Guide for Authors

Submission of manuscripts. The editors invite authors to send in their manuscripts for publication in the Studies of the Central European Professors' Network on the website: Submissions or to the following e-mail address: profnet@centraleuropeanacademy.hu. These must be written in English and submitted in the Word format (doc/docx). The Series neither collects ASCs (article submission charges) nor APCs (article processing charges). The authors incur no fee for the submission or processing of their work. The Series publishes different length of manuscripts (generally 80 000-100 000 characters, including spaces, footnotes, tables, captions, and references because of the requirement of brevity). 

Author information. Depending on the concept of the book, we aim to have an abstract and keywords for each chapter. 

Ethics in publishing. The Series endorses and follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics. For detailed information on the requirements of ethics, see the ‘Code of Ethics.’

Peer-review.  For information on peer-reviewing, see the ‘Peer review.’

If necessary, the linguistic proofreader may correct some paragraphs of the manuscript or make recommendations for the revision of the text. Hence, the linguistic proofreader does not correct large portions of the text. After the result of linguistic proofreading is received by the author, he/she has to finalise the manscript. If the author does not produce a final version of the manuscript that is linguistically acceptable, this may result in its final rejection.

The authors, when preparing the manuscript, shall follow the Formal requirements.

If necessary, the technical editor may correct the text based on the formal requirements, the footnotes and the bibliography of the manuscript or make recommendations for the revision of the manuscript. After the result of technical editing is received by the author, he/she has to finalise the manuscript. If the author does not produce a final version of the manuscript that is following the formal requirements, this may result in its final rejection, or based on editorial decision the formal issues can be finalised by the technical editor.

Formal requirements

    1. Manuscript text must be in Times New Roman, font size 12, single-spaced, and justified. This applies to abstract and keywords as well. Footnotes must adhere to the same, except in case of the font size, which must be 10.
    2. Quotes longer than 40 words must be highlighted by using margins or smaller font size. Please use single quotation marks for citations, specific words, and phrases.
    3. Please do not use bold font type in the text body or in footnotes, please use italic style only for judicial cases or for specific expressions.
    4. Please use short titles, subtitles, and headings.
    5. Please use footnotes, not endnotes. These must be ordered using Arabic numerals. If necessary, please mark the origin of the text next to the title with an asterisk. Please also indicate the acknowledgements for persons and scholarships next to the title. Please mark this note at the bottom of the first page.
    6. A reference list (bibliography) is required at the end, on a separate page.
    7. Please use Arabic numerals because of the unification of chapters and subheadings (1., 1.1., 1.1.1). 
    8. Regarding citations, footnotes, and the reference list, please use the (adapted) Harvard Referencing Style Guide.
    9. Please use the DOI-numbers of the cited works (in a https format) in the reference list after the requested forms of citations detailed in the Harvard Referencing Style Guide. For that, it is recommended to use this free access service: https://apps.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery
    10. Please do not use colourful tables, charts, and pictures in your manuscript.
    11. Given that each country names and numbers its legal sources (laws, judgments and orders) differently, authors may indicate these sources in their manuscript at their own discretion, with the additional requirements of clarity and consistency. 
    12. In the case of cited work titles with Cyrillic letters, please add their phonetic transcription in the Latin alphabet, as well.

 

Harvard Reference Style Guide:

Authors shall use footnote references (I.) and a reference list (II.). (Note: Examples below are written boldly for the sake of clarity, but the references of the manuscript shall not be written with bold letters.)

 

I. Footnote references must be included following the use of a quote or paraphrase taken from another piece of work. Footnote references are abbreviated forms of the sources in the reference list. In footnote references authors shall use the abbreviated form even for the first time of citing a source. Footnote references refer to a quote or paraphrase. They are much shorter than full references. The full reference of footnote citations appears in the reference list. Footnote citations contain the author(s)’s or editor(s)’s surname, year of publication and page number(s). Note: p. refers to a single page, pp. refers to a range of pages.

  • In case of citing a source with one author, this takes the form: Mitchell, 2017, p. 189.
  • In case of citing a source with two or three authors, state all surnames like so: Field and Solie, 2007, p. 254.
  • In case of citing a source with four or more authors, the first author’s surname should be stated followed by ‘et al’: Donatelli et al., 2010, p. 65.
  • If referencing multiple works from one author released in the same year, the works are allocated a letter (a, b, c etc) after the year. This allocation is done in the reference list so is done alphabetically according to the author's surname and source title: Mitchell, 2017b, p. 189.
  • In case of citing different editions of the same work, include the author(s)’s name only once followed by all the appropriate dates separated by semicolons: Mitchell, 2010; 2017.
  • In case of citing a reference with no date, simply state ‘no date’ in place of the year: Mitchell, no date, p. 189.
  • In case of citing a secondary source, state the reference you used first followed by ‘cited in’ and the original author: Smith, 2000, cited in Mitchell, 2017, p. 189.

 

II. A reference list is a complete list of all the sources used when creating a piece of work. This list includes information about the sources like the author, date of publication, title of the source and more. A Harvard reference list shall…

  • be on a separate page at the end of the document;
  • be organised alphabetically by author, unless there is no author then it is ordered by the source title, excluding articles such as a, an or the;
    • [Note: If there are multiple works by the same author these are ordered by date, if the works are in the same year they are ordered alphabetically by the title and are allocated a letter (a,b,c etc) after the date.]
  • be double spaced: there should be a full, blank line of space between each line of text;
  • contain full references for all footnote references used.

The different sources shall be cited in the following ways:

  • In case of citing a book, the format is as follows: Author surname(s), initial(s). (Year published) Title (italicised). Edition. Place of publication: publisher. For example: Brown, S. (2007) The Regulation of Consumer Credit: A Transatlantic Analysis. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing; https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784712495.
  • In case of citing an edited book, the format is as follows: Editor surname(s), initial(s). (ed(s).) (Year). Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: publishers. For example: Alabrese, M., Brunori, M., Rolandi, S., Saba, A. (eds.) (2017) Agricultural Law, 1st edn. New York City: Springer International Publishing; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64756-2.
  • In case of citing a chapter in an edited book, the format is as follows: Author surname(s), initial(s) (Year) ‘Title of chapter’ in editor(s) surname, initial(s) (ed(s).) Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: publisher, page numbers. For example: Alabrese, M. (2017) ‘Agricultural Law from a Global Perspective: An Introduction’ in Alabrese, M., Brunori, M., Rolandi, S., Saba, A. (eds.) Agricultural Law. 1st edn. New York City: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–12; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64756-2_1.
  • In case of citing a journal article, the format is as follows: Author name(s), initial(s) (Year published) ‘Title of article’, Title, Volume(Issue/Season/Number etc.), page numbers. For example: Jacobs, S.B. (2019) ‘The Statutory Separation of Powers’, The Yale Law Journal, 129(2), pp. 378–444. [Note: If the journal does not use numeration for volumes, please use the following format after the title of the journal: Year/Issue, page numbers. For example: 2019/2, pp. 107–121.]
  • In case of citing an online journal or newspaper article, the format is as follows: Author surname(s), initial(s). (Year) ‘Title of article’, Title of journal, Volume(Issue/Season) [online]. Available at: URL or DOI (Accessed: day month year). For example: Szilágyi, J.E. (2019) ‘Systematization and some current issues of water law and water regulation in the framework of the European Union’, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law, 14(26), pp. 255–275 [Online]. Available at:  https://doi.org/10.21029/JAEL.2019.26.255 (Accessed: 11 March 2022).
  • In case of citing a website, the format is as follows: Author surname(s), initial(s). (Year of publishing) Title of page/site [Online]. Available at: URL (Accessed: day month year). For example: Mitchell, J.A. (2017) How and when to reference [Online]. Available at: https://www.howandwhentoreference.com/ (Accessed: 27 May 2017).
  • In case of citing an online news or blog, the format is as follows: González-Bueno, C., Lozanoon, L. (2015) ‘More than a Friend of the Court: The Evolving Role of the European Commission in Investor-State Arbitration’, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 26 January [Online]. Available at: http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/2015/01/26/ more-than-a-friend-of-the-court-the-evolving-role-of-the-european-commission-in- investor-state-arbitration (Accessed: 19 October 2021).
  • In case of citing an online news or blog without author, the format is as follows: Bačić: Dok ne bude dogovora vladajućih zakon o pobačaju neće u sabor. Imamo različite stavove (2022) Jutarnji list, 13 May [Online]. Available at: https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/bacic-dok-ne-bude-dogovora-vladajucih-zakon-o-pobacaju-nece-u-sabor-imamo-razlicite-stavove-15197028 (Accessed: 21 September 2022).
  • In case of citing official documents (institution as an author), the format is as follows: IISD (2021) ‘Outlook for the EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment Unclear, as EU Parliament Votes to Suspend Ratification Efforts’ IISD Investment Treaty News, 24 June. [Online]. Available at: https://www.iisd.org/itn/en/2021/06/24/ outlook-for-the-eu-china-comprehensive-agreement-on-investment-unclear-as-eu- parliament-votes-to-suspend-ratification-efforts/ (Accessed: 19 October 2021).
  • In case of citing works titled with non-Roman letters (e.g. Cyrillic, Greek etc.), the format is as follows: Βενιζέλος, Ε. (2005) ‘Το Ευρωπαϊκό Σύναγμα και το θρησκευτικό φαινόμενο’ [To Eeropaϊko Sύnayma kai to threskeetiko fainomeno], Νομοκανονικά [Nomokanonika], 2005/1, pp. 11-31.

 

List of abbreviations:

Please use the following abbreviations in your manuscripts:

  • Art. / Arts. – article / articles
  • Para. / Paras. – paragraph / paragraphs
  • Sec. /Secs. - section / sections
  • et al. – and others
  • etc. – and so on
  • vol. / vols. – volume / volumes
  • no. /nos. - number / numbers
  • c. – approximately
  • ms. – manuscript
  • edn. – edition
  • ed. / eds. – editor / editors
  • p. / pp. – page / pages
  • e.g. – for example
  • pt. / pts. – part / parts
  • cf. – compare
  • ibid. – at the same place
  • ip. – in press