli 池田末利. 1991. “Shangdai Zhouji zhidu pingjia” 商代周祭制度評價. Yindu xuekan 殷都學刊 1.

Lee,Ki-moon 이기문. 1998. “Dr. Gwang-u Nam and Research on OldKorean” 남광우선생과고어연구. KoreanLanguage & Literary Research어문연구 26, no.1: 34-38.

QiuXigui 裘錫圭. 1996. Wenzixue gaiyao文字學概要.Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan 北京: 商務印書館.

 

10) Multilingual Abstract

• Language Requirements: Submit a second language abstract in addition to the English abstract.
• Format: The second abstract should follow the English abstract format.
• Length: For Chinese abstracts, 300 to 500 characters. For Korean and other language abstracts, 300 to 500 words.
• Chinese Abstracts: Traditional Chinese characters are preferred.
• For Chinese abstracts, use "<中文摘要>" and for other languages, specify the language in a similar format, such as "<한글 초록>" (Korean Abstract) or "<日本語の要旨>" (Japanese Abstract).

 

11) Copyright forms and reprint orders

• Submission Requirements: Include a fully completed and signed WACCS copyright release form with your paper submission.
• Publication Prerequisite: Your paper cannot be published in the proceedings without this form.
• Form Formats: The copyright form is available in Word, PDF, and text file formats.
• Reprints: Reprints can be ordered using the provided form.

 

3. 3. Sample Format and Style

 

Main Title

 

 

Author Name

 

 

 

Abstract

Abstract text

 

Keywords:
words

  

Chapter Title  

Main Text

 

References

 

 

<中文摘要>

 

論文題目

 

 

作者姓名

本文

 

關鍵詞：

IJCCS Format Sample Download

4. Submission 
4.1 Information required for completing your submission
You should provide contact information and academic affiliations for all co-authors in the manuscript and specify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on the submission system. Please, make sure that you have filled all the required forms and uploaded additional supplementary files, if any.
 

4.2 Permissions
Please make sure that authors should obtain written permissions about cited illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations of which the copyright is held by someone else.

5. Further information
Any queries or requests for information on the manuscript submission should be sent to the editorial office of International Journal of Chinese Character Studies as follows:  

       

The International Journal of Chinese Character Studies
Center for the Study of Chinese Characters in Korea, Kyungsung University
48434 309, Suyeong-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea

E-mail: ijccs@naver.com

Tel. +82-51-663-4287/4291