Author Guidelines
Length
The preferred length of a research article is 6000–7000 words, including footnotes but excluding the reference list.
Reports and reviews should normally contain 1500–3000 words.
Longer manuscripts may be considered after consultation with the Editorial Board.
Required files and information
The submission should include:
- a manuscript with author’s data;
- author information entered in the submission system;
- separate files containing illustrations, tables, figures or musical examples, where applicable.
The author data should include:
- full name;
- institutional affiliation;
- ORCID iD;
- e-mail address;
- postal address.
In multi-authored submissions, the contribution of each author should be identified. Authors should also disclose sources of funding and any conflict of interest.
Preparation of the manuscript
The manuscript should be submitted in editable file format (preferably .docx, .odt or .rtf). A PDF file may additionally be included where necessary to preserve specialist notation or layout. The author submits a non-anonymous manuscript containing all the data listed below. The editorial board anonymises the file before sending it out for peer review.
The manuscript should contain at the top of the first page:
- full name;
- institutional affiliation;
- e-mail address;
- ORCID iD;
- postal address.
Next, the manuscript should contain
- the title;
- an abstract of 200–300 words;
- no more than 10 keywords;
- the main text;
- a complete reference list.
The anonymised manuscript will not contain the author’s name, affiliation or other information that directly reveals authorship. Self-references will be written in a neutral manner.
The text should use a 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing and numbered pages.
Citations and references
The Journal uses the author–date system in accordance with the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA 7).
Examples:
- (Small, 1998, p. 9)
- (Bennett & Peterson, 2004, pp. 1–3)
- Turino (2008, pp. 15–17)
Page numbers are required for direct quotations and recommended when referring to a specific argument or passage.
All works cited in the text must be included in the reference list. Stable URLs of websites should be provided where available.
Examples:
- Schafer, R. M. (1977). The Tuning of the World. New York: Knopf.
- Rouse, J. (2003). Power/Knowledge. In G. Gutting (Ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Foucault, (pp. 95–122). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Small, Ch. (1999). Musicking – the meanings of performing and listening. A lecture. Music Education Research, 1(1): 9–22.
Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy and completeness of all bibliographic information.
Illustrations, tables and musical examples
All images, graphics, tables and musical examples should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text and delivered in separate files. At the same time, their descriptions should be included in the main text where they occur. These places should be numbered in accordance with the numbering of the pictures, graphics, tables and music examples.
Captions and the proposed location of each item should be indicated in the manuscript. Publication-quality materials should also be submitted as separate files. Images should normally have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted images, musical examples, archival materials and other third-party content. Sources and copyright holders must be clearly identified.
Language
Manuscripts should be written in clear and correct academic English. Authors who are not native or highly proficient users of English are advised to have their text checked before submission.
The Editorial Board may return manuscripts requiring substantial linguistic revision.
Ethical declarations
Where applicable, the submission should include:
- a funding statement;
- a conflict-of-interest statement;
- an author-contribution statement;
- information concerning ethical approval or informed consent;
- a disclosure of substantial use of generative AI.
Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to the Journal.
For further information on publication ethics, including authors’ responsibilities, please see the ‘Publication Ethics’ tab.
